Worship Leader Training

I pray this teaching would bless you and equip you as a worship leader. I pray that you would find it really helpful. And that you wouldn't feel the burden of rules or restrictions, but instead, feel more freedom in leading worship. I pray that God would bless you, and teach you himself. I pray that he would anoint you for worship, be with you at all times, and come in power when you worship, in the name of Jesus Christ! God Bless Samuel Lane

LEADINGWORSHIP

Leading worship is amazing; to be given the responsibility of leading people into intimate worship with the living God is such a blessing. It could be the most rewarding and worthwhile thing you'll ever do! But the responsibility can also be quite overwhelming. It's not an easy job, and is often frustrating, exhausting and even demoralizing.

Leading worship is a call to humility. We have to respect the trust that God has given us and be a servant to his will, staying humble, selfless and willing to learn.

The role of the worship leader is to engage people with God. I think of it as trying to get everyone to forget who and what is around them; to get them to worship God as if there is no-one else in the room, and to encourage their own relationship with God. Worship is a corporate activity, and we are all one family. But I want people to have freedom in worship, a sense of abandonment as they sing to God. I don't want them to be concerned with what everyone else is doing. I don't want them to have to rely on a worship leader to be led into worship, I want them to be able to lead themselves there. I want to encourage them in their own personal worship.

"The responses between God and his people should be dynamic, natural and spontaneous" (John Wimber)