Kiki's Worship Blog

There are many different ways for a church to worship.  There is the regulative principle of worship, where everything we do must be clearly commanded in scripture.  Another approach would be the normative principle, which holds that whatever Scripture doesn't forbid is allowed.  Lastly, Kauflin describes what he calls the Whatever Principle, in which we can worship God any way we want.  With these different ways to worship, it is natural for tensions to arise in the church where people may want to worship in their own way.  Rather than endlessly debating on which way to follow, we should try to learn what the other might have that we don't.  This way, instead of seeking to be balanced, we can learn every way that God has enabled us to worship Him. Our band consists of people with vastly different backgrounds, personalities, and interests.  Consequently, we're going to have different ways we worship.  Emily likes the songs to be dynamic and soun...

The Spirit of God works to transform us into the image of Jesus.  This is especially prevalent while we behold God's glory.  Kauflin describes six ways that worshipping God can and should transform the way we live our lives.  Worshipping God should make us humble, secure, grateful, holy, loving, and mission-minded.  The phrase "Genuine worship is life changing" is true, and it should dramatically impact how we lead worship.  It gives worship a whole new meaning with its implications and a mission for us to carry out.  When we glorify God through worship, He works in us to his will.  While we worship, the joy is ours, but the glory is His. I felt like I really needed this chapter right now during this time in my life.  As senioritis kicks in, motivation to work hard has truly left me, as life somehow got more stressful and crazy.  But this chapter reminded me that genuine worship is life changing.  I, myself, may not be able to lea...

God's presence is all around us at all times.  It is both a comforting thought and a sobering one.  But where does that leave worship leaders?  Do we bring down God's presence when we play music?  Not really, God is always with us regardless.  And it is up to Jesus alone whether he wants his presence to be stronger.  Bob Kauflin warns us that Christian musicians need to be cautious in this sense.  We cannot believe that we are the ones bringing out God's presence with our music.  God does not depend on us to make Himself known, only He can do that Himself.  However, we should be pursuing His active presence.  We can do this by giving our worship everything we have.  We shouldn't hold back, for one of the reasons God gave us these gifts to pursue his active presence. Sometimes I forget that God is always with us, but I really feel Him when I worship or play the drums to worship songs.  In this way, I need to be careful to not ...