What I Think About When I’m Leading Worship
(More Than Music)
Written by Rick Muchow
“…brothers
and sisters, whatever is true, whatever
is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if
anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think
about such things.” Php 4:8
Effective worship leading is rooted in knowing and
loving God with all ones heart, soul and mind.
The Four Foundational Principles of Biblical
Worship
1. Worship must be done in _____________.
“ If I speak with the tongues of men and
of angels, but do not have love, I have become a
noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the
gift of prophesy, and know all mysteries and
all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to
remove mountains, but do not have love, I am
nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to
feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be
burned, but do not have love, it profits me
nothing.” 1 Cor 13:1-3
2. Worship is always accompanied by __________________________________.
Isaiah 66:2 describes it this way: “All these
things my hand has made, and so all these
things came to be, declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look: he who
is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at
my word.”
3. God ____________________to worship.
“Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will
be on your food and water.” Ex 23:25 “All nations
whom thou hast made shall come and worship
before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.”
Psalm 86:9
4. Worship involves _______________your entire
life to God. “So here's what I want you to do, God
helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your
sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around
life—and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you is the best thing
you can do for him.” Rom 12:1-2
13 things you should think about when leading
worship: M.O.R.E. T.H.A.N. M.U.S.I.C.
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3.
Think About ____________________.
“
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt
his name together.” Ps 34:3 “Thou shalt have
no other gods before me.” Ex 20:3
Think About ______________________.
“So let us then definitely aim for and eagerly
pursue what
makes for harmony and for mutual up building
(edification and development) of one another.”
Rom 14:9 “Let all things be done for building
up.” 1 Cor 14:26b
Think About ________________
Rom. 12:6 says, “Having gifts that differ
according to the grace given to us, let us use
them.”
4.
Think About __________________
Rom 12:8 says it like this: “If we are leaders
we should do our best.”
5.
Think About ____________ Praise and Joy
“Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
and give thanks to his holy name!” Ps 97:12
6.
Think About the ____________________
"Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,
says the Lord Almighty-you will succeed because of
My Spirit, though you are few and weak." Zechariah 4:6 TLB
Ex 4:15 And Jesus said: “But the hour is coming,
and is now here, when the true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is
seeking such people to worship him.” John 4:23
7.
Think About ___________________
“I have found David a man after God’s own
heart. He will do everything I want him to
do.” Acts 13:22 (Sam 13:14)
8.
Think About ________________The
Unexpected Moments
“Devote yourselves to PRAYER, keeping
ALERT in it with an attitude of thanksgiving.”
Col 4:2
9.
Think About Managing Chaos
“I am pleased you asked for this. You could
have asked to live a long time or to be rich. Or
you could have asked for your enemies to be
destroyed. Instead you asked for WISDOM to
make right decisions.” 1 Chron. 1:11
10. Think About______________
“He doesn’t want any of these little ones to be
lost.” Matt 18:14
11. Think About________________________
Rom 12:10 “Be good friends who love
deeply, practice playing second fiddle.”
12. Think About ________________________
Isaiah 44:23 to “tell the heavens and the earth
to start singing! Tell the mountains and every
tree in the forest to join in the song. The Lord
has rescued His people… now they will
worship him.”
13. Think About ______________________
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me. 19 Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all
that I have commanded you. And behold, I am
with you always, to the end of the age.” Mt
28:18-20