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Easy Basic Steps on How to Be a Good Worship Leader

Step 1: The Importance of Prayer

Prayer is the key for any type of ministry that you work in. Without prayer, we can

become accustomed to doing things in our own strength. It is through the power

of God, that we must strive to do all things. Without God’s strength, we are

helpless and will fail. Why do we need to pray?

1.  Foremost, we need God’s Holy Spirit and presence in our services.

2.  We need holy power in doing our ministry, and that is in Him alone.

3.  We must practice His presence in our own personal lives to hear what He

has to speak with us.

4.  We must wait quietly before him, and He will reveal to us the direction to

take in our selections of music.

5.  Before we begin selecting music and arrangements, we need to stop and

ask Him to make the job easier for us by directing us. When things come

together easy for us, that is God working in our behalf in answer to our

prayers. It is amazing how things will go much better when began in prayer.6.  Taking time to have prayer with all those involved in the music department

prior to the service is important. Minds and hearts must be quieted to

enter His presence and worship in front of a congregation.

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7.  We must clear the air of any bad attitudes or hasty spoken words with each

other and in prayer. The Spirit is easily offended but such behavior, and the

service will be mere motions without His presence.

8.  Prayer is the key to the presence of the Holy Spirit in our services. Taking

time to invite Him into worship with us is essential.

9.  We must pray for all those involved in worship – congregation, singers,

pastors, instrument players, and ourselves.

10. We must pray for topics we will consider selecting, singers we will be

scheduling and recruiting, God’s direction on what type of music to put

together in consideration of the elderly and younger generation – both.

11. Pray that God will give you a love for the people I have prayed this prayer

twice in my life regarding two different congregations, and God did that

very thing for me. I knew it! He filled me with his love for the people.

12. Pray that God will give you respect in the eyes of the people. That they will

love and respect you. I feel that this is a good prayer, that God desires to

answer. You will begin to sense it in the response of the people towards

you.

13. Pray that God will you the wisdom. Proverbs 19:2 says it is not good to be

hasty.

14. Pray that God will give you patience as you work with people who are notlikeminded as times. It will not always be easy, but God will give you words

if you wait on Him. Or He will soften your words towards others that they

be received in the manner that you meant. I have prayed this prayer at

times when I have been hasty or foolish and asked God to help them forget

what I had said. I do believe He honors those types of prayers.

15. Ask God to help all who work in the music ministry to get along with each

other and to melt away any ill feelings anyone may have towards another

on the team.

© Rev. Jeanne McIntosh April 28, 2011