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Last night went well. We had to do some songs that everyone would know. We tried these:
Blessed be your name
Nothing but the Blood (Matt Redman)
When I survey
Let your Kingdom come
I thought Let your kingdom come would be a bit of a risk, but people belted it out. We wrote a new bridge for When I survey to sing on the night. It worked nicely having something a bit different in the Hymn. We’ve found that a few times that sticking a new bridge into an old hymn can highlight some of the truths of the hymn in a new way. This was our new bit:
‘On the cross, my Saviour died
Lord of Life now crucified
And all I am belongs to Him
On that cross He bore my sin’
‘When I Survey’ is all about dying to yourself and living for Jesus. The cross humbles you. The cross demands a response.
Mark spoke faithfully and convictingly. I’m looking forward to tonight with some more item-y stuff and a call to non-christians. Be praying.
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The bridge at the start didn’t ‘feel’ right to me, it worked much better at the end. That’s just my opinion, though.
Comment by Luke C August 26, 2008 @ 1:27 pmWe were hoping for the bridge to work at the end – which is why we started with it, to subconsciously make it familiar.
Good point though.
Last night was gold!
Comment by joelpj August 26, 2008 @ 2:34 pmI didn’t know the song to begin with, so it seemed to flow all together well!
Comment by Joel C August 26, 2008 @ 6:33 pmDaniel’s my brother…
Comment by Tim August 27, 2008 @ 12:51 pmyeah daniel’s brother…
Comment by Max August 28, 2008 @ 10:42 pm