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Gravatar for gazdunn gazdunn From St George's Wembdon Somerset
2 May 2010 - 9:57pm

Next week we are leading a family service about Gideon. My wife and I wrote this song as we could not find any songs about Gideon. We wanted it to be an all age song without being too childish. We are a moderately conservative church which insists on quite a bit of biblical content in songs. What do you think? The recording is pretty poor but I think you can get the gist.

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Gravatar for Matt Cash Matt Cash From Sandals Church
#1
2 May 2010 - 10:28pm

If you are shooting for a folk sound, you nailed it. I like the connection between God showing His victory through Gideon, and showing His victory through Christ. I would just work lyrically to make the transition more fluid. It seemed like one line was Gideon and the next was Jesus.
Ideas:
1. Maybe have the first chorus stick with the Gideon theme.
2. Perhaps the 1st verse is Gideon, the second could be a second example (Daniel, David, whatever), then the 3rd verse to Jesus.
3. Seemed like a lot of lyrics coming at me really fast. That may make it difficult to sing with. Maybe explore simplifying or slowing down.

All and all nice work.

Matt Cash
Worship Leader @ Sandals Church
Riverside, CA

Gravatar for paulrobertson paulrobertson From St Silas, Glasgow
#2
3 May 2010 - 11:14am

Can you post up the lyrics? Aways makes it easier to comment.

I like the overall feel of this and it's a good theme for a song. But I think Matt's right that the jump from Gideon to Jesus is a bit abrupt. However, if it's a one off song for a specific service maybe that's not too important. I'd also agree that the lyrics feel rushed which makes it harder to sing along to.