Greetings Fellow Worshipper,

Blessings to you in the Lord

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Christmas Song for You…
2. Christmas eBook…
3. Play By Ear Piano…
4. Just Got Permission…
5. In Closing…
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1) Christmas Song for You…
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Christmas is just around the corner. I understand that Jesus probably
wasn’t actually born on December 25th, but I sure love hearing
songs about Him everywhere!

For this Christmas I’ve made an new eBook of various arrangements
of seven Christmas Songs. My gift to you is three arrangements of
Joy to the World.

Here’s a 2 minute audio of the song arrangements…
If the button doesn’t work Click Here for mp3 file.

CLICK HERE for the FREE Music in .pdf format.

2) Christmas eBook…
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For more information about the Christmas eBook visit
http://worshipguitarclass.com/christmas.html

3) Play By Ear Piano…
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Over the last few years, so many people have asked me if I knew
of or could recommend a piano instructional method using
worship songs. The wait is finally over. I’ve found a very good
method, that I can highly recommend.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn to play the piano by ear, or know
anyone, check it out at:
http://worshipguitarclass.com/lessons/piano-by-ear.html

4) Just Got Permission…
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With all the copyright laws, you have to be so careful. I wanted
to print all the words and chords for ‘I Love You Lord’ last month
but the person I needed to get approval from was out of town.

He’s finally back and has given me permission to share that with
you. The song is up, with the two audios, at…
http://worshipguitarclass.com/news11.html

5) In Closing…
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It sure is easy to get overly busy this time of year. Take some
time to adore and worship your King!

Worship Him with all your heart, because He loves you with all of His!

In His Love,

Jean Welles
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When someone does something nice for us, we say “thank you.” We may go a step further and send a nice note or gift. How can we thank God, who has given us life, both here on Earth and eternal life in Heaven? Yes, we should obey his commandments, pray and seek to become Christ-like in all we do. The Bible describes worship as “pleasing” to God and a requirement of those who follow Christ. It our way of expressing our love and thanksgiving to God.

What is worship? If you look at the Hebrew translation of the Bible, worship means to bow down in adoring contemplation of God. God has asked his people to worship Him from the beginning of time. In Exodus, the Lord told Moses to appeal to Pharaoh to let his people go so they could worship Him. When the Pharaoh refused, God cursed the land with the ten plagues. God commanded early Christians to focus worship on Him. “Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” (Exodus 34:14).

Jesus mentioned the importance of worship when Satan tempted him. “The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. So if you worship me, it will all be yours. Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.” (Luke:4:5-8). Jesus’ followers worshipped him when he walked on Earth, just as we worship Him in spirit now.

In the modern-day churches, “worship services” often begin with music. David was the first person in the Bible to emphasize the power of music in worship. He talks about it often in the Psalms. “Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs,” (Psalms 100:2) is just one of many passages that emphasizes music in worship.

Worship is uplifting. Music can touch the soul. Many people are moved to tears during worship. Many lift their hands in honor to God. Some just simply listen quietly. Worship, even when it is done in a church, is a private expression of our love to God.

Even when you are not in church, you can worship God by playing music when you are alone. Or you can choose to bless others by singing and playing worship songs for them.

You don’t have to be the best singer, guitar player or piano player to show your devotion to God. God is pleased by our worship. “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs. (Psalms 69: 30-31). Worship is the ultimate “thank you” to the One who gave sacrificed his Son so we can have eternal life, earthly peace and abundant blessings.

Praising God is about worship, but the song we pick, make or adapt comes from the situations we are in. The song This Little Light of Mine was sung during the 1960’s during civil rights protesting. This song was a Negro spiritual that stood the test of time and has found its way into mainstream Gospel music because of its message that all Christians can understand.

In Matthew 5:14-16 Jesus says “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father with is in heaven.” This phrase from Matthew has been adapted into the popular phrases sung by children while holding up their index fingers and refusing to put it under a bushel.

We also see reference to the light of the world in John. Jesus is speaking to the woman that was caught in adultery by the scribes and Pharisees that wanted her to be stoned. This story contains the well known words of Jesus “He that is without sin among you, let him cast a stone at her.” (John 8:7.)  In 8:12 Jesus tells those with him after the woman leaves “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”  Again in John 9:4-5 Jesus tells his disciples “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work, As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 1:4-9 “In God was life; and the life was the light of men, And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”

The little light we are to let shine is Jesus Christ. Jesus may have left this world physically, but he remains in the world not only in the things around us, but in each of us that has accepted Christ as our Savior. If you have Jesus in your life you no longer walk in darkness but have that candle of light within you. Jesus has commanded us that our light may shine to others. If you turn out the lights in the house at night and light a small candle it casts lights to far corners of the room. Jesus should shine like that in each of our lives like a beacon to all that don’t know him.

This Little Light Of Mine is taught in Volume Two of our Christian Guitar Lessons.