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How to Grow As A Worship Leader.
If you lead worship for your church, small group or
prayer meeting, one challenge you will have is keeping yourself from
stagnating. It's too easy to let yourself stop growing if you feel that you are
doing an adequate job and everything is fine. Sometimes it's a question of
time: we do not have enough time to do everything we want to do. And ministry
can take a backseat after the other responsibilities of life.
So if you want to keep growing in effectiveness as a
worship leader but don't have that much time to invest in this ministry, here
are the three things that will give you the best investment of your time.
1) Seek out new songs to use
If you are a worship leader, worship songs are the
arrows in your quiver. The more good songs you can use effectively, the
stronger you are in this ministry.
You can find new songs from songwriters who have
written good worship songs before. Paul Baloche and Chris Tomlin immediately
come to mind.
You can also look for old songs that have not been
used for a long time. The number of new songs released on 'worship' albums
grows exponentially every year, but most of those are not very usable in your
local church, prayer meeting or small group. If your church or group has a significant
number of younger believers, good songs written ten years ago will be fresh and
new to them.
Or if you don't have that much time to sift through
the songs to seek new gems that you can use, here's a short-cut: fellowship
with other worship leaders and ask them what are the worship songs that they've
found to work really well.
2) Spend time reading the Bible aloud
When you spend time reading the Bible aloud, it
ministers to you on many levels and in many ways.
But something I would like to point out here is this:
God's Word has substance and solidity in it. Jesus said "The words I have
spoken to you are Spirit and they are life..." (John 6:63)
So when we allocate time to speaking God's word, the
Spirit and life of God's word rubs off on us. You'll find that there is a
weightiness and power on your singing and worship leading when you do that.
Just remember to give time for the fruit to begin to
show.
3) Test and track
That is what direct marketers do when they are
serious about knowing what works. If you are as serious about worship ministry
as they are about marketing, you have to take this seriously too.
Record yourself leading worship. Get at least the
singing, and if you can get it video-ed, that's even better. And objectively
listen to not only your leading, but also to the response of the people.
If it's a song that the people aren't familiar with
they may not respond to it immediately. But if it's the 3rd time in 3 weeks
you've used the song and the people still aren't singing, then something is not
right, either with your choice of song or the your worship leading methods and
techniques.
Conclusion: These steps are simple. They take effort,
yes, but you will discover that they yield you the most results for your time.
So get out there, implement these tips into your worship ministry lifestyle,
and get ready to grow in your effectiveness for the Lord!
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