Passion

Recently we had lecture series and David Pierce from Steiger International came to speak to the student body. David started Steiger (an International Ministry) in hopes to reach non believers around the world. Although David spent most of the time recruiting for His ministry that I don't feel called to there was something else I saw in Him, Passion.

You can tell by listening and hearing Him speak that David is passionate about God and passionate about the ministry he is called to. Passionate people can be infectious and God is using David in this way. I admire his passion for his ministry and God.

It made me think about my own ministry and where I am called to be. As a worship leader I have to have passion for leading Gods people into worship and  a passion for their hearts. However, I need to have passion in my own relationship with Christ first. I can't lead people into God's presence if I'm not passionate about pursuing God in my own life.

Ministries can be built with passionate people, but we can never forget that unless we have an undying, passionate relationship with Christ then surely those ministries wont be started on the right foundation.

Thoughts?

Simple Lyrics

I have been struck by this song i'm doing in a worship set this upcoming weekend. The song is called "Set A Fire" by the United Pursuit band and it goes like this:

No place i'd rather be
No place i'd rather be
No place i'd rather be
Then here in your love, here in your love 

So set a fire down in my soul
That I can't contain, that I can't control
I want more of you God
I want more of you God

I love writing songs that have big ideas and recently, a lot of lyrics. This isn't too bad, but sometimes my songs can get wordy and start to not make sense. This song is a nice cry of the heart. It has simple lyrics and can be used easily in a worship set.

I love the phrase set a fire down in my soul, because it makes me think how many times I pray that. When a song can make you think past the lyrics or the melody, then you know its powerful.

Thats it for now, God bless!

Why Write A Worship Song?

Instead of talking a whole lot about why writing worship songs is good, i'm going to make the reason simple: Because God deserves it. God deserves the outpour of our heart and the glory due to Him through songwriting. Last class we shot out ideas of why we write worship songs and these included catharsis, testimony, money, and others. The real why was simply because God deserves it and by doing so we are obeying God. I don't write a lot of worship songs because they never end up how I want them to, and then I just throw them in the trash. The more important idea is that when I do write i'm doing it because God deserves it rather than writing without reason.

Psalm 96:1 "Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth."

This verse doesn't say sing a new song followed by to the Lord, but rather it says sing to the LORD a new song. When we sing that new song we are doing it because the Lord deserves all the glory and honor from it.

Why write a worship song?

... Because God deserves it.