This one excites me — I remember when Chris introduced it via video and half the team came up saying “wow, what a great song, we should learn this!” It was written for the “Desperation Conference” at Kenneth Copeland’s church in Colorado in 2001. All three worship leaders from that church rented an apartment together for a month, fasted, prayed, and wrote worship songs together.
I was 15 — this was my first conference that I ever attended. 40 hours of driving from Clarksburg, West Virginia all the way out to Colorado Springs, Colorado. I heard the writers sing this song. I went home with a “smart CD” — audio tracks, NOW with the leftover space on the disk filled with data: the original PDFs and sheet music for each song.
I love this song. This song and I have history. More importantly, though, it espouses a message that we too often skip over in the American church: “I need help.” Don’t get me wrong; it’s affirming and positive, too. I just feel that we’ve lost some of our vulnerability. Half of the psalms wouldn’t be sung in corporate worship today, and I mourn the loss of public mourning and weakness. I think we need the freedom to sing “I need You, Jesus, to come to my rescue; where else could I go?”
We’ve done this in a few keys, but C is the one we’ve used most-often, at least through 2018-2019 at LOTW. Fascination, awe, and beauty are emphasized as we try to grasp the vastness of our God.
I get excited for Big Daddy Weave songs because I got to spend some time with Mike Weaver a few years ago (2011-2012) and he’s such a genuinely good guy.
A strong opener, this one done right can really get people excited, declaring the majesty of God as we enter a service. Let’s dig in.
We don’t use this one often, but every once in a while, there’s a message that really focuses on the importance of Scripture, so having a song that asks the Holy Spirit to speak to us through the inerrant Word of God is a beautiful accent from time to time.
An old Rita Springer classic, what an awesome reminder that Heaven is the goal and Christ is the prize. That’s why I use it so often: it’s a timeless message.
This song makes me happy — it’s an example of a time I heard a song, liked it, looked up a chord chart and powered through doing it for a couple of months, then heard the original again and though “oh wow, I’ve taken this in a different direction…”
For that reason, I’m not going to include a link to the original. Not that I’m better than Jon Foreman in any way, but the recordings below are how we’ll do the song live in service: a bit faster, a bit brighter, and a bit more… desperate.
A beautiful song from Jason Upton, this one has done very well over the years both at LIFT Student Ministries and at Light of the World. This song speaks, always.
This is a beautiful song from Hillsong that we’ve been able to incorporate recently. For you to be able to ‘practice with me’ at home, here are some simple recordings for you to work with.
No click track — only Joe’s voice and acoustic guitar
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