The Bible gives us endless examples of Praise & Worship, some of which point to how worship can be corrupted & even rejected by God.
In our modern culture, the concept of "Praise & Worship" is often built up on the evolution of the church age and, sometimes, is influenced more by cultural context than scriptural substance.
This Training Plan walks our worship team members through the hard topics & re-establishes the scriptural basis of what Praise & Worship is, and what it should be.
Objective: Team Unity in Submission to God.
Inspiration: Jeremiah 1:10
Download the Outline: Team Building Lesson Plan
Conflict happens when we expect others to be like us.
Harmony happens when we understand why they are not.
This study lays the foundational ground work for our team to get to know each other as people; building understanding & trust which we will need as we move into the deeper topics of our worship journey.
In our busy culture today, it is easy to think that God is happy to receive whatever we offer up to Him, but that's not what the Bible tells us.
This study goes deep to see (in Amos) an example of how what seems like the right worship get's rejected by God.
This lesson hit's the hard stuff, starting with the 1st account that we see of a worship leader and how that went terribly wrong.
(Breaks up ground to jump into next Lesson)
Pride no small thing. It was the inquity that caused Satan to fall. It was the sin of Sodom that brought destruction.
What does the Bible say about pride? What is it?
As worship leaders, we are put into a delicate place where we MUST constantly be consious of pride. We are given gifts that we offer up on a platform, in front of others. We receive compliments of those gifts. Worship leaders are always on the front-line of attacks by the enemy, who will exploit any grain of pride that can be found. We have a responsibility to shine God's light into the darkest corners of our being to ensure we do not let pride creep in.
We sing the lyric "My Praise is a weapon...", but is it?
Jesus gave us a great way to test the spirits (judge the fruit), but are we looking at the right fruit?
Sometimes, the exact same "earthly fruit" can be producted from either GOOD Spiritual fruit or BAD spiritual fruit.
This study challenges us to look deeper to make sure what we are doing is Good.
i.e. "The Music & Sound was great!" (Good earthly Fruit) But did it come from a genuine heart? (Spiritual Fruit)
In the English Translation, we lose a lot of color & context about the specific acts of praise, worship & sacrifice. For example, there are FOUR Hebrew words for "Praise" that are more specifically descriptive. In english, these all traslate to just "praise".
This study looks at the original Hebrew text to better understand "what" we are reading in scripture.