Richard Stringer, leke
A song reflecting on all Jesus did for us on the cross and that there is nothing we can say or do to deserve it.
Library
A song coming out of the hero challenge on the 12 Song Challenge. Picking up on Matt Redman's Heart of Worship and asking the question of me as a worship leader, and us as worshippers - what is it all about, and have we made it all too complicated.
I often travel by train from Leeds to London for work and the train journey can be a fertile place for songwriting inspiration. This is one example. The song is really about how God sees us, through the light of His glory. That’s a very different picture to the one we most probably have of ourselves. God sees us as we can be, a perfect creation …. Let that sink in!
Once we start seeing ourselves as God sees us it is much easier to be that person and become the embodiment of His Kingdom, sharing His amazing unconditional love and praising Him through everything we do. To be able to love others as God loves us it helps if we can first love ourselves in the way God does.
Love Abides digs deep into the attributes of God's love, naming the qualities and strength of it and where we can go to access it.
A setting of Psalm 136. This song is in 7/4 time, but could be converted to 4/4 fairly easily!
Andrew James Finden, Andy Clark, David Hatch
A hymn written for my grandmother's funeral, as part of the Resound Worship 12 Song Challenge
Based on verses from the Holy Bible:
“Whoever goes to the Lord for safety, whoever remains under the protection of the Almighty can say to Him, You are my defender and protector, You are my God; in You I trust”.
(Psalm 91:1-2 GNT)
“…there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord”. (Romans 8:39 GNT)
Daniel Snoke, Karin Simmons, Shannon Sims