Please take a look and let me know if you find this beneficial in your personal worship times and in preparing to lead on Sunday. (I really think you will!)
Blessings,
Bill
Grace Alone
Scott Wesley BrownScott Wesley Brown is an artist whose career has spanned three decades, and continues to prove his relevancy to the changing times. Through the years, Scott Wesley Brown has left an indelible mark on Christian music…a prolific songwriter, dynamic vocalist, challenging author, international missionary, worship leader and Christian music pioneer!The past three decades have seen his signature on no fewer than 9 number one singles on t
he Adult-Contemporary and Inspirational charts. His songs have been recorded by Sandi Patti, Amy Grant, Bruce Carroll, Pat Boone, The Imperials, Petra and international opera star Placido Domingo.Scotts’ heart is mission minded - and his actions display that. Brown's journal records covert missions behind the Iron Curtain and the first publicly promoted Christian music event in the U.S.S.R. It was during this August, 1989 concert that over 15,000 Soviets heard the passionate cry for love and compassion while the Spirit moved some 2,000 to join in the family of Christ. He has taken over 100 musicians on trips to the mission field and provided hundreds of musical instruments to musicians and missionaries in third world and restricted access countries.Click here to learn more about Scott:
http://www.scottwesleybrown.com/
Click here to worship along with the
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Click here to listen to a choral arrangement:
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Every promise we can make,
every prayer and step of faith,
every difference we will make
is only by His grace.
Every mountain we will climb,
every ray of hope we shine,
Every blessing left behind
is only by His grace.
Grace alone which God supplies,
Strength unknown He will provide.
Christ in us our Cornerstone;
We will go forth in grace alone.
Every soul we long to reach,
every hearth we hope to teach,
everywhere we share His peace
is only by His grace.
Every loving word we say,
every tear we wipe away,
every sorrow turned to praise
is only by His grace.
Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble
Martin Smith is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter of the English Christian rock and worship band Delirious? He is generally considered to be one of the foremost songwriters in modern Christian worship music. Some of the most recognized songs by Delirious? include "I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever”, "History Maker", "My Glorious", "Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble", "Shout To The North", "Deeper", "Majesty (Here I Am)", and "What A Friend I've Found".
In 1995, Martin was involved in a near-fatal car accident, and during the weeks of his recovery, he decided to become a full-time musician. He wrote the 'King Of Fools' song 'August 30th' based on this experience.
Click here for the story behind the song:
www.theheartofworship.org/stories/Story-197-DidYouFeeltheMountainsTremble-Smith.mp3
Click here to listen to the song:
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Click here to sing along:
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Click here to watch Martin Smith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO_bKR2Wzhk&feature=related
When it’s All Been Said and Done
This song was written by Jim Cowan. Jim was born on Sept. 26, 1952 in Gunnison, Co. Growing up in Colorado he was very involved in sports. He participated in competitive ski racing, baseball, golf, tennis, soccer, swimming, and many outdoor activities. His Dad was a recreation director for the city, and his Mom taught music in the Elementary school. Jim’s early music training included piano lessons from his mother, and voice lessons from a retired voice teacher and friend of the family. After high school, Jim studied music at Western State College in Gunnison, and at Emporia State Teacher’s College in Emporia, Kansas. His training included classical voice, piano, theory and harmony of music, and general studies. It was while he was at Emporia State that Jim experienced a spiritual conversion, and began to seek for God’s direction in his life. He withdrew from school and went to the Benedictine Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico. It was there that he converted to Catholicism, and began to write songs for liturgy and worship.
Click here to listen to an inspiration thought on the song:
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Click here to worship along with Don Moen:
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Click here to read more about Jim Cowans’ ministry:
http://www.jimcowan.com/
Breathe on me, Breath of God
This hymn by Edwin Hatch (1835-89) and was privately printed in Between Doubt and Prayer (1878). It was later published in Towards Fields of Light (1890), a memorial volume to Dr Hatch compiled by his widow. Edwin Hatch was educated at both Cambridge and Oxford, and ordained an Anglican priest. From 1859 to 1866 he was in Canada as Professor of Classics (Toronto) and Rector of the High School, Quebec. Upon returning to England he spent the rest of his life in academia. Hatch was a man of deep piety and simplicity of spirit, and won an international reputation for profound and original scholarship. The original verse 3 line 2 reads "Blend all my soul with thine...". Hatch used the word "blend" in the several works on the influence of Greek ideas on Christian thought and organization. One commentator remarked that Hatch's religious poems "are a beautiful supplement to his theology and reveal the depth and tenderness of his religious life". Breath has long been associated with the concept of the Holy Spirit - both Greek and Latin have the same word for spirit and breath (pneuma and spiritus). The hymn is a meditation on John 3:3-8, where the creating breath of God (Genesis 2:7) becomes the breath of the Holy Spirit in the new creation. It brings new life and love (verse 1, Galatians 2:20 and 5:22), purity and obedience (verse 2, Psalm 51:10, Mark 13:13), surrender and inspiration (verse 3, Acts 2:3-4), and eternal life (verse 4, 1 Peter 5:10).
Click here to listen to an organ arrangement:
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All I need is You
Marty Sampson is a Christian songwriter and a worship leader at the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. Originally featuring in the Youth Alive albums of the late 1990s, he was one of original Hillsong United worship leaders and has led worship on every United album to date. He plays guitar and occasionally piano. He was married in November of 2006 to Michelle.
Sampson was a former worship leader for Hillsong United together with Joel Houston (son of pastor Brian Houston). His last album with United in the 2007 United album All of the Above, could be his last album with Houston and the Hillsong United team.
Since his marriage with Michelle, Sampson has moved from Hillsong United to the Hillsong band and helps lead worship with Darlene Zschech and the rest of the team. He is now one of the main worship leaders in Hillsong Church along with Zschech and Reuben Morgan.
Click here to worship along with Marty :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV63_Vmf-74
Click here to listen to Marty share:
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