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Finding Favor with God (Audio Teaching by Dwayne Moore)
Are some people more special to God than others? Is possible to find special favor with God for you, your family, your job?
In this powerful and ground-breaking message, author and teacher Dwayne Moore explains how we can position ourselves to receive the awesome favor from God that is ours because we are His highly favored children.
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FREE Webinar: “Developing Your Worship Team to Be Effective Ministers”
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Dwayne will be teaching on the important topic, “Developing Your Team to Ministers Through Music.” Dwayne has taught this same session at the National Worship Leaders Conference and other conferences and universities around the country.
In the past, people have had to pay for this popular webinar, which was included in Dwayne’s online worship leadership course.
Date: Monday, January 16
Time: 8PM-9:30PM CST
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Rick Warren on Leadership in Worship
This is the final post of my series from Rick Warren’s teaching during our Worship Influencers’ Retreat. (See Rick Warren on Worship Leaders for more details and explanation.)
Rick Warren on Leadership in Worship
When you tell them to sing louder, you’re cheerleading them. That’s not leading. When we sing with passion, that’s what’s contagious.
Saying I love to lead worship doesn’t impress me. Do you love the people you’re leading? 100% of leadership is authenticity and modeling.
3 times Paul said “Follow me as I follow Christ.” People follow model. we always learn by example. If we can’t say “follow me” then get it together.
“More than music; we’re a family.” 100% relational. Learning to love God and others. Get that and you got it.
Worship and evangelism are twins. Misnomer about “seeker sensitive worship”. Lost can’t worship. worship should be understandable. Worship can be a witness.
Rick Warren on Context of Worship (4 Things We’ll Do In Heaven)
This is the 4th post in my on-going series from Rick Warren’s teaching at our Worship Influencers’ Retreat. (See Rick Warren on Worship Leading for more details and explanation.)
Rick Warren on the context of worship:
Why are we here? Why did he put us here? Life is preparation for eternity. This is pre-school before college in the next life.
Four things we’ll do in heaven:
1. Worship. Learn to worship here so I’m not a dufas. “Expressing my love to God for who he is, what he’s done and going to do in my life.”
Worship is not music; it’s a lifestyle. Silence, praying, giving–everything is worship.
No such thing as Christian music; just christian lyrics–not tune. The tune says nothing about your theology, just your background. God likes all types of music, even though we don’t. To say good music was written 200 years ago in Europe is simply racist. God loves variety–just look at us!
No church can appeal to everybody. When we first started we went from Bach to rock (like a radio station with many styles would have no listeners). A year after I started the church I passed out a servey and asked what radio station do you listen to?
Figure out who you’re going to reach and design your music to reach them. We’ve changed our style 5 times over the years.
You’re on 50% as you think you are. We have to double our energy to get it out there.
Have worship leaders go out and interact with people before the service starts. That doesn’t just warm-up the congregation; it warms up me.
2. Fellowship (1&2 are the great commandment)
3. Grow–not gonna stay the same.
4. Serve God–not sit around.
Rick Warren on Personal Prayer Before a Worship Service
This is the third post in my series on Rick Warren’s teaching during our Worship Influencers’ Retreat at Saddleback’s Rancho Capistrano. (See Rick Warren on Worship Leading for more details and explanation.) ~Dwayne
Rick Warren on Personal Preparations Before a Worship Service:
While I’m in my car, I start smiling. It releases endorphines that really does make us feel better. sometimes I feel like Rocky’s trainer.
We don’t do the holy huddle praying before the service. 1. should do praying before you get there. 2. spend all your time with people. Build relationships.
Develop pre-game ritual that sets you in the groove spiritually.
If you have four hours to work on the sermon or you, then work on you.
For 31 years driving to church I have a long memorized prayer. It includes:
1. Claim the name, blood, power, Word of Jesus.
2. Bind all demons
3. Claim the filling of the Spirit.
4. You’re the vine. I’m the branch.
5. Father, I offer my life to you today. This is your church. It’s not my church. I offer my resignation to you right now. If there’s someone who can take this church to the next level, I’ll gladly step aside. I’ll do something harder like move to a village on the other side of the world.
Rick Warren on Training Worship Leaders
- Rick Warren and Dwayne Moore
This is the second post in my series from Rick Warren’s teaching at Rancho Capistrano during our Worship Influencers’ Retreat. (See Rick Warren on Worship Leading for more details and explanation.) ~Dwayne
Rick Warren on Training Worship Leaders:
1. Teach them to worship, not lead worship. Music is God’s gift for expressing emotion. Others will be attracted. You can’t fake humility in worship.
In spirit and truth. 3 qualifications:
1. spirit
2. truth
3. orderly fashion
1 & 2 are both authentic and accurate, doctrinal and devotional.
The way to tell if you’re congregation is worshiping. Turn the camera on them and see their faces (when they think no one is watching).
I look for someone who is a worshiper themselves.
Not charisma, it’s character. Charisma doesn’t move people. It goes back to the devotional life of the worshiper themselves.
2. Teach them how to prepare to worship.
Song has to grab me first.
Rule: If I don’t feel it, I’m not gonna teach it.
Develop pre-game ritual that sets you in the groove spiritually.
If you have four hours to work on the sermon or you, then work on you.
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Rick Warren on Worship Leading
- Rick Warren and Dwayne Moore
Recently, I had the privilege to attend a “Worship Influencer’s Retreat” at Saddleback Church in CA. We met at Rancho Capistrano, which is their beautiful retreat center (formerly owned by Crystal Cathedral).
Rick Muchow, worship pastor at Saddleback, invited 12 leaders from around the US to this four-day summit on how to better disciple worship leaders. It was a honor to be invited and to be with these godly worship influencers.
On the second day, Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life, came and invested time with us. He put his feet up on the coffee table in the living room where we were meeting and proceeded to lay some amazing wisdom on us. He taught for nearly two hours, and I took over twenty pages of notes! Everyone in the room was blown away by his candor and knowledge.
In this and more soon-to-come blog posts, I will share portions of his insightful and convicting talk. ~Dwayne
Rick Warren on planning & vision:
“We turn on a dime from one service to the next.”
“Vision is not the ability to predict the future. It’s the ability to see the opportunity at the moment and jump on it. Watch the wave, catch the wave, ride it, then know when to get off.”
On top priority for worship leaders:
“The number one quality of a worship leader is sensitivity to the Holy Spirit. Not talent. God blesses heart not the gift. When heart, character & passion line up you have amazing results.”
On anointing & heart:
“I’ve never heard Rick Muchow say a prideful word.”
“If you want the power of the Holy Spirit you must have integrity, humility and generousity.”
“Rick Muchow stays ‘blessable’”.
“I’d rather stick a knife in my heart than dishonor God.”
“We have an amazing ability to lie to ourselves. ‘The heart is deceitful.’”
On humility & authenticity:
“We have 120,000 people on roll in a city of 90,000. Yet I still do hospital visits, funerals, and change diapers.”
“As one of our favorite Saddleback songs says, ‘For the cross, for the cross, for your glory, for Jesus.’”
“Humility is not something God does to you. We humble ourselves. Humble yourself before the Lord, not putting yourself down. It’s thinking more of others and not yourself.”
“I’m not crazy, but I am broken. I own up to my sins and weaknesses. I glory in my weaknesses. I think about the people I will minister to that day. Lord I love these people and you love them and they love you. This is not an audience to be feared; it’s a family to be loved.”
“Anointing comes from character, living and knowing what creates evergy. Love and authenticity create energy. Authenticity has nothing to do with style, but everything to do with the heart.”
Casting Crowns wins 2nd American Music Award!
On Sunday night, November 20, Platinum-selling, five-time Gospel Music Association Group of the Year, Casting Crowns added another honor to its list of accolades with a 2011 American Music Award. The band won for “Favorite Artist” in the Contemporary Inspirational category and it was announced during a live 
broadcast of the 39th annual AMAs on ABC.
Casting Crowns is currently promoting our new Bible study, Pure Praise for Youth, at all their Come to the Well tour concerts. Mark Hall, lead singer of Casting Crowns, has partnered with Dwayne Moore, author of Pure Praise for Youth, to produce and promote the 6-week Bible study for Christian youth groups. Mark wrote the foreword for Pure Praise for Youth, and he appears on the 6-week companion video series DVD as a co-teacher with Dwayne.
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Radio Interview about Heaven’s Praise Bible Study
Listen to this exciting and powerful 15-minute radio interview with author Dwayne Moore about his new book, Heaven’s Praise: Hearing God Say “Well Done.” Discover why you can and should strive to hear God’s praise to you!
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