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In chapter 8 of Bob Kauflin's "Worship Matters" he gives us an analogy from David. He says that David shows the appropriate starting point for worship which involves thinking about, magnifying, and responding to the glory and splendor of God. Kauflin also says that sometimes we forget about this because we can get so distracted by everything going on around us. He says that when we worship, we should be clear and specific and we should explore and love God's greatness. I can apply this to my life by not only adding these key points to me as a worship leader, but also to me as a person in general. I think it's very important to remember the more important things in life because it is very easy to forget what truly matters. I also like how Kauflin says we should explore with God's greatness, I think that is very interesting.

In chapter 7 of Bob Kauflin's "Worship Matters," he talks about the topic of a faithful worship leader. He says that the worship music industry is getting so big, with so many new people. This is a good thing, until our local churches think they are doing something wrong, and that they have to be exactly like those people we hear on the radio. But to God, the thing that matters the mot is being faithful (keeping our word, being loyal, reliable, etc.) to him. Kauflin also talks about temptations. For example, he says that sometimes a person's popularity can effect the way we play when we should really be playing for God. I can apply this to my life by realizing that God doesn't want me to be perfect, he created me just the way I am, and I should use my gifts to glorify him. But sometimes, we can instead get all caught  up in looking and sounding good when in reality God just wants us to be faithful in Him.

In the beginning of Bob Kauflin's Worhsip Matters he explains that worship hasn't been around for long, but we have now built it in our routine of practice. He says that one of the bases of the church is how worship music dominates it's structure and thinking and that its hard to imagine a church without worship time. Later on in the chapter, he says that the term "worship leader" can often be misunderstood. For example, it can make us think that we have to have worship leaders, or that  worship is just singing. He ends with saying that worship leaders have the ability to impact and teach God's people. I think that being a worship leader is a great privilege because it gives us the opportunity to encourage others and help them give glory to him. Sometimes, we can take it for granted, and forget who we are really doing it for. I like how Kauflin explained that the term "worship leader" can be misunderstood because I had never thought of that before...

  In the first section of the book, Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin, it says that being a worship leader can sometimes feel like a burden and a waste of time. For example, we can feel like we aren’t changing anyone’s lives and it can get mundane fairly quickly. But, Kauflin says that we have to keep in mind that we do this for God, not for ourselves. Chapter two talks about my heart: what do I love. It says that people in our modern society can get so caught up with idols, but we have to realize that God should be the only one we praise. In chapter three, my mind: what do i believe, it says that there is no point in believing in a God, if you don’t know who he is. For example,  he gives the readers an analogy that if him and us (the readers) ran into each other in Starbucks and we started praising Kauflin’s son and had the wrong image of him, there would be no point in talking highly of him like that him like that if it were’t the right words. Chapter four is our hands...