10 Mistakes Worship Leaders Make - Mistake #9 - Praise = Worship
Mistake # 9 – Praise vs. Worship
In our approach to the Lord, we walk (sometimes crawl) through many dynamics: petition, exhortation, praise, lamentation, and thanksgiving. Worship leaders should learn the distinctions and help others to learn them.
Remember, “A” is “A.” Call it what it is.
Obviously, a part of that is helping the people to distinguish between praise and worship. Two different realities.
When praise moves beyond the borders into worship, a good worship leader will point that out. That’s discipling people in worship. Help them to see it. Let them know, “What you’re tasting now is…the apple!”
I am a certified tennis pro and once made my living doing that. As such, I had to tell students the truth. If I told someone they were really good when they weren’t, that student would have been ill-served. So, I would help them… “OK, you need to work on this,” “let’s break this down and look at it,” etc.
Worship leaders should take the same approach in training people and congregations.
If the focus and intent is to get into the Presence of God, then press in without script, formula, or assumption. Worship is, first of all, an attitude. It pushes the heart up before Him. It doesn’t assume music or anything.
I know people (and you do too) who can walk into a room, or touch a keyboard, or just close their eyes and worship happens! They are minstrels of God – unscripted and unorganized (and usually uncontrolled). They just do what they do and when you experience it, you know this is worship. God is here. Time and space fall away and, once again, real worship transcends constraints.
In our approach to the Lord, we walk (sometimes crawl) through many dynamics: petition, exhortation, praise, lamentation, and thanksgiving. Worship leaders should learn the distinctions and help others to learn them.
Remember, “A” is “A.” Call it what it is.
Obviously, a part of that is helping the people to distinguish between praise and worship. Two different realities.
When praise moves beyond the borders into worship, a good worship leader will point that out. That’s discipling people in worship. Help them to see it. Let them know, “What you’re tasting now is…the apple!”
I am a certified tennis pro and once made my living doing that. As such, I had to tell students the truth. If I told someone they were really good when they weren’t, that student would have been ill-served. So, I would help them… “OK, you need to work on this,” “let’s break this down and look at it,” etc.
Worship leaders should take the same approach in training people and congregations.
If the focus and intent is to get into the Presence of God, then press in without script, formula, or assumption. Worship is, first of all, an attitude. It pushes the heart up before Him. It doesn’t assume music or anything.
I know people (and you do too) who can walk into a room, or touch a keyboard, or just close their eyes and worship happens! They are minstrels of God – unscripted and unorganized (and usually uncontrolled). They just do what they do and when you experience it, you know this is worship. God is here. Time and space fall away and, once again, real worship transcends constraints.
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