Re: [Worship] LEADING worship - Eyes

[River of Life <river@goes.com>]

At 02:48 PM 01/28/2000 -0600, Dean Thomas wrote:
>River of Life wrote:
>
>> At 09:08 AM 01/28/2000 -0800, Andrew wrote:
>> >
>> >Hi all....
>> >
>> >I think that I've read somewhere that when we lead
>> >worship, we should not close our eyes.
>> >
>>
>> There are two schools of thought here. The first is that we should be aware
>> of what's going on around us. What is the congregation doing, are they
>> "entering in", twiddling their fingers, checking their watches or whatever.
>> There are times when we should check to see what is going on around us (to
>> see if the congregation is still there). The other school of thought is
>> that is if we are modelling worship, then that's what we should be doing.
>> Worshipping in the way we can do it best. If that is with eyes closed, so
>> be it.
>
>Well, maybe there are three schools. I agree with the first school,
absolutely.
>If we are indeed leading worship, it is good to check and see if those we are
>leading are indeed following! If we get so far out in front of the crowd, we
>become scouts, not leaders!
>
We are watching, IMHO, to see what it is that the Spirit of God is doing
among those people. That is part of what
>determines flow. Do we move on quickly? Do we skip this song? Do we linger
here for a while? 

Dean,

I agree with you 100%. I am not saying that we should have our eyes closed
from the beginning of the worship service until the end, but if one's eyes
are closed during most of the songs (not in between songs), or during "free
worship", I don't see the problem. Most of the flow related issues come
from our spiritual "eyes", receptors or whatever you want to call it, a
discernment of what is happening "in the spirit".

If people are on their faces and the Lord is working and the worship leader
jumps into some "happy-clappy" thing, I guess he or she should find another
job.


Your Servant in Christ,

Vince Perna
The River Of Life
Discount Christian Bookstore 
http://www.riveroflifecbs.com
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