Songs of Devotion

He Is - William McDowell

2010-09-21T20:05:00.000-07:00

Revelation 1:8 (New King James Version)

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Philippians 2:10-11

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

He Is - As We Worship Live

In Remembrance of Fathers Day

2010-06-22T17:50:00.000-07:00

God honored man by making us in His own image. He then came to earth in the image of the man He created. He lived the example of how He wanted us to live. I thought of this song for Fathers Day but didn't have a chance to post. I'm thankful I was spending time and attention with my family both in church and in play. So happy fathers day everyone.

A Few Good Men (Few Good Men Album Version)

Only Grace

2010-04-28T02:34:00.000-07:00

John 8

1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.

2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

5Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

performance track

Amazon MP3 Only Grace
Amazing Grace (Karaoke Version Instrumental Only)
lead sheets for matthew west songs

Celebrate the Resurrection

2010-03-31T14:06:00.000-07:00

1 Corinthians 15

¹Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
²By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
³For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
⁴And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

In Lee Strobel's book The Case For Christ, one of the scholars he interviewed said it was possible that the church used this creed as one of their early songs. If the first century church wanted to talk about the resurection all the time. How much more should we today.

Holy Lamb Of God

Romans 1:3-5 (New King James Version)

³ concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, ⁴ and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. ⁵ Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,

The End Of The Beginning

On the birthday of the church
^{Acts 2:29}Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. ³⁰Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
³¹He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
³²This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

Were You There

Rise Again

Probably my favorite Easter song is Rich Mullin's song While The Nations Rage. I could not find a video for this song but I have a link to the lead sheet and audio.
Lead Sheet Audio

On Time God

2010-03-29T03:13:00.000-07:00

\Chords
Chords variation

Oh The Blood Of Jesus

2010-03-28T00:18:00.000-07:00

1 John 1:6-9 (King James Version)

6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Oh The Blood Of Jesus/Nothing But The Blood (Live Version)
Oh? The Blood Of Jesus Oh? The Blood Of Jesus

Cross Songs

2010-03-23T13:03:00.000-07:00

At The Cross by Hillsong

Chords

At The Foot Of The Cross

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Lost In Wonder (You Chose The Cross)

The Glory Of The Cross

The Power Of The Cross

Praying For the Rain Of the Spirit

2010-02-17T06:58:00.000-08:00

1 Kings 18:36-39 (New King James Version)

36 And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
⁴¹ Then Elijah said to Ahab,

“Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”

Joel 2:23 23
Be glad then, you children of Zion,
And rejoice in the LORD your God;
For He has given you the former rain faithfully,[d]
And He will cause the rain to come down for you—
The former rain,
And the latter rain in the first month.

lead sheet

2 Chronicles 7:14 (New King James Version)

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Lead Sheet

The First Decade, 1983-1993

Something Heavenly

2010-02-06T21:11:00.000-08:00

guitar chords

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Whatever You're Doing (Something Heavenly) [Low Key-Premiere Performance Plus With Out Background Vocals]
Whatever You're Doing (Something Heavenly) [Medium Key-Premiere Performance Plus With Background Vocals]
Whatever You're Doing (Something Heavenly) [Medium Key-Premiere Performance Plus With Out Background Vocals]
Whatever You're Doing (Something Heavenly) [Premiere Performance Plus Track] - EP
Whatever You're Doing (Something Heavenly)
Whatever You're Doing (Something Heavenly) [High Key-Premiere Performance Plus With Out Background Vocals]

There Will Be A Day

2010-01-23T19:27:00.000-08:00

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:52 (New King James Version)

52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

There Will Be a Day (Live) download from itunes.com

guitar chords

Faith Makes The Difference

2010-01-02T03:46:00.000-08:00

What Faith Can Do on itunes.com

¹ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1, New King James Version)

The Bible says that faith is one of the three things that remain.
¹³ And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13, New King James Version)

Jesus said that faith was one of the weightier matters.
²³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. (Matthew 23:23, New King James Version)

Faith is one of the fruits of the Spirit.
²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23, New King James Version)

Faith is also one of the gifts of the Spirit.
⁷ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: ⁸ for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, ¹⁰ to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. (1 Corinthians 12:7-11, New King James Version)

People put faith in a lot of different things. People show faith everyday. I have faith that the chair I'm sitting in won't collapse. I have faith that my car will start. These objects of faith have been tested by experience. These examples are small in comparison to having faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I have confidence that He is with me and loves me. I have confidence that His word and all the promises and prophecies in it are true. It's not my faith but the one who I have faith in that makes faith powerful.

⁶ So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. (Luke 17:6, New King James Version)

Everyday get into the word and get into prayer. This will help you increase your faith because you are spending time with the one who gives you faith.

¹⁷ So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
(Romans 10:17, New King James Version)

Power In The Name Of Jesus

2009-07-03T18:54:00.000-07:00

Jesus name is powerful and should always be reverensed.

When Musicians Worship

2009-03-07T13:47:00.000-08:00

This last week our worship team was practicing for the Sunday evening service. We thought we were done when the drummer, Isaac, asked if we could practice one of the songs just one more time. The song was Let Me Tell You Who Jesus Is. As we practiced, Isaac was trying a few different things on the drums. It was the best I had ever heard him play. During that song the Holy Ghost just moved into the church sanctuary in a very profound way. I told Isaac it sounded great and then I exclaimed, “I love it when musicians worship!”
When musicians worship with their instruments rather than just playing songs, God moves. God inhabits the praise of His people.
Psalm 150
3. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
I don't pretend to know the ways of God, but I do know He takes delight when the musicians worship.
The Hebrew word for praise in these verses is Halal. It's defined, to praise, to sing, to boast. I believe this would mean doing your very best when you play your instruments, not for the people who hear you, but because you are playing to and for Him.
Psalm33:2. Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 3. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Psalms 34: 1. I Will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
In 2 Chronicles 20 is the story of King Jehosophat and the battle between Judah and Ammon and Moab. The Lord told Judah that He would fight the battle for them if they would follow His instructions. In this story I see instructions for musicians to be ready to worship.
They sought the Lord with fasting. Vs 3
They trusted God and had faith. Vs 15
Humble Prayer : they fell to the groud and worshiped Vs 18
They believed in God and His Word. Vs 20
They sang and praised in the beauty of holiness. Vs 21 and 22
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.
And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
Be more than a musician: be a worshiper of God.