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Check out this article at Integrity.com. It identifies three crucial components of an effective worship leader.
American Idol: Three Lessons for Worship Leaders
They are:
It’s all about keeping it real. Leading worship is not about getting all the production values right. Being a worshipper comes first, everything else is secondary. Worship leaders are called to model worship before the congregation and lead them to a closer connection with God.
Character is integrity. And integrity is being who you say you are. Integrity is living the values you say you believe. Our character is revealed in our humility, and our willingness to stand for the things we know to be right even when it would be easier to compromise our principles.
Quality means never being satisfied with “good enough.” It takes preparation. Worship is not a spectator sport, and it takes constant vigilance to keep the congregation involved in the worship experience. And it takes diligent and disciplined practice to maintain a level of excellence, so that the congregation is not distracted from worship by sloppy performance.
As I was at Hallmark looking at the Father’s Day cards I got to thinking: What about our heavenly Father? What kind of gift can I offer Him? I mean—talk about somebody who literally has everything! What could He possibly need from me?
The answer, of course, is that God doesn’t need anything from any of us. But we need to give. What are you going to give your Father in Heaven this Father’s Day?
We take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ turns water into wine, in a quick motion, as it were, that we stand amazed.
—Saint Augustine
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