Emotional Worship: Take Caution?

There has been a lot of debate in the creation of next week's setlist. That's ok though, I like debates ;). One point that seemed to stick out though, was a seemingly apprehensive attitude towards the playing of slow emotional songs for next week. I wouldn't usually take the time to write out my thoughts about this, but I have thought about this many times before, and have realized, that as far as the slow, truly God filled songs (not saying the ones we're currently doing aren't God filled, but these ones certainly have them beat :P), we barely do them, if at all. I was talking to Peter today about this, and he was voicing his concerns about doing This Is Our God at youth this week. Not because it's a bad song by any means! It is an amazing song, and I definitely feel the Holy Spirit activated when I listen to it. But he was concerned about what the youth reaction would be, which has usually been stonefacedness when it comes to these sort of songs. It has led me to come up with an equation, look closely:

Are we taking too much caution when we keep away from songs such as This Is Our God, The Stand and other such pieces, at youth? I have thought on this for a bit, and I think that... we have. It's almost as if we're scared to see a stagnant reaction from the youth. I do agree, we don't see much of a reaction from them when we play slower songs. But I have come to realize one or two things. Not everyone worships openly. You won't always get an outright pouring of hearts when you play a song, let alone singing along. Some people are too afraid of what other people will think of them if they get up and just let it all out. I have been in this boat for many years, and am just learning to get out of it. I mean, I have to now. Reserved does not work.

Another thing I have seen is that people "worship" quietly. They do not necessarily express themselves outwardly, but they keep what they hear, what they take of importance, and hide them quietly in their hearts. It just seems to me that I have, and perhaps you too, have looked for outward emotions and physical expressions to mark if we have made an impact on the youth or not. This is understandable, but I still feel that we're making a mistake with it. The slow, worshipful tunes that we have come to learn and know have so much emotion in them, so much potential to touch people with both their lyrics and their melodies, and I just think that it's a shame to skip out on those. We're doing a song called Everlasting God this week... it's in the same vein as what I've been talking about, and one that I feel could speak to many hearts in a positive way. I want to help people feel God, it's just a bonus to be able to see them do so. So what do you think? Is it a good move to stay relatively distant from such pieces, or do we start looking at songs whose messages can change people's lives? I'd like to know what you think; I'm not the only one with an opinion.