The Spirit of Complacency

I am the worship pastor at Calvary Worship Center in Jacksonville, Fl. I have been here for about a year and a half. The church has been in existence since 1995 and has experienced the manifestations of the Holy Spirit many times over the years. We are a Spirit filled church. We believe the gifts of the Spirit are for today and should be operative in the body of Christ. My pastor, Paul Johnson, is always saying, "If the Holy Spirit is moving, I don't have to preach". As a worship leader, I've never had more freedom. From time to time we have a prophetic word. From time to time the people really engage and we worship for the entire service. From time to time God heals people in our services. That's pretty good considering the "seeker friendly" era that the church is in. Yes, at Calvary, the Holy Spirit really moves...from time to time.

But something unusual happened the Sunday before last. Pastor Paul stopped toward the end of his message and prayed against a "spirit of complacency" in our church. It was not part of the sermon. It was something that he felt in the atmosphere while he was preaching. So, prompted by the Holy Spirit, he prayed. I perceived that this was not a complement. This should have concerned us especially since we are certainly a church who is open to the move of the Spirit. However, most of us forgot about the prayer five minutes later. Some had zoned out long before and didn't hear it at all. They were already thinking about lunch. I would say that very few of us were affected enough to give it another thought.

When things like this happen, we need to listen. It may come in the form of a prayer, but it is usually a word from God that he intends for us to hear. He wanted us to examine our hearts at that moment and consider the possibility that this Spirit filled church could be receiving a warning about another spirit that was seeking to bring us great harm. When God speaks, He intentionally uses certain words. When I heard the word "complacency", like most of us I think I have a general idea of what that means. I'm thinking of words like lethargic, disengaged, disinterested, indifferent. I'm not thinking that it's a particularly strong word. We all get complacent...from time to time.

However, throughout the week it would not leave me alone. I have a feeling that God was saying much more to us than we thought. In fact, I woke up that Thursday at 4am with "complacency" on my mind. So, if God was speaking to no one else, I knew He was trying to tell me something. So, I got up and went to the computer to look up the literal meaning of the word. I was wrong. It turns out that it's a very strong word with devastating consequences.

Complacency: Self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies.

Could it be that God was telling us that we had become so satisfied with our spiritual condition that we were unaware of the dangers around us or the deficiencies in our own lives?
After further research, I ran across an article by Ray C. Stedman, one of this century's great champions of expository preaching. To my great concern, I discovered that this was the problem with the church in Sardis.

Here is a portion of that article called “The Church of the Zombies” (Ouch!):
Some years ago I was in the city of Adelaide in Australia, and found I was scheduled to preach in a certain church on Sunday evening. I had never been there before, and had no idea what the service would be like, but I can say that it was so terrible that I have never forgotten it. It was an old-fashioned church building, with a spire reaching up into the heavens and a great pipe organ in the auditorium. Although it could seat about 800 people there were only around 35 present. Most of them must have been well over 60 or 70. They had hired an organist to play for them who was visibly gay, and when he had finished he gathered up his music and left. The choir consisted of seven old ladies, all in their 80's it seemed, led by a cheerful old lady who tried her best to get everyone to sing but without much success. As I waited for my time to preach I was aware of the life of the city streaming by outside, with people totally unaware of and untouched by this church. Whenever I read of the church of Sardis, I think of that congregation in Australia.
Sardis was once one of the greatest cities of the world. It had been the capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, and in the 6th century B. C. was ruled by a fabulously wealthy king whose name, Croesus, became a byword for uncounted wealth. When I was young I remember hearing rich people described as being "as rich as Croesus." (You do not hear that proverb much anymore, now it is "as rich as Bill Gates!") Sardis was built on a mountain spur about 1500 feet above the valley floor. It was regarded as virtually impregnable to military assault.
Several times armies had tried to overthrow it but were unable to do so. But twice in its history it had fallen to foreign assault, once by the Persians, and once by the Greeks, and both victories were achieved by stealth. Sardis was so confident it could not be overcome that it failed to guard its walls adequately. In the dead of the night a band of brave soldiers climbed up the sides of the ravine and entered an unwatched gate and overthrew the city. Thus, Sardis was a city characterized by a complacent spirit. The church in this city is the least attractive of the seven churches to whom these letters are written. Our Lord finds nothing to commend about it. Here is his appraisal of it, given to us in the first verse of Chapter 3:
"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: "These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead." (Revelation 3:1 NIV)
The way the Lord presents himself to each of these churches is a clue as to what the church needs. Here he calls himself "him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars." These symbols were identified for us in the first chapter of Revelation. The "seven spirits" are a symbol of the Holy Spirit in his fullness. What this church at Sardis desperately needed was the Spirit -- life by the Spirit. They needed also to remember that Jesus is Lord of his church. It is not left to the members to run the church, to set up its form of government or to determine the nature of its ministry, but it is the prerogative of the Lord in their midst. These were truths they had forsaken or forgotten in Sardis.
You can read the entire article at http://www.raystedman.org/revelation/4193.html.

A complacent church has no passion or hunger for God. A complacent church is satisfied with a morsel of bread from time to time. A complacent church has a “get in and get out” mentality. A complacent church can “take or leave” the real move of the Spirit and is content with a “virtual” experience. A complacent church is a church that loves the spirit of the world more than the Spirit of God. A complacent church is a dead church filled with dead people who think they’re alive…just like zombies. When will we understand our utter inability to sustain life in our churches outside of the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

America is in trouble, but the church does does not have to be. The church is complacent, but she doesn't have to be. However, if we don't change and get desperate for the presence and power of God again, complacency will be the death of us. Let us rise up and cast this spirit from our churches and ask the Spirit of the living God to not visit us from time to time, but to come and abide with us all the time!

World Revival Church

Recently God has been stirring my heart as never before for revival in my church and my city. But I know that revival must begin with me. As I have prayed and meditated on what this means, I am more and more aware of how much I still desire the things of the world more than I desire God and His Spirit. I've been a Christian and in ministry for nearly 40 years and the pull is still there. The scary thing is that I didn't really realize it. It has been so subtle. It's like the frog in water that slowly begins to boil. It happens so slowly over a period of time, that you're slowly dying and you didn't even know it. That's what has happened to the church spiritually. As a worship pastor, I tend to look at the condition of the church and wonder, "What's wrong with these people?". However, as part of the body of Christ, I must first ask the question, "What's wrong with me? What do I need to change in order to see revival?".

Since I have being examining my own heart, I have begun to feel the hunger again. The hunger for change, the hunger for more, the hunger for the Spirit of God to consume me with His fire. I had forgotten what that feels like. It's kind of like an old friend I used to know coming back into my life. I didn't realize how much I missed him until we started hanging out again. I had it in the 70's. Finally, I dawns on me...Just before I was filled with the Holy Spirit in 1971, I got very, very hungry. When I tasted of the real, manifest presence of God, the hunger for more was insatiable. I couldn't get enough. I felt His presence from the time I woke up until the time I went to bed. I couldn't wait to be with God's people to see what He was going to do. I was at a different meeting every night. I soaked it in like a sponge.

But then something happened. I slowly began to loose it. I don't know when, but I'm beginning to see how. I got satisfied. Then I got complacent (We'll talk more about that later). But I think I see it now. You have to stay hungry.

God has used one particular ministry to stir this hunger in me again. I invite you to watch this video of the World Revival Church. I've never seen anything like this. I can't control my emotions when I watch it. It's been a long time since that has happened. God knows I need it. The question is, how bad do I want it? I believe that this church has found the secret.

Burnt Stones

Kent Henry recently came to my church, Calvary Worship Center and gave a message called "Recovering the Burnt Stones". The teaching and the word come from Nehimiah 4: 1-2. It was a confirmation of what the Lord has already begun at Calvary.

The message was birthed from a Prophetic Word at a Kent Henry concert given by Ben Ratchford, Pastor of Destiny Church of St. Louis.

The purpose of this night of worship was to draw in and recover “burnt stones” (people who once served the Lord at a high level but now, as a result of hurts, disappointment and crushed hope and vision, sit at home burnt out and in need of healing). There were over 600 in attendance. At the alter call at the end of the night over 70 “burnt stones” received personal prayer and a touch of fresh oil from the Lord. God is recovering and restoring his “burnt stones”.

This was the word:

Here’s what the Lord is giving…The generation that grew up in the 60’s, the 70’s, the 80’s – you’re the worship generation! You have the wisdom like Abraham – but you haven’t fulfilled the total promise yet. Abraham did not have the promise come forth until he was 100 years old. Don’t give up until you see the fullness of the promise!

Because what you saw in the Charismatic movement – through the Jesus People…all of that – that was just the tip of the iceberg…but you sat down! And so the younger generation has risen up almost like Lot, and they said, “We’re gonna do it our own way, we’re gonna try it our own way”. And the Abraham generation said, “Well, just do it, because we’re too tired, we’re too tired to fight anymore”. But God says, “How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity”.

Abraham called Lot his brother – The older generation and the younger generation – when they unite in unity, the Lord says, “There is a commanded blessing and the anointing flows just like it ran down Aaron’s beard.”

The Abraham generation and the Lot generation, it’s time to unite! Stop criticizing each other. Stop talking bad about the young people and young people, start listening to the wisdom of the old…cause when there is unity there is blessing. And the church needs to rise up again in the anointing of the blessing of God to fulfill the promise that God has called you to! Did you get it? Got it? Let’s go for it! Don’t give up! Don’t stop!

Responsibility

As Worship Leaders, we have a lot of responsibility. We are responsible to the Lord for this awesome privilege He has given us to usher His people into His presence. We are responsible to be worshippers…to practice the presence of God. Then, we are responsible for the musical gifts that He’s given us. That requires practicing and improving on our instrument and voice. We need to be constantly listening to and studying music in order to become more proficient and at ease with our craft. We need to know how to write chord charts, put together bands and singing groups and choirs and produce special events. We plan worship sets 2 or 3 times a week. We conduct rehearsals and get the worship team together. If we are really doing our job, we are working with the musicians and singers that God has entrusted to us to help them improve musically, understand and grow in their roles as worshipping musicians. We are leaders, teachers, mentors and pastors. But most of all, we are servants.

Yes, as Worship Leaders, we have a lot of responsibility. However, there is one thing that we are NOT responsible for…everyone else’s worship. It took me many years to figure that out. I felt like no matter how prepared I was or how much I worshipped, that if the people didn’t engage, it was my fault. For years that misconception followed me and was reinforced in weekly staff meetings where the worship was critiqued on a scale of 1 to 10. If worship didn’t “happen”, it was usually traced back to something I did or didn’t do. I’ve heard everything from “the songs weren’t good” to “you must not be praying enough”. I actually began to lead worship with the notion that I was responsible to carry everyone there into the Holy of Holies. Of course, there were times when I chose a song that didn’t seem to connect. But that happens to all of us. Sometimes you don’t know that until you actually do the song corporately. There were times that I certainly could’ve prayed more. I can always pray more. However, whether or not people encounter God is not solely dependent my prayer or the songs I choose. Anyone who wants to worship God can worship God.

Have you ever been in a meeting where you just had this expectancy that God was going to show up in a special way? You could sense it and feel it. That could be a combination of things; personal hunger and desire for God to meet with you; the willingness to give yourself to Him in worship regardless of what you’re going through or how you feel. In Romans 12:1, Paul says, Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. When you understand that a huge dynamic of worship is sacrificing self, it doesn’t take much to enter in and receive from the Lord. For those who don’t understand that, worship doesn’t “happen”. So, do we have any say so when it comes to encountering God in worship? I think so.

There have been times (and I’ve had many of them), when I thought the worship was just as dead as a door nail. Then after the service, people come up to me and say, “Wow! The presence God was so strong in the house today! It was just wonderful!” I would be very grateful and relieved to hear that, but would walk away scratching my head, realizing that the Holy Spirit had moved in spite of me. Although God is sovereign and do anything He wants, I have found that the great majority of those people are just true worshippers who understand their responsibility.

One afternoon I was asking the Lord about that. I believe I heard a word from the Lord. He said, “Son, you are not responsible for anyone else’s worship but your own”. At that moment, I understood a dynamic of the corporate worship experience that had puzzled me for years. Even in the corporate setting, worship is subjective and very unique to each individual. The Holy Spirit has the ability to minister to each heart on different levels all at the same time. God is always willing to move. I would even go so far as to say He is trying to move. But whether or not He is able to has a lot to do with the individual taking responsibility for their own worship.

When we are leading and the people are not engaging, we have a tendency to try to push them into it. We try to do it with the music. We make the songs faster or more intense. If that doesn’t work, we start cheerleading. Our adoration quickly turns to desperation; not for God, but to get these people to do something! We all know how to be manipulative when we feel it’s necessary. I don’t consciously do it, but it’s very hard to resist it when I’m worshipping my heart out and the people are just not entering in. Besides, I’m at a 4 on the scale right now and I’ve got to get this up to at least a 7 or 8 before I’m done. So, dang it, these people are gonna make some noise! This is not what God desires. Psalm 22:3 tells us that God is holy and that He inhabits the praises of Israel (His people). He doesn’t inhabit music. He doesn’t inhabit complacency. He doesn’t inhabit resistance. He doesn’t inhabit hype. He doesn’t inhabit religion. He inhabits praise. Just think about that. He comes to live or reside in, to be present in or fill (Webster) our praise!

When I teach on worship and begin to talk about corporate worship, I always go to 2^nd Chronicles 5:11.

11 The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions. 12 All the Levites who were musicians--Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives--stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. 13 The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice, to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, they raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang: "He is good; his love endures forever." Then the temple of the Lord was filled with a cloud, 14 and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of God.

Did you notice anything that was going one in that meeting that might have contributed to the manifestation of the glory of God? I see several references to unity. In vs. 11 the priests (leadership) had come from the Holy Place where they consecrated themselves without regard to their divisions. It doesn’t say that they didn’t have disagreements. However, they had agreed to disregard them and come into unity on one thing: We want to see God! In vs. 13 the trumpeters and singers joined in unison as with one voice. Then they raised their voices and sang “He is good, His love endures forever” (one song).

I believe God could inhabit those praises because they were all unified in purpose and passion. They were serious about worship. Each individual took responsibility for their own worship. When they did the glory of the Lord came instantly. And they didn’t even have the Holy Spirit.

Now, there is one more very interesting thing I want you to notice about that scripture. Look at it in context and see if you can find any indication that the congregation is mentioned. You read about the priests, the Levites and their sons and relatives (they were probably being mentored in worship leading), the musicians and singers. The rest of the people were not even mentioned.

So, here’s where I think we are today. First, in many of our churches today there is not only a lack of unity in leadership, there is actually a spirit of dissension. How can a holy God be enthroned on that? I Timothy 2:8 says, Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension. Second, our worship teams are not in unity. Everyone on that stage should have the same passion for worship as the pastor or the worship leader. Nobody gets off. They are responsible for their own worship.

My belief is that if we could just get the leaders and worship team in unity…if each one would take responsibility for their own worship, we would see the manifest presence of God we all say we so desperately desire and people would be saved, healed and delivered. Even though we are not responsible for their worship, we are still responsible for ours. This is the time and season for the restoration of the church. John 4:23 tells us that a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. He is actively looking for a people who will praise Him like that. He wants to manifest His glory. He’s not holding back…we are. Let us each take our responsibility.

Aged In or Aged Out

There is a trend in many churches now to hire only young worship leaders. The philosophy is that they need a young, hip “face” on the music ministry in order to capture a younger demographic. Some of these churches will not allow any musician over 35 years of age on the stage.

Now, before I get too deep into this, I am not a disgruntled old guy who just doesn’t understand “these young people today and their loud music”. I was doing Contemporary Christian Music before it was called CCM. When we started in the 70’s, there were many more churches that turned us away than those who accepted us and our music. Furthermore, I not only love modern worship music’s passion and honesty, but I use many of the songs myself when I lead worship. So, hang in with me until I make my point.

My wife and I visited one of these churches a few weeks ago. It was like walking into a rock concert venue. The house lights were dim. The stage lighting was like pre-show for a concert. Alternative music was playing in the background. On the screens was a video with a countdown clock. When the clock hit zero, the band went into a musical riff as the choir came out. I thought it was the intro to the first song, but it was really a signal to the congregation that something was starting. The worship leader played an acoustic guitar and appeared to be in his early 20's. As the band kicked into the first song, two young kids, a girl and a guy ran out from backstage and flanked the worship leader. The young girl yelled out "Welcome to _____________ Church! Are you ready to praise the Lord?" I was sitting with a pastor friend who actually invited us to this church. He was starting a church and wanted us to see what he thought was a very effective model. He leaned over to me and said, "See that young girl up there? She is on full time staff. Know why they hired her?” I shook my head. “Image", he said. I wasn’t trying to be cynical, but the thought did occur to me, “I thought the church (particularly leadership) was supposed to reflect the image of God”.

After the first song the pastor and his wife came running out from backstage and welcomed everyone. Following the welcome, the band started the next song. A second set of singers ran out as they ripped out a hip hop version of "Awesome God". The entire musical portion of the service was orchestrated as professionally as I’ve ever heard a fine tuned production. And believe me, I appreciate excellence. The band was tight, segues were flawless and the multimedia presentation was top notch. It was an extravaganza for the senses. I was quite impressed. But when it was over I had to ask myself the question, "Was that worship?" At the end of his message, the pastor prayed, made a couple of announcements and said, "Have a great week"! With that, he ran backstage to the band's reprise of an earlier rocker. I never saw him again.

After the service, however, I did talk to the Worship Pastor, who is actually an old friend. He was directing the choir. He and the choir were off to the side of the stage and all you saw of him was his back. He told me that he had been hired to coordinate and oversee multiple worship teams for several campuses. However, the pastor did not want him leading worship or having any face time. He was too old. He told me that he was okay with that. He said he didn't understand it at first. But he was leading one day, saw his face on the screen and then, in his words, said he "got it". He said, "I decided at that moment that I'll never be up front again. I am too old. I'm a behind the scenes guy now and I’m loving’ it". He is 46. I know him to be an extremely anointed worship leader. Now, I’m not opposed to what he is doing. He is mentoring the next generation. But he has been made to believe that his worship leading days are over. I just can’t buy into that. One thing these churches have realized is that they need a seasoned veteran putting it all together, because the young guys simply don't know how to do that yet. I was telling a friend of mine about this and he said, "So that guy is like the 'Wizard of Oz" of worship!" He's pulling all the strings, calling the cues and making everything happen. But the audience is oblivious to it. If anyone were to ever discover him, I suppose he would keep his back turned and say into the mic, "Pay no attention to the old man behind the certain!" I thought that was a great analogy.

As my wife and I got in the car following the service, I looked at her and said, "Honey, the game has changed and we're not in it. They don't even want us on the field anymore. Then Martha said, “I don't think I want to play anyway".

When I started in full time music ministry in 1972, it never occurred to me that one day I would "age out" of my ministry. I figured that as long as I was healthy, could still play and sing and had a passion for worship that I could do this until I died. Pastors do it. Even if they have to be helped to the pulpit with a walker, they continue to preach. And I think as long as they have a word and the breath to give it, they should preach. I also think that as long as a true worship leader can effectively lead people into the presence of God, he should have a place to do it.

It’s interesting to note that while worship leaders are aging out of their role, pastors tend to "age in" to theirs. My observation has been that pastors have their greatest challenge in leadership in the early years of their ministry. It’s tough for a young pastor starting out to gain the respect of a congregation of all ages and depth of experience. And to be fair, there is great wisdom that comes with life experience. Worship leaders on the other hand, apparently don't need that wisdom and life experience to be effective. They just need to be talented, hip looking and of course, love the Lord.

Please understand that I am not belittling, demeaning or selling short young people who have a gift and a call of God on their life for worship ministry. I have a great desire and calling to mentor the next generation. I want and need to reproduce myself as every believer should. There is great joy and fulfillment in raising up a man or woman of God, watching them flourish in their calling and knowing that you had a part in their success.

However, I don't think it is right or scriptural to put an effective, mature, seasoned worship leader out to pasture because he has gray hair and a few wrinkles. I believe as we have gotten older we have gained wisdom, too. We have a greater appreciation for the blessings, faithfulness and goodness of God. Years of walking with God through life's joy and pain develops a deeper relationship with Him which should give us an even greater ability to lead God's people into a deeper, richer experience in His presence.

Music ministry is not the entertainment industry. There is a skill level and talent element that is needed, but worship does not rely on talent and image. Worship has to be vertical, not horizontal. Its 3 dimensional. Lights, hip music and multi- media make you feel good, but those things don't make worship happen. They actually have nothing to do with a true encounter with God in worship. In fact, in many situations, those things not only can distract from worship, but they have replaced our true worship of Jesus, who is worthy of all the glory and all the praise. Worship is about the heart and if that heart is a heart of worship that individual should be able to get up with a guitar and bring people into the presence of God with or without a band, lights and visual effects.

I'm sure we've all heard the story by now of how Matt Redman came to write the song, "Heart of Worship". But just in case you haven't, here it is:

A few years back in our church, we realized some of the things we thought were helping us in our worship were actually hindering us. They were throwing us off the scent of what it means to really worship. We had always set aside lots of time in our meetings for worshipping God through music. But it began to dawn on us that we’d lost something. The fire that used to characterize our worship had somehow grown cold. In some ways, everything looked great. We had some wonderful musicians, and a good quality sound system. There were lots of new songs coming through, too. But somehow we’d started to rely on these things a little too much, and they’d become distractions. Where once people would enter in no matter what, we’d now wait to see what the band was like first, how good the sound was, or whether we were ´into´ the songs chosen. Mike, the pastor, decided on a pretty drastic course of action: we’d strip everything away for a season, just to see where our hearts were. So the very next Sunday when we turned up at church, there was no sound system to be seen, and no band to lead us. The new approach was simple - we weren’t going to lean so hard on those outward things any more. Mike would say, ´When you come through the doors of the church on Sunday, what are you bringing as your offering to God? What are you going to sacrifice today?´ If I’m honest, at first I was pretty offended by the whole thing. The worship was my job! But as God softened my heart, I started to see His wisdom all over these actions. At first the meetings were a bit awkward: there were long periods of silence, and there wasn’t too much singing going on. But we soon began to learn how to bring heart offerings to God without any external trappings we’d grown used to. Stripping everything away, we slowly started to rediscover the heart of worship. After a while, the worship band and the sound system re-appeared, but now it was different. The songs of our hearts had caught up with the songs of our lips.
Matt Redman>>

Brothers and sisters, I love the church. I am a part of her. However, I am concerned that some of our churches may be on a dangerous road. Who are we trying to impress, the world or God? Do you really believe for a second that God is looking at all our stuff and going, "Wow, Jesus! Would you look at that! Don't you wish you had some cool things like that when you were down there? You'd have been so much more effective!" Do you think God would look at a 50 year old worship leader and go, "Get him off the stage! He's too old. How are we going to get the teenagers in here if they see him? Sometimes I think they'd kick God Himself off the stage if they ever really saw what He really looks like. And in a very real since, I’m afraid they have.

So, what does God see? Does He see gray hair and wrinkles? I don’t think so. When He sees me, I think he sees the same guy He called 38 years ago, whose gifts and calling are without repentance. Ultimately, He sees the heart…the heart of worship.

Why I'm Here

If by chance you have found this blog by accident, welcome. With so many of these forums out there in cyberspace, I tend to believe that perhaps it is divine providence that you found me...or that we found each other. I'd like to start by telling you a little about myself. I have been in full time music ministry, with a primary focus on music and worship for 40 years. On some level, I had just about every opportunity and experience I could have imagined and many I could not have imagined. I have had the privilege of serving at several national ministries and churches with a number of amazing musicians, godly pastors and leaders. I have worked for two of the most prolific visionaries of our time. I have been a songwriter for the man who is arguably the most successful Christian songwriter and gospel music publisher of our generation. Looking back, I see God's hand has guided my wife and I to every person, every place at just the right time for a specific purpose. As I come to the 3rd third of my journey on earth, I see my best days ahead. Having had the privilege of doing all these things, at this time in my life, I have naturally turned my attention and focus to mentoring the next generation of worship leaders, musicians and songwriters. Day by day, it is becoming my heart's desire to pass on any knowledge and wisdom that I have gained from my experiences. I'm reaching out in any way that I can. This is just another way of making myself available. I have no expectations for what it will accomplish. All I know is that I want to share from any platform or forum that is made available to me. That's why I'm here. So, let's get started.

Robbie