Songs We Sing (10.18.2009)

We occasionally get asked what this or that song was after services. So, I thought I'd provide a small service to CCJ'ers and the general lurkers out there. I'll list each song and give you the original artist and/or songwriter and a few details. If you'd like to purchase the original song, I suggest using iTunes or Amazon's MP3 Store.

For the services of October 18, 2009, we sang:

Beautiful One
Written by Tim Hughes, 2002. Hughes also made the song most popular so if you want to buy a version, I'd suggest his. I love the lyric "my soul, my soul MUST sing." Nothing on earth compares to who Jesus is.

Here Is Our King
Written by David Crowder, 2005. Available on the David Crowder Band album "A Collision." (You can download Narrow Path's rougher version here). "Here is our God who's come to bring us back to Him/He is the One, He is Jesus."

All My Tears
Written by Julie Miller, 1993. Her version is on her album "Orphans And Angels." Jars of Clay made it most popular on their album "Good Monsters." Emmylou Harris also has a version out there. This one was chosen for today because of the line "Gold and silver blind the eye/Temporary riches lie/Come and eat from Heaven's store/Come and drink and thirst no more." Fantastic song.

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
Written by Helen H. Lemmel, 1922. Ponder these lines of this old hymn ... "and the things of earth will grow strangely dim/In the light of His glory and grace."

Mission's Flame
Written by Matt Redman, 2004. I first heard this on the album "Passion: How Great Is Our God." This song conveys the power with which we are to care about the glory of God's name on the earth. I love it. "Let worship be the fuel for mission's flame/We're going with a passion for Your name/We're going for we care about Your praise/Send us out."

The Heart of Worship
Written by Matt Redman, 1999. This song always means a lot to me, particularly today as I've been wrestling with some things in my own life and in the life of CCJ. There is a fantastic story behind the writing of this song. Please take a second to read it all.
The song dates back to the late 1990s, born from a period of apathy within Matt (Redman)’s home church, Soul Survivor, in Watford, England.
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