Paul Baloche - Praying during worship. Paul's "Modern Worship Series" DVD's contain practical instruction for worship leaders and teams and are available at leadworship.com
..every individual is different and expresses their heart to God differently which is one reason why we have so many different churches for people to choose to go to. When you have a congregation and leadership who feels a method of action is the highest of praise, worship, and respect to God, it's important to comply and help to grow and encourage God's people in their faith. I agree that your eyes don't have to be closed, but some believe it's more respectful to do such things. God Bless :)
@worshipper26 well based on my experience in being in a worship group, sometimes we play repeat the songs so many times in one service that it gets boring and people just get bored of singing the same song. so i think its better for it to be short and sweet. i think its better if you leave the audience wanting for more instead of not wanting to hear the song again.
true. i agree with you, but it might be the pastor salkworksmusic mentioned has worried that some worship leaders say things without a good and true understanding of the Word.
I believe Paul is referring to spoken word form of prayer, which we all generally call "praying" or "to pray." I understand your point clearly, and I agree, only I would word it differently - everything action taken on account of the Lord is Worship. Prayer is the notion of speaking to God, while Worship, by definition is expressing God's worth. And I do think it depends on a church's tradition or way of doing things; every individual is different and worships differently...(more to say)
I agree with the statement of not "preaching in prayer." You're not preaching a message to people; you're communicating with God. We don't question when to talk to other people or not. When do we talk to them? When is it appropriate? When you have something to communicate or a response is required. It's the same in praying during worship: "Should something be communicated to God? Is a response required?" Question: Why is shorter worship better? I'm not quite clear on this.
i am a worship leader and we pray before we start songs but, it's a youth group and they don't always respect God especially the new ones so i gotta keep it short. by the way I'm 13 so don't hate on me to hard :)
@worshipper26 I thought he meant prayers are better short, not the worship. i.e. he was elluding to the fact that it's not a good idea to ramble as he reiterated when he mentioned you're not supposed to give a sermon. Just my thoughts. :)
My personal opinion is that worship songs are nothing more than prayers with music. You choose and sing songs that carry forth the message you want to bring to God and that's all there is to it. Therefore, praying during worship should be almost liquid, a natural thing to do, a part of the flow True, the traditions of Churches may differ and we ought to respect those that God put above us. I think all we can do is pray and work with what the Lord grants us =)
" short's always better'? not sure if I agree with that. How about we praise and worship according to the prompting of the Holy Spirit and not put such strict time limits on it. Exhortation is important in leading as well as prayer. If there is a " Selah" moment that should be fine as well.
i totally don't agree with your pastor at all, there is no one with more authority than others. Under God, everyone.....nevermind. u can quote scriptures to help explain the song ur singing. like Alshadai or some other song, people might not know what it means, u can explain what it means. As a worshipper I rather have an intimate worship than have the music only played well and no one knows what they are singing.
13 and leading worship! Praise the Lord! God bless you and keep on worshipping and leading others into the presence of the Lord!
..every individual is different and expresses their heart to God differently which is one reason why we have so many different churches for people to choose to go to. When you have a congregation and leadership who feels a method of action is the highest of praise, worship, and respect to God, it's important to comply and help to grow and encourage God's people in their faith.
I agree that your eyes don't have to be closed, but some believe it's more respectful to do such things.
God Bless :)
PAul, you are a blessing!!!!
Thanx Paul, God bless ;)
That's awesome that you're leading at age 13! Keep going for it and let yourself grow.
@worshipper26 well based on my experience in being in a worship group, sometimes we play repeat the songs so many times in one service that it gets boring and people just get bored of singing the same song. so i think its better for it to be short and sweet. i think its better if you leave the audience wanting for more instead of not wanting to hear the song again.
thanks alot!
true. i agree with you, but it might be the pastor salkworksmusic mentioned has worried that some worship leaders say things without a good and true understanding of the Word.
I believe Paul is referring to spoken word form of prayer, which we all generally call "praying" or "to pray." I understand your point clearly, and I agree, only I would word it differently - everything action taken on account of the Lord is Worship. Prayer is the notion of speaking to God, while Worship, by definition is expressing God's worth.
And I do think it depends on a church's tradition or way of doing things; every individual is different and worships differently...(more to say)
I agree with the statement of not "preaching in prayer." You're not preaching a message to people; you're communicating with God. We don't question when to talk to other people or not. When do we talk to them? When is it appropriate? When you have something to communicate or a response is required. It's the same in praying during worship: "Should something be communicated to God? Is a response required?"
Question: Why is shorter worship better? I'm not quite clear on this.
i am a worship leader and we pray before we start songs but, it's a youth group and they don't always respect God especially the new ones so i gotta keep it short. by the way I'm 13 so don't hate on me to hard :)
@worshipper26
I thought he meant prayers are better short, not the worship. i.e. he was elluding to the fact that it's not a good idea to ramble as he reiterated when he mentioned you're not supposed to give a sermon. Just my thoughts. :)
@romeroperkins
Hi, I just saw your message. Did you get that prayer answered. If not, I would like to join in prayer with you.
God bless.
My personal opinion is that worship songs are nothing more than prayers with music. You choose and sing songs that carry forth the message you want to bring to God and that's all there is to it. Therefore, praying during worship should be almost liquid, a natural thing to do, a part of the flow
True, the traditions of Churches may differ and we ought to respect those that God put above us. I think all we can do is pray and work with what the Lord grants us =)
Sorry, I forgot to mention that my comment was in reply to
cstorm72000's comment.
Take Care =]
David
and add your own thoughts and comments that may lead congregation away from the truth
" short's always better'? not sure if I agree with that. How about we praise and worship according to the prompting of the Holy Spirit and not put such strict time limits on it. Exhortation is important in leading as well as prayer. If there is a " Selah" moment that should be fine as well.
i totally don't agree with your pastor at all, there is no one with more authority than others. Under God, everyone.....nevermind. u can quote scriptures to help explain the song ur singing. like Alshadai or some other song, people might not know what it means, u can explain what it means. As a worshipper I rather have an intimate worship than have the music only played well and no one knows what they are singing.