RichClarkson
From All Saints, Wellington
17 July 2008 - 1:32pm
This is a song I wrote a while ago for a local mission event called Soul Purpose. The theme this year was "A Faith Worth Sharing" so I thought I'd try and write a song based on that. I've used it congregationally a few times now and it seems to work quite well although I'm not entirely convinced by the bridge bit. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated.
God bless, Rich
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Chris Sayburn
From Worship Central // Leeds Adviser
17 July 2008 - 1:57pm
Great song Rich its well catchy - If Daniel listens he will have another song he wont be able to get out of his head!,
To me it almost sounds like a "kids" song, (thats not meant to sound a bad thing!!) I can imagine our younger ones bouncing all other the place to this, and its great the way you tell bible stories in the second verse. Love the way you use roles of the Trinity in such an accessible way.
Good work!
Chris
Man, Chris is right again! Awesome and catchy tune!! I really agree with Chris in that it would be a brilliant kids song. What a great way to share truth, especially in the second verse. I don't think I've ever heard so much good Biblical truth packed so well into a song! You've done a great job! How on earth did you get Amos and Micah into a song!?! That's an incredible gift. You may also be the first person ever to use those names in a song*.
Our kids would love that too. They'd be jumping about and everything. God's clearly blessed you with an ability to reach out and teach with your songs. That's needed to the younger generations. Lovin' it!
'Gonna take it to the streets!'
Take it easy,
Daniel
*CHALLENGE - Get Micah or Amos into another song...
I do a lot of singing in schools so I am finding that many of the songs I write turn out to be good for kids even if it's not intended!
Thanks for the comments :-)
Rich
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Celebrate it mate, that's a real gift!
oh and here are the lyrics if anyone's interested
We've got a message that the world needs to know
We've got a mission, Jesus told us to go
We've got a purpose from God above
To show justice, mercy and love
We've got the Father, ever showing us grace
We've got Jesus, who died in our place
We've got the Spirit, what more do we need?
We're gonna take it to the streets!
We've got a faith worth sharing, we're taking it out
We're gonna tell the whole world, we're gonna spread it about
We've got a faith worth sharing with everyone we meet
We're gonna take it to the streets!
The book of Amos says “Away with your songs,
I don't want music but let justice roll on”
The prophet Micah tells us “God says we must
Be merciful, humble and just”
And then there's Jesus who, wherever He was,
Sought out the lonely, the broken and lost
And He has called us to go do the same
They will be healed in Jesus' name!
We've got a faith worth sharing...
God's love is always sure
His promise is secure
We'll give him all the glory
And when we see Him face to face
We'll praise Him even more
We've got a faith worth sharing...
(c) 2008 Richard Clarkson
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