Our worship is our RESPONSE (Not a performance, showcast our talents, etc)
°Response to God
°Worship is more than just singing, drama, dance, etc but we have to use that as it is what God gives us
Music only have 7 notes, with half notes between them. It isn't that hard/complicated after all - but if we use it in the right way, it is great!
Worship should always makes us see God BIGGER, Focus on Christ
°Woship is all about Him
Definition: Worship is ALLTHAT I AM RESPONDING TO EVERYTHING THAT GOF HAS REVEAL HIMSELF TO BE
Worship leader isnt only the people who are on stage. Sound mixer, musicians, slideshow controller, etc are ALL worship leaders
Worship is like a wave in the sea. Starts out from a small waves and picking up from each other and Becomes bigger and bigger - my vision
Challenges face by Worship Leaders:
1) in my heart, what do I love - the greatest challenge that you face when you come to your platform
It is not what you do musicly, it is what you bring to the platform. You yourself? Or Christ? [Matthew 22:37]
2) Our hands, what do we practice - skills and ability. Undervalue skills (it doesnt matter how good i play, i just wanna worship God. Or we make the skills our idols? We must do it well
Skills must be develop, training, work hard
OUR SKILLS WON'T MAKE OUR WORSHIP MORE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, IT'S ALL ABOUT OUR HEART
[Psalms 33:1-4, Exedus 36:1]
3) What do I believe about Bible? What do i Believe what is important?
1 Tim 2:4
God wants our lives to be changed, and to immerse into the truth
God's word is so important that not only happen during the sharing message but it's also during worship - everytime as we lead and as we want to lead and pin people into Christ, we have to pin ourselves first towards Christ
4) What do we model?
1 Tim 4:12
our worship lives starts off the stage. In public and in private.
One goal when we off stage - see Jesus rise and magnify Him
Our speech - gracious and truthful
Our conduct -
In faith - we need to have a growing closer relationship with Him
In purity - why are we on stage? If it to make Jesus greater or is it because of ourselves.
Think Of ourselves as Ushers:
When you go to a music concert, they lead you to your seat, serve you, etc. People come to the show to see the real main attraction but not the Ushers
we lead people to Christ but not ourselves. We lead other people to see Jesus but not seeing us
A FAITHFUL WORSHIP LEADER - Fulfilling our responsibilities God has given us
MAGNIFY THE GLORY OF GOD - Clear and specific what we are doing
IN JESUS CHRIST - understand the role of Jesus Christ in our worship [1 Tim 2:5]
AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - Cant worship our Father without the presence of Holy Spirit.
SKILLFULLY COMBINING GOD'S WORD - song Lyrics matter!
AND DOING IT WITH MUSIC - glorifying God
AND CHERISH HIS PRESENCE - YOUR musical gifts wont bring you to God's presence, but Jesus Christ will.
Without private time of worship, without God pouring down into you, you wont be able to have anything to pour out to others - DEVOTION
APART FROM CHRIST, WORSHIP IS JUST A PERFORMANCE
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