Matt Weeks

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From life’s beginning (Let praise resound) [Live]

Resound Worship, Marcus Pagnam

I was reflecting on the Doxecology project and also thinking about the word ‘Resound’ - and the basic song came pretty quickly while I was driving on a long journey. It started off as my attempt to write a modern ‘How great Thou art’ with all of creation singing praise to the God who brings salvation and restoration to all of creation. However it quickly became clear that the subject matter was too big for this song, so after numerous Resound writing sessions I finally came to the conclusion it needed to be more to the point - that then released me to focus on the song as a call to worship. The verses went through many lyrical re-writes and the bridge was added at some point, using Revelation 4 which I hope gives a sense of call to eternal, everlasting praise.

6 years ago

Close To You (acoustic version)

Matt Weeks

Ruth 2:10 Exodus 33:12 Psalms 27:4 Beauty Cross Desire Goodness Grace Jesus Kindness Life Love Mercy

5 years ago

Jesus you have called us (I will follow) [Live]

Resound Worship, Joel Payne

This song seeks to echo the words of Jesus who called for a new sacrifical life from his disciples. I've tried to keep it as simple as possible, so that we can consider the call and respond with a repeated "I will follow", hoping that each time we sing those three words our commitment becomes a little bit more real in our hearts.

Matthew 16:24-25 Mark 8:34-35 Luke 9:23-24 Romans 8:14 Ephesians 5:1-2 Commitment Holy Spirit Humility Jesus Lent Congregational Response Contemporary

6 years ago

What kind of king (This is Jesus) [Live]

Resound Worship, Matt Osgood

Isaiah 53:7-8 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 1 Timothy 2:5-6 Revelation 21:3-5 Cross Easter Jesus Resurrection Salvation Second Coming Congregational Contemporary

7 years ago

O faithful Lord [Live]

Resound Worship, Mark Bradford

This song draws its origins from the time of the illness and death of my Dad. Singing and making music before the Lord became a particularly important expression of worship for me at a time when I was largely unable to process exactly how I was feeling. And yet there were very few songs that resounded with how I was feeling; often it wasn’t the lyrics that were the problem, but the tone or mood of the song that just didn’t resonate. While sitting at the piano with these kinds of thoughts in mind one day, this song began to emerge. It sought to express a confidence in God, albeit a confidence expressed in brokenness rather than in triumph; yet a confidence determinedly holding on to the promises of God - not least the ultimate promise that, one day, God will make all things new. The second, third and fourth verses were written first, and came together relatively straightforwardly - though with lots of tinkering on the way. The first verse was the struggle, and the writing of it encapsulated the move I had to make from seeing it as ‘my song’, coming out of my particular experience, to one that, hopefully, can be sung by others within their own contexts of brokenness - past, present or future.

Psalms 23:4 Psalms 40:2 Matthew 7:13-14 Matthew 16:24 Mark 8:34 Luke 6:48 Luke 8:23-25 Luke 9:23 Romans 8:19-22 Romans 8:35-39 1 Corinthians 1:18-27 2 Corinthians 4:7 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Philippians 1:21 Revelation 21:1-5 Death Faith Funeral Grief Hope Second Coming Strength Congregational Contemporary

6 years ago

My Song Is Love Unknown

Matt Weeks

4 years ago

When My Soul Is Weak

Matt Weeks

4 years ago

Daily I stumble (Grace enough) [Live]

Resound Worship, Ben Atkins

This simple song serves an opportunity to realign ourselves with God's gracious rescue. Our daily experience of destructive decisions is a story we all find ourselves in. But it is only a passing page in The Story of our Father's extravagant grace. Losing our place in his story of grace will always lead us deeper into death at the hands of the religion we crave to make ourselves okay - and religion never changed anyone's heart for the better! The Story that Jesus has invited us into is one of grace, not religion; it transforms the shameful burden of a servant into the joyful song of a child. It's time for us to remember our new existence is one of nothing but grace.