A short time ago, as part of research for a new Worship Leading book by Sheena Doorn, I was asked " What things have hindered the move of the Spirit in your experience during Praise and Worship leading? What has aided it? This was my answer, and I believed it might offer you some insight into the situations we as worship leaders meet when worship leading. OK, where's my soapbox! Gosh, I could go on for ever about this! But allow me summarize... 1. Me: The number one impediment to worship should lay on my shoulders, because I am responsible for the worship where I am the worship leader. My heart should be right, and I want to listen and observe during worship. If I hold back and things fail, the buck stops here. Even if the band makes a mistake, I continually take individual responsibility for it, since that is good leadership. If we want to be magnificent at worship leading, if we want the blessings, we must take responsibility. 2. Religion: OK, this is a huge one, and I am not talking concerning candles and incense. There is, shock horror, merely as much "religious spirit" in Pentecostal churches as there appears to be in conservative, it only looks different, but it can influence our worship leading in a similar manner. Religion requires things like... a) The formula: If we do 3 speedy and 2 slow, God will exhibit up. Utter garbage really, but loads of pastors consider like this b) Rapid songs: if you don't do a speedy song, nobody settles and God will not move c) Set programs, which we are on no account to vary, such as “we simply ever do 2 songs, then we have announcements, then one song then the missionary spot, etc.” d) Free worship: we have to have free worship every Sunday, since that's what God likes. But, asks I, what if God is doing something different that Sunday morning? He won't, they answer, God's a Pentecostal, and He loves each one singing in the Spirit. Some one the most hideous, un-anointed times I have ever experienced in worship, both as a worship leader and as the audience, have occurred when, clearly, the leader has been focussed on doing a “singing in the Spirit” session and has forced it. You can merely sense that it is not just lack luster but also only painful. 3. Fear: As a worship leader, we reach lots of times a point where we have to let go and allow God, we only listen and observe. This might be whether we do an additional chorus, go into open worship, roll to the next song, have a period of silence, permit a new song or prophetic song, etc. Genuine worship leading is letting go and letting God have His way, and that's surely is the style of worship leading we ant to aspire to! 4. The Band not following: Often, especially with untested musicians, I can perceive where the worship is going, but the band completely misses the moment. If you work with great guys, possibly may not happen, but in my world it is common. Sometimes you sense it welling up, other times fading down, and if the band does the reverse it becomes a big mess and absolutely halts the flow of the Spirit. When leading worship, I will often offer quite instructions off mike, saying things like, “come on, guys, let's go for it,” or “just pull back for a bit.” 5. The wrong decision: We might be worship leaders, our eagerness is to be leading worship in a totally anointed way, but we are all imperfect, and get it wrong every now and then. In the heat of the moment despite the fact that worship leading I will occasionally may the wrong choice. This is reduced by having a close walk with the Lord, and investing a lot of time with Him. If I do make this incorrect decision, most often the worship time is still OK. I only confess it, and move to the next song or section and this time, believe God and pay attention to what He has to say. When worship leading, I try and avoid making the same mistake more than once!
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Recently, as part of investigation for a new Worship Leading book by Sheena Doorn, I was asked " What things have hampered the move of the Spirit in your experience during Praise and Worship leading? What has helped it? This was my answer, and I thought it might give you some insight into the instances we as worship leaders meet when worship leading. OK, where's my soapbox! Gosh, I could go on for ever about this! But let me review...
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