Worship Leaders - remove the barriers to encounter with God

[@zealheals]

What are the barriers please? Maybe 1-2 please 🙂

[@jeffdeyopodcast]

Absolutely! Do you have IG or Facebook? I put some more details in the caption of my IG and Facebook reel posts. Check it out!

[@zealheals]

@jeffdeyopodcast Unfortunately no, but thank you!

[@jeffdeyopodcast]

@@zealheals All good. Here is the full caption from IG. When I say we need to make it easier for people to connect with God, that can easily be misunderstood.😅😅 What I’m not saying is that we need to be people pleasers rather than God pleasers. What I’m not saying is that we should work really hard to meet people where they are regarding style and musical preferences. What I’m not saying is that we should major on the minors, making sure we sing all the popular songs in all the right keys. What I am saying is that we want to do everything we can to facilitate a genuine relational connection between the people of God and their creator. Minus the barriers. Much of this has to do with flow and transitions and inviting people to become participants rather than spectators. Much of this has to do with carefully using technology as a servant to the musical worship rather than as a front seat driver. Jesus never focused on making people comfortable. Comfort is somewhat of an oxymoron in the Kingdom. Comfort should never be the goal in worship. (In fact, I would refrain from ever using that word in a worship service.) Obedience should be the goal, so removing barriers would include things like removing the performance atmosphere, practicing toward excellence so as not to be a distraction, teaching and encouraging biblical worship expression, etc. We all want the same thing, and there seem to be many different ways to go about it. But when it comes to musical worship, everything we need to know about God’s desires comes from his Word and from his Spirit.