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The Difference Between A Worship Leader and An Artist

Sometimes I hate to lead worship. Why? Because nobody cares. Nobody. cares. And that’s actually a very good thing. Nobody cares about the songs you wrote. Nobody cares about your flawless musical arrangements. Nobody cares about how you look. Nobody cares how much you know. Nobody cares how many mistakes you make. What do people care about? They care about connecting with Jesus. They care about finding their purpose. They care about the peace of God. They care about knowing and believing the truth. They care about their lives being a part of something bigger. That’s the difference between an artist building a fanbase and a worship leader serving a community. It’s a different skill set. It’s a different goal. An artist grows a fanbase. A worship leader grows worshipers. An artist obsesses over their art. A worship leaders obsesses over the Kingdom. An artist sings songs. A worship leader groans with desperation for Jesus. An artist performs. A worship l

Wont He Do It

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We stand on the altar of God Sunday in, Sunday out singing about God's faithfulness, grace, power and love but then do you believe in His faithfulness. We stand on the same place and more on Sunday, during midweek services and at practices talking and singing songs we have written or songs we like but do we believe the words we sing but most important do we believe the God we sing about. Do we believe the power of God to show up in your space, time and touch his people or you believe that the Holy Spirit can show up make the church believe you are deep worshippers who brings down the presence of God rather than show and direct that Glory to him. What do you believe in? Do you believe? The ministry you were called into? Do you believe in the words you sing unto God? Do you believe in his power to deliver, heal and bless? Do you believe in God himself? Do you believe in God that he can do what he has planned? " So he fed them according to the

Lifestyle of Worship

Worship is giving, offering, presenting glory, honour, majesty, power and worth to Him who seats on the throne and this is done in various ways. One would use music, one could serve God, one would minister to God, surrender his or her life towards God, one would kneel, one would dance and one would live his life consecrated for God. There are many ways to express our worship. Worship starts from the heart and we use whatever we have to express it to God. Today when I read this scripture in Ezekiel 46, it took me aback and this came out of this scripture. “And thou shalt daily offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah, of a yearling-lamb without blemish: thou shalt prepare it morning by morning” , Ezekiel 46: 13. Basically here God is instructing Israel that they offer a lamb which a year old every morning of their lives to God. Theologists agree that on this chapter God did not demand an evening sacrifice as he had done in the past. Sacrifices in the Old Testament were mostl