Comments on: Just the Band Guy http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:58:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Pena http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-474 Bill Pena Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:57:30 +0000 http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60#comment-474 Thanks Paul, I really needed this reminder...May God bless you. Thanks Paul, I really needed this reminder…May God bless you.

]]> By: Rahul Thomas http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-69 Rahul Thomas Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:46:44 +0000 http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60#comment-69 Thanks Paul, I got saved while listening to "Above All" three and a half years ago. God has lead me on an amazing journey since then. Regards, Rahul Thomas Thanks Paul,

I got saved while listening to “Above All” three and a half years ago. God has lead me on an amazing journey since then.

Regards,
Rahul Thomas

]]> By: Joshua http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-67 Joshua Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:24:34 +0000 http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60#comment-67 Great insight Paul. I was leading worship 2 Sundays a month at my church aside from a full time job. I was not focused on the right things and my personal relationship with Christ was suffering. I stepped down as worship leader to get my life back and track. I am just ending a 2 month break from leading worship and am eager to get back in the saddle. Reading this blog reminds me of how important it is to be focused on the people and how i can serve them. Thanks for the great reminder and for sharing your wisdom and experience. It is much appreciated. Thanks! Great insight Paul. I was leading worship 2 Sundays a month at my church aside from a full time job. I was not focused on the right things and my personal relationship with Christ was suffering. I stepped down as worship leader to get my life back and track. I am just ending a 2 month break from leading worship and am eager to get back in the saddle. Reading this blog reminds me of how important it is to be focused on the people and how i can serve them. Thanks for the great reminder and for sharing your wisdom and experience. It is much appreciated. Thanks!

]]> By: Beth Rutt http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-51 Beth Rutt Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:09:49 +0000 http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60#comment-51 It sounds like you are a fly on the wall of my life. If I had written this, our stories would seem as though one of us cheated by peaking on our test papers. I am always amazed and humbled to see how God, in His loving way, patiently leads us, as His children, to live out this journey we're on for Him. It sounds like you are a fly on the wall of my life. If I had written this, our stories would seem as though one of us cheated by peaking on our test papers. I am always amazed and humbled to see how God, in His loving way, patiently leads us, as His children, to live out this journey we’re on for Him.

]]> By: Brandon Baker http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-49 Brandon Baker Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:29:34 +0000 http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60#comment-49 Paul, As I read this blog post it was like you writing about me. I havn't been a musician as long as you. Only about a year, but recently I have felt a calling like never before. I have been leading worship at our Celebrate Recovery meetings and I have a feeling God has more in store for me. I am very excited at what God is doing, but also scared to death. I think the place I'm at now is what you described in your section titled "Down the Road". Lately I have been wrestling with always wanting to sound good. I have been putting alot of pressure on myself. How do you draw the line between preparing and over practicing? All I think about lately is playing my guitar and studying different worship resources, anything I can get my hands on to help me a better leader. I like to play your song "Offering". Today as I was driving and thinking about that song, the Holy Spirit came over me like nothing I have ever felt. I started sobbing and asking God to give me a love for His people. I prayed for the ability to lead them in worship to a God who was bigger than they could ever imagine. I prayed for God to show His love and compassion to His people through me. Sorry for the long reply, but I just had to share this with someone. I have watched many of your videos on Youtube and CCLI. You are a tremendouse resource. I commend you on your willingness to teach others what you have learned. Thanks Brandon Paul,

As I read this blog post it was like you writing about me. I havn’t been a musician as long as you. Only about a year, but recently I have felt a calling like never before. I have been leading worship at our Celebrate Recovery meetings and I have a feeling God has more in store for me. I am very excited at what God is doing, but also scared to death. I think the place I’m at now is what you described in your section titled “Down the Road”. Lately I have been wrestling with always wanting to sound good. I have been putting alot of pressure on myself. How do you draw the line between preparing and over practicing? All I think about lately is playing my guitar and studying different worship resources, anything I can get my hands on to help me a better leader.

I like to play your song “Offering”. Today as I was driving and thinking about that song, the Holy Spirit came over me like nothing I have ever felt. I started sobbing and asking God to give me a love for His people. I prayed for the ability to lead them in worship to a God who was bigger than they could ever imagine. I prayed for God to show His love and compassion to His people through me.

Sorry for the long reply, but I just had to share this with someone. I have watched many of your videos on Youtube and CCLI. You are a tremendouse resource. I commend you on your willingness to teach others what you have learned.

Thanks
Brandon

]]> By: sharon http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-38 sharon Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:45:59 +0000 http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60#comment-38 wow thats a very encouraging article.. inspires us to be ready to give to God from just what we have.. wow thats a very encouraging article.. inspires us to be ready to give to God from just what we have..

]]> By: Guitarjazzed http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-35 Guitarjazzed Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:16:27 +0000 http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60#comment-35 thankyou for writing this. I had a similar experience when I was asked to head my church's worship ministry. I thought, " no, way. I can't do this... I can't even sight read, and I don't have a bible school education. " 5 years later, I am now at point where I have resigned from everything I was doing. I needed a space to see past the issues to get a clearer direction. So that I can go back full force -- armed with the proper conviction. thankyou for telling your story. It really helps. thankyou for writing this. I had a similar experience when I was asked to head my church’s worship ministry. I thought, ” no, way. I can’t do this… I can’t even sight read, and I don’t have a bible school education. ”

5 years later, I am now at point where I have resigned from everything I was doing. I needed a space to see past the issues to get a clearer direction. So that I can go back full force — armed with the proper conviction.

thankyou for telling your story. It really helps.

]]> By: collin http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-32 collin Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:39:49 +0000 http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60#comment-32 that's so true! when I first started going to church they needed a guitar player and in my past I was always in love with music, I wanted to jam with anyone. There was never anyone around, I was the ultimate band guy. When I first started playing it was for our youth band and I think I only knew the main chords G,C,D,E,A. It was frighting, I knew nothing, really. My guitar was out of tune, I didn't know what standerd tuning was.. and after a year i've grown so much in that. Now i'm talking with my pastor and the elders about being a worship leader. God has been telling me to save up some money to record an EP. You have really helped me Paul to grow in music and as a musician but more importantly to grow spiritualy!.. maby one day we will do a song togeather....God is good Keep rockin! But more importantly keep growing! God Bless that’s so true! when I first started going to church they needed a guitar player and in my past I was always in love with music, I wanted to jam with anyone. There was never anyone around, I was the ultimate band guy. When I first started playing it was for our youth band and I think I only knew the main chords G,C,D,E,A. It was frighting, I knew nothing, really. My guitar was out of tune, I didn’t know what standerd tuning was.. and after a year i’ve grown so much in that. Now i’m talking with my pastor and the elders about being a worship leader. God has been telling me to save up some money to record an EP.

You have really helped me Paul to grow in music and as a musician but more importantly to grow spiritualy!.. maby one day we will do a song togeather….God is good
Keep rockin!
But more importantly keep growing!
God Bless

]]> By: Billy Pumphrey http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-31 Billy Pumphrey Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:06:26 +0000 http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60#comment-31 Thank you for this. I believe that I am in this process. Someone did not grab me and say lead, but as a praise team leader for the first time I am still growing. I have played music for sometime but this new adventure is teaching me tons. Thank you for this. I believe that I am in this process. Someone did not grab me and say lead, but as a praise team leader for the first time I am still growing.

I have played music for sometime but this new adventure is teaching me tons.

]]> By: Terry MacInnis http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-30 Terry MacInnis Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:44:41 +0000 http://www.leadworship.com/blog/?p=60#comment-30 Hello Paul, I sincerely want to tell you how much I appreciate your wisdom. I also am a musician. I have been on the worship team at my church for nearly 20 years as a back up vocalist and more recently as a acoustic rythm player and vocalist. Thanks to your help I want to say my guitar playing has pleasantly improved to being more of an enhancement to the worship time than a distraction. I am aware, at least to some degree how God wants our heart as worship and our daily lives. I want to say that you have re-enforced my understanding of worship and helped me to grow in understanding. Although I am in the background so to speak in the worship God has used my circumstances to put me in the forefront as well. I was diagnosed with a bad cancer. I chose to believe God is my healer literally and for whatever reasons there has been progress. People have been praying for me. Praise God! Some folks have been inspired and encouraged by my testimony and I believe in the end I will be healed and God will be glorified. I have a wife and 3 children. I'm from Canada , (Moncton, New Brunswick) but my two girls Josie and Lindsay are going to Liberty University in Lynchburg VA. Josie is 20 and on the Sounds of Liberty. Check the picture out on their web site. She is the blondest girl. Lindsay is maybe going into theater arts next year. She has taken business the first year. My son Jordan is working at a childrens camp this summer councelling. My wife Marlene teaches at a Christian school. I truly want you to know how much your lyrics, your sincererity and teaching on "worship and God" has encouraged me. Thank you Paul and I pray that God richly bless you and your family with a long, abundant, properous and desease free life serving him. A canadian friend and brother Terry MacInnis Hello Paul, I sincerely want to tell you how much I appreciate your wisdom. I also am a musician. I have been on the worship team at my church for nearly 20 years as a back up vocalist and more recently as a acoustic rythm player and vocalist. Thanks to your help I want to say my guitar playing has pleasantly improved to being more of an enhancement to the worship time than a distraction. I am aware, at least to some degree how God wants our heart as worship and our daily lives. I want to say that you have re-enforced my understanding of worship and helped me to grow in understanding. Although I am in the background so to speak in the worship God has used my circumstances to put me in the forefront as well. I was diagnosed with a bad cancer. I chose to believe God is my healer literally and for whatever reasons there has been progress. People have been praying for me. Praise God! Some folks have been inspired and encouraged by my testimony and I believe in the end I will be healed and God will be glorified.
I have a wife and 3 children. I’m from Canada , (Moncton, New Brunswick) but my two girls Josie and Lindsay are going to Liberty University in Lynchburg VA. Josie is 20 and on the Sounds of Liberty. Check the picture out on their web site. She is the blondest girl. Lindsay is maybe going into theater arts next year. She has taken business the first year. My son Jordan is working at a childrens camp this summer councelling. My wife Marlene teaches at a Christian school.
I truly want you to know how much your lyrics, your sincererity and teaching on “worship and God” has encouraged me. Thank you Paul and I pray that God richly bless you and your family with a long, abundant, properous and desease free life serving him.
A canadian friend and brother
Terry MacInnis

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