Episode 35

Moses Has a Prayer for Your Hands | Before the Doors Open

Look at your hands. At the next stoplight, or when you park. Those hands are about to do the whole morning. They will tune a guitar, ride a fader, advance a slide, frame a shot, or carry a toddler through the lobby on the way to rehearsal.

Moses has a prayer for those hands. Psalm 90 is the only psalm we have from him, and at the end of a psalm about how short life is he does not ask God to make the work bigger. He asks him to make it last. Establish means make it firm. Sunday work evaporates. The room gets reset for Tuesday. And some of it goes wrong. We had a snare mic ring out mid song not long ago, and the church sang through it like it never happened. That was not the mix. Notice where Moses starts. Favor first, then the work. You will never see the foundation your morning got poured into. Moses never saw his either. He prayed the prayer anyway.

Anchored in Psalm 90:17. Before the Doors Open is a short Sunday morning sending for the whole worship team.

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Formation to Transformation | A Worship Devotional
A short, daily Scripture devotional for worship leaders, musicians, and church techs. 2 to 5 minutes a morning, verse by verse.

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Ryan Loche

Dr. Ryan Loche (PhD) is a worship pastor, professor, and theologian helping worship leaders and everyday disciples be formed by Scripture over time. He leads The Church Collective, a training network for worship, creative, and production leaders. Ryan’s work centers on worship as formation before expression and the slow, faithful transformation of becoming like Jesus.