Stories behind the songs - Sunday February 17, 2008

“Forever”

This worship song is based upon the passage in Psalm 136 “His love endures forever”. It took four years for Chris to finally finish the song after working on the song off and on.

Click here to listen to Chris tell about how he wrote the song:
www.theheartofworship.org/stories/Story-263-Forever-Tomlin.mp3

Click here to learn more about Chris Tomlin:
www.christomlin.com/index2.html

Click here to worship along with Chris Tomlin:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOZVFHqKg1k

“Love the Lord Your God”

This powerful worship song was written by Lincoln Brewster while his church was going through the study “40 days of purpose”. He was asked to write some songs based upon the scriptures that coincide with each study. The first passage Mark 12:28-30 dealt with worship.

(NIV, Mark 12:28-30)
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'

Click here to worship along with Lincoln
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV7qTD_X0Rk

Click here to learn more about Lincolns' ministry
www.lincolnbrewster.com/

“We will Remember”

Tommy Walker wrote the following about his song “We will Remember”.

God really touched me through the song We Will Remember. When I wrote the song, I was just very discouraged and felt like God wasn't answering my prayers. I was reading a verse in Nehemiah about the children of Israel who had run far from God and become proud – because they forgot the miracles that God had done for them. I suddenly looked back at my life and how God had been so faithful to me and blessed me so much. In that moment, it didn't look so bright, but when I looked back, I was reminded of God's faithfulness. That's how I wrote the song

Click here to listen to the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWgYBxcmI8I


"The More I seek You"
click here to read more about Zach Neese who wrote this powerful worship song
http://gatewaypeople.com/index.php?action=abt_staff_bio&id=180

Click here to worship along with Kari Jobe (LD Bell High school graduate)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3GijrnfStk


“In Christ Alone”

This song was written by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Townend and Getty both admit they are motivated by the idea of capturing biblical truth in songs and hymns that will not only cause people to express their worship in church, but will build them up in their Christian lives. “I’ve been amazed by the response to this song,” says Townend. “We’ve had some incredible e-mails about how people have been helped by the song through incredibly difficult circumstances.” One e-mail described how a U.S soldier serving in Iraq would pray through each verse of the song every day, and how the promises of God’s protection and grace helped to sustain him through the enormous pressures and dangers of life in a war zone.

Click here to read more about how the song was composed
www.crosswalk.com/1275127/

Click here to worship along with the Newsboys
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8welVgKX8Qo

Click here to worship along with Natalie Grant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA9WbEn-Nj8&feature=related