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Matt Boswell
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February 8 - February 12, 2018
The church has not just been called to be aware, but to be a people that reflect the gospel of Jesus in the way we love, serve, give, and walk alongside the broken and neglected.
the Word always elicits a response and I want to give my people a full-bodied way of expressing their love for God (Isa. 55:11).
Creativity, then, is an echo of God’s own creative work.
The alternative is to look for opportunities to empower creatives in our own context.
In many ways, cultivating authentic creativity is an exercise in contextualization.
Part of this means developing the creative leaders you have, rather than pining for the leaders you don’t have.
What every one of the guys described as being the most significant part of our new school was entirely shocking: just being a part of our crazy family.
We’ll have to create space in our schedules, living rooms, and hearts to allow our lives to intertwine.
It is far easier to write songs and record albums than it is to make disciples.
A worship leader not only leads songs, but leads people.
Discord between these integral roles is a huge target for the Enemy;
He explains how worship is not preparation for teaching, but the teaching of the Word promotes greater worship.
God gave the pastor the responsibility of casting the vision of worship for your entire church.
He is not just your senior pastor, but he is your worship pastor too.
Your congregation can pick up on both division and unity. They may not know what’s wrong, or why it’s wrong, but they will sense something is not right.
The writer of Hebrews doesn’t have all of your preferences for leadership in mind when he exhorts you to work with joy, not groaning.
My prayer for you, the reader, is this: that you would love God more than the role you’ve been given, and love the people of God more than the music you create. Now go be a worship leader.
As worship leaders, our primary task is to lead the people of God in the worship of God.
It is not a stretch to extend this understanding to apply to the homes of Christians as well. The chief end of the family is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. God is worthy of the worship of our homes.
We are reminded that God is commanding the worship of the entire person, from the inside out.
The indisputable commission of the family is to be a transmitter of faith.
While this isn’t a rigid time and place, it is a regular time and place.
Worship leader, the greatest need of your wife and children is that you disciple them in the Word of God.
Like every other Christian, my story is one in which I look back and see that the grace of God has come at me from a thousand directions.
If you will, the first part of the New Testament’s response to Psalm 15’s “Who shall come into God’s presence” is a boisterous “Jesus Christ can!” He has clean hands and a pure heart. He has done no evil and broken no promise. He may sojourn in God’s tent and stand in God’s holy
place.
But the New Testament has more to say: Jesus Christ can come into God’s holy presence and all who are in Him (by...
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Our desire in worship planning is to pray and plan toward the goal of seeing God’s Word brought home by the Holy Spirit to the hearts of those who are gathered. Our planning should be deeply pastoral in nature.
When we sin, we don’t need to fear condemnation, because Christ has already been condemned for
us.
Our job as worship leaders is to help people see the gospel more clearly and understand how it affects everything.
I’m an awesome worship leader. Every day through my words and actions I am constantly encouraging other people to worship along with me. I don’t even have to sing to do it. I constantly tell people what I treasure, what I believe is most enjoyable, and what truly matters in this life. The only problem is that the object of my worship isn’t always God. Sometimes I feel like the football player who picks up a fumble, runs hard, and hears the crowd roar, only to realize he’s in the wrong end zone.
We can’t not worship.
A good place to start is to remember people probably aren’t thinking about us nearly as much as we think they are.
We don’t have to search for acceptance because we already have found our ultimate identity in Christ (Col. 3:3)
Songs are a way of teaching one another (Col. 3:16).
