Genuine worship is marked by powerful transformation. It’s impossible to truly worship God and not be changed.
The more we see Jesus, declare His promises, and place our faith in His goodness, the more we’ll be the kind of people He wants us to be.
This (and much, much more) is what Dustin Smith and I talk about in this interview. Dustin is a worship pastor at World Revival Church and a songwriter with Integrity Music.
This conversation ebbs and flows from songwriting to spontaneous worship to loving people and Dustin’s new album. Dustin is filled with wisdom about worship and has some seriously great one-liners in this interview.
I promise you – you will be stirred and encouraged by Dustin’s heart.
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What You’ll Learn in this Episode
- What it means to be a song chronicler over a songwriter
- How Dustin wrote 30-40 songs per week
- The true purpose of worship songs
- How worship is warfare
- Why corporate worship is so important in the life of every Christian
- How to engage people in worship
- Why you should open your eyes during worship
- How to develop confidence in spontaneous worship moments
- A practical song choice strategy for spontaneous worship preparation
- On creating a culture where mistakes can happen
Tweetable Quotes
- “Many of us have been in church, but we haven’t been in His Presence” (Tweetable)
- “My job as a worship leader is to shepherd people – beat off the enemy and pull the people together” (Tweetable)
- “You’ve got to care about people to be a good worship leader” (Tweetable)
- “Don’t worry about what people think. Worry about getting to Jesus” (Tweetable)
- “God will never remove your insecurities. He’ll only removes your excuses” (Tweetable)
- “Don’t write what you think is fact. Write what you know is faith” (Tweetable)
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
- Website: Dustin Smith
- Website: World Revival Church
- Website: Integrity Music
- App: Dustin Smith Ministries
- Music: Coming Alive by Dustin Smith
- Music: FREE mp3 & lyric video from Dustin
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This is AWESOME – exactly what our songwriters needed right now. Thank you so much! 🙂
Great to hear! Paula, do you have a songwriting team at your church?
Wow, what a great interview! A lot of what he said resonated with me and some of the thoughts that I have had about worship, especially with what he said about churches who just have soft, quiet worship. I know there is a time and a place to be still before the Lord, but realistically, the Bible speaks a lot more about the loud and the shout side of worship. Really great to hear this interview with Dustin 🙂
Me too, Jonathan. Dustin’s words on the “warfare” side of worship was so challenging to me. Our songs are rods and staffs to beat back the enemy and gather people in to declare.
Loved this interview guys!
•“Don’t write what you think is fact. Write what you know is faith” This is so good relistening to it! Thank you!
Such a great quote.
Great interview and so many practical things were said. I just sent it to everyone in the worship team. Thank you so much!
Yes! Love when that happens 🙂
Yes – we’re in the beginning stages. We also just listened to your Worship Songwriter audio book – and it is SO helpful. We’re excited and encouraged. God bless you heaps!
Too Good! Let it be so in me, Lord!
“He’ll give you what you need to do it, but you’ll always feel like you can’t.”
Thank you God for this space, these resources, the varied gifts You’ve placed in the Body for building it up. We love You Jesus!
Preach!