Why Memorize Hymns?
Stuart Townend said the following when speaking about the role of music in worship: “I think content is vitally important to our corporate worship. Sometimes great melodies are let down by indifferent or clichéd words. It’s the writer’s job to dig deep into the meaning of Scripture and express in poetic and memorable ways the truth he or she finds there. Knowing the truth about God and who we are in Him is central to our lives as believers. Songs remain in the mind in a way sermons do not, so songwriters have an important role and a huge responsibility.”
It is for this very reason that we have embarked on a six-month journey of memorizing songs that will do just that. We will sing a song every week for a month, with the goal of knowing it by heart the fourth week and singing it without projecting the words. The idea is that these songs have truths and ideas that should permeate our whole lives and we should memorize them as we memorize scripture, so that we can recall them at any time we need some hope or encouragement.
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