{"id":10189,"date":"2013-02-12T17:06:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T17:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=10189"},"modified":"2019-07-30T11:25:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T11:25:40","slug":"the-worship-leaders-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/the-worship-leaders-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"The worship leader&#8217;s prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>The Worship Leader&#8217;s Prayer<\/h1>\n<p>God of mercy<br \/>\ncause the songs I sing today<br \/>\nand the music that I play<br \/>\nto bring release<\/p>\n<p>God of mercy<br \/>\nkeep my thoughts from wealth and fame<br \/>\nlead me humbly in your ways<br \/>\nof righteousness<\/p>\n<p>For yours is the Kingdom<br \/>\nthe power and the glory<br \/>\nfor ever and evermore<\/p>\n<p>God of mercy<br \/>\nLet the words of Christ ring clear,<br \/>\nthat nothing blocks or interferes<br \/>\nfrom seeing You.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2012 Dave Bilbrough Songs<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dave Bilbrough, writer of songs such as \u201cAbba Father\u201d, \u201cI am a new Creation\u201d and \u201cAll Hail the Lamb\u201d is one of the fathers of the modern day worship movement. He continues to travel and write songs and lead worship extensively. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davebilbrough.com\">www.davebilbrough.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Worship Leader&#8217;s Prayer God of mercy cause the songs I sing today and the music that I play to bring release God of mercy keep my thoughts from wealth and fame lead me humbly in your ways of righteousness For yours is the Kingdom the power and the glory for ever and evermore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5303,"featured_media":10567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[98],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The worship leader&#039;s prayer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"God of mercy cause the songs I sing today and the 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