There is a simplicity about what the Lord requires of us. It is spelled out in Micah 6:6-8. “He has told you oh man what is good, and what does the Lord require of you. But to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with our God”. If we could live by that alone, it would impact the world we live in.
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With What Shall I Come
Posted in Worship, Praise and Music, tagged Micah 6, with what shall i come on April 19, 2026| 1 Comment »
The Our Father
Posted in Worship, Praise and Music, tagged Our Father, the Lord's Prayer, the Lord's Prayer song, The Our Father Song on April 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes the Lord puts something into my spirit, a scripture, a melody or a certain sense. For me it is a deep thing. I then spend time and try to capture the essence of those things in song. Sometimes, it takes years for me to come to a place where I can put it all together. It doesn’t always take that long, but I want it to be more than just another song. When I sing it, it is a something coming out of my spirit. This song is dear to me, hope it touches you.
The Lord ‘s Prayer
Posted in Worship, Praise and Music, tagged Our Father song, the Lord's Prayer song on March 28, 2026| Leave a Comment »
We I got saved in 1971, I left the secular band that I was playing in. I turned my life and my talent towards the Lord. It seems to me that the Lord honored that and helped me turn my music God ward. I met some other guys and we started a Christian band playing at churches and coffee houses around the Midwest. Those were exciting days during the Jesus Revolution, many people were coming to Christ. It truly was a wonderful time of revival and in gathering. I found myself putting scripture to music, trying to capture something of the Spirit of the Word. I have done this for many years with the help of the Helper. I put the Lord’s Prayer to music and entitled it Our Father, hope you are touched by it.
I Love Thee Oh Lord My Strength
Posted in Worship, Praise and Music, tagged psalm 18 song, scripture song on March 14, 2026| Leave a Comment »
The Psalms have been so important in my life! Our lives are filled with ups and downs! I have been so encouraged by the Psalms in my down times over the years, if the Lord had not been my strength, I would have failed. My enemies were too strong for me. Psalm 18:17 “He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me”.
Hosea 6
Posted in Worship, Praise and Music, tagged Hosea 6 song, scripture song Hosea on March 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Come let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may live before Him. So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.” Hosea 6:1-3
30 years ago, after a severe trial, I put this verse to music. Maybe it will touch you.
The Song of Moses and the Lamb
Posted in Worship, Praise and Music, tagged scripture song, Song of Moses song on January 8, 2026| Leave a Comment »
For many years, I have written songs based on scripture. A few years ago I read in Revelation 15:3, that “they sang the song of Moses and the Lamb”. It is a wonderful verse, and we will all sing it some day when we all reach Heaven. Here is my attempt at making a song using those verses.
The Lord’s Prayer
Posted in Worship, Praise and Music, tagged Our Father, Song, the Lord's Prayer on December 26, 2025| Leave a Comment »
My version of the “Our Father” that I wrote a couple of years ago, I hope it blesses you.
Quote For the Day
Posted in Worship, Praise and Music, tagged greatest worship, true worship, Worship on December 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The greatest acts of worship in the Bible were not accompanied with music.
More Advice for Worship Leaders
Posted in Worship in Cirisis, Worship, Praise and Music, tagged bible, faith, jesus, music, Worship, worship-leader-advice on November 5, 2025| 1 Comment »
Play songs that the congregation knows. As worship leader you are there to lead them. You are there to get help them engage praise and worship. I can not stress this enough. You are not there to perform a song because you think it is cool. There are high energy songs that are heavily produced that the congregation is just not able to sing. Make sure to sing songs that are singable by the congregation. You are to lead the congregation.
Make sure the lyrics of the songs that you are playing are doctrinally sound, lyrics focusing more on God and His greatness, and less on lyrics that focus on “me”. Also, there are many songs that are overly emotional, and that emotion can be confused for the Spirit. You need to be careful. We are told in Acts that God will send “times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord”. Acts 3:20.
Make sure the key you are playing in is suitable for the congregation. I personally try not to have key changes, but I know that is not always possible. I may have a set of songs in the key of G so that the transition between the songs flow better, allowing for more spontaneity during times of “free praise and worship”. Again, the congregation is part of the reason that I do that. You must remember that there are a lot of people who have no musical talent or even have an ear for music. There are many who can’t sing very well at all. Avoiding key changes makes it easier for the congregation. I may start the service with a couple of faster songs in the same key and then switch to a longer set of songs in the same key. For me, I try to make it flow better between songs.
If there is a “free time of worship and praise”, I do not play a chord progression. If I am playing a set of songs in E, I will just simply play full measures of E to Esus, back to E to Esus, etc. Stay in that simple mode. If you play a progression of chords, again you will lose the congregation. Doing a simple E to Esus repeatedly will keep it simple for the congregation. Again, you are there for the congregation to help make it easy for them to engage in “worship and Praise”.
Modern churches have created a huge problem; they have brought in musicians just because they can sing and play an instrument and they just end up performing. Many churches are satisfied because they have a really good worship team, even though they are devoid of the spirit. I have seen it repeatedly, congregations just standing not engaged because they don’t know the songs or the songs are hard to sing.
Again, this is all about the congregation. What can I do to help encourage the congregation to be engaged in praise and worship. I hope a few of these tips will help.
The Shade of a Huge Rock
Posted in Worship in Cirisis, Worship, Praise and Music, tagged bible, christianity, conformed to His image, faith, god, jesus on October 25, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Isaiah 32:1-2 “Behold, a king will reign righteously, and princes will rule justly. And each will be like a refuge from the wind, and a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry country, like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land”.
Isaiah 25:4 “For Thou hast been a defense for the helpless, defense for the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat”.
Many years ago, while I was in a very severe testing in my life, a dear friend/mentor told me that one day I would be “like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land”. He told me to meditate on those verses in Isaiah. Now years later, as I look at these verses, I see that the testing of the Lord is what forms us. We become conformed to His image and learn obedience through testing and suffering. Even Jesus “learned obedience through the things that He suffered (Heb 5:8)”.
Isaiah 50:4 says, “The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of disciples, that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple”.
Oh, to be such a disciple! To have learned of the Lord how to be like Jesus, “to sustain the weary with one word”! To be a refuge and shelter from the storms of this life! To have rivers of water “flowing from our innermost being” (John 7:38). To be like a “shade of a huge rock in a dry and parched land”!
We can be these things to those around us. In our churches, in our lives outside the church and in our families. We have something in us that the world does not have. We have the Spirit, and it can flow out of us to show mercy to all around us. Lord help us to be more like You!
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