Songs We Sing (11.22.2009)

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 November 22, 2009, we sang:

You Lifted Me Out
Written by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Louie Giglio, Matt Gilder, Matt Redman, 2008. From Chris Tomlin's album "Hello Love." I love this lyric, "Lost is where You found me/Shattered and frail but You love me still/Trouble may surround me my heart may fail/But You never will/You never will."

On Our Side
Written by Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash, Jesse Reeves, 2004. From Chris Tomlin's album "Arriving." Kurt does a good job singing this second verse, don't you think? :-)

Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
Written by Elisha A. Hoffman, 1887. Music by Anthony J. Showalter. "What have I to dread/What have I to fear/Leaning on the everlasting arms ..." I think of my grandparents when we sing this song. They left a rich legacy of faith for me and they came from a generation where "leaning on the everlasting arms" meant so much more than it does now (in many ways).

Doxology
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674. These lyrics, sung as the Doxology in many churches, are actually the last verse of a longer hymn, "Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun." Music is from 1551 (attributed to Louis Bourgeois). Arrangement by David Crowder Band and Narrow Path. We took David Crowder's version of this hymn and tweaked it just a bit so it's really kind of a mash-up of the original, David Crowder and us. A great Thanksgiving song.

Keep Me (Psalm 35)
Written by Daniel Ross, 2009. A prayer from Psalm 35. It's really a cry to God to save us but it has that spark of hope in the prayer to "keep me by Your side."

Forever
Written by Chris Tomlin, 2001. From his album "The Noise We Make." We've really revamped this quite a bit from the original version and made it our own. You guys sang well on this today. A great celebratory song that helps us warm up for eternity.