Does God Care About My Spotify Playlist? w/ Sidney Rushing

Send us Fan MailEpisode 02: Does God Care About My Spotify Playlist? w/ Sidney Rushing Music is an incredibly powerful tool for worship, but what if the music we listen to is encouraging us to worship the wrong things? Today, we welcome our very first guest to Hot Takes and Holy Things, Sidney Rushing. Sidney is a four-time NBA champion who leads worship at Family Church Tequesta, and he is here to discuss today’s hot take. In this episode, we begin with a new segment called Word of the Day, where we guess the meaning of a new word (or words) in every episode. We then delve into our hot take of the day: all music is worship music! Sidney tells us all about what it means to actually worship something and why we need to realign our identities to our true purpose, to worship God. He goes on to explain the power of music in shaping our thoughts and feelings, and as a tool of worship, before we help students get practical in assessing the type of music they’re exposing themselves to. Finally, listeners will be challenged to participate in a ‘playlist purge’ in order to figure out what the music we listen to is pointing our hearts towards. Thanks for tuning in!  Key Points From This Episode: •    Welcoming Sidney Rushing to the show. •    Today’s Word of the Day: ‘City Boy’. •    A shout-out to Crew Edwards from Family Church Tequesta. •    Today’s hot take: all music is worship music. •    What it means to actually worship something.•    The importance of redirecting worship back to God. •    Why music is particularly powerful in our lives and worship. •    Asking yourself if the music you listen to aligns with God’s truth and design.•    Today’s challenge: the playlist purge.  Quotes: “Worshiping something is ascribing it value, either rightly or wrongly, and then responding in that manner.” — Sidney Rushing [0:10:06]“I think all of us are made to worship – God, but because of the fall, we don’t know who or what to worship.” — Sidney Rushing [0:10:33]“Both in life and in the Bible, there’s a trend that music has a way of connecting to us emotionally. It connects to our minds and our hearts and bridges them together.” — Sidney Rushing [0:13:00]“It is wise to notice what messages you’re constantly feeding your mind and your soul because, over time, what you listen to will shape what you think about. And what you think about – shapes what you love.” — Sidney Rushing [0:16:49] Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Romans 12:1Philippians 4:8Luke 6:45Family Church Students on InstagramFamily Church Students LinktreeFamily ChurchFamily Church on Instagram