Worship

Worship is more than music, but music is one of the biggest ways my heart worships. Below are some songs God has been using to align my heart with Him and just bask in His beauty through music and lyric. Although I do believe the music is just as much worship as lyrics, I want to focus on lyrics today.

“Set A Fire” – Jesus Culture

 “Set a fire down in my soul

That I can’t contain, that I can’t control

I want more of You God.”

This song makes a great prayer at the beginning of the day. Some days we wake up and we just don’t feel like worshiping. Instead of beating ourselves up or just trying to push through, we should tell God how we’re feeling and ask Him to fill us with passion. I want more of You God.

“God’s Great Dance Floor” – Chris Tomlin

“I feel alive, I come alive, I am alive

On God’s Great Dance Floor!”

As Christians, we have way more reason to party than the world around us. The fact that God will “never give up on us” should make us want to dance non-stop. Let’s clear away the religious fog that says there is no dancing and church and go crazy!

“You turned my deepest pains into joyful dancing;
    

You stripped off my dark clothing
    

and covered me with joyful light.

You have restored my honor. My heart is ready to explode, erupt in new songs!
   

It’s impossible to keep quiet!”
Psalm 30:11-12

Second Chance – Rend Collective Experiment

“My future hangs on this You make preciousness from dust

  Please don't stop creating me

  Your blood offers the chance to rewind to innocence

  Reborn, perfect as a child

Oh, Your cross it changes everything

There my world begins again with You

Oh, Your cross it’s where my hope restarts

A second chance is heaven’s heart.”

What can I say here? The Cross truly changes everything

Lay Me Down – Chris Tomin

“It will be my Joy to say: Your will! Your Way”

It’s one thing to say yes to God, it’s another to say it joyfully. Looking back through God’s past faithfulness, however, how can it not be my Joy to say “Your will, Your way, always!”

Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) – Hillsong United

“Spirit Lead me where my trust is without boarder

Let me walk upon the water wherever you would call me

Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander

And my faith will be made stronger in the presence of my Saviour”

I long for the day where I can truly say my trust in God is without boarder. The only thing that holds us back from the adventure that God invites us into is fear. This song helps me articulate my request for the Holy Spirit to lead me away from that lifestyle of fear and comfort.

The Cost – Rend Collective Experiment

“I do not need safety as much as I need You

You’re dangerous but God, You’re beautiful

I’ll chase You through the pain and I’ll carry my cross

‘Cause real love is not afraid to bleed

I’ve counted up the cost… and You are worth it.”

This song goes outside the norm of usual worship music lyrically and calls us to a life of deep sacrifice for the sake of God. Leaving behind our flesh and being willing to die for our God.

Your Love is Strong – Jon Forman

This song is unique in that every line in the song is a paraphrase or direct quotation from scripture. It follows the Lords prayer and various Psalms. It is an amazing way to start the day, praying these words to God.

Desert Soul – Rend Collective Experiment

“I love You Lord, but I want to love You more

  I need You God, but I want to need You more…

  I’m desperate for a desperate heart…

  I am broken but I’m running towards You God

  You make me whole.”

This is my favorite song right now. The lyrics speak for themselves.

Restless – Switchfoot

“Until the sea of glass we meet, at last completed and complete

Where tide and tear and pain subside and laughter drinks us dry

I’ll be waiting, anticipating, all that I aim for, what I was made for

With every heart beat, all of my my blood bleeds running inside me

I’m looking for You”

This song captures a level of longing for God that I’ve never heard in music before. “I am restless, I run like the ocean to find your shore, I’m looking for You.”

Here’s my Heart – Crowder

“Here’s my heart Lord,

Speak what is true.”

One of the best things You can pray: “Speak what is true.” The song continues from there by proclaiming what is true about ourselves as children of God and what is true about God.

Arms Wide Open – Misty Edwards

“What does love look like is the question I’ve been asking

And then I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at Me

He had arms wide open, a heart exposed”

One of the most powerful love songs I’ve ever experienced. I teared up the first time I heard it.

Clear the Stage – Jimmy Needham

I don’t have anything to add to this song except: “YES”

“Clear the stage and set the sound and lights ablaze

If that's the measure you must take to crush the idols

Jerk the pews & all the decorations, too

Until the congregations few, then have revival

Tell your friends that this is where the party ends

Until you're broken for your sins, you can't be social

Then seek the lord and wait for what he has in store

And know that great is your reward so just be hopeful

Take a break from all the plans that you have made

And sit at home alone and wait for god to whisper

Beg him please to open up his mouth and speak

And pray for real upon your knees until they blister

Shine the light on every corner of your life

Until the pride and lust and lies are in the open

Then read the word and put to test the things you've heard

Until your heart and soul are stirred and rocked and broken

We must not worship something that's not even worth it

And anything I put before my God is an idol

Anything I want with all my heart is an idol

Anything I can’t stop thinking about is an idol

Anything I that I give all my love is an idol

'Cause you can sing all you want to

And still get it wrong; worship is more than a song

Revelation Song – Kari Jobe

“Clothed in rainbows of living color

Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder…

Filled with wonder awestruck wonder

At the mention of Your name…”

I know we all know this song, but have we really stopped to think about it? This song is based off Revelation 4 and 5 which depicts the throne room of God. We see in this, God in all of his beauty. Just think of the most beautiful picture you can imagine and then multiply it times infinite. Anything beauty that truly stirs our hearts in this life is because it looks a bit like God. The only response can be falling on our face and singing “Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.”

Where I Belong – Switchfoot

“On the final day I die I wanna hold my head up high

And tell you that I tried to live it like a song

And when I reach the other side I wanna look You in the eye

And know that I’ve arrived in a world where I belong.”

Few songs truly capture the longing I feel in my heart for the coming kingdom.

Come soon Jesus