Leaders, Ministry Leadership, Worship Leading
Making the Most of Leading Worship
#LeadingWorship As a worship leader, what does Sunday mean to you? For some, gathering together for worship is the most important hour of the week. For the Lord, every hour is important to Him because worship matters. As you strive to play/sing skillfully to God, what are some things you can fine tune to make the most of leading worship?
Put God First
Worshipping God is a daily lifestyle. If you are just worshipping God on Sunday morning, you are living a sub par Christian lifestyle. Sunday mornings should just be the tip of the iceberg! If you honor God daily by reading His word, praying, worshipping and spending time with Him, your times of worship will be much more powerful and meaningful because of that time spent with the Lord during the week.Worship leaders can pick great songs, and plan great setlist and rehearsals, but only God can touch people’s hearts and heal their bodies and minds! Put God first in your daily life and He will show up in powerful ways in your Sunday morning corporate worship! Also, put God first in your actual worship time.
It is easy to get so caught up in the music, transitions and the mechanics of leading and playing that the focus comes off of the main thing: God! [tweetthis]True worship must happen off-stage before it goes on-stage.[/tweetthis] God is why churches come together, God is why they sing great songs and worship.
God is the reason. Don’t allow the distractions of live music get in the way of worshipping God with all your heart and leading your congregation to do the same! Let this verse not be true of you as a worship leader: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” (Mark 15:8)
Worship God With All Your Heart
The first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. This includes worshipping God with your actions. The actions of Biblical worship include singing, clapping, raising our hands, dancing, bowing and shouting. We serve an awesome God who created every good thing that we enjoy. He is worthy of passionate worship.
“Worship is more than the one-hour event.” @BranonDempsey
Never let yourself just go through the motions of just singing a song. Be a passionate worshipper who loves and worships God with all you have. Learn to incorporate all the actions of worship into your personal and corporate worship! “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30) Be An Example To Your Congregation
Congregations tend to mirror the passion of the worship team. If the people up front are full of passion and energy for worshipping God, the congregation tends to lift their worship to a higher level. Worship teams have the opportunity to be passionate examples of worshippers to our congregation.If they see you and the team worshipping God with your whole heart soul, mind and strength on a weekly basis, they will grow in their passion for worship. Leading worship has more to do with the way you lead life – beyond your music. As you lead, they will follow. It sometimes does not happen immediately, but that is what worship leadership is about.
A big part of leadership is helping people grow in their passion and worship of God. Learn to be a passionate worshipper of God, on and off the stage.
Be authentic and do not lose your passion for loving and worshiping God with all your heart!
@MarkMCole @BranonDempsey @worshiptt
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