Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Chapter 14: Caring for the Congregation
In this chapter, it says that people are much more important that simply doing work at the church alone. Rather than doing your best at the work you are in, you are supposed to focus on the people rather than ministering. After all, that's what worship is about. We tend to always get caught up in the act of worshipping, and in doing so we forget it's true purpose. We are called to serve for the people to be led to Jesus through our gifts. We are not rock stars, we are worship leaders. I think this issue is a relevant one to anyone who leads worship and can be applied easily so long as we are aware of the problem. I like that just by knowing this drawback, it is an easy fix; a simple daily reminder that we are called to care for people can make all the difference in the world.

Monday, March 21, 2016

Chapter 11:
In this chapter, the author discusses the leader position of the worshipper. The worship leader is more than just a musician on the stage, they are a role model onstage as well as off stage. If we live a life contrary to what we are like on stage then we will be deemed ineffective by anyone who sees us in our personal life. We must act like role models to all who we come across, glorifying God by the way we live as well as our music.
I liked this chapter because I know how easy it is to simply focus on the music aspect of worshipping. Hearing about this problem gives me insight on keeping myself in check daily about this.

Monday, March 7, 2016

Chapter 12:
In this chapter, the author states that God has given each and every one of us the abilities and talents that we have been graced with throughout our lives. Spiritual gifts are things such as healing, but without prayer and practice we are not. My favorite part about this chapter is that God does give us these things even if we never notice them, but that we have to take initiative to bring it out of us.