How many times have you been to church and during worship time you just got tired, bored, and wanted to sit down? It's happened to me more times than it should and I think the reason is because the worship is not on God, it's on the Praise Team or Worship Leader.
Worship is about praising God for who He is. It's entering in to the Holy of Holies, the very throne room of Almighty God. Too many times, however, it's about the performers (whoops, did I say that?), I mean people on the stage. They may be jumping around, dressed inappropriately, singing songs that are in a key too high to sing, or singing songs that are not focused on God, or songs that are just too difficult to sing. When anyone of these things happen, it's easy for the congregation to loose interest and just sit down.
Male worship leaders don't need to be up on stage in too tight jeans, or with the the top 2 or 3 buttons not buttoned. Female worship leaders should make sure their dresses or tops are not so low they are showing cleavage, or that their pants, or dresses are too tight. Please make sure to dress modestly. You don't want to bring attention to yourself.
Make sure you pick songs that are focused on Christ and what He did at Calvary. He is the only One worthy of praise. The songs should lift Him up. The song key should also be where most of the congregation can sing it. The songs should also be fairly easy so the congregation can join in and sing. Too many times, the song choices are so difficult that it ends up just being a performance.
We come together to worship God, the Creator of Heaven and earth and Jesus Christ, so let's make it about the Holy Trinity of God. A good worship leader will pray and select songs accordingly. When this happens it will truly be a time of worship.
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