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25 Ways To Be A Fake Worship Leader

The last thing you probably want is to be a fake worship leader.

But it’s easy to do. Sin lurks right around the corner. Your flesh longs for adoration. It gets easier to have a form of worship leading but denying true worship.

So, if you want to be a fake worship leader print off this list and hang it on your wall.

Or better yet, avoid it like the your life depends on it:

1. Don’t pray

2. Never intercede for your congregation

3. Don’t meditate on Scripture

4. Live off of yesterday’s anointing

5. Tell your band to do something you’re not willing to do

6. Don’t worship behind closed doors

7. Compete with other worship leaders

8. Talk about yourself all the time

9. Don’t encourage other musicians and worship leaders

10. Always refer to the “Glory Days”, ignoring what God is currently doing

11. Develop an easy system and coast with it

12. Ignore accountability

13. Gossip and put down other churches

14. Ignore the connection between your public & private life

15. Refuse to take the “backseat”

16. Stop answering altar calls

17. Prepare your music, not your heart

18. Only worship God when you’re leading

19. Ignore input from your pastor

20. Don’t pursue a deeper knowledge of God

21. Stay busy at church, ignore your family

22. Keep your private sin private

23. Don’t be desperate for God to move, just play the music

24. Never speak of Jesus outside of church

25. Refuse to learn from others

Question: How do you keep yourself from being a fake worship leader? You can leave a comment by clicking here.

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Comments

  2. Arny says

    Wow, I think for the first time on your blog…i’m speechless…

    How do you come up with this stuff?! lol….great post…

    • David Santistevan says

      Thanks man. I study a lot of great blogs and put a lot of time into it. Thanks for being such a consistent reader/commenter!

  3. Craig says

    Yeah really! I was wondering the same thing haha. I love reading your blogs David. They help me out so much. Thanks for everything!

  4. Ryan Egan says

    Great post. Challenging and good thoughts in here. (Got your email by the way – I won’t be able to respond until later today probably) Thanks!

    • Aaron Will says

      Wow, great points. Some are pretty convicting, and I think that is a good thing. To be open here, the number one thing I probably don’t do enough is intercede for my congregation.

      LORD help us.

  8. Janet says

    Great list – can’t help thinking how well it would apply to Christian editors & authors (like me), with a few tweaks!

    • David Santistevan says

      Thanks for the comment, Janet! It’s so interesting to see how principles transcend niches. Have you written books?

  11. Clifford says

    Thanks so much for your thoughts on what is one of the biggest problems with contemporary praise and worship. Worship leaders who spend more time creating a fan base, a rock star celebrity image, a perception of entitlement instead of living and encouraging a Romans 12:1 Christ-like lifestyle. The fake worship leaders walk through the church halls seeking adoration, talking down to anyone not in their sphere of influence, and pridefully showing a graceless attitude toward anyone perceived as a threat to their perceived Mt. Rushmore of worship status. And the seemingly few who call out the fakeness are are treated as outsiders and troublemakers. But here’s the silver lining: Jesus sees the fakers, and he will expose them in His own way and in His own time. And the praise and worship recording industry? Don’t get me started on that! Let’s all continue to pray that the truth of what and Who our worship is truly about eventually ends the seasons of fake worship leaders.

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