why aren't we singing

        I think that what he is saying is very true, people won't sing along with a song if it is just too difficult to sing along to, we need to play songs that people know and are easy enough to sing along to. I like how he always starts off his services with a vocal warm up of some sort, wether it be a scale or singing a short hymn. It really helps people to start singing along.
        It's also important the we don't only worship at church. We need to be worshiping all the time, every moment of our lives. We can't rely on church to bring the worship to us, we need to be in a worshipful state of mind and then the worship team can guide us through our worship.

Ascend the hill

Ascend the Hill is a worship music band from Tampa, Florida. Their current lineup is lead vocalist and guitarist, Joel Davis, lead guitarist, Seth Davis, bassist, Hayden Davidson, and drummer, Jonathan Thomas.  And their past member was their lead singer, Ben Davis, who left the group in 2009.
The band first formed in 2008, with their first release, Ben Davis, as Ben Davis, an extended play, that released Independently in 2008. They released a studio album, Ascend the Hill, on June 21, 2009, with Come and Live! Records. Their next studio album, Hymns: Take the World, but Give Me Jesus, was released by the same record label, on September 14, 2010. The next album, O Ransomed Son, came out on April 17, 2012 and was also from Come and Live! Records. In 2016, Ascend the Hill announced a final US tour beginning and ending in their hometown of Tampa, Florida

Are we insulting God?

What does it mean to be for God? Worshiping God isn't for you, it's for God. God doesn't need our help, we don't do worship band in order to help God out. We do worship band because we want to show people how amazing God actually is. God doesn't need us, if you are leading worship to help out God you have the wrong motives in mind. We want to lead people to God without having the wrong mindset of that we are helping God out or doing God a favor.

Get off your platform

     Some view worship as an opportunity to show their talents to a mass of people and use worship for selfish reasons. Those people need to "get off their platforms" and give the glory to God. Worship shouldn't be used for personal gain, but rather to draw people closer to God.
     Worship should be used for the glory of God only, not for selfish purposes. When the worship leaders are too into themselves it, it is easy to be distracted by what they are singing or playing. It's always a struggle for me to be intentional with what I'm playing and not try to show off and distract from the worship time.

If worship were like an NBA game, there would be more people focused on the score than on the worship. This video was very clever, it made fun of a couple worship cliches while still being light hearted. The announcers were my favorite part, they really made the video complete.