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My friend, and former worship pastor, Dr. Bryan McDonald and I discuss what it means to be a worship pastor. He shares his journey from being called into ministry, to serving as a professor at Shorter University teaching music and worship. We also discuss many of his experiences serving at a church as a worship pastor, and his approach on everything from choosing songs, to shepherding those who are involved in music ministry. Finally, he gives some advice for churches looking for a worship pastor, or are simply trying grow their team of volunteers.

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This lesson was good for Fredo, and it’s good for us. Don’t take sides against your own family. Whether it’s your fellow man, or your brother in Christ, we cannot bless God and curse those around us.This is especially true for the church, where we are called to build one another up in the most holy faith.

There are enough people willing to run one another down, or put folks on blast.

Let’s bless those around us, and not curse them, because fresh water and salt waste cannot come from the same source.

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How can we balance mercy and Justice?

A great place to look for an example is the cross. God’s justice demanded death as the penalty for our sin, but His love for us was demonstrated upon the cross while we were still sinners, as God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself! He made him who knew no sin, to be sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God.

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We are called to worship in Spirit and in Truth, but many lean more one of those ways than the other. The Samaritan woman was given a master class by Jesus, that worship that pleases the Father begins with knowing Jesus. The sacrifices of the old covenant have been replaced with the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!

I make a practical distinction between a Lord’s Day worship service, and our lifestyle of worship. However, no matter what day it is, our prayers, praises, and the posture of our heart should be worshiping the Father, in the name of Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, and in Truth!

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God is not the author of confusion, yet nothing can be more confusing for a child of God than someone telling them God is not their father. Many have given themselves the ministry of Paternity testing God’s children, disowning them as part of the family, like some twisted Jerry Springer episode where DNA tests reveal the child doesn’t belong to the man who thought he was the father. However, God will separate the wheat from the tares. The Holy Spirit has the ministry of confirming God’s children(Romans 8). We must not condemn, when Jesus came to save. We must not confuse, when God gives clarity. We must not reject, what the Spirit has confirmed!

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The public victory always gets the attention, but it is the private battles that must be won that always precede the pedestal. Jesus teaches us to pray when others sleep. To wage war and win in the garden of Gethsemane, before conquering Golgotha. We can’t imagine the weight of crucifixion, but also unimaginable is the weight of the curse of sin, and wrath of a Holy God that was going to be absorbed by Jesus upon the cross. Submitting to the Father’s will in spite of suffering is a lesson for each of us. Ministry is usually most anointed and effective when the person who is serving God has been broken and suffered greatly. However, none of us want to suffer. This private submitting to the Father’s will is critical to any Christian who wants to serve God, and follow the example of our Lord and Savior.

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Romans 8 is powerful and rich, not only in its proclamation that there is no condemnation for those in Christ, but also in comparing the Spirit of fear to the Spirit of Christ! We are in Christ, and the Spirit of Christ is in us. There is no reason to fear, for we are in Christ, and being led by the Spirit. He leads us into war against sin. He leads us to testify of Christ! Finally, He leads us to cry out to God as our Father!

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