Thursday, December 9, 2010

Worship Songs

first things first - after almost a month of inactivity, I have gone back to the old name... for now.

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Ok so 2011 is approaching. I love New Year's Day and new years. I like to think about resolutions and hopes for the upcoming year, whether it's for church, work, Lindsey, or myself.

These are four GREAT songs that I hope to bring around in the next few months (no particular order, links are to YouTube):

- "You Are" by Josh Jeter: This song has clear praise of the Lord and clear response to Him. Here's a snippet:

"Sovereign Lord, Righteous One, Gracious Savior, Living Word, ...
We come to praise, we come to raise our hands in worship, ...
We love you, we need you..."

- "Where the Spirit Of The Lord Is" by Chris Tomlin and Christy Nockels: CHeck out 2 Corinthians 3:17, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." This song has a cool male/female trade off in the chorus (yes COOL trade off, not early 90's cool. Now cool):

male: "We know where the spirit of the Lord is..."
female: "Where the spirit of Lord is there is liberty!"

- "Glorious" by Paul Baloche: Resurrection song #1 on this list.
"Look inside the mystery, see the empty cross, ...
"Look beyond the tombstone, see the Living God, ...
"no one is above Him, none to match His worth, ...
"Glorious, He stands above the rulers of the earth, ..."

- "Christ Is Risen" by Matt Maher: Resurrection song #2. The first line alone is quite powerful.

"Let no one caught in sin remain inside the lie of inward shame, ..."

The chorus references Ephesians 5, that those in Christ might come awake, rise up, and have Him shine upon us:
"Christ is risen from the dead, trampling over death, by death, come awake come awake, come and rise up from the grave."

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Rock (bible church) on!