Sentences with phrase «people worshipped their leaders»

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Or people following prominent leaders like fans following pop / rock stars.Following the «lively worship» and / or «good» teaching.

As a worship leader, there have been too many times when I have shied away from letting silence fall because I've been worried about how people will take it.

But all of the leaders, in their own way and context, have dedicated their lives to trying to help God's people worship Him.

(conversion numbers / souls, good deeds / miracles, a way to create jobs for pastors and worship leaders / a way for people to be transformed)?

Going forward, our worship leaders and songwriters must continue to write for normal people and take seriously the reality that they're the conveyers of popular theology to the masses.

People were encouraged by worship leaders to «jump into the river» in worship, making human effort more than being open to what comes.

The truth is, your pastor, worship leader, small group leader or whoever else may have more training and / or have walked with Jesus longer than you have, but they are still people.

each of those religions have well respected scholars and leaders who argue that other modes of worship are acceptable modes (for other people) to reach the same God.

Have leaders and congregants become so programmed by ecclesiastical tradition as to be sincere yet misguided in a way that makes Christian community and worship unattractive or even repulsive and not just to people outside of the church.

If once a week, when we are at our place of worship, or just sitting and thinking, would we not be better people and better leaders if we examined ourselves this way?

Worship leader Vicky Beeching has come third in a list of the most influential lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Britain.

I only make sure to define these men as communist because whether or not they were «just following orders» or not, their bloody reigns of terror were brought on because they had an unquenchable thirst for power and allowing people to worship something other than the supreme leader didn't cut it.

... If you're a worship leader, you give people permission to talk to the Lord, have a dialogue and express their heart.»

People from our church have gone on to become home group and worship leaders elsewhere because they had training in a small environment.

The word worship is generally thought of as a time during the service when people are lead into song and outward praise to God by a leader or group, paid to lead people this way.

«The purpose of a worship leader or a songwriter is to give people language,» he says.

People still bear a burden of contempt from leaders and systems that reduce them to jobs to be done, votes to be cast, products to be bought or — let us be honest enough to add — data points on a rising line of worship attendance.

The church becomes one more dehumanising «thing» (seeing people as things called sinners, or bums on pews, or soldiers in the work of the church, or worship leaders, or whatever) more concerned with making sure the church / congregation / denomination survives than with seeing the individuals live.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

His trust in God was profoundly distrusted as an attitude dangerous to the existence of his nation, of its cause as the people of God, of its leaders, its worship, its laws.

My second point is that I have been in many church services where it seems that the worship leader or the pastor are just trying to hype people up (as your example in the blog).

One person he specifically «put out» of the church is now a worship leader with an amazing traveling ministry especially to those in addiction recovery.

Yesterday the worship leader started and people interjected with things they wanted to share.

The religious leaders are trying to get (con) people to see the importance of church and worship.

The easy thing would be to keep bouncing around hoping to find some amalgamation of a church where there is a pastor who preaches like Tim Keller, a worship leader who leads like CeCe Winans and people who all have a heart of justice like Shane Claiborne.

For people / parishoners who have both intellect and emotions (and who would want to worship with both), how they be lead or guided without the rare leader with both?

Our middle son is a member of the Council, a worship leader and a Sunday school teacher, and out of respect for his need for space and because I knew there were a few people in the congregation for whom my transition would be a problem, I have stayed away.

The feelings escalated when I stepped through the next pair of doors into the auditorium of six or seven hundred middle - aged, jean wrapped people, all attempting to sing the repetitive song of the bald, guitar - playing worship leader.

For many young people choosing a church, worship leaders have become a more important factor than preachers.

But for people like Fernadez, a first - generation American who works as a worship leader at a local church, it's a worrisome sign that homeownership won't get any easier, especially in some of the country's tightest housing markets.

Developed 12 worship leaders and recruited... 12, 000 people.

Our team consists of worship leaders and musicians who serve faithfully in the church every weekend to see people far from God be raised to life in Christ through the power of worship.

I knew people who zippered their furniture with custom fitted plastic coverings and only took them off on special occasions or when important company came over like a leader from the family's house of worship or the school teacher.

I have spent the majority of my adult life in front if people as a worship leader and itinerate minister, so when the lights went out and somebody turned off the mic, I didn't know how to find God in the silence.