4 Oct 2014

31 Days of Hymns : Jesus is Lord

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Jesus is Lord

One of the best current or ever hymn writers in my opinion is Stuart Townend.  Do all good things come from across the pond?

Most of the songs that the Getty’s sing are co-wrote or written completely by Stuart.  And this hymn has been one dear to my husband as of late.  I hope you enjoy it as well.

The stanza I chose from this hymn speaks of Christ’s work on the cross.  And we boast in that.  Even if it didn’t do anything for us in this life – Jesus would still be boast-worthy (1 Corinthians 15) but, it does so much for us in this life.  We are welcomed into the presence of the Creator of the Universe by His Son and His work on the cross.  We no longer have to be enslaved to a habit, a person, or a way of life because our Savior has risen from the grave. Glory!  (One of the pastor’s I served with in Raleigh would always says this – I smile when I think of him saying this).

Live free today.  Another newer praise hymn is We Speak to Nations by Israel Houghton – I love it.

31 Days of Hymns

2 Aug 2012

My God – Stuart Townend

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Gospel.  Jazz.  Two great pairings.  And the lyrics of Stuart Townend make this a go-to song.

This is actually one of my husband’s favorite songs and I heard it on Sunday and it had me in tears by the end of it.  Wherever you are broken – look to the Healer to be mended.

My God

 

My God, full of mercy,

Heard our weeping,

Came to bring us home again.

My God takes the broken and makes them whole.

 

My God touched the leper,

Raised the lame man,

And He caused the blind to see.

My God takes the broken and makes them whole.

 

My God stood for justice,

Shamed the prideful,

But He called the sinner friend.

My God takes the broken and makes them whole.

 

My God felt the anguish of the soldier,

Made his child to live again.

My God takes the broken and makes them whole.

 

My God, mocked and beaten,

Crushed and bleeding,

Yet crying, “Father God, forgive.”

My God became broken to make me whole.

 

My God on the third day, in the morning,

Broke the shackles of the grave.

My God took the broken and made them whole.

 

My God knows my failures,

He speaks forgiveness,

He gives me strength to try again.

My God takes the broken and makes them whole.

 

Words and Music by Stuart Townend

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