American Gospel singer, Phil Thompson is encouraging young worship artists not to mimic other artists but rather focus on their individual talent and develop it.

In an interview with Pastor Ato Acquah on Joy FM's devotion program, 'Joy Time in His Presence' Monday, he described every worship leader's talent as "unique as their fingerprint". He also advised worship leaders to be reminded that worship is about God and what He wants to do.

"My job is to usher in the presence of God and move out of the way, so He can do what He wants to do. If you take the centre stage, you are in the way, and I am speaking to each artist who is a worship artist.

"You have something in you that the world is waiting for, so tap into what God has placed inside of you and do not try to mimic anybody else out there. You have the secret source, and the world is waiting for you, so keep that in mind. You have something nobody else has," he stressed.

Phil Thompson also opened up about the difficult season of his divorce and the custody battle for his children that ensued. He shared how other men of God helped counsel him during that period and the toll it had on him emotionally.

“Filing for a divorce after 16 years of marriage was the toughest decision I’ve ever made in my life, and the three-year court battle over custody of my children broke me to my core.”

"I went through a terrible season in my life, and it was just so dark and terrible. I counselled with so many bishops and people that I look up to in my life and share with them everything that was going on.

"When I got to that point, the decision to file for divorce was so difficult and then everything that followed after that. There was a custody battle for my children, which I was not happy with.

According to Phil Thompson, the custody battle became very terrible that he had to sing Fred Hammond's 'No weapon' on his way to the court "and I remember everything ruled in my favour."

He revealed how heartbroken he was during that time, even to the point of crying himself to sleep every night.

"I did not want to be separated from my children, and I did not want to be separated from my wife. It got crazy because we had to go through a court battle for me to even stay in my children's lives," he recounted.

In hindsight, he realised how God kept him throughout the process, adding "I believe that the Lord knows exactly how much we can bear, and right before I lost my mind, He pulled me out."

The gospel sensation of 'My Worship' fame recently released a new song, 'Jesus', and he’s planning to release a full album later in the year.