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Last chapter was focused on how we as worship leaders can end up motivating the congregation while not seeming like we are trying to force our ideals on them. This chapter is continuing on that idea but focusing more on how to proclaim the gospel in different ways. First, we need to understand what exactly the word proclaim means. Luckily, it is defined in the first line and is said that proclamation means displaying the truth about God. We might wonder why we have to proclaim but it says that we were saved for that very reason. We want to proclaim to others the wonders of a God and have them saying that the gospel of Jesus Christ Matters. There is a huge section in the middle explaining how we can connect the Gospel of God with our life. However, I wish to focus on the part that talks about how we can proclaim the Gospel together and to yourself. As we help people understand the relationship between God’s love for us in Christ and our daily struggles and challenges, their love and app...

It has been a while since the last post but moving on to chapter 14 is much easier than I thought. As it is stated in the title you can clearly see this chapters focus is the motivation of the church's society. The chapter jumps into an example that many worship leaders can relate with and that is motivating the band to follow them. It immediately follows that example by telling us that there are many different ways that we can be incorrect in trying to motivate others. A few would be that we don't want to force everyone to worship God and try to motivate the people through manipulation. We have to understand that sometimes we will not be able to motivate the worshippers and that only God can illuminate a worshiper’s heart. But he often uses means to do that. And three important means are my example, my exhortations, and my encouragement. My example means that we need to check our facial expressions and other things while worshipping so we can set an example for the worshippers...