I love this article. 20 ways you can pray for worship leaders in your local assembly or elsewhere.
Pray that they never sacrifice their family for ministry since their family is ministry.Pray for them to prepare for Sunday by focusing on worship as primary and music as secondary.Pray that they will help us focus more on the creator and less on their creativity.Pray that Scripture and Prayer instead of song selections frame their worship preparation.Pray for healthier ministry staff relationships.Pray that their days off and vacations provide rest that is free from church responsibilities.P...
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The Holy Spirit, Church and Music
Have you seen a live performance of the legendary Michael Jackson?
Have you seen the crowd?
The RAGE OF EMOTIONS?
Women falling down in awe of ‘his glory’?
Women CRYING profusely?
Men and women tearing their shirts in the OUTBURST OF THE EMOTIONS?
As their SOULS WAS IMMERSED IN THE PASSION OF THE ATMOSPHERE?
Did you see the STAMPEDES?
Did you noticed how many FAINT as they behold the GLOMOUR of ‘HIS GLORY’?
That’s MUSIC!
MUSIC IS POWERFUL!
MUSIC OPENS OUR SOULS UNTO AN ENVIRONMENT.
Music RELEASE THE FLUIDS OF OUR EMOTIONS BEYOND BOUNDARIES.
WE ARE DRENCHED IN ITS POWER!
MUSIC I...
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17 Differences Between A Stage and An Altar
This was written by an anonymous person, but it is worth reading for worship leaders, worship teams, choristers, church musicians, pastors, and ministers.
1. A stage is for performance; an altar is for worship.
2. A stage is for competition; an altar is for completion.
3. A stage is for personal applause; an altar is for God’s glory.
4. A stage is for wooing the frantic crowd; an altar is for serenading the King of kings.
5. A stage is for dishing out popular sentiments; an altar is for delivering heaven’s edicts.
6. A stage is for selfish ambition; an altar is for selfless...
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A Typical Nigerian Perception of Worship Leaders & Music Ministry
The person who sings in church services, just because he/she can afford the time. Maybe ’cause he/she is job-seeking or maybe admission-seeking or an undergraduate who has nothing more important to do. And when he/she finally has something more ‘purposeful’ and ‘gainful’ to do, like a bank or telecom or oil & gas or medical job, then he/she leaves the church singing to little children or adolescents, because they don’t have that ‘spare time’ anymore to do such things.
Well, that’s how a lot folks here in Nigeria see Worship Leaders & their Music Ministry responsibilities.
In Nigeri...
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Worship Leaders Master Class
I’ve had this for some time now. I was at the Worship Leaders Master Class with Wale Adenuga in Nov. 2014, and here are a few points he talked about and a few things I wrote down in addition at the seminar. I expanded on each point as I gained understanding.
I have a feeling posting it here would help some other worship leaders and worship teams.
Points:
Every generation has a different worship language. The worship language of the 1940s, 1960s, 1990s and 2000s are all different from each other, and they spread across genres and the use of musical instruments. There were times wh...
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