Dan Dean

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> How true this is. I have noticed that in some services, when a preacher 
> "huffs and puffs" sometimes they like the organ playing behind them. I 
> told my wife to watch one service when this happened. The preacher 
> preached for quite a while with no one barely saying "AMEN". But, when 
> the organ hit that first note, many people began to stand and support the

> Word of God...poor souls!

Maybe your observation was correct that the people responded to the music,
but this is just another ministry tool.  Music is very emotional.  When one
responds to music, it does not connotate that he or she is not in the
spirit or 'spiritual'.  I play behind my pastor when he "huffs and puffs". 
This is never planned, but I play as I feel led by the spirit to play. 

> When I was a drummer at my former church, the other musicians and I 
> conducted an experiment during service. 
> As we were playing music for the choir, people got "emotional" and began 
> to shout. As the music died, so did the shouting....I looked over to them

> and said, "let's get them going again"....so we started the music back, 
> and there they went again...we allowed to music to die down again...and 
> once again I said let's hit it again...sure enough, the people responded 
> to the music.
> I love music in the church, but I don't think it's fair to say you were 
> shouting in the spirit when it was obviously that tight snare that made 
> you jump out of your seat!

I can understand what you are saying.  But people respond to music just
like someone waiting to give a message in tongues.  If they have the green
light and it is appropriate then they rightfully should worship but the
more.  But also, when people are out of order you can feel it in your
spirit.  I think that if you felt in the spirit to continue to play then
they were just following you in worship.  Music prompts worship in most
instances.  It is a ministry or help to us all :)