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This doesn't mean that worship is authentic only when you are red-hot for God. Piper "If we think truly and do not feel duly, at best we render to God half the honor he is due. And if we feel strongly (I do not say "duly"because I think it is impossible to feel duly without thinking truly) - if we feel strongly, but do not think truly, we render to him even less than half the honor he is due." Piper "God glorifys himself to the creatures in two ways - by appearing to their understanding - God is glorified not only by his glory being seen but being rejoiced in. When those that see it delight in it, God is more glorified then if they only see it." Edwards "So music and singing are necessary to Christian faith and worship for the simple reason that the realities of God and Christ, creation and salvation, heaven and hell are so great that when they are known truly and felt duly, they demand more than discussion and analysis and description; they demand poetry and song and music. Singing is the Christian's way of saying: God is so great that thinking will not suffice, there must be deep feeling;and talking will not suffice, there must be singing." Piper 1. Singing is an expression of the overflow of the Holy Spirit within us. 2. Singing to The Lord must come from the heart. 3. Singing is to be both God and each other "addressing one another in psalms and hymns" 4.Singing is to have as its foundation, a deep, Biblical understanding of God's sovereignty and goodness.