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Jordan Roberts and the ORM Singers, along with Leanne Benton on keyboards, lead worship before Richard shares the Gospel in Nicaragua.Lindsay: There’s a scripture that describes how we mightdecrease, so that Christ in me increases (John 3:30). And it’s agood way to look at worship. For me, all of a sudden, beforeI even blink, when you two are worshipping, the presence ofthe Lord suddenly takes over. I’m not saying it because Jordanis my daughter; I just love her voice because she’s a singer. She’san amazing country singer.Jordan: Country girl, country singer.Lindsay: But it’s different when she’s worshipping. Leanne,you have a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree; you evenhave a doctoral degree. And it shows when you are playingclassical music. But it’s different when you’re worshipping ina service and the presence of the Lord takes over.Leanne: Worship is an atmosphere changer. And that’s whywe often start a time of ministry with worship. I think it’sa two-way street. I think it’s us being open to God, andit’s God opening up His benefits, His goodness, and allthat He is to us. It’s a relationship. I am God’s friend, andHe is my friend.Jordan: I think what happens for me is that the personsinging the song disappears from the audience’s mind. AndI think that’s a good thing. If I’m leading worship, I wantto vanish, so to speak—so that the experience of worshipis just between the worshipper and the Lord. I’m thrilledif I disappear from their attention, so that they can havesome one-on-one time with the Lord. That’s what my jobis. My job is not to perform for you, although there is anelement of that. My real job, at the end of the day, is tousher you into God’s presence, and that means I’m doinga good enough job to disappear so you’ll have one-on-oneworship time with the Lord.Lindsay: I think of the things that have been very unusualwhen Richard prays for the sick. It can be very overwhelming.It’s not an easy task. People may think, “Oh, you travel aroundthe world. You’re on television. You’re in the ministry. It mustbe a glamorous life.” But it’s not.Jordan: It’s not glamorous by any means.Lindsay: Glamour walks away about 30 seconds into theministry. Last year alone, Richard traveled about five and ahalf times around the world. That’s a lot of traveling. It’s hardon your body. You see a lot of sickness, poverty, disease, andeven conflict within some of the countries. Something hasto open the door to God in these places where there is such aneed for miracles.Jordan: That’s right.Leanne: There’s a price you pay. A sacrifice. But I think thereward is when you’re standing there on stage, and you lookout and see a change from the beginning of the service tothe end. You see the healings and salvations. That makesit all worthwhile.Lindsay: I want to encourage you to open your heart to experiencewhat we’ve been talking about. I encourage you toget a worship CD, tune out the cares of the world, and enterin and experience the presence of God through worship. It’slife-changing!To requestthe worshipCD, Limitless,click here.7