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Jonathan Azzarello's Blog
The heart and the goal of this blog is to inspire leaders to remain in the love of God before anything else, and that it would reach into our homes, jobs, and our churches for the glory of God.
Recent Posts
6 Important Tools for Worship Leaders
A craftsman must keep his tools sharp. No matter what your trade or calling is, if you want to do it well, you need to have the proper tools. There is nothing more frustrating or inefficient than trying to do something without the proper tools. And leading worship is...
What to Do When You Need More Musicians
As a worship leader, you’ve probably faced the challenge of not having enough musicians to support your ministry. You’ve already asked your pastor to announce the need for musicians from the stage, but still nothing. So, what do you do next? While there are short-term...
5 Steps to Creating a Healthy Worship Team Culture
Would you say that your worship team has a healthy culture? Does the team arrive early? Do they show up prepared? Does your team encourage each other and serve one another? What are they passionate about? What makes them tick? How do they react when there's a setlist...
How To Say ‘No’ After Auditions
Holding auditions for worship teams has become a standard practice for many churches including mine. And telling someone "no" is a necessary part of being a great worship leader. Unfortunately, not everyone who tries out for the team will make it. Sometimes people...
The Most Important Thing
Pushing Swings or Swimming in the Pool A few years ago, my wife and I were trying to book a vacation rental online for our family’s annual summer vacation. Although we enjoy walking on the beach and playing in the ocean, the bulk of our vacation revolved around the...
Pursuing a Simple Faith
Life can be complicated. It seems like the world just spins faster and faster, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon. Everyone is busy, and most of us don’t want to add something else to our life unless we absolutely must. Between work, family, church,...
How To Remain in God’s Love
In John 15, Jesus teaches us to remain in his love because apart from him we can do nothing. Remaining in God’s love might sound like another box to check off in the Christian life, but it is much more than that. If we remain in God’s love, we will bear much fruit,...
Be Encouraged in Affliction.
Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God allow bad things to happen at all? In 2 Thessalonians 1, Paul sent a letter to encourage the persecuted church, because they were probably asking similar questions. Paul masterfully crafted a letter that would both...
4 Things That Happen When You Sing
In my post, titled Three Reasons Why You Should Sing More, I talked about how important it is that we sing. We are designed to sing, commanded to sing, and we have a reason to sing. But what actually happens when we sing? Why is it so important to sing that God...
4 Signs of a False Teacher
We might tend to think there are only two options when it comes to our differences in Christianity. That we are either to be fully tolerant of all differences which can lead to a false gospel, or that we are to cry "false teacher" every time someone misinterprets a...
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