Good morning friends. I’ve been out of communication for a while. Not intentional, just life taking a turn away from the opportunity to write. All is well here. We are hunkered down here, and glad to have the covering of Psalm 91 sheltering us as we settle in through these rare times. Today, my reading [...]
April 13, 1742, marked the first public performance of George Fredrick Handel's masterpiece, Messiah. Handel was not the one to put the words to music. Charles Jennings, a Shakespearean scholar and lover of Handel's music. Eventually, the two became acquainted and did some projects together. In July of 1741 Jennings wrote to his friend Edward [...]
Draw me after you and let us run together! (Song of Songs 1:4) Let me start with the idea that our Maiden’s heart cry has 2 parts. I long to be with you in intimacy (“Draw me”) and we will work together in ministry (“let us run.”) But there are times when we mess this up [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwanhqdZZrY Just Be Kim Walker-Smith Everything else can wait I've come to seek Your face So everything else can wait I'm here for You I want to Just be, here at Your feet Just be, here on my knees Here in Your presence I am complete Jesus, You're all that I need Everything else [...]
A few weeks back, for WorshipWednesday, I shared the wonderful "Raise a Hallelujah" and there was a little bit of the story behind the song in the video. But it never really gave the final testimony. Here's a video with the full story. Grab a tissue (or a box of them) and hear - "the [...]
Keith and Kristyn Getty perform a new (as hymns go) hymn of the faith. Keith is one of our generations great hymn writers. It saddens me that hymns are virtually unsung in much of the Church today. But the Getty's give me hope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfFrJHuptUQ My Worth Is Not In What I Own Keith and Kristyn [...]
True worship marks us and moves the Lord.
I love this! Hope you do too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA4zOAtPeJ0 Be Enthroned Bethel Music Verse 1 We’ve come to join the song Sung long before our lives To raise our voice along Heaven and Earth alike We’ve seen Your faithful hand Your mercy without end A king who bled and died A God who sacrificed Chorus Be enthroned upon the praises of a thousand generations You are worthy Lord of all Unto You the slain and risen King [...]
This is a wonderful worship song, that you may have heard or sung already, but this video includes the story of its origin. It's a wonderful testimony of God's hand and the power of worship. Join me this morning (or whenever) raising your own Hallelujah. Blessings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awkO61T6i0k Raise a Hallelujah Bethel Music, Jonathan David Helser I [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuYYQNVFxGo Throne Room Kim Walker-Smith Dream after dream, You are Speaking to me, breathing Word after word of kingdom come Here at Your feet, I can See the unseen, truly One look at You and I'm undone I run to the throne room I run to the throne room And I fall on my [...]