Quote of the day (24th July, 2016)

Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.” – Muhammad Ali

Quote of the day (18th July, 2016)

“You can’t stop the waves but you can learn to surf.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn

Quote of the day (17th July, 2016)

“Hung out with those with a common future not a common past.” – Atta Boafo

Quote of the day (26th June, 2016)

“It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.” – Doris Lessing

Worship Team Training – No Fake Worship

We have all been there. Everything may sound fantastic, look attractive, and planned with purposeful intent. But, something just doesn’t seem right. You feel fake vibes when hoping for authentic ones. Regardless, what makes a worship service fake might be boiled down to a few things. Though, there may be more to put on a list.
The truth is God wants your real worship, not the things of your worship. Here are Five Things that are fake.

Here are five ideas that promote the “fake factor” in church worship services.

1. The worship team is performing like they are in a stadium and only 200 people are in the worship center. Just means over-scaling your team, sound and presentation might not be helping you. The energy put into production shouldn’t outweigh the value of building relationships with the people in the congregation you serve. Your haze machine cannot fill that gap.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. – Psalm 29.2

2. There is no context of God’s character , just our experience. We can sing “we worship You” all we want, but who is “You”–a fuzzy God who just makes us feel fuzzy or an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God who is jealous of us loving anything or one more than Him. Do we go for a God-or-girlfriend emotion or promote confession and celebration?
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. – 2Chron 7.14

3. You do the latest song or idea because it’s the latest song or idea. Content is king in worship, not the buzz of the newest thing.
What is the voice of the prayers and songs of your own people? Hear my prayer, Lord; listen to my cry for mercy. – Psalm 86.6

4. Worship team members are there more for their talent or to play music and not for their spiritual growth. Sure, hire the best people to music pop, but is that your goal? The story of the messengers or artists on stage is important. They are not just tools, they are real people you put up there. Hire people, by the way. But, treat them like…people.
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. – Eph 4.25

5. The goal for the congregation is a feeling , not a transformation. I am all for emotive expression of worship, it’s just that the goal is that we are formed into the image of Jesus a bit more by all that we do in worship and life. So, to just reduce the outcome to sentiment is just a bad idea. Period. Do we expect a “religious” or spiritual encounter to actually change us?
You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me. – Psalm 81.9
“God wants your worship, not your things of worship” – Branon Dempsey
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Rich Kickpatrick, along with Branon Dempsey is one of our Worship Team Training Instructors

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Quote of the day (8th May, 2016)

“Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his work and in that work he does what he wants to do.” – R. G. Collingwood

Quote of the day (26th April, 2016)

“Be generous with your honour and be stingy with your complaints” – Joel Osteen

Your daily devotional by Dag Heward-Mills (24th April, 2016)

April 24, 2016

KEEP IT UP

Dag Heward-Mills

READ: Genesis 26:1-6

And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. Genesis 25:5

Isaac successfully inherited his father’s ministry. He did not destroy the wealth that he inherited from his father. Isaac was unlike Rehoboam, who inherited everything from Solomon but lost it within five years. A common mistake of those who inherit wealth is to inherit the wealth without learning the wisdom that created the wealth. Rehoboam inherited the wealth of his father Solomon but did not learn the wisdom of Solomon. His foolishness was seen at his very first cabinet meeting (1 Kings 12). He displayed a complete lack of tact and wisdom, the very thing that had created the wealth of Solomon!

Indeed, it is said that only two percent of those who inherit a fortune are able to make their inheritance grow.

Isaac, on the other hand, received a great inheritance from his father Abraham and continued the tradition by becoming great in his own right. The principles that had made Abraham rich were the same principles that made Isaac rich. If you do not learn the principles that made someone great, you will not be able to sustain the wealth he gives you. It is obvious that Isaac inherited the principle of blind obedience to Almighty God. Remember that God made Abraham rich as he blindly obeyed him. Isaac did the same thing.

When the Lord told him to stay in a land when there was a famine, he was obedient. Through this obedience Isaac also became rich in his own right.

Credit: Dag Heward-Mills

Quote of the day (20th April, 2016)

“The number one reason most people don’t get what they want is that they don’t know what they want.” – T. Harv Eker

Moral lessons forever (20th April, 2016)

THE MURDERER AND THE MURDERED

Two guys were drinking in a bar. As they were drinking, they started arguing, one guy pounce on his friend and started beating him.

After a long beating he realised that his friend was no longer breathing, he already died instantly. Then the guy started running with his shirt full of blood.

Those who were watching the fight started chasing him. He ran to the house of a Christian man, knocked and said, “Can you please hide me, I have killed a person and people are chasing me.”

The Christian man replied, “Where am I going to hide you in my one room apartment?” The muderer said “There is no time to waste here, just think of anywhere you can hide me.” After a long thinking, the Christian man said to the murderer, “Give me your shirt and take my shirt but remember to keep my shirt clean.” They exchanged their shirts.

Then as soon as the Christian man opened the door, people started beating him and was badly injured that he was taken to the police station.

From police station, the case was taken to court and the man was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to death.

The real murderer was safe at home but was feeling so guilty that he ran to the Court and said, “Can you please release that innocent man, I am the real murderer.” The judge replied, “Unfortunately it’s too late, the man is already hanged at last.” He ran to the police where the man was hanged and for sure he found him dead hanging.

He knelt down and cried his eyes out and said to himself, “You paid for my crime.” He remembered the Christian’s last words:

“KEEP MY SHIRT CLEAN !!!”

That’s how the murderer repented and became a Christian!

MORAL OF THE STORY

This is what Jesus did for us.

He died for the crime he did not commit on the cross of Calvary.

Now if you are thankful with what Jesus did for you, appreciate Him share with friends and followers. God bless you.

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