Worship

VOB News 2026 September “Enter His Courts”

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Next weekend (October 16-17), Global Tabernacle of David and Voice of the Bride will be holding a worship weekend here in NC.  We have some opportunities to bless the community here, including a special night of worship and intercession at Center City church on Oct 16.  Please be praying that all will go as the Lord desires, and that He will receive the glory due His Name. And if you are local and would like to be involved please reach out to us.

In preparing for the weekend, I, Carol, thought I might share with you a few of my thoughts concerning how I write worship songs, and how you, yourself, can participate more ‘thoroughly’ during times of worship.  So here goes:

When I write, I usually start with a theme that has been touching my heart, almost always derived from the Bible. I love writing songs with words from the Word!  I will get a general theme, or a specific line, then build the song ‘tone’ around that theme. If the song is a joyful song, the chords I choose will be happy and full of life!  If the song is pensive, I will choose more ‘moody’ and thought provoking chords, as well as slow down the tempo of the song.  There are different sounds for writing about faithfulness, hope, intercession, sadness, thankfulness, etc.  One of my absolute favorite subjects to write about, is the holiness of GOD!!!  This requires a very powerful chord progression that somehow conveys the concept of GOD’s holiness and how awesome and magnificent He truly is. Sometimes, I will write lyrics that aren’t from the Bible, but carry Biblical concepts.  More often, I like to utilize verses about a concept, and go from there. 

Sometimes the chorus will be written first, and sometimes the verses will come first. It’s always a little different. I find this initial writing to be easy. But filling out the entire song, beginning to end, and making everything work just right, takes more labor. On rare occasions, I will wake up singing a song phrase. I have  finally learned to quickly sing the phrase into a voice recorder. This actually just happened to me this week, so I’m working on that particular song, as we speak! Sometimes, in my personal time of worship, a theme will emerge, and a phrase or verse along with it, and ‘voila’-we have a good start!  

I bring this up because often, when we are in church or listening to music outside of church, we will find songs that we don’t know, or have never heard. Sometimes people are bothered by this, because they like singing only familiar songs. My word of encouragement to you is this; that song was new to everyone once upon a time….and you have to hear it to learn it. But even more than that, even if you don’t know the song or words, consider looking in your Bible at that very moment, and finding the Scripture that the song is based on. Read the passage while the song is going on. For sure, this will enrich your appreciation of the song. But more importantly, it will enrich your focus on the Lord—which is what worship is all about!  

Lastly, something I frequently tell people, when I’m leading, is that, while you may not know the song initially, you can just look at the words and/or listen to the song, and agree with what it’s saying!  Unknown song about the love of GOD, or the blood of Jesus?  For sure, I can agree in my heart and honor and thank Him, even if I don’t know the song. Finally, you can always pray during the song. Pray for the lyrics of the song to be applied to those who don’t know the Lord, or those who may need comfort or encouragement, or to understand just Who the Lord is!!  

So there ya go!  I hope this encourages you the next time you are in worship, whether you are listening to hymns, or current worship songs. And may your times of worship unto the Lord, be enriched and full of His presence, as you step out and try to add to your own personal participation!

GOD BLESS YOU!!!

Love Wayne and Carol.

We have Carol’s past three albums, “Sovereign Lion”, “The Document”, and “Deep Blue Seed” digitally available online now. You can find them wherever you stream music (Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, You Tube) under album titles or her name Carol Kiger-Rice. We hope to get her newer songs recorded and distributed in the near future. 

VOB News April/May 2026 “Faithfulness”

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Faithfulness: it’s a power packed word, altho sometimes I admit, I am unable to take it all in. The Lord is completely, totally, and irrevocably faithful. I told Wayne just the other day, ‘I’m so amazed at how loving and kind and faithful the Lord is to me, when I can be such a brat.’ (I’m thankful the Lord is aware of my ‘brattiness,’ but still loves me!). 

I’ve been leading worship online, every Monday night for a year now. Sometimes there are people online with me, and sometimes it’s just me. Sometimes the comments are lovely, and sometimes they are not very nice (it’s interesting to me that people will take the time to find worship online, and then criticize). In addition to that, once a month, a larger group of us gather to worship online together. Never ONCE, has the Lord not met me on Monday nights, or forsaken us on Friday nights.  I am constantly amazed by this, because I am often so full of distraction or lack of focus.  Does that sound familiar?   Last Friday night, after about an hour of worship in our monthly gathering, having wrestled for that entire hour with internet issues (making worship time very choppy and disjointed  for me), I suddenly felt a rush of the Lord’s presence, which was just overwhelming. I knew it was His love and faithfulness that was consuming me. And He did that just because He wanted to.  What His love and faithfulness produced in me, was the same-overwhelming love for Him, and the intense desire to be faithful to Him at all times.  The unmatched love He let loose in my heart for Him was uncanny. 

It’s such an intense thing that the Lord even leads us and helps us when we go to worship Him.  What kind of mercy and grace is that? That He doesn’t just sit around and wait for me to get it together to worship Him, but He helps me along, as I take meager steps to give Him praise and honor. Let this be a bright and kind reminder to you today, that ‘even when we are faithless, He is still faithful.’  II Tim 2:13.  

Make an effort, give Him what you’ve got, and remember this: if you just tell somebody your very simple story of GOD’S faithfulness to you, your story might just be the key that unlocks someone else’s heart and brings them to Jesus. Give it a try this week. Just tell somebody your little story. There is no question, that He will turn it into something grand, for His Kingdom. He is like that. He is faithful. 

Encouraging Meditation Psalm 20

Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God

To The Choirmaster. A Psalm Of David.

1 May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!

May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

2  May He send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!

3  May He remember all your offerings

and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

4  May He grant you your heart’s desire

and fulfill all your plans!

5  May we shout for joy over your salvation,

and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!

6  Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer Him from His holy heaven with the saving might of His right hand.

7  Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

8  They collapse and fall,

but we rise and stand upright.

9  O LORD, save the king! May He answer us when we call.

 

For Prayer:  🙏 

  • Wayne traveling May 15-23 to Northern California for Gabriel’s graduation from Berkeley University (if you know Gabriel’s story – you know this is an amazing testimony.) And then on to Tijuana Mexico to encourage our teams there. 
  • Carol ministry gathering in Georgia in July, tapping into her Moravian roots of worship & prayer. Asking early for this one. 
  • Carol’s family. Some difficulties with ongoing caregiving for mom.
  • Wayne traveling June 10-15 to Colorado Springs to serve with Restoring Hope Conference. 
  • Wayne has also has been invited to Lithuania to minister and train with Living Waters Team in July. We need prayer confirmation and airfare funds to come in for this one.      Let us know if you are interested in giving!