We've decided to include kids and students on our worship team to help lead this week, and the kids will help us get everyone involved in the worship - should be fun! God has given us some great celebration songs that will speak to young and old - check it out and hope to see you there.
First Baptist Church of Euless – BEHIND THE PRAISE
Worship Songs
October 4, 2009
"One Way"
This song was written by Joel Houston and Jonathan Douglass. Houston is a musician and songwriter, best known as the key worship leader and producer of Sydney-based worship band Hillsong United, the worship band of Hillsong Church's youth group. In 2008 he became the Creative Director at Hillsong Church.
Houston began playing piano at a young age, at the suggestion of his parents. As he was not interested in piano, he soon diverted his efforts to playing guitar instead.
Jonathan Douglass' first experience of what he describes as God's tangible presence was at a Christian youth camp. At 12, he was actually too young to attend the camp but tagged along with his older brother and sister anyway . One night while the band was playing, he felt something he is almost unable to put into words: "I just remember lifting my hands, not really knowing what I was doing and singing these words that had a meaning I didn't really understand. I developed a longing for God's presence without knowing much about it."
"The most powerful songs come from a personal relationship with God and are filled with meaningful scripture", JD says. Three years ago, JD wrote "One Way", a song inspired by a personal search. "I questioned what I was doing and why I was doing it." He was still going to church, reading the Bible and praying but he felt like he had lost the reason for it all. "I sat down one night after hanging out with God and the verses just came out back-to-back within a couple of minutes. Things about God, how He's always there, how He never changes and how I'll never live for anyone but Him."
Click here to learn more about Jonathon Douglass:
www.jonathondouglass.com/
Click here to worship along with the Hillsong worship team:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPuUIUWE8h8
Click here to listen online:
www.last.fm/music/Hillsong+United/_/One+Way
Click here to purchase “One Way”:
“Happy Day”
The greatest day in history, Death is beaten
You have rescued me
Sing it out Jesus is alive
The empty cross, The empty grave
Life eternal, You have won the day
Shout it out, Jesus is alive
He's alive!
Oh, happy day, happy day
You washed my sin away
Oh, happy day, happy day
I'll never be the same
Forever I am changed
This new song was written by Tim Hughes. Tim Hughes is a British-based Christian music artist, worship leader, and songwriter. Widely respected in Christian music circles, Tim is renowned for his Dove Award-winning modern worship anthem: “Here I Am To Worship”.
Tim and his wife Rachel have been involved with Soul Survivor events around the world as well as the Soul Survivor Watford church for many years.
Tim now heads up the worship at Holy Trinity Brompton, having previously been Worship Pastor at Soul Survivor Watford (a post now held by Ben Cantelon) and is passionate about resourcing musicians and worship leaders.
Click here to learn more about Tim:
www.timhughesmusic.com/
Click here to sing along:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAq_CVciNSs
Click here to purchase Tim Hughes' “Happy Day”:
“Soon and Very Soon”
This song was written by Gospel artist Andrae Crouch.
Click here to learn more about the composer Andrae Crouch:
www.andraecrouch.com/
Click here to learn more about Andrae Crouch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrae_Crouch
Click here to listen to the song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmGiu9JfbIs
Click here to purchase “Soon and Very Soon”:
"Sing to the King"
This song was written by Billy James Foote. The song is based upon the hymn by Charles S. Horne. Here are the original words penned in 1910. Notice the similarity between Horne's words and Billy's adaptation of the song:
Sing we the King Who is coming to reign,
Glory to Jesus, the Lamb that was slain.
Life and salvation His empire shall bring,
Joy to the nations when Jesus is King.
Come let us sing, praise to our King,
Jesus our King, Jesus our King,
This is our song, who to Jesus belong:
Glory to Jesus, to Jesus our King.
"In the summer of 2001, I was sitting in my office, in Evergreen, CO, reading through a Baptist Hymnal when I came across an old hymn called "Sing We the King", written by Charles Silvester Horne. As I read the first verse I was amazed by the lyrics. There was not a wasted word. I had been working on a melody for several weeks, but did not have any lyrics. Horne’s first verse was a perfect match to the melody I had written. It did not take long to come up with a chorus. The second verse takes two phrases from Horne's last verse including, "Satan is vanquished and Jesus is King". Of course, I have documented this on both of my worship projects and try to make sure everyone who records "Sing to the King" does the same.
My prayer is that this song will remind the church that the King really is coming back. It seems as though we have left this fact out of worship songs for too long. It is encouraging to be reminded that the enemy does not win (Rev. 20:10). We have a hope in the knowledge that the King is going to one day split the sky and the dead in Christ will rise, and believers, who are alive, will be caught up in the clouds to meet Him. I also pray this song will give the church a sense of urgency to win the lost; as Fanny Crosby said, to "rescue the perishing, care for the dying." We must not be idle, but live as those who know the King and know He is coming to reign."
Learn more about Billy's ministry on his myspace website and ministry website:
www.myspace.com/billyfooteband
Learn more about Billy's ministry here:
www.billyfoote.com/
Click here to worship along on the passion recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrsrPfGmpPg&feature=related
Click here to purchase “Sing to the King”:
“When We All Get To Heaven”
A beautiful inspiring hymn of old, it has inspired believers in Christ for many generations to anticipate the glories that await us in God’s great Home. The words were written by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt for use with children, originally.
Eliza Hewitt was a schoolteacher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eliza had her career cut short by a serious spinal problem. As an invalid she turned to hymn writing just as her cousin Edgar Page States had done. She was a lay worker who had deeply devoted her life to the Sunday School movement. Eliza had written her songs with the goal of reaching and teaching children with the truths of the gospel. She was the Sunday School Superintendent at the Northern Home for Friendless Children and later at the Calvin Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. She was also a regular contributor to the Sunday-School Helps.
Along with Hewitt, the composer of this hymn, Emily D. Wilson, attended the Methodist camp meetings in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. They collaborated together and came up with this hymn. This hymn first appeared in Pentecostal Praises, published by the Hall-Mack company in 1898. The anticipation of Heaven has often been described as the oxygen of the human soul. “Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as He is pure.” (I John 3:3)
Click here for an arrangement by Brad Paisley: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZnUY3CcH8A
Click here for an arrangement by Alan Jackson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN_PNnoUJkY
Click here for a black gospel arrangement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6pkmWoeuTs&feature=related
Click here to purchase “When We All Get to Heaven”:
"We're Marching to Zion"
Isaac Watts wrote this song because of the controversy between singing of Psalms and the singing of hymns. The church decided to sing Psalms at the beginning of their service and then after the preaching, they would sing hymns. Many people who were still against the hymns would get up and leave the service at this time. Isaac Watts wrote the hymn to refute this practice of people walking out during the hymn singing. Just read the words, especially stanza two.
Let those refuse to sing who never knew our God,
But children of the heavenly King,
but children of the heavenly King,
May speak their joys abroad,
may speak their joys abroad.
Click here to hear the song:
www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh733.sht
Click here to worship along on the song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2xJsO_Xzns
Click here to purchase “We’re Marching to Zion”:
"Mighty To Save"
This is another song from the Hillsong music ministry in Sydney Australia. This song is by Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding. This song has a great re-occuring text. "OUR GOD IS MIGHTY TO SAVE". This is taken from the passage in Zephaniah 3:17. “The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."
Click here to read more about Reuben Morgan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Morgan
Click here to worship along with the song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR8rlTIU8_Y
Click here to purchase “Mighty to Save”:
“Total Praise”
This song was written by Richard Smallwood. Richard is a world-class composer, pianist and arranger, who has clearly and solidly changed the face of gospel music. He can impeccably blend classical movements with traditional gospel, and arrive at a mix that is invariably Smallwood's alone. A diverse and innovative artist, Richard Smallwood has achieved many honors; Dove Awards and a Grammy also attest to his talents.
Lord, I will lift mine eyes to the hills
Knowing my help is coming from You
Your peace You give me, in time of the storm
You are the source of my strength
You are the strength of my life
I lift my hands in total praise to You, Amen.
Click here to worship along with Richard:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv9-WlymKg0
Click here to purchase the song:
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