Think Before You Sing

This week I released a short about magnetism and that it is a little more complex then simply pulling things together. This was to go along with the song Magnetic from Newsboys. Although, I think we can do better then a song based on a children’s Sunday school lesson, this song does contain a very honest pre-chorus. Some days I break I lose my way More doubt than faith The only way to make this more honest would be changing it to Everyday I break. Why is it so easy to have more doubt then faith? Is faith so hard to have, we have faith in all sorts of things, we have faith that our employers will pay us, the food that our server is giving us is properly cooked and won’t cause issues, in the computer I am using to post this. We almost never doubt these things and yet we have experienced them all fail at different times. Yet the one thing that has never let us down we can’t keep faith in. Luke 1:37 (NIV) For no word from God will ever fail. It is time to keep our faith ...

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Welcome to the New Year! We are just about a week in. How is it treating you? Are you comfortable? Happy with where things are and where they are going? Take a look at the chorus from the song Foreigner by Ledger. I, I am a foreigner Got a fire in my soul, never giving up And I know I don't belong right here I know I don't belong right here Fight till I make it home But keep my eyes to the skies even if I don't And I know I don't belong right here I know I don't belong right here We are only visitors here, not called to set our residence, but to bring others home with us. James 4:14 What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Our home is being prepared and one day we will be there together. We do not belong here, but we can make an impact. All it takes is sharing this promise that home is better than we can imagine. Should we be comfortable in this place? Should we be pushing ourselves to live like this is ...

via IFTTT https://youtu.be/XZj8Mkf-_cM Songs of Thankfulness And Praise, How much manifest is too much? Listen to the song on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wunCVopdsY4 Weekly Devotion: https://ift.tt/2PtkyF6 Lyrics and roadmap 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Song Info 01:14 Verse One Songs of thankfulness and praise, Jesus, Lord, to you we raise, manifested by the star to the Magi from afar, branch of royal David's stem, in your birth at Bethlehem. Anthems be to you addressed, God in man made manifest. 02:25 Verse Two Manifest at Jordan's stream, Prophet, Priest, and King supreme, and at Cana, wedding guest, in your Godhead manifest; manifest in pow'r divine, changing water into wine. Anthems be to you addressed, God in man made manifest. 03:35 Verse Three Manifest in making whole palsied limbs and fainting soul; manifest in valiant fight, quelling all the devil's might; manifest in gracious will, ever bringing good from ill: Anthems be to you addressed, God in man made manife...

You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. – Luke 2:7 Would you wear a Christmas wreath as a crown? What if it didn’t have any leaves? What if it was made from thorny vines? And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. – Mark 15:17 Birth is the start, but there is more to the story of our King. Even now we are only in the middle of the story, with so much to come. Part of that is indeed death. Ecclesiastes 12:7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. The Joy comes when you remember death is not the end. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 6:23  

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This week’s video looked at a condensed version of O Come, OCome, Emmanuel . You can check that out here . One thing that can really add power to a song is the proper use of imagery. When done well these not only put images in your head but also have a meaningful connection. We see this in O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death’s dark shadows put to flight This clearly gives us the image of the clouds and the shadows being sent away. The real connection is death running away. Think about that for a second, death running away. This is not only what happened at Jesus’ birth and resurrection, but when Jesus returns death will be sprinting away. Isaiah 9:2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. Matthew 24:30 Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds ...

via IFTTT https://youtu.be/GsxGjw3u0uI Everyone know O Come O Come Emmanuel, but is every version equal? Let's look at this House Of Heroes lyric analysis and see what we can learn. Listen to the song on YouTube: https://youtu.be/J4raabf7zVo Weekly Devotion: https://ift.tt/2PtkyF6 Lyrics and roadmap 00:00 Introduction 00:29 Song Info 01:30 Verse 1 O Come O Come Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appears 03:01 Verse 2 O come Thou Day-spring come and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death’s dark shadows put to flight 04:10 Chorus Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee O Israel Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee O Israel Verse 1 Chorus Tag Oh Shall come to thee O Israel... 05:00 Final thoughts Sources: Lyrics - https://ift.tt/3FhnAkd Research - https://ift.tt/3pbkqZG Bible verses from Biblegateway.com Definitions from Google/Oxford Languages Ransom - https://ift.t...

I am willing to guess that you are not very familiar with this Christmas song. It lives on the darker side. It is called Snowglobe. This starts out very pleasant. Depicting life inside a snowglobe; a perfect life straight from a Christmas card. This is what we want Christmas to be. This perfect little season of joy and gift giving. We look forward to it all year. But once it is here we can’t wait for it to be over. All the parties and the checklists and the joyless days There's a reason it's all so exhausting Where's the meaning? Where's the wonder? Where's the dreaming? All this busyness bleeding the season dry Is this not exactly what Satan does? Turn the things we want to be joyful about into these dark, exhausting, meaningless parts of our lives. This season that we claim is all about giving we have turned into getting the best things for ourselves. Or into making sure we are the one person to give the best gift. This is the season when the world...

Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Sometimes songs start with a simple idea and then outgrow it. Trying to turn it into something it’s not. Causing the original idea to be completely lost and the song becomes something new. Sometimes that can be a good thing. But have you ever stopped to think about all the songs that are gone? How many simple little choruses that you have never heard and never turned into the biggest hits. And how bad were some of them, that never became anything. An example could be Mighty To Save, what if It started out all about God singing over us? How bad are the starts of our lives? How far do all of us still have to improve before we share our dark moments with others? We are always striving to show only our “hits”, our greatest acts. Isaiah 64:6 We have all become like one who is unclean, and a...

via IFTTT https://youtu.be/zawWvlanezQ Is this song still popular because it is still good? Might To Save Lyric Analysis. Listen to the song on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GEAcs2B-kNc SMP - https://youtu.be/uRc0EzQr5Pw Weekly Devotion: https://ift.tt/2PtkyF6 Lyrics and roadmap 00:00 Introduction 00:31 Song Info 01:11 Verse 1 Well, everyone needs compassion A love that's never failing Let mercy fall on me Well, everyone needs forgiveness The kindness of a Saviour The hope of nations 03:28 Chorus Saviour, He can move the mountains And my God is mighty to save, He is mighty to save Forever, Author of Salvation He rose and conquered the grave Jesus conquered the grave 05:32 Verse 2 So take me as You find me All my fears and failures And fill my life again I give my life to follow Everything I believe in And now I surrender, I surrender 07:35 Chorus Chorus 07:46 Bridge Shine your light and let the whole world see We're singing for the glory of the risen King, Jesus Shine your ligh...

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This week’s video was about Easy On Me, but what else can we pull from it? If we look just at the chorus we see repentance and a plea for forgiveness. Go easy on me, baby I was still a child Didn't get the chance to Feel the world around me I had no time to choose what I chose to do So go easy on me This is far from a Christian example but there are elements in here that I think we can connect with. We have all sinned & know there are consequences for our actions. In particular – that our sins deserve eternal damnation . Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death When you know punishment is deserved you do not ask for it to be completely removed but rather that it be lightened; that the other person would go easy on you. In many cases on earth another human will not listen to this request, especially when given such a large number of excuses. But from The Heavenly Father no excuse is necessar...

via IFTTT https://youtu.be/L1QOeCoOMn4 Is there gold in the river? In this Easy On Me lyric analysis we discuss Adele and the lyrical flow of Easy On Me. Does this song make logical sense? What flaws could there be? Listen to the song on YouTube: https://youtu.be/H9NJenpBV2I Lyrics and roadmap 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Song Info 00:52 Verse 1 There ain't no gold in this river That I've been washin' my hands in forever I know there is hope in these waters But I can't bring myself to swim When I am drowning in this silence Baby, let me in 02:19 Chorus Go easy on me, baby I was still a child Didn't get the chance to Feel the world around me I had no time to choose what I chose to do So go easy on me 03:33 Verse 2 There ain't no room for things to change When we are both so deeply stuck in our ways You can't deny how hard I have tried I changed who I was to put you both first But now I give up 04:26 Chorus Go easy on mе, baby I was still a child Didn't ge...

Romans 5:6-11 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. This is the foundation for the song Two Wonders by Worldview . You can see it directly in the bridge: For Scarcely For A Righteous Man Will One Die Yet Perhaps For A Good Man Some Would Even Dare To Die. But God Commends His Love Toward Us, In That, While We Were Yet Sinners, Christ Died For Us. This is something...

In this week’s video we talked about God transcending time. Here are the opening lines from House of the Lord. We worship the God who was We worship the God who is We worship the God who evermore will be In the video I tied this into Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. The idea of being able to be in the world without time is impossible to understand. Time is essential to everything we do and understand. Sure, we can play with various ideas of time travel but going back and forth in time still means you are in a time. How far do you have to look to find someone asking for more time? Maybe, more time on an assignment or more time to be with family. How often do we hear, “If I only had more time”? God understands this struggle and is here to help. Ephesians 5:15-17 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the w...

via IFTTT https://youtu.be/Kr76JVV1tvI In this House of the Lord Lyric analysis, we explore the biblical connections within the song and the logical flow. Will this song hold up to This is Amazing Grace? Listen to the song on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IqfV0zeEvT8 Weekly Devotion: https://ift.tt/2PtkyF6 Lyrics and roadmap 00:00 Introduction 00:28 Song Info 01:03 Verse 1 We worship the God who was We worship the God who is We worship the God who evermore will be He opened the prison doors He parted the raging sea My God, He holds the victory 03:09 Chorus There's joy in the house of the Lord There's joy in the house of the Lord today And we won't be quiet We shout out Your praise There's joy in the house of the Lord Our God is surely in this place And wе won't be quiet We shout out Your praise 04:22 Verse 2 We sing to the God who heals We sing to the God who saves We sing to the God who always makes a way 'Cause He hung up on that Cross Then He rose up from tha...

Grab that swimsuit because we aren’t done learning from the Radio Bikini. This time we look at the last chorus. Oh oh on the radio bikini Oh oh counting down the hits Oh oh on the radio bikini Oh oh burning up the charts We want to focus on that last line burning up the charts. This we tied to songs or radio stations competing to be number one. How often do we compete to be number one? This can be in a variety of different ways and how often are they truly helpful? Sometimes you can use a comparison to help push you to the goal but it is so easy to let it overtake you; and you end up striving to be the best, just to show how much better you are then someone else. Colossians 3:23-24 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Philippians 2:3-4 ESVUK Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselve...

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