Worship Going... well?!

I am sitting here, thinking about last night, and am still absolutely amazed. With only one run through of each song under our belts, the worship team took the stage, adding in a new member, even, and we nailed it...

... with God's help, of course!

The entire week, I hadn't the foggiest what I would do for worship during youth group. I decided to turn to Corrie and Elissa and ask them what they would like to do. Elissa gave me an, "I don't know," whereas Corrie told me she'd send me some songs the next day, and did so. I used one of the songs she sent, which was, "Jesus, Lover of my Soul." Little did I know, that was the key song of the night.

We've got a very small worship team, guitar, keyboard, drums, and vocals. There isn't a whole lot of exciting, jump around, have fun songs that we can do without having a few more instruments to add that extra layer of depth, so we really have to work at getting the music across effectively, which is exactly what we're trying to do.

The song set opened with "Every Move I Make," which is simply stating that you walk with Jesus, every day of your life. During the song, supposing you mean what you're singing, you're literally asking God, "How can this love, that You give me, be? How come You give me this mercy, this grace?" As I looked up, toward the end of the song, I noticed a few members of the youth group dancing around. This was encouraging.

Moving on to the second song, which was "You Are My King (Amazing Love)," the mood died down a little bit. I decided, since it was a slower song, I wouldn't look around all that much. As the song chugged along, since I think I slowed it down a bit more than I should've, I wound up dropping my pick and had to use my thumb to play. I didn't let it bother me, since I happened to have another pick in my pocket. Coincidence? I could see a few of the youth worshipping, in my peripheral vision, and this was very encouraging, as well. As the song ended, I dug in my pocket, hearing voices raised to God in worship.

The song poses an amazing question, though: "How can it be, that You, my King, would die for me?" It speaks of an amazing love. A selfless love.

Extra pick in hand, the third song, "Jesus, Lover of my Soul," started. The whole song is an outcry, from the soul, that states that you love Him just as much as He loves you. You'll never let him go. You need Him. You'll worship Him with everything in you. This song was the key song of the evening. Something happened, during this song, and I don't know what. All I know is, the spirit on that room was incredible. And this time... it wasn't because it was at a camp, or a convention. It was because us, the youth of the church, sincerely worshipped Him.

This Sunday, I'm going to add one song to this set, for the youth led service. The song will probably be, "The Stand," by Hillsong. God's already putting ideas of how to use the song, within the set, in my head. It's all very exciting, hard to explain, but overall wonderful.

Until next week.

God Bless,

Mike