Hey all -
Here are my thoughts for this Sunday.
Most weeks we tend to move from upbeat to more down tempo as we transition towards communion. This week, however, we're moving in a bit of the reverse. The first three songs are reflective but thankful and joyful. You will notice a trend in the themes. Before the throne puts our eyes on Christ's interceding work for us in the throne room of heaven. It reflects on his work to pay for sin, to rebut Satan's attacks through condemnation, then turns to raw praise in the final verse, proclaiming him to be the King of Righteousness.
From there we'll move to Blessed is the one which is based on Psalm 32 and spends time dwelling on how simply good, and how secure we are to be covered by the blood of Christ. "Blessed is the one, whose sins are overcome, Whom God has sheltered deep within his grace...Jesus, Your blood covers all my sin, Jesus, Your love draws my heart to sing, what a Savior, Jesus." It's a new one from Sovereign Grace's Psalms cd (again, highly recommend it).
It's natural at that point to move to What a Savior, Devon Kauflin's version of Man of Sorrows. "Savior, you showed your love, defeated our sin, poured out your blood. So, we praise you, Lamb that was slain. We offer our lives to proclaim, What a Savior!"
Finally, from there, proclaiming What a Savior and referring to Jesus as the Lamb, though the tone shift may seem abrupt, it works to move to We will dance. At this point, three songs reflecting on how great a savior, how effective a mediator Christ is, how great to turn and remember that these are the reasons why we will be (and are) his bride! "And we will dance on the streets that are golden, the glorious bride and the great Son of man, for every tongue and tribe and nation will join in the song of the Lamb."
The whole progression has really struck me as I've been thinking through the songs. And I'm praying that it will be effective on Sunday morning to proclaim the glory of Christ and how completely sufficient his work is.
So, if any of you have any suggestions on how we can make those themes and that progression more apparent (even if it means substituting songs), let me know. Happy to shuffle things around and make some changes.
All that said, here it is:
Sunday, September 28, 2008
| Prelude | Music from 9:50 until 10:00 |
| Song 1 | Before the throne (click here for audio and click here for lyrics/chords) |
| Scripture reading | |
| Song 2 | Blessed is the one (click here for audio and click here for lyrics and chords) |
| Song 3 | What a Savior (click here for downloadable guitar charts/lyrics - for this one you have to download all of them from the album. click here for audio - again only the entire album. for the individual song, download from iTunes. not sure why the SGM site has them as album only) |
| Song 4 | We will dance (click here for a "video" that will give you a feel for the audio. i'll try to post a chart) |
| Communion | |
| Song 5 (during communion) | Alas and did (click here for audio and lyrics/lead sheet) |
| Welcome & Announcements | |
| Offering | |
| Song 6 (during offering) | May the mind of Christ, my Savior (i'll try to post a chart as the week goes on) |
| Message | |
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