So, I decided to do some research on my own and get back to the basics. No longer was praise and worship an experience with God it was just another part of the “church” experience. As I began to grow spiritually, Christian lingo became a part of my Christian life ― somehow dulling the experiences I used to have. All I knew was the experience I was having with God. When I was a new Christian, having been raised Jewish, I was oblivious to the various Christian phrases being taught to me. The danger of overfamiliarity and of misusing biblical terms is that the purity of our praise and worship actually ends up diluted. The unintended result is that music, one of God’s gifts to aid us in worshiping, has for many become an end in itself. We’ve tossed the phrase around without stopping to consider the meaning behind the words. What once began as a simple catchphrase to attract people towards Christian music has morphed into vague Christian-ese. You've probably heard someone at church say, "We are going to have Praise and Worship."
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