5. For Next Level Worship, Put God First
Worshipping God is a daily lifestyle. If you are just worshiping God on Sunday morning, you are living a subpar Christian lifestyle. Sunday mornings should just be the tip of the iceberg! If you honor God daily by reading His word, praying, worshiping and spending time with Him, He will honor you by showing up Sunday morning in your corporate worship times!
I am fairly capable of putting together a good band and list of songs. But only God can touch people’s hearts and heal their bodies and minds! Put God first in your daily life and He will show up in powerful ways in your Sunday morning corporate worship!
Also, put God first in your actual worship time. Sometimes we can get so caught up in the music, transitions, and the mechanics of leading and playing that we don’t focus on the main thing: God! God is why we come together, God is why we sing great songs and worship. God is the reason. Don’t allow the distractions of live music get in the way of worshiping God with all your heart and leading your congregation to do the same!
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6. Memorize Your Music
There are few things worse than seeing a worship leader and team whose eyes are glued to the music. When you memorize the music, you can communicate better with the congregation and with God! To get past the music, you need to memorize it and know it so well that you do not have to think about it! Great teams and leaders memorize the music so that they can worship freely!
7. For Next Level Worship, Worship God With All Your Heart
The first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. This includes worshiping God with your actions. The actions of biblical worship include singing, clapping, raising our hands, dancing, bowing and shouting. We serve an awesome God who created every good thing that we enjoy. He is worthy of passionate worship.
Never let yourself just go through the motions of just singing a song. Be a passionate worshiper who loves and worships God with all you have. Learn to incorporate all the actions of worship into your personal and corporate worship!
8. For Next Level Worship, Be a Great Example
I have found that congregations tend to mirror the passion of the worship team. If the people up front are full of passion and energy for worshipping God, the congregation tends to lift their worship to a higher level.
We have the opportunity to be passionate examples of worshippers to our congregation. If they see you and the team worshipping God with your whole heart soul, mind and strength on a weekly basis, they will grow in their passion for worship.
If you lead, they will follow. It sometimes does not happen immediately, but that is what worship leadership is about. A big part of leadership is helping people grow in their passion and worship of God. Learn to be a passionate worshipper of God, on and off the stage. Be authentic and do not lose your passion for loving and worshiping God with all your heart!
This article on next level worship originally appeared here.
