Praise and Worship Songs
Easy Worship Songs – Some songs for easy praise and worship
Jan 26th
One of the most natural forms of human expression is through singing. It is thus not surprising when people worship the deity they believe in – which they do through singing easy worship songs. Easy worship songs can be described as giving praise to God, or a form of prayer. The importance of these songs is to give adoration, devotion, affection, and love to God, which worshipers can do by bowing down before Him, observing moments of silence in submission to Him, lifting hands out to Him, and just pouring everything from the heart.
Easy worship songs, or tags if you like, are very simple, and form a very crucial and powerful part of any worship set. Most of these songs are normally around 2-4 lines long, with 3-4 chord progressions. These simple tags of worship are quite powerful perhaps because of the repetition because unlike a normal worship song with verses, the chorus, and the bridge structure where one gets to sing only twice or thrice maximum, easy worship songs can be sang up to 30 times as the lines are short.
The repetition of easy worship songs gives the worshipers time to really listen and reflect on what the words are saying, and giving them enough time to personalize the lines, making them their own and applying them on their particular situation. Many people have discovered that easy worship songs reach and express their deepest feelings far more strongly than words alone could.
During easy worship songs, the congregation will often harmonize in a free manner, probably even singing and speaking in tongues, while the worship leader will more often than not seek to be ‘guided and led by the Holy Spirit’. A Unique and indescribable experience is created when there is an improvised flow from one song to another, and it is not uncommon to find a musical material inserted from one song to the other.
Additionally, easy worship songs make the church lively. No one wants to worship in a boring church with no songs. This is perhaps related to the fact that worshiping involves both call and response whereby the worshippers call upon the Lord and reaches the deepest depths of their hearts with special power, while singing out to the Lord expresses with very unique and special power the deepest response from the worshiper’s hearts to the Lord.
Last but not least, easy worships songs are what determine how everything else in a typical service will proceed. When easy worship songs lift people to the highest heights, people who lead the worship including the pastor will without a doubt be inspired to preach and lead the congregation with greater power and freedom. It has also been proven that people who sing worship songs in truth and in spirit find that their hearts and minds have been opened more clearly to hear and receive from the Word of God.
Here are some examples of easy worship songs:
Awesome God
Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom power and love
Our God is an awesome God
My God Is A Miracle God
My God is a Miracle God (2x)
He has never failed,
He will never fail.
He will do what He says He will do,
He will do what He promised to do.
Come And See The Lord Is Good
Come and see the Lord is good (2x)
There is nothing He can not do
Come and see the Lord is good.
He gave me victory
He gave me peace of mind
There is nothing He can not do
I have seen Lord is good
Nigerian Praise and Worship Songs
Dec 23rd
Praise and worship can be described as the humble response of renew human beings to the self-disclosure of the Most High God. Praise and worship songs are based upon the works and word of God, and are hence achieved through the mighty activities of God. Historically, praise and worship songs have always formed an integral part on the idea of worship, probably because of the ease with which these songs provide in expressing the worshipper’s deepest love and adoration to the highest God.
Nigerian Praise and Worship songs are one of a kind, which are sung either in the local languages or in English. It is not uncommon to find different interpretations of English praise and worship songs into Local Nigerian languages. This gives worshipers, who each have different moods, a wide range to express themselves in adoration, praise, pray, and reverence.
The praise and worship songs provide a unique way for worshippers to confess to the Lord as well as respond to his mighty Glory in a language they understand better. In other cases, Nigerian praise and worship songs provide a unique way in which the congregation is better able to understand and interpret the word of God. Particularly, Praise and worship songs enhance the most crucial elements of praise and worship – reading the word of God, the Holy Communion sacrament, and the Sermon.
Praise and worship songs also prepare the worshipper to receive the profuse grace and abundant Blessings from God. Going through the lyrics of Nigerian Praise and Worship songs you will discover that the lyrics are quiet simple. Nigerians don’t make their songs theological and too fancy; instead, they just target simple biblical truths in the native language or in English. Some examples of Nigerian Praise and Worship songs, which have been translated into the local languages for easy praise and worship, are:
Oh, What A Wonderful, Wonderful Day
Oh what a wonderful, wonderful day,
A day I will never forget,
After I’d wandered in darkness away,
Jesus my Saviour I met.
Oh what a tender compassionate friend,
He met the needs of my heart
Shadows dispelling, with joy I am telling
He made all the darkness depart.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul
When at the cross, my Saviour made me whole
My sins were washed away, and my night was turned to day
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul (3x)
And That My Soul Knows Very Well
You make your face to shine on me
And that my soul knows very well
You lift me up, I’m cleansed and free
And that my soul knows very well
(Chorus:)
When mountains fall, I’ll stand
By the power of Your hand
And in Your Heart of Hearts I’ll dwell
And that my soul knows very well
(Repeat chorus)
Joy and strength each day I find
And that my soul knows very well
Forgiveness, hope, joy is mine
And that my soul knows very well
(Chorus:)
When mountains fall, I’ll stand
By the power of Your hand
And in Your Heart of Hearts I’ll dwell
And that my soul knows very well
(Repeat chorus)
Arise
For You are good
Your love endures forever
And we rejoice in Your unfailing love
Consume our praise with fire down from heaven
And fill us with Your power from above
Arise, arise, arise
Oh Lord our God, arise
Arise oh Lord within our midst
As we declare Your righteousness
Lift up the name that we confess
As we proclaim Your holiness
Arise, arise, arise
Oh Lord (oh Lord)
Our God (our God)
Arise
Salvation comes from You alone
Oh Lamb of God, the chosen one
That we might be Your resting place
We worship You, we seek Your face
Arise, arise, arise
Oh Lord (oh Lord)
Our God (our God)
Arise
Amazing Grace – One Of The Best Worship Songs
Nov 24th
For a long time I have been thinking which is my favorite worship song. Many times I asked my self which worship song would I choose if I had to pick only one. Though this seems easy at first it turned out to be quite a problem as there are many great Christian worship songs that I absolutely love to listen over and over again.
Well after a short period of time I have decided that my favorite worship song of all times is Amazing Grace, this song always makes me happy and brings a bright light and hope into my life. Perhaps some of you will say that this song is overrated and quite popularized in the Western society, but I do not care for such observations, as long as the song makes me feel good I will love to listen to it.
Listen to this great worship song – Amazing Grace performed by Elvis Presley
Amazing Grace on Wikipedia:
“Amazing Grace” is a Christian hymn written by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807) and published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption is possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God, “Amazing Grace” is one of the most recognized songs in the English-speaking world.
What about you? Which worship song is your favorite?
By Your Side – Tenth Avenue North (Chords)
Nov 1st
By Your Side, the popular song by American contemporary Christian group Tenth Avenue North, from their debut album ‘Over and Underneath’. Peaking at number 1 for 3 weeks (according to Radio & Record) the band has toured with Mercy Me and David Crowder Band.
Following are the lyrics to their latest hit song.
By Your Side – Tenth Avenue North (Chords)
Key G
Intro: G Em D C
Verse 1:
G
Why are you striving these days?
Em
Why are you trying to earn grace?
D C
Why are you crying? Let me lift up your face
G
Just don’t turn away
Verse 2:
G
Why are you looking for love?
Em
Why are you still searching as if I’m not enough?
D
To where will you go child?
C
Tell me where will you run?
G
To where will you run?
Chorus:
Em C
Cause I’ll be by your side wherever you fall
G D
In the dead of night whenever you call
Em C G
And please don’t fight these hands that are holding you
D G
Yeah My hands are holding you
Verse 3:
G
Look at these hands, and My side
Em
They swallowed the grave on that night
D C
When I drank the world’s sin so I could carry you in
G D
And give you life, I wanna give you life
Bridge:
D Em
Cause I, I love you
C D
I want you to know
D Em
That I, I love you
C D
I’ll never let you go
Tenth Avenue North – Times (Lyrics + Review)
Sep 7th
I was recently introduced to Tenth Avenue North while in Canada and they have quickly become my favourite and most listened to band. They have amazing heart-felt, worshipful music – without it being “typical church music”. The band has a way of addressing thoughts in a fresh and very melodic way, as is displayed in the song that I want to review today.
Below you can listen to one of their most amazing songs called Times. Listen to it and enjoy in praise and worship with Tenth Avenue North.
TIMES – Tenth Avenue North
Songs Theme:
This song beautifully portrays the call of a desperate person, searching for God in times of struggle and hardship. It expresses the need to tangibly experience God by feeling and hearing. You hear the writers struggle with feeling worthy of God’s touch and his inability to share with God the inner workings of his life, because he is too ashamed.
But the response by God in this song is what really makes this song such a refreshing and healing, as God responds to this persons cry with an amazing chorus going into great detail that His love is ALWAYS there, and NEVER FAILS!
Song Writing Style:
I love the creativity in the writing of this song. As you read the first verse you will notice a pattern evolving of each emotion being carried to the next emotion. This really draws the listener to the lyrics and really effectively communicates the emotions that the song writer is feeling.
The structure of this song is very unique also. It doesn’t seem to have a bridge, and seems to be very similar throughout, but this does not come across as a bad thing, but instead allows you to focus on the chorus (which happens to be quite long!)
The depth of the chorus is one other thing that I really like. While most writers would cut the chorus to 4-6 statements, you will find that the chorus is 15-20 statements long. This allows the writer to really express the love of God and cover all bases, without having to leave a time (where God’s love is present) out.
Conclusion:
This is a beautifully written song, and sounds fantastic. I believe this song truly shows off the depth, talent and also worshippers heart of Tenth Avenue North, and I would strongly suggest that you at least check out this band.
Times – Tenth Avenue North (Lyrics)
I know i need you
I need to love you
I love to see you, and its been so long
i long to feel you
i feel this need for you’
and i need to hear you
is that so wrong?
now you pulled me near you
when we’re close i fear you
still im afraid to tell you
all that i’ve done
are you done forgiving?
or can you pass my pretending?
Lord i’m so tired of defending
what i’ve become
what have i become?
i hear you say “my love is over,
its underneath, its inside, its in between
the times you doubt me, when you can’t feel
the times that you’ve questioned ‘is this for real?’
the times you’ve broken, the times that you mend
the times you hate me and the times that you bend
well my love is over, its underneath
its inside, its in between,
these times you’re healing
and when your heart breaks
the times that you feel like you’ve fallen from grace
the times you’re hurting
the times that you heal
the times you go hungry and *are tempted* to steal
in times of confusion and chaos and pain
im there in your sorrow under the weight of your shame
im there through your heartache
im there in the storm
my love i will keep you by my power alone
i dont care where you’ve fallen, where you have been
i’ll never forsake you
my love never ends, it never ends
Song Writing Inspiration (Twitter Poll Results)
Sep 4th
Song Writing Inspiration
Sometimes as song writers we go through dry spells, where no matter how hard we try or how long we sit at our piano or guitar – nothing comes out. It is like we have run empty of creativity and can’t seem to find inspiration anywhere.
But then again, sometimes it is the complete opposite. I can go through times where I can write a new song each day for a whole week (not saying they are all good). This got me thinking about why this happens. Why do we seem to through these cycles of constant inspiration then no inspiration. Why can I sit down with my guitar and write the majority of a song in 20min, where everything seems to flow so easily, and then not be able to write anything new for a month?
It all comes back to inspiration, so I put the question out to the @IHeartWorship Twitter followers, to see where they drew they inspiration when it comes to song writing.
Where Do You Get Inspiration For A Song?
LaCyn@IHeartWorship anywhere and everywhere. God can inspire me no matter what I’m doing.
Alejadukes2006@IHeartWorship personal time with God, relationships, people, just people in the street.
ViMad@IHeartWorship the inspiration source is God but the nature, the society ,the situations inspires us to write songs with content to worship
emmanuelgee@iheartworship I get it from moments in my life, and/or what God has spoken to me. Just pray
The thing that I love about all these answers is that it always came back to two things, LIFE and GOD.
LIFE and GOD
Everywhere that we look, every moment of our day, we encounter people, problems, beauty, love, hope, despair, rejection, affliction, persecution, hope, justice, injustice, the joy of a new friendships, the loss as someone departs from our lives. Everyday we are given countless opportunities to see not only the result of man’s sin and the impact that it has had on our world, but also the beauty of seeing God’s grace, His mercy, His love and His hope shining into these situations as His people carry on the work that He started. There is inspiration for songs everywhere, but are you open to seeing them? You have to allow God to open your eyes and soften your heart to what is going on around you.
My Story Of Inspiration
I great example of this was recently when I was in Canada. I was watching a documentary on MTV about the poverty in Africa and my heart just started to break seeing the lack that they had. How whole countries were starving while we sit in the comfort of our homes.
So as I am watching this documentary, I start crying out to God, “What can I do? I need to do something!” As I am praying this they do a close up of this one young African boy and something just grabs me. Now I have seen a lot of ads and documentaries about Africa as it’s a passion of mine, but never has an image been so burnt into my mind. The hurt in his eyes burnt into my soul, and suddenly these lyrics start pouring into my head and by the end of the documentary I had the majority of this song written with music!
So Far Away
[v 1.]
As I look into your eyes my heart is breaking
I am moved,I am moved
Standing on the outside looking in
What can I do, What can I do[chorus.]
You’re so far away
It feels like there is world’s in between us
But I see your pain and I know I must try
To reach out to you[v 2.]
As I look and see you smiling despite your pain
I am moved, I am moved
The face of countless millions needing us now
But what can I do, what can i do[chorus]
You’re so far away
It feels like there is world’s in between us
But I see your pain and I know I must try
To reach out to you[bridge]
I can’t sit in comfort while millions are dying
I can’t pretend everything is alright
With young children fighting and so many dying
This injustice has gone on to long[chorus]
You’re so far away
It feels like there is world’s in between us
But I see your pain and I know I must try To reach out to you
You’re so far away
But my heart won’t let you go
Now I know that this song won’t help feed that young boy, but what God did was allow me to express exactly how I was feeling at that time so that every time I come back and read those lyrics, or jump on my guitar and start playing that song, I will be taken straight back to the place that I wrote it and remember the promise that I made that day and know that even though I probably can’t reach that one boy, he is the face of millions that I can help.
Have you ever been inspired so strongly to write a song? I’d love to hear your story. So please leave a comment below!