Learning how to play worship guitar is the dream of many people who feel the need to express their love for God musically and lead others in worship. However, a lot of people let this dream go unrealized because, let's face it, learning how to play guitar in any style or capacity is difficult. There are a lot of people offering Christian guitar lessons out there but very few of them tackle the three issues that make learning so difficult for those of us who have no experience playing guitar.

1) Starting point. The task of learning how to play worship guitar seems very daunting at first and most christian guitar lessons don't properly address this. When a student begins, instead of jumping into the mechanics of how to hold a pick, how to strum, or how to position your fingers on the strings, a different approach should be taken. The overall mechanics of how a guitar works and how it needs to be manipulated should be understood before even picking the guitar up. Those who take the time to teach this have realized tremendous success in relaying the mechanics of how to play the guitar to their students. If this initial step is taken, many students have reported being able to play a worship song within 24 to 48 hours.

2) Money. Taking a christian guitar lesson should not be out of anyone's budget. The reality is that sitting down one on one with a teacher costs a lot of money. The teacher needs to be compensated for their time and with just one student at a time, the cost is high. There are some great online courses that have proven to be extremely effective and easy to follow, teaching the specifics of how to play guitar for worship and teaching the chords and style of christian music.

3) Action plan and goals. Any good lesson plan should challenge you. You should not be left on your own to decide what to do next. You should set goals and work toward accomplishing them in a pre-determined amount of time. Many courses do nothing but offer you the techniques and leave the lesson plan up to you. In order to ensure success, the lesson plan should be well mapped out so that all you have to do is learn.