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Bringing Down Walls that Hinder Worship
- By Dwayne Moore
- Published March 19, 2008
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Dwayne Moore
Author and Worship Instructor, Dwayne Moore, has been leading and teaching worship for over 30 years. He is founder of Next Level Worship, LLC, a ministry dedicated to providing worship discipleship resources to churches and believers. Dwayne's book, Pure Praise: A Heart-focused Bible Study on Worship, is being released in December by Group Publishing, Inc. Dwayne is a regular contributor to Rick Warren's Ministry Toolbox and http://Worship.com. He is also an online instructor with http://WorshipLeader.com.
View all articles by Dwayne MooreAccording to Joshua, chapter 6, the people of Jericho had constructed a huge wall that prevented God’s people from reaching them. In much the same way people have constructed seemingly insurmountable walls in their hearts and minds that try to prevent God from coming in and taking control.
As worship leaders we cannot merely express the greatness and grace of our God to those in the congregation. What if the Israelites had settled for only looking toward that wall, hoping it would somehow fall as they lifted praise to God with their trumpets and songs? The wall might never have fallen! No, they marched around that wall seven times. They were determined the wall would come down, and they trusted the Lord to honor their obedience to Him and their resolve.
If you help facilitate praise, how determined are you to influence the “people in the pews“ to worship? Are you content just standing there singing or playing? Do you feel it’s “their problem” if they don’t take notice and follow in praise to the Most High? Or do you sense a responsibility to help them want to follow? It was clearly God’s power that brought the wall down that day in Jericho. But it was clearly God’s people whom the Lord used to help it fall!
Ask God to use you and your church’s music group to bring someone‘s “wall” down this coming Sunday…
*Excerpt from Pure Praise: A Heart-focused Bible Study on Worship by Dwayne Moore. (Group Publishing, Inc., Release date: December, 2008)
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2 Responses to "Bringing Down Walls that Hinder Worship"
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said this on 16 Apr 2008 12:52:54 AM CST
This is a good word. I'm not going to beat around the bush here - I'd have to admit that one of the greatest struggles I ever had as a worship leader is learning how to respond to people's lack of response. It's hard not to take it personally. Is anyone out there sensitive like me? And yet the truth of it is, as leaders, we have to rise above those feelings and LEAD. Maybe that is a conscious decision we need to make before getting on the stage: "today I'm going to be the leader God has called me to be, and through my commitment to that, week after week, the walls are going to start coming down." You gotta dig deep as a worship leader to have that approach.
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said this on 17 Apr 2008 9:53:25 AM CST
I have to totally agree with you. It seems like some weeks people are responding to God and not letting anything hinder their worship and then the next week it seems as if there is no one in the sanctuary. But as you said, you can't take it personally, you just have to lead as God has called you to lead.
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