Maybe this post should be titled the worship leader.
I was one of those in the praise team in Nigeria so I have seen both sides. I have experienced moments where the crowd refused to be moved by our ministrations or the time they were so moved that worship went on longer. Sometimes we are fixated on singing to impress the crowd, but that's not the end game. Is the song ministering to us, how are we being transformed by Jesus. Are we giving heart felt praise to the king of kings? No doubt it's wonderful when the crowd gets carried along but we should be be careful not to play into pleasing them all the time. Our aim is to start with ourselves, make sure you are holy, make sure that our lives are reflective of how grateful we are to the maker. Next, we should channel our praise God, hoping with Faith that it is acceptable to him. The people are not blind, they can feel real stuff. I wrote a song from an inner place " let my praises like a river surround you" I just wrote it because I wanted to express how grateful I was. Somehow it made the choir's line up of worship songs. They were impressed and so it was from that place I decided to write another worship song, of course that didn't go so well. I just felt like sharing this. Remember Love God, love your Neighbors. Shalom!
