This has certainly been a difficult week. One of my faithful Worship Team members went home to be with the Lord after a very brief battle with cancer. I have been working with worship teams for nearly 25 years now and this is my first experience with this kind of heartache. Kathy played the violin and was an extremely talented musician and very godly woman. Our first rehearsal without her was very difficult. We had to live what we sing and declare to our congregation every week, to worship in spite of our current situation knowing that God is in control and that He loves us and will always be faithful. The songs we sing every week carry these truths but for some of us that reality and struggle doesn’t always hit that close to home.

The Lord used the song “Unfailing God” to comfort us and bring peace to our hearts. The congregation immediately embraced this song as well and the glory of the Lord and the power of the Holy Spirit quickly filled the auditorium. Leading our congregations in cooperate worship is more about the living and less about the singing.