The Lord Is My Song: Worship Leadership in Focus

Mark G. Turner

Apr 2016 · WestBow Press

About this ebook

Having been involved in Christian music for many years, I have made an unfortunate observation. Far too often, music has been the primary focus of many worship practices and events. Our Lord, whom we love, must be restored to the central point of our worship. As an orchestral composer, I realize how alluring music can be. We must set this allurement aside and refocus on Gods glory. If artistic beauty and musicianship have taken center stage, then our music may have become a sinful source of pride.

Singers and musicians have sometimes become involved in worship teams and choirs without ever having begun a personal relationship with our Lord Jesus, and when their musical motivation fades, they depart, having never learned to love Him.

Music is the organized, auditory, communicative expression by the living of the life they possess and the truths they profess. In worship we affirm His worth. Worship, as an act of the will, indicates our position as His obedient people, and He, as Lord, must receive our adoration.

It is my intent with these devotionals, based on seventy-five passages of Scripture, comprising 291 verses, to provide a valuable resource for all who lead worship.

Ratings and reviews

Foundational guide to worship through singing and instruments. "The heart, Ramon!, the heart".

Very useful for worship leaders

About the author

Mark G. Turner, with his wife, Marie, are active members of a local church and have served as missionaries, counselors, Bible teachers, and leaders at Christian children’s camps. They have served in the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Great Britain, and the Philippines. Mr. Turner has been a worship leader, elder, school teacher, and recently taught at Windermere Bible College in the Bahamas. Mr. Turner is a graduate of Briercrest College and Seminary, the University of Waterloo, and York University.

Mr. Turner, as an orchestral composer, has had his music performed in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain and is currently pursuing postgraduate music composition studies at the University of Leeds in Great Britain. A small sampling of some of his recent compositions can be heard and purchased through, sheetmusicplus.com by simply entering his full name, Mark G. Turner, into the search box.

To contact him personally regarding his music or to arrange opportunities to teach or speak, he may be reached by e-mail at: [e-mail]. His Facebook site, O’Kestrel Music: Orchestral Composition, may be visited at: www.facebook.com/OrchestralComposition.