Joe Horness - Part 2

Several weeks ago Joe Horness came to Cherry Hills to lead a worship seminar and teach on Sunday morning.

I've heard this teaching before, but it's one of the best I've heard on the importance of leading others in worship.

Joe teaches that the goal of leading people in worship is to get their hearts engaged with God. And he goes on to say that the way to do that is to paint a great picture of God!

I've written before on this blog that our worship is a response to the character, the works, and the grace of God. So it makes sense that if our worship is a response, we need to lead people in responding to God by painting a great picture of God for people.

To do that (paint a great picture of God) Joe gave some suggestions that have helped me for years while planning and leading worship:

1. Teach well - what does it mean to see God.
2. Bring your best offering (Malachi 1).
3. Use the spoken word (calls to worship, ask a compelling questions, tell a compelling story).
4. Use Scripture - anytime we can replace our words with God's Word is a good thing.
5. Pray intelligent prayers.
6. Pick songs that help paint a big picture of God (objective songs, not just subjective).
7. Recapture the use of art and visuals in helping people see a big picture of God.