Harmony LaBeff

Worship leaders role

Psalm 34:1-3 (ESV)
I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psalm 34:5 (ESV)
Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.

First Love

Revelation 2:2-5 (NIV)
I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.

False prophets speak from their own imaginations while doing nothing about real needs in the world

Ezekiel 13:1-6 (NIV)
The word of the lord came to me:

Guard what has been entrusted (gift)

1 Timothy 6:20 (NIV)
Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,

Guard the gift

1 Timothy 4:14-15 (NIV)
Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.

Hebrews 4:14-16

Hebrews 4:14-16 (NIV)
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

Call to God

Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV)
'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'

Heaven's praise

Revelation 7:10 (NIV)
And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."

Revelation 7:12 (NIV)
saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!"

Hope deferred makes the heart sick

Proverbs 13:12 (NIV)
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

Faithfully se gifts to serve others, for God's glory

1 Peter 4:10-11 (NIV)
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.

Huram-abi model: skilled, trained, experienced

2 Chronicles 2:13-14 (NASB)
"Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding,

Sing a me song, play skillfully

Psalm 33:3 (NIV)
Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.

Someone skilled at their work will serve before kings

Proverbs 22:29 (NIV)
Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.

He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

I do not concern myself w/ ... things too wonderful for me

Psalm 131:1 (NIV)
My heart is not proud, lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.

The secret things belong to the Lord our God...

Deuteronomy 29:29 (NIV)
The secret things belong to the lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

The tithe allows the priests devote themselves to the LORD

2 Chronicles 31:4 (ESV)
And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the Law of the Lord.

Sanctified by the Word

John 17:17 (ESV)
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

John 17:19-20 (ESV)
And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

John 17:22 (ESV)
The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,

Receive the prophet= receive prophet's reward

Matthew 10:40-42 (NIV)
"Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

The ability to hear God's voice

1 Samuel 3:7 (NIV)
Now Samuel did not yet know the lord: The word of the lord had not yet been revealed to him.

The Psalm of Christ - CS Lewis

Psalm 22:1 (NIV)
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?

Psalm 22:7-8 (NIV)
All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

Psalm 22:10 (NIV)
From birth I was cast on you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

Psalm 22:14-18 (NIV)
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.

Psalm 22:24 (NIV)
For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

Psalm 22:26-31 (NIV)
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the lord will praise him— may your hearts live forever!

Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness

1 Timothy 4:7 (NASB)
But have nothing to do with worldly fables fit only for old women. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness;

Humble yourself

1 Peter 5:6-7 (NIV)
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

Luke 2:10, Luke 2:29-32

Luke 2:10 (NIV)
But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.

Luke 2:29-32 (NIV)
"Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace.

Not helping the poor calls love into question

1 John 3:16-18 (NIV)
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.