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God You Are My God

Matt Weeks, Keiko Ying

This is a song written with my wonderful friend Keiko Ying. It was an attempt to write one of those simple songs of worship in the vein of those Cutting Edge and early Matt Redman songs that so impacted many of us back then! I'm really pleased with how it turned out and the amazing job Keiko did getting the lyrics 'just right'. Thanks also to Reuben and Eve who drummed and sang on the recording and made it much nicer to listen to!

8 months ago

Your Ways Are Perfect

Jane Jordan-Rowell

A song written in 2021, but recently re-mixed with vocals re-recorded. And still a subject I love singing about!

Encouragement Surrender

4 months ago

Come To The Water

Ineke Marsman-Polhuijs

We sang the song Oceans in church, a few months after our daughter was stillborn. I used to love that song. I always longed to walk in faith wherever God would lead me. But now I found myself not being able to sing it. What if going wherever He leads would mean I lose another child? I suddenly realized I didn’t trust God anymore. I was shocked. Some months later I went to a songwriters retreat. In a workshop the leader invited us to write down what bothers us and to give it over to God. After that we asked God what He wanted to show us. I ‘see’ a man on the water. The sea is calm and the sun breaks through, right above the man. We told each other what we received. Then we prayed again and I ‘heared’ a song line from the band Live: ‘Run to the water. I find you there’. I thought it was funny. I’ve always loved Live and God knows that of course. I didn’t know what to do with it, though. ‘Isn’t that man Jesus?’ someone said. I was startled and immediately thought of the song Oceans again. I realised Jesus was inviting me to walk on the water, in the light. I wrestled with what this means exactly. I listened to Oceans again and then the last line hits me: ‘in the presence of my Saviour’. That’s what someone said as well: ‘But Ineke, you don’t walk alone on that water. God is always there.’ It is true. If I honestly look back, I can’t recall a moment I was completely left alone. I was always in the presence of my Saviour. I kneeled down and told God that I don’t dare, but somewhere deep-down want to trust Him. I just didn’t know how. Then I described what I saw in this song. In the months following, I sang it again and again.

Mark 6:49-50 Matthew 14:28-29 Isaiah 55:1-2 English Singer/Songwriter Pop Life Trust Calling Listen Invitation Quietness Wonder Obedience Longing Doubt Alienation Assurance Submission Confusion Grief Intimacy Meditation Renewal Vulnerability Surrender Faith Meditational Personal Reflectional Invitational

7 months ago

Just To Know You

Peter Assad, Jason Riel

This is a song about surrendering to know Jesus, the power of his resurrection, to fellowship in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death...

Philippians 3:7-11 Abiding Faith Surrender Contemporary Hymn Folk English Congregational

2 years ago

Holy Spirit take control

Ken Spence

This song is simply a prayer to ask the Holy Spirit to enable us to let go of all the stuff that prevents us from experiencing the full power of His presence. Whether we come from a traditional or charismatic church background we can have cultural baggage which gets in the way of us genuinely releasing ourselves to the Spirit’s work in us. From either background there is a pressure to conform to what we think is the accepted norm and also to judge others around us on that basis. Worshipping in Spirit and truth is a place where what happens is between us and God, the actions of others…. well that’s between them and God. What happens next? Well that’s between you and God. My prayer in this song is that you are able to let go of all your baggage and inhibitions and let the Spirit work in you.

Holy Spirit Surrender Contemporary English Congregational

6 years ago

You Did Everything

Ineke Marsman-Polhuijs, Henk Pool

Reading the story of the Prodigal Son, I was struck by how the father hugged his son and gave him a coat, a robe. He restored his status, clothed him. Suddenly I was reminded of the soldiers who took away the robe of Jesus, God’s Son, when He was crucified. They cast lots to decide whose it would be. Jesus laid down His robe, His authority, His dignity, His status, for me to be clothed with garments of salvation and wrapped in a robe of righteousness (Isaiah 61:10). I was so amazed that I wrote this song.

Isaiah 53:1-8 Isaiah 61:10-11 Luke 15:11-32 2 Corinthians 5:21 Colossians 2:13-14 Matthew 27:32-53 Mark 15:20 Luke 23:32-34 John 19:23-24 English Hymn Singer/Songwriter Worthiness Praise Commitment Help Life Will Wholeness Cross Atonement Grace Worship Surrender Awesome Lamb Of God Prayer Adoration Calvary Communion Eucharist Humiliation Lent Jesus Suffering Messiah Offering Prodigal Reconciliation Wonder Weakness Vulnerability Congregational Confessional Reflectional Response

7 months ago

O Gracious God

Elizabeth Busch Letourneau

A prayer for Christ to live through us, fitting for communion or the beginning of the day.

Blessing Bread Of Life Communion Consecration Dwelling Eucharist Incarnation Indwelling Obedience Presence Repentance Sacrament Submission Sufficiency Surrender English Classical Folk Congregational Reflectional Meditational Celebrational Confessional Liturgical

13 years ago

Here I Am

Ineke Marsman-Polhuijs, Henk Pool

'Mary chose what is better,' Jesus said. She sat at His feet and listened. I want to be like that. But I can’t. I tried and tried, but just don't seem to be able to sit down and stay there. I wrestle with that. But I found out that I might not be able to sit down and listen the way Mary did, but I can at least give what I have, even if it is only a minute of focussed attention. And I can ask God to help me to listen longer and better.

Luke 10:38-42 English Singer/Songwriter Pop Presence Longing Devotion Listen Obedience Abiding Breakthrough Challenge Christian Life Desire Discontentment Discipleship Waiting Dedication Faith Grace Commitment Fellowship Forgiveness Change Frustration God's Love Impatience Growth Intimacy Hunger Meditation Redemption Surrender Reflectional Meditational Encounter

7 months ago

Light A Fire

Ali Loaker, Dan Weeks

This song is a passionate prayer for God to light a fire in me that will burn brighter and brighter for his name. It's about giving everything to God and allowing the Holy Spirit to come and burn away anything that isn't of God.

English Rock Metal Surrender Contemporary

4 years ago

You Are Here (Living Water Flow)

Jay Patel

This is a song about longing for and experiencing the Holy Spirit but knowing the truth that He lives inside us. John 7 v 37-39 "On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’" Jesus promised that streams of Living Water would flow from within us - Living Water flow!! Wonderfully arranged and produced by Mike Sandeman and with backing vocals from my daughter, Bekah Vickers-Patel. This song works really well with just guitar and vocal, particularly with the refrain "Living Water Flow".

John 7:37-39 Rock Singer/Songwriter Holy Spirit Living Water Longing Boldness Christian Life Confidence Dwelling Thirst Love Peace Christ Jesus Father Surrender Power Comfort Congregational Encounter

2 years ago

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