My Jesus Song of the Week

#16 - Casting Crowns, While You Were Sleeping

2010-01-14T19:32:00.000-08:00

I can't believe I haven't updated the blogposts since August, and here it is January 2010. I know I've changed songs a couple of times! LOL

Anyway - this really isn't a Christmas song, when you listen...and I love it. One of my favorites of all time.

#15 DC TALK

2009-08-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

[What will people think When they hear that I'm a Jesus Freak?

What will people do When they find that's it's true?]
Separated, I cut myself clean

From a past that comes back in my darkest of dreams

Been apprehended by a spiritual force

And a grace that replaced all the me I've divorced

I saw a man with tat on his big fat belly

It wiggled around like marmalade jelly

It took me a while to catch what it said

Cause I had to match the rhythm Of his belly with my head

'Jesus Saves' is what it raved in a typical tattoo green

He stood on a box in the middle of the city

And claimed he had a dream

(chorus) What will people think When they hear that I'm a Jesus freak

What will people do when they find that it's true

I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak

There ain't no disguising the truth

Kamikaze, my death is gain

I've been marked by my Maker

A peculiar display

The high and lofty, they see me as weak

Cause I won't live and die for the power they seek

There was a man from the desert with naps in his head

The sand that he walked was also his bed

The words that he spoke made the people assume

There wasn't too much left in the upper room

With skins on his back and hair on his face

They thought he was strange by the locusts he ate

The Pharisees tripped when they heard him speak

Until the king took the head of this Jesus freak

(repeat chorus 2x)

People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger

That my best friend was born in a manger

People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger

That my best friend was born in a manger

(repeat chorus 2x)

What will people think [What will people think]

What will people do [What will people do]

I don't really care [What else can I say]

There ain't no disguising the truth [Jesus is the way]

#14 what if His people prayed?

2009-08-22T08:51:00.001-07:00

Casting Crowns.

Awesome message, awesome music.

#13 - take me to your leader

2009-08-04T09:14:00.001-07:00

Newsboys

:)

#12

2009-07-29T15:05:00.000-07:00

This isn't the first Todd Agnew song to ever get my attention.

However, it's the first one that spoke so personally to me, that I just wept...

And it remains one of my favorites, reminding me God never changes, no matter how much I do - and God loves me even if I am cursing Him.

#11

2009-07-01T07:17:00.000-07:00

Caedmon's Call - the Dalit Hymn

Sing from the village, sing from the town

(Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)

Sing everyone who has been cast down

(Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)

Emancipate, emancipate,

Prime Minister, emancipate

Emancipate, emancipate,

Prime Minister, emancipate

Sweeping, weaving, tilling the Earth

(Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)

Show me the man to deny our worth

(Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)

Free the Dalit, free the Dalit,

Prime Minister, free the Dalit

Free the Dalit, free the Dalit,

Prime Minister, free the Dalit

Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey

Skin of the buffalo declared unclean

(Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)

Through revolution, we'll be redeemed

(Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)

Heed Ambedkar, heed Ambedkar,

Prime Minister, heed Ambedkar

Heed Ambedkar, heed Ambedkar,

Prime Minister, heed Ambedkar

God made every man forward and free

(Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)

Rich man, poor man, every man free

(Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)

Politically, socially, everybody free

(Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)

Rich man, poor man, everybody free

(Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)

Caste is a lie, caste is a lie,

Prime Minister, caste is a lie

Caste is a lie, caste is a lie,

Prime Minister, caste is a lie

Emancipate, emancipate,

Prime Minister, emancipate

Free the Dalit, free the Dalit,

Prime Minister, free the Dalit

Heed Ambedkar, heed Ambedkar,

Prime Minister, heed Ambedkar

Caste is a lie, caste is a lie,

Prime Minister, caste is a lie

Sub kooch ho sak-ee dey

#10 - Wholly Yours

2009-06-04T20:06:00.001-07:00

I looked back and could NOT believe that there was no David Crowder Band on here yet. Ack.

Well - that's remedied now. :)

#9 - one just for fun -

2009-05-28T19:55:00.001-07:00

and also very appealing to me, since I live in a little bitty falling apart house. LOL

Big House by Audio Adrenaline

Jesus song #8

2009-05-09T11:26:00.001-07:00

Todd Agnew is my absolute favorite Christian singer EVER.

And this one - wow, I can't help but love it when someone sings Scripture. Amazing worship.

Isaiah 6

1In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne,

lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.
2Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face,

and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3And one called out to another and said,

"Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts,

The whole earth is full of His glory."
4And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him

who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke.
5Then I said, "Woe is me, for I am ruined!

Because I am a man of unclean lips,

And I live among a people of unclean lips;

For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."
6Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand,

which he had taken from the altar with tongs.
7He touched my mouth with it and said,

"Behold, this has touched your lips;

and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven."

#7 - I spoke with Him this morning...

2009-04-27T18:15:00.000-07:00

My Redeemer Lives

Nicole C. Mullen

Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning?

And who told the ocean you can only come this far?

And who showed the moon where to hide till evening?

who's words alone can catch a falling star?

Well I know my redeemer lives

I know my redeemer lives

All of creation testifies

this life within me cries

I know my redeemer lives

The very same God

that spins things in orbit

runs to the weary, the worn and the weak

and the same gentle hands

that hold me when I'm broken

they conquered death

to bring me victory

Now I know, my redeemer lives

I know my redeemer lives

let all creation testify

let this life within me cry

I know my redeemer

He lives

to take away my shame

and he lives

forever I'll proclaim

that the payment for my sin

was the precious life He gave

but now he's alive and

there's an empty grave!

And I know

my redeemer lives

I know

my redeemer lives

let all creation testify

let this life within me cry

I know my redeemer lives

#6 - third day

2009-04-15T08:09:00.000-07:00

I had a couple of songs particularly in mind for this one, in honor of Christ's resurrection, but they weren't on playlist. :( Maybe another time...

This one will more than do.

"Holy is the Lamb" by Third Day

#5 - one that makes me cry...

2009-03-26T17:54:00.000-07:00

I had a totally different song in mind for this week's Jesus song, but today, I heard a version of this one, and it brought, as it always does, tears to my eyes and hurt to my heart.

You see, about 6 years ago, our pastor, a good friend of mine and the husband of a very good friend of mine, walked out on his wife and 3 children, his job as our pastor, and his God. He left them, and entered a life of drugs, sex, and, well, just a bad life. Turned his back on it all.

The day he drove away was a Sunday, after evening worship. The whole church knew something was wrong, and that he was resigning, but only a few of us knew he was leaving that night. His wife begged us to just keep still - she was clinging to the hope that he wouldn't go...

Our special music that night was him, my friend and pastor, singing this song. And I promise you, the desperation was saturating his voice. He WAS desperate. Yet he left anyway.

I hear this song, and my heart breaks again ~ I say a prayer for him again ~ I cry again ~

Through the grapevine, I hear he's getting his life together, slowly. I hope and pray that it's true...

Jesus song #4

2009-03-19T04:38:00.000-07:00

Chris Rice deserves big kudos for this one - it's so much fun!

"Cartoons"

Jesus song #3

2009-03-04T19:09:00.000-08:00

Mark 5:1-17a
They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him. This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain. For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones. When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!" For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!" Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many." And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area. A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them." He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind...

#2

2009-02-23T04:44:00.001-08:00

The More I Seek You, by Kari Jobe

This song is the most powerful song I've ever heard. It slows me down and even stops me, and my minds eye sees Jesus, teaching, loving, holding...it makes me cry, nearly every time I hear it.

trial #1

2009-02-18T20:08:00.000-08:00

It is You by the Newsboys.

Let 'er rip!

let's see if this experiment works

2009-02-18T20:00:00.001-08:00

Just trying this for my forum signature. We'll see how it works out. lol