LEADERSHIP PRAYER 2014 - THOSE WITH LEADERSHIP MANTLE

Leadership prayers (those with the mantle of leadership)

Daniel 1:9

Genesis 38

I chronicles 7

1. I activate the leadership anointing in my life in the name of Jesus.
2. Father let the anointing of Daniel your servant rest on me.
3. I decree and declare that  Kings shall call  for me that l may speak your word of wisdom and revelation to them in the name of Jesus.
4. I decree and declare that your Spirit of Wisdom, Revelation, Knowledge, Understanding shall rest on me everyday in 2014 in Jesus name.
5. I decree and declare that I shall be found to be 10 times better than all the leaders in my sphere this year of 2014 in Jesus name
6. I decree and declare that  Kings and Queens together with their caravans carrying silver gold, spices men and women servants, donkeys,  camels, and precious stones shall come to me this year in Jesus name.
7. Nothing that will confront me as a leader in 2014 will be too difficult for me in Jesus name.
8. Father let my life and everything around me overwhelm Kings and Queens like Solomon’s life overwhelmed Queen Sheba in the name of Jesus
9. I decree and declare that everyone who comes in touch with me will say  that l have exceeded the report they had heard to the Glory of God in the name of Jesus as that was the testimony of king Solomon.
10. Father let the anointing that was on Joseph rest on my life this year in the name of Jesus
11. I decree and declare that I will walk in the favor, and kindness that Joseph experienced  whenever he went leadership was given to him. 
12. I declare that to be my portion this year of 2014 in the name of Jesus.
13. I declare and decree  divine wisdom, divine leadership, divine administrative skills that rested on Joseph and Daniel shall rest upon my life in 2014 in Jesus name.  
14.  I decree and declare that i will have one encounter with the king that will change my life and that of my bloodlines in 2014 in the name of Jesus as Joseph and Daniel had
15. Father I activate the codes of outstanding leadership in my life and in my generation starting this year 2014 in the name of Jesus. 
16. This year 2014 the testimony of everyone who comes in contact with me be that I have the Spirit of God in my life as was the testimony of Daniel  your servant in the name of Jesus

TEN (10) LEADERSHIP TIPS ON COMMUNICATION WITHIN A WORSHIP TEAM

1.         Have a weekly communication between leader and team members

The worship leader/minister should strive to have a one on one with members of the team; this can be deliberately setting out to talk with different members of the team on different days of the week. This creates a sense of well being as the members feel that they belong and are cared for.  The leader will also use this opportunity to bond with the team members and minister to the members on a personal level

2.         Blog:  maintain a blog or a social media page open only to members of the team.  Items that can be posted on this are:

Upcoming events

Housekeeping issues

Rosters for different activites, e.g uniform roster, song leaders for the month, musicians for the month, schedule of leaders for the different services,

Contacts for team members,

Code of conduct for members of the team

Any announcements e.g newborn births, birthdays, anniversaries of members etc

3.         Have a weekly devotional for the worship team members which can be posted on the blog

4.         Develop a manual detailing expectations and duties responsibilities of worship team members

Manual can contain, entry and exit of members, purchase of uniforms, code of conduct for members, practice dates, management of resources and otputs of worship team among others

5.         Have a library of materials, accessable to your team members with literature/music that will grow the team members.  This will help your members quickly become on the same page on many issues.  Hebs 10: 3 …By the  renewal of your mind’  What we put in we speak out, as a man thinks so is he.  Influence your members readership by availing to them Godly resources.  

6.         Have a worship team secretariat that maintains a diary of birthdays of members and have surprise cards or a note send to the members on their birthdays and anniversaries.

7.         Have a list of upcoming songs that the members are expected to know and play (for musicians) available on a monthly basis.  This will help minimize on surprises on stage.  Remember practice makes perfect.

8.         Develop a forum where members share their prayer requests with the  team members.  There are several ways this can be done. 

Group the members into prayer teams  

Have the members have a prayer partner from the team

Have a place where the team puts their prayer requests which are then randomly picked and distributed to team members for prayer during the week.

9.         Have a way of receiving feedback from the team members and from the congregation as well, on how to become better worshippers.

10.       The leadership team should create an opportunity for review of the immediate past service.  This will act as a capture basket for small issues which can easily become mountains, and, it also acts as an instant feedback for input for the next service

Role of a worship leader

what is the role of the worship leader
Sometimes it is not clear what exactly is the role of the worship leader. Many times a worship leader, is the song leader during the service, carries out pastoral duties, is a group leader, a full time ( or not )staff member, a member of the congregation. It may seem to be many things to many people. The roles depends on where you are standing!. That influences how you quite see the praise and worship leader.

To the congregation

He is the song leader,
The person who invites and takes them into the holy presence of God.

He at the same time may speak the word of God to the congregation, encouraging them with scriptures as they come before God

To the worship team/choir:

• He is the leader,
• Offers guidance and couselling
• Song leader
• Mentor

He selects the songs with suggestions(sometimes!) from his team members. His team mates will view him as a mentor by reason of the annointing that rests upon his life. People tend to view the men and women that God uses tremendously as role modes.

How does the word of God view him:

• He is the servant of God; answerable to God and accountable to God for his actions
• He is a person who serves/ministers under authority of the mantle of the angel of the house.
  
• He is the minister who oversees the different expressions of ministration to God through music and other arts.
• He is a song leader; David led the priests in praise, when he met the prophets and the spirit of the lord descended on him
• He is the The keeper of the flame; the oil in the tabernacle was kept burning by the priests who tended it day and night. The levites who are the priests ensured the oil in the lamp did not go out. The worship leader has the responsibility to ensure that the oil in the tabernacle does not go out. He is the leader of the keepers of the flame.
  
• Drawer of the glory of God; the word of God has reports that when sacrifices were made to the Lord at the tabernacle, when the priest lifted their voices in praise, the glory of God came down and no one could go into the tabernacle. the priest with their praise drew the glory of God to the tabernacle. Says may our praise be like incense to him, God inhabits the praise of his people
• kept away the spirit of the devil; when Saul was tormented by an evil spirit, David was called before Saul and ministered to him in song and the evil spirit departed from him.( 1 kings)
  
• Sustains the anointing; in the old testament when the prophet needed to prophesy, they often had a musician come and begin to minister to the lord in song and instrument, and the anointing of God would come upon the Prophet and his spirit would be stirred up and he would be able to prophesy to the people. you will therefore find that many ministers when ministering to the people often like to have music in the background. It sustains the anointing and continually charges the atmosphere
  

In the present day ministration praise & worship is taking an increasing major role in the services. Many services comprise of praise, announcements, and, the sermons and I belive that as the days continue as the Lord continues to unveil his glory he will use more of the ministers of worship where the glory of the lord will cover his people as they worship and lift his name.