Worship leaders are musicians of some kind, whether vocal or instrumental, and their role is to lead the other musicians/singers that are involved in the service. It is the responsibility of the worship leader to ensure that it is not the music, the instruments, or the voices which are the focus of the worship service.
Worship is bowing before God and exalting Jesus Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords. The responsibility of the worship leader is to become less so that Jesus Christ can become more. And that all hearts are humble before Him, God’s people are ready to receive, God’s grace and be changed by, the worship service.
A faithful worship leader magnifies the greatness of God through the power of the Holy Spirit by combining God’s Word with music and motivating church people to proclaim the gospel and cherish God’s presence.
Let us look at the following Bible verses that will help worship leaders to be focused on Jesus.
1 Corinthians 10:31 “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God”
Galatians 6:9 “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not”
Psalm 95:6 “O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker”
Psalm 119:7 “I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments”
Psalm 95:2 “Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms”
2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth”
Hebrews 13:15 “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name”
Psalm 143:6 “I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah”
Psalm 115:1 “Not unto us, O Lord , not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake”
Acts 2:2 “And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting”
Exodus 18:21 “Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens”
Psalm 19:2 “Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge”
1 Peter 3:15 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear”
Psalm 78:72 “So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands”
Romans 11:2 “God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying”
2 Timothy 2:2 “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also”
Proverbs 29:2 “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn”
Proverbs 4:23 “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life”
Acts 16:25 “And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them”
Matthew 21:2 “Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me”
Psalm 16:2 “O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord , Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee”
Matthew 20:26 “But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister”
Hebrews 12:28 “Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear”
Philippians 2:3 “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves”
Psalm 145:1 “I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever”
1 Corinthians 1:2 “Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their’s and our’s”
Isaiah 25:1 “O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth”
Habakkuk 3:3 “God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise”
Revelation 1:1 “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John”
1 Corinthians 6:3 “Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?”
Romans 14:11 “For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God”
Luke 2:3 “And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city”
1 Timothy 1:17 “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen”
John 4:24 “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth”
Philippians 4:20 “Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen”
Jeremiah 29:12 “Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you”
James 3:1 “My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation”
Psalm 9:2 “I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High”
Romans 11:36 “For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen”
Colossians 3:3 “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God”
Isaiah 12:2 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation”
Hebrews 13:17 “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you”
Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men”
Jeremiah 29:2 “(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)”
Isaiah 41:10 “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”
Psalm 68:2 “As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God”
Psalm 150:2 “Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness”
Psalm 145:3 “Great is the Lord , and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable”
1 Timothy 3:2 “A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach”
John 13:35 “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another”
Psalm 150:6 “Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord . Praise ye the Lord”
Matthew 21:9 “And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest”
Philippians 2:4 “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others”
Daniel 4:37 “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase”
Psalm 111:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever”
Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord”
Isaiah 12:4 “And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord , call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted”
Revelation 5:3 “And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon”
Luke 6:31 “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise”
1 Peter 5:3 “Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being examples to the flock”
Romans 12:1 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service”
Daniel 4:2 “I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me”
Revelation 5:13 “And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever”
Titus 1:7 “For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre”
Acts 20:28 “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood”
John 4:2 “(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)”
Matthew 5:2 “And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying”
1 Timothy 5:17 “Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine”
1 Timothy 4:12 “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity”
Romans 15:7 “Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God”
Psalm 143:2 “And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified”
Proverbs 11:14 “Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety”
Hebrews 13:7 “Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation”
