letting the SELAH develop
01-22-2007, 09:57 PM
For me, singing in the spirit did indeed come pretty easily. Actually, that's how I received my prayer language. Thought I was kind of "scat singing". You know, "nonsense syllables"? NOT!! Had never been exposed to it, but had read about it. Had no idea what it was until I suddenly realized, THAT WAS THAT!! Doing that publically was no biggie. I'm not inhibited about doing things publically, generally. I was schooled enough to know that doing that in a non-charismatic church would generate problems, though, so when in that situation, it was pretty quiet.
Selah is translated by some to mean, "think about that" referring back to or forward to something, usually something that's already been said or sung.
Did I/we jump right into it? As Helena has said, no, it was something that had to be learned. Then it had to be taught to those being led. That's WAY harder than learning it yourself. You've already come to a point of wanna, maybe even to the point of GOTTA, where many folks in the congregation really aren't there yet. It's an "okay activity", but they are not up to the "wanna" level yet.
On a personal level, it's really hard to shut our minds off enough to receive and not be throwing up our own noise to interfere with just listening. We don't want to go into a trance or become a blank slate for any ole spirit coming along, but we do want to be still enough to be able to hear that Voice. In the early days, we had a lot of voices swirling in our spirits and we wanted to know the Shepherd's voice above and beyond all others. Practice, practice, practice. We had some really good coaches.
Does that help any??
Selah is translated by some to mean, "think about that" referring back to or forward to something, usually something that's already been said or sung.
Did I/we jump right into it? As Helena has said, no, it was something that had to be learned. Then it had to be taught to those being led. That's WAY harder than learning it yourself. You've already come to a point of wanna, maybe even to the point of GOTTA, where many folks in the congregation really aren't there yet. It's an "okay activity", but they are not up to the "wanna" level yet.
On a personal level, it's really hard to shut our minds off enough to receive and not be throwing up our own noise to interfere with just listening. We don't want to go into a trance or become a blank slate for any ole spirit coming along, but we do want to be still enough to be able to hear that Voice. In the early days, we had a lot of voices swirling in our spirits and we wanted to know the Shepherd's voice above and beyond all others. Practice, practice, practice. We had some really good coaches.
Does that help any??
Blessings!
Dean
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