My Own Poem 001

#THE_SAME_OLD_PARCEL
Polish its pages,
smoothen the edges,
wrap with silver lining,
make it look appealing,

Adorn with colourful flowers,
and sweet music of lires,
promises are great,
attracting like bait.

crown the look with oxford package
let no chance nor space for leakage.
There it will lie in your cupboard
with its title branded on strawboard,
like a political aspirant's billboard.

Slowly you get on your knees
praying 4 a change in their lives,
that they learn 2 accept the pleas
of the one who paid their price,
made himself the sacrifice
to show the truth in their lies.

But sorry if at the verge of your tries
they seem not 2 change their minds
but rather pledge 2 their desires
never 2 look back nor compromise,
nor come 2 realise
how blindly they'll end up in the fire.

For verily i tell you Christian friends...

however bright the tiles on the aisle,
however fast its reflection may dazzle,
however good the skill may razzle
like streaks of light in a vestibule,

the word of God in the Bible
remains a thing of scorn and ridicule
to men who are vile and insensible.

So when you finally present it to them
as a sweet morsel,
they'll just frown and call it
"THE SAME OLD PARCEL"
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#SpeakLORD
#ItsMyJoy2listen

AN EVENING OF CONGREGATIONAL SINGING

AIM/PURPOSE:

While good music remains the desire of everybody (God, the music lover, the politicians, the sick, the distressed, the pastors, the choristers, the church as a whole), it is very pathetic to note that church music has gradually suffered negligence and loss of taste in recent time. Many young people as well as older soldiers of the army do not have much knowledge of, or passion for singing our own songs. It is also possible though dissatisfying to realize that out of the thousand songs and tunes available in our songbook and tune books respectively, only a few common ones are usually raised during services. Among these few, most songs are either wrongly sung or always used with a particular common tune which sometimes does not match the original tune of the song. This has risen to a point where, if not promptly attended to, we will soon lose value of our own songs while other denominations capture and use them indiscriminately.

It is in lieu of this, (that is, in an attempt to resuscitate and maintain the good standard of our music) that we humbly crave your indulgence to initiate this programme with the hope that it will improve our use of congregational songs in worship to God.

WHY DO WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR SINGING?

v  Our God is a Singer (Zeph. 3:17); He is a Composer (Deut. 31:19,22)

v  He deserves good music (1 Chron. 21:24; 2 Samuel 24:24)

v  He frowns at poor music and regards it as noise (Amos 5:23)

v  Everybody wants to listen to good singing and be a part of it

v  The Salvation Army is known universally for good music, hence, the need to maintain that standard.

IMPORTANCE OF CONGREGATIONAL SINGING IN CHURCH WORSHIP

v  Our singing glorifies God (Rev. 7:9-10)

v  Our singing builds up others (Eph. 5:19)

v  When we sing, we dig deep roots in the word of God (Col. 3:16)

v  When we sing, we gain spiritual strength amidst trials (Acts 16:25 Paul & Silas)

v  Singing releases God’s blessings of healing (1 Sam. 16:23)

v  Congregational Singing develops spiritual warfare (2 Chron. 20:21-22)

v  Singing attracts the divine presence of God (2 Kings 3:15)

POSSIBLE EXPECTED RESULTS

Although there are several other benefits that is hoped to be achieved in the course of this program, the very core expectations are that:

v  This program will help to promote congregational singing during services.

v  It will create an avenue for people both youths and adults to learn Salvation Army songs.

v  Since singing is a recreational activity, this program will allow people to come in and spend exciting moments in a godly way and atmosphere.

v  It will help to engage young people to develop passion for the work of evangelism and soul winning which is the very vital part of the Salvation Army’s mission.

FOR THE BEGINNER MUSICIAN

I'll like to begin from almost the scratch.
DEFINITION OF MUSIC: Music is defined simply as what is produced (or the result gotten) when sounds are combined in  manner that becomes pleasant to the ears.
To achieve this, the properties and frequencies of the sounds MUST be properly controlled.




THE STAFF: The staff is the foundation upon which notes are drawn. It comprises five horizontal lines (that are parallel) and four spaces in-between them.



BARS: see image below

The staff bears name just like you and I. Are you surprised? keep reading..


To be continued...

BRAIN GATE

Brain Gate was invented by Dr.Donald Humphrey in 1890. It is defined as a system that help those who have difficulty or problems with their spinal cord or limbs.It was developed later by Cyber-Kinetics

 

The Sensor,which is implanted into the Brain monitors
brain activity in the patient and compress the intention
of the user into computer commands.



In it current form, Brain Gate consist of a Sensor implanted in the Brain and an External Decoder Device which connect to some kind of prosthetic or other External Object.The Sensor uses 100 hair-thin electrode that send the electromagnetic signature of neurons.