As I have said before, our mission statement of our Praise Team is: to escort all listeners to God’s throne by engaging and instructing them in vibrant praise and worship.

Today, I want to touch on that word vibrant. Websters defines vibrant as: pulsating with life, vigor, or activity. Think about your worship from two different angles. First, think about it on a personal level away from church. Is that a picture of what you practice during the week? Then think about it from the angle of a leader at a church service. Is that what you project as an example of worship when on stage? I believe that as worship leaders, sometimes we focus on the heart so much so that we discount our outward physical actions. Don't get me wrong. We need to focus on our hearts and make sure that is right first and foremost. We don't however need to abandon the concept of our outward display. If you are a leader, that means people need to be able to follow. They can only follow what they see. If with their eyes, they look and see a picture of someone who is merly standing with no action that portraits vibrancy, that is what they have to follow. It is our duty and calling as worship leaders that when folks look up to the stage, they see visible signs from us that we are vibrantly worshipping our God with passion.

I want to encourage you today to ask yourself the question, "what picture do I project physically while I am on stage". We can instruct the people with our mouths all day, but a picture is worth a thousand words.