Confidence Lost! Messing up the Worship.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Myhill on 14 February 2008 at 12:55pm

Hi Lee

You are not alone!
Only this last Sunday evening I had a pretty poor time leading worship; I sang some wrong lyrics and hit several bum notes during the various songs, plus the band was somewhat smaller than usual, which makes things seem that much worse.
Hey, guess what? we're all human!
I think the main thing is to not let it eat you up.
I try to use a bad situation as a launchpad for something better, so if I hit a real bum note, for example, then I don't pull a strained face to make my pain clear to everyone, I think "OK, that was a shame, but now let's pick things up and move on".
Life really is too short to dwell on this stuff.

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Permalink Reply by martyn burt on 14 February 2008 at 1:27pm

Most weeks!
I think so often we want to play well but often feel we 'let God down'. yet so often people think the worship was awesome even if we feel we have not been very good. We just need to 'let go and let God'.

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Permalink Reply by jason terry on 14 February 2008 at 3:44pm

i was doing highest and greatest, and i went into the chorus singing "you are the greatest, you are the greatest" i just smiled in a joking way to myself and kept on playing, i then did it again at a worship team meeting

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Permalink Reply by Rob Mason on 14 February 2008 at 3:46pm

its all heart people. even when we do something so distracting that eveyone notices, actually it HELPS to connect you with the people you are leading, and saves this whole 'us and them' thing developing.

We get too worried about how good or bad we are. - though I feel your pain.!

Keep going, dig in, look up!

thanks for sharing!

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Permalink Reply by Nathaniel Freeman on 14 February 2008 at 6:30pm

I think I said elsewhere, I introduced a new song and forgot how the chorus went halfway through the verse so had to make it up in the end and sing my own version.

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Permalink Reply by Hannah Cooke on 14 February 2008 at 11:20pm

totally identifiy with this. we've got a new vicar at our church and i was really nervous about leading worship last sunday as was the first time on in weeks. we decided to play 'here is love' pre-service (the passion hymn project version) as we weren't confident with it so it's good to get an extra practice and i got so confused with multiple time signatures that i couldn't work it out at all. turned round to the drummer in the tag between verses (he's also a worship leader) and he couldn't remember it either. we gracefully finished the song early and had to run off and find another worship leader to remind us how the song went so that we could use it. Drew a total blank!!! Felt the whole thing ended up being a disaster (especially as PA went horribly wrong) and yet loads of people said they got loads from the worship. such a good thing God is REALLY faithful and takes our measley offering and makes it awesome for Him!!!

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Permalink Reply by Ben Atkins on 14 February 2008 at 11:51pm

Totally agree with all thats been said, I've found it very true at times when I think I've done a 'measly' job, God has used it amazingly!

Aside slightly - does the anointing song you were talking about go "Anointing fall on me, anointing fall on me, in the power of the Holy Ghost, fall on me, anointing fall on me"?

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Permalink Reply by Lee Wyatt on 15 February 2008 at 1:11pm

Yes Ben thats the song! Not overly difficult but I just got really lost for some mad reason! We also did a new song that I mucked up because I mucked the anointing one up!!

I dont think God minds but I just want to really do my BEST for God all the time...cant always though I guess!!!

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Permalink Reply by Ben Atkins on 16 February 2008 at 11:04am

Yeahh I totally know what you mean. What were the chords that you used when you played it? - We've been wanting to bring it in at my church for a while but can only find dodgy chords!

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Permalink Reply by rachel lindley on 5 April 2008 at 10:47pm

Sounds like the anointing fell on you...you got what you were singing about eh???? You just weren't aware of it!!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Blackburn on 15 February 2008 at 2:08am

Oh man - you wouldn't believe how many times this has happened to me. My verdict is really that God is in control, He uses us, not the other way round, and He also doesn't let my incompetence get in His way. Gives you a heck of a safety net.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Pierce on 16 February 2008 at 4:27pm

Hi Lee

I was leading worship on my own the other week - and had brought my guitar in from the cold outside into a warm room. and would it stay in tune?! nah!

I had to keep retuning - but was able to talk a bit about when God turns the heat up in our lives, everything that we thought was in tune suddenly sounds all wrong - so we have to go back to the Father to get ourselves tuned up again.

What was funny is that a visitor that morning was really blessed by the 'reality' and 'imperfection' of the music.

No matter what is going on I try to always believe Romans 8:28 and just keep ploughing! The key is to always keep the focus on Jesus, and hear if God is saying anything to you about what is going on - and use that to point back to Him.

And don't forget to laugh!

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