On the 27th episode of All Heart with Paul Cardall, Paul is joined by Mega-church Worship Leader Josh Miller. Josh believes through inspirational and dry seasons in life, music remains the constant through which one can write and express their thoughts and emotions and share them with the body of Christ. With several years of experience in worship leading Josh enjoys leading others into God's presence, not only with music, but with his life as well.
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Saddleback Worship is a community of worshipers serving Saddleback Church, with locations spread across four continents. Recording their music in Southern California, the team is prayerful in their efforts to put pen to paper and to capture what God is saying in their community. Saddleback Worship is a diverse group of members and exists to point every heart to the name above every name — the name of Jesus. Josh Miller is the Worship Development Pastor and partners with the Global Worship Pastor. He grew up the son of a teaching pastor and this created his love of church and music.
Saddleback is the largest church in California and one biggest in the US. The church began in Lake Forest California and Rick Warren is the founding pastor. They now have 18 campuses in the US and four of those are international. Paul’s wife Tina worked there several years ago and loved it. There is currently an awakening in music under the umbrella of Jesus. Music speaks so many different messages and it can unite people. It’s powerful. Josh believes worship directs people to the Creator and points attention only to Him. However, there is a struggle today since we have a country and world that is so divided. There is hope that worship can build a bridge that Jesus can walk over towards people. We are all sinners saved by a grace we never deserved. It is important for Christians to have integrity and have character that points people to Jesus. He has boundless mercy. Josh loves that Saddleback Worship Team is all about team and growing in Christ.
They are releasing a new album titled “Alive and Well”. It will be released in less than two weeks on September 3rd. During Covid, the worship team found their job shifted with everyone in their homes. They started creating and writing together over Zoom. The themes they found were light in the midst of darkness. Covid is a dark season but the light of Christ shines through it. Dawn and mercy are promised to us. The second theme is home is where Christ is. The third theme is life in Christ and how He is making us alive in him. In the noise of this world, Jesus is there. We need to be light in the world.
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saddlebackworship.com/AliveandWell
During the course of writing this album there was a hard season for a team member. Josh found in the moments where we don’t feel God’s presence, we have His promises. These are found in scripture and it is truth even when our emotions are up and down. We cling to the promises of forgiveness. Our greatest growth comes through seasons of hardships. Eugene Peterson says I prayed for wisdom and you gave me problems to solve. I asked for strength and you gave me pain and anguish and struggles to grow from. God can do beautiful things in hard seasons.
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