Worship Songs for March 15

It's amazing how fast March is going by. Next week the kids will be on Spring Break - things are slowing down just a bit. I'm taking a few days off next week to be with the kids - we may go camping or something local, and cheap! And we've got the typical Texas weather for March - last week it was 80 and sunshine, this week it's 40 and rain!
I like this month for two reasons: baseball is almost here (Spring Training!), and EASTER is almost here. I think it's so appropriate for Easter to be in the spring, when all things become new, when things come back to life, just as Jesus did! I'm excited about celebrating NEW LIFE.

First Baptist Church of Euless – BEHIND THE PRAISE
March 15, 2009

“Great is the Lord Almighty”

Dennis Jernigan is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. He is native to Oklahoma, and headquarters a music-based ministry from there. Formerly a homosexual, Jernigan now lives in Muskogee, Oklahoma with his wife of nearly 24 years and their nine children.
A primary source of inspiration for Jernigan's message and music is an experience he describes as his "deliverance from homosexuality", which he states to have begun during a 2nd Chapter of Acts concert in 1981 at Oklahoma Baptist University. Jernigan has stated that he believes his prior identification as homosexual was related to a childhood perception that he had been rejected by his father. He claims that both perceptions were erroneous:
As a boy I needed a role model to show me the way to manhood. But because I felt rejected by the main man in my life I, in turn, rejected him and began to yearn for intimacy with a man in perverse ways. Because of this wrong thinking I came to believe I was homosexual. It must have begun early in my life because I remember having those feelings for the same gender at a very early age.
It was then [during a critical moment at the 2nd Chapter of Acts concert] that I lost the need to be accepted or loved by others because I realized Jesus would love me and accept me no matter what, even when I was rejected by others! It was also at this same time that those sexually perverse thoughts and desires were changed...and He began to replace them with holy and pure thoughts about what sexual love was all about.
You may know the music of Dennis Jernigan rather than the mention of his name. Songs like: "You Are My All in All", "Great is the Lord Almighty", and "Nobody Fills My Heart Like Jesus", as well as hundreds of others are sung literally all over the world. Dennis believes worship is all about relationship rather than performance...and he believes he is called to help people get honest with themselves and with God simply because he has found in his own life that honesty and truth have set him free. He has an incredible testimony that he shares very openly with his audiences.

To read more about Dennis visit his website at http://www.dennisjernigan.com/.

Dennis and his wife Melinda, along with eight of their nine children make their home in Muskogee, Oklahoma where they serve Christ through the local body of believers known as New Community Church.

Click here to worship along on the song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbmZHzrysuI

Click here to listen to Dennis on his myspace:
www.MySpace.com/dennisjernigan

“He Lives” (hymn)

“Why should I worship a dead Jew?” This challenging question was posed by a sincere young Jewish student who had been attending evangelistic meetings conducted by the author and composer of this hymn, Alfred H. Ackley. In his book, Forty Gospel Hymn Stories, George W. Sanville records Mr. Ackley’s answer to this searching question, which ultimately prompted the writing of this popular gospel hymn:
“He lives! I tell you, He is not dead, but lives here and now! Jesus Christ is more alive today than ever before. I can prove it by my own experience, as well as the testimony of thousands.”

I serve a risen Saviour,
He's in the world today;
I know that He is living,
Whatever men may say;
I see His hand of mercy,
I hear His voice of cheer,
And just the time I need Him
He's always near.

He lives, He lives,
Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and He talks with me
Along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives:
He lives within my heart.

Click here for a piano arrangement:
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUKhNsLPExA

Click here for another recording:
www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=h&n=503

"Blessed Assurance"

The story behind the writing of "Blessed assurance" is simple, yet interesting. One day Miss Crosby was in the home of her friend Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp. In the Knapp home was installed what was believed to be the largest pipe organ ever placed in a private dwelling. However, on this particular day Mrs. Knapp called her guest over to the piano to listen to a new melody she had just composed. After playing the tune a few times she asked, 'What do you think the tune says?' "Blessed assurance Jesus is mine", answered Fanny Crosby, and then, drawing from her vast storehouse of Scripture knowledge, continued with “Oh what a foretaste of glory divine Heir of salvation, purchase of God Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. In a very short time a new sacred song was born with words by Fanny Crosby and music by Mrs. J. F. Knapp. Although written as far back as 1873 Blessed Assurance still remains a firm favorite with Christians everywhere.

Click here to read more about Fanny Crosby www.sermonaudio.com/hymn_details.asp?PID=blessedassurance#history

Click here for an arrangement by the Isaacs:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE7AGB5nXTs&feature=related

Click here to worship along with Randy Travis:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fon84ecsAbI&feature=related

“We Will Worship the Lamb of Glory”

A primary source of inspiration for Jernigan's message and music is an experience he describes as his "deliverance from homosexuality". Jernigan states that this began during a 2nd Chapter of Acts concert in Norman, Oklahoma. Jernigan believes his prior identification as homosexual was related to an erroneous childhood perception that he had been rejected by his father.

As a boy I needed a role model to show me the way to manhood. But because I felt rejected by the main man in my life I, in turn, rejected him and began to yearn for intimacy with a man in perverse ways. Because of this wrong thinking I came to believe I was homosexual. It must have begun early in my life because I remember having those feelings for the same gender at a very early age.

It was then [during a critical moment at the 2nd Chapter of Acts concert] that I lost the need to be accepted or loved by others because I realized Jesus would love me and accept me no matter what, even when I was rejected by others! It was also at this same time that those sexually perverse thoughts and desires were changed...and He began to replace them with holy and pure thoughts about what sexual love was all about.

Following the experience at the concert, Jernigan developed a ministry based on his personal experience, which he shares at churches and other locations around the world.

Here are some links that will share more about Dennis' ministry.

Click here for an article about Dennis www.okbu.edu/news/view_article.php?id=1127

Click here for Dennis' website http://www.dennisjernigan.com/

Click here to hear Dennis ministering in Brazil http://mickey.tv/r/Video.aspx?v=B_O6TUAMWIw&key=Dennis+Jernigan

We will worship the Lamb of Glory,
We will worship the King of kings,
We will worship the Lamb of Glory,
We will worship the King.

And with our hands lifted high,
We will worship and sing.
And with our hands lifted high,
We come before You rejoicing,
With our hands lifted high to the sky,
And the world wonders why
We'll just tell them we're loving our King.

Click here to worship along with Dennis:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdtLSoNzKQ

Click here for another arrangement by Dennis:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKRUiKoreCE&feature=related

“Marvelous Light”

This song was written by Charlie Hall. Charlie Hall has been traveling for almost 15 years, from OKC to Kuala Lumpur, enthralling friends and strangers with his goatee and his songs. With a musical journey that has crisscrossed all kinds of rock music, folk music, and electronic music, he carries a songwriting sense that aims to capture dense images of life with God, in compositions that can be carried with the listener.He aims to tell the old story of the Gospel in an ever-shifting world, without resorting to easy truisms, or lazy language. His new collection of songs, The Bright Sadness, echoes a journey pressed to the chest of God, joyful and sorrowful at once, with God's heart clear and pulsing in each note and word. It wraps liturgy with the unexpected, and daily mundanity with daily surprise.

Click here to learn more about Charlie Hall:
www.charliehall.com/

Click here to visit Charlies’ myspace:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=60771694

Click here to worship along with Charlie Hall:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTkB6cBJGZg

Click here for a slower arrangement:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbEEeB0Dyew

“Saviour of the World”

This powerful worship song was written by Sam Evans.
Overflowing with faith, Sam Evans is a passionate and powerful speaker of the Word. Her heart's desire is for every person on earth to be touched and revolutionized by the power of the Holy Spirit. Her heart for worship is infectious and she'll inspire you to position yourself to go deeper in your relationship with Jesus. Her tenacity and hunger for God's presence will stir your spirit to see change come about in your life and circumstance. Sam and here husband Russell are the senior pastors of Planetshakers City church in Melbourne, Australia. Their desire is to see each person empowered by the Holy Spirit to reach their God-given destiny.

Verse 1
It's time for you and I to stand
To march into our promised land
To walk in faith and not by what I see
His Favour rests upon us now
We're clothed in righteousness and power
It's time for us to shout the victory

Lift your eyes to see Him clothed in majesty
Great and powerful is He

Jesus He conquered the grave
Jesus the Lamb that was slain
Jesus the Saviour of the world
Jesus He overcame sin
Jesus He's coming again
Jesus the Saviour of the world

Click here to learn more about the Planetshakers:
www.planetshakers.com/music/discography.php

Click here to listen to Sam Evans share about what Jesus as our Savior means:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fYLrzgOlxM

Click here to listen to the song online:
www.deezer.com/track/saviour-of-the-world-T2343624

“You Are So Good to Me”

This song was popularized by Third Day and Waterdeep. The song was written by
Don Chaffer. Don and Lori met at the University of Kansas way back when her last name was something other than Chaffer. They played together for a year in a band called Hey Ruth, recording several early projects between 1990 and 1992 that now comprise a double CD collection called Old Stuff while recording a solo project in 1994, Don met the players, including Brandon Graves, who would, in June of 1995, become Waterdeep’s first lineup.

Click here to worship along with Third Day:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9PowifINSk

Click here to listen online:
www.last.fm/music/Third+Day/_/You+Are+So+Good+to+Me

"From the Inside Out"

This powerful worship song is by Joel Houston. Joel Timothy Houston (born September 19, 1979) is a song writer and worship leader at the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. He is employed as the producer of Hillsong's youth band, Hillsong United. He is the oldest son of Hillsong Church's pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston and grandson of Frank Houston. He has two siblings, a brother Benjamin and a sister, Laura.

Click here to worship along: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv0qZl_Qu84

Click here to listen online: www.last.fm/music/Hillsong+United