Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

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B. Worship is not

1. Good music alone

2. Professional performed liturgies

3. Outstanding gear and equipment

C. Worship represents the expression of the saved heart who approaches the Father through the Son in the power of the Holy Spirit for His praise and glory alone! (John 4.24)

D. Worship leading is imitating a GE light bulb

1. When it is most effective, you never notice it, only the effects of its working

2. When it is not working is the only time you give attention to it!

II. The Goal: To Acknowledge and Extol the Excellence of God in Every Dimension of Our Lives, Our Praises of God, 1 Pet. 2.8-9

Principles of Effective Worship Leading

I. To Be an Effective Worship Leader One must Understand the Nature, Design, and Importance of Worship.

A. Worship as spiritual inquiry ( darash ), Ezra 4.2, 6.21

B. Worship as reverent obedience ( yare ), Exod.14.31; Deut. 31.12-13

C. Worship as loyal service ( abad ), Exod. 5.18; Num. 8.25

D. Worship as personal ministry ( sharat ), Deut. 10.8; 18.5-7

E. Worship as genuine humility ( shaha ), most common (Isa. 49.7; Gen. 47.31; Exod. 34.8; cf. Isa. 66.2)

F. Worship as prostration in prayer ( segid ), Dan. 3.5-7, 10-12, 14-18, 28

G. Worship as nearness to God ( nagash ), Ps. 69.18; Isa. 58.2