Gonna stop being a Jeremiah - for a while at least.
When I first got my mp3 player late last summer I heaped loads of stuff onto it. It's a Holy, Sanctified, mp3 player. It has never had a secular track on it. I won't say it is blame free as there just might be debatable doctrine on it. But it has become a resource (as was the plan at the beginning) and even now, with it on "random shuffle" I'm hearing tracks not heard before by me, or not for ages (there's approx 36 hours play time on it) and I'm going ohmanohmanohman have to do this one.
Needless to say, I'm probably driving my bandmates up the wall with such behaviour. But they do love me. Well at least I hope so.
Anyway, this random ripping took its toll, insofar that the tags were all over the show. So I've spent the last few weeks re-doing all the tags, something that some may see as akin to cleaning bathroom grout with a toothbrush. Strangely satisfying, but technically frustrating/boring. Just finished, in time for the, whisper, {coming apart}. Er-hem.
Perhaps the most irritating part of all this was the Kingsway tags on the various commercial CD's I've bought from them. Take SOF 5 f'r'instance. One CD has 3 tracks with lower case titles, the rest show a title of Track 4, Track 5 etc, with absolutely nothing on the tags to state what it is and who it is by. Another CD has been tagged pretty much perfectly. The other suffers from lower case syndrome.
Why, when they were in the same box were they tagged completely differently? Well, this just takes my mind off other things I suppose...
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Refiner's Fire
Worship this morning:
Holy, Holy God Almighty
Lord, the Light of Your Love is Shining
How Deep the Father's Love for Us
Don't Let My Love Go Cold
Jesus, my Strength
Before we started, the pastor had three words given to him at around 6.00am this morning: Presence, Worship and Gold.
...I think God covered it with the worship. :-)
In fact, refiner's fire was the theme this morning, and earlier in the week the Spirit led me to recognise within myself a bad emotion that I've had since I was kid. I prayed on Friday night that Jesus would free me of it, as I did not want to feel it anymore. I hadn't hurt anyone, physically or emotionally, but it was cutting me up inside. Time will tell if I do feel it again, I believe if I do, it will be with less intensity, until one day, Hallelujah, I'll realise that it has gone, the repentance and cleansing work will be over.
I've picked the songs (or at least, God has) for next week, and I did it again - I mixed up two songs when giving them to the pianist. (Circle on wall, write bang head here hard) I have my concerns about one which may be too high, but to be safe I didn't say that one to him, in case I change it again. The pivotal hymn I heard on my mp3 player, and I felt that "pang", love at first hearing, which I just know is the Spirit telling me that this is the Word that He wants me to convey. Another newbie for the church (but is around 17 years old).
We all agreed how good worship was this morning. Can I keep this up? I asked the pastor. Pray for more he said. What I have to bear in mind is that this isn't by my own efforts. Yes, I did pretty well in my previous career, by my own efforts, and was slapped hard when I failed to achieve the expectations that were required of me, a level that had been set by previous performance. This is no performance, this is duty. In some ways it is easier that my Creator is in charge, but I'll feel worse failing Him than the church. I was actually slightly nervous this morning, and you know...I think this is a good thing....
Holy, Holy God Almighty
Lord, the Light of Your Love is Shining
How Deep the Father's Love for Us
Don't Let My Love Go Cold
Jesus, my Strength
Before we started, the pastor had three words given to him at around 6.00am this morning: Presence, Worship and Gold.
...I think God covered it with the worship. :-)
In fact, refiner's fire was the theme this morning, and earlier in the week the Spirit led me to recognise within myself a bad emotion that I've had since I was kid. I prayed on Friday night that Jesus would free me of it, as I did not want to feel it anymore. I hadn't hurt anyone, physically or emotionally, but it was cutting me up inside. Time will tell if I do feel it again, I believe if I do, it will be with less intensity, until one day, Hallelujah, I'll realise that it has gone, the repentance and cleansing work will be over.
I've picked the songs (or at least, God has) for next week, and I did it again - I mixed up two songs when giving them to the pianist. (Circle on wall, write bang head here hard) I have my concerns about one which may be too high, but to be safe I didn't say that one to him, in case I change it again. The pivotal hymn I heard on my mp3 player, and I felt that "pang", love at first hearing, which I just know is the Spirit telling me that this is the Word that He wants me to convey. Another newbie for the church (but is around 17 years old).
We all agreed how good worship was this morning. Can I keep this up? I asked the pastor. Pray for more he said. What I have to bear in mind is that this isn't by my own efforts. Yes, I did pretty well in my previous career, by my own efforts, and was slapped hard when I failed to achieve the expectations that were required of me, a level that had been set by previous performance. This is no performance, this is duty. In some ways it is easier that my Creator is in charge, but I'll feel worse failing Him than the church. I was actually slightly nervous this morning, and you know...I think this is a good thing....
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Getting close to inspiration overload
OK - I half prayed for some fresh music for the church (particularly lively praise choruses)
I downloaded a worship album from Kingsway, and also bought 2 CD box sets of mixed worship from same, ripped and copied to my mp3 player. It's pretty exciting switching on the player, as I haven't heard a lot of them before, a new adventure every day, as I have it on permanent shuffle.
Inevitably, there are some that I should remove from the player as they are far too contemporary for me, let alone the church, but this isn't the problem. The problem is I hear one that sounds great, perfect even for introduction to the church, but I often don't have pen and paper handy and my memory is terrible. So I'm going to have to carry a notepad around, and when I hear one that sounds good, to note it down to look up in my books later. (There is an excellent chance of them being in any of the SOFs - being mostly Kingsway)
Three lively praise choruses have come out of my mp3 player in the last week, more than what we need going forward, also two or three slower worship and an absolutely gorgeous hymn.
I realised early on that the mp3 player really is an essential resource for the WL, coupled with SOF, a Source or two (Mission Praise is probably handy, but I personally don't have a copy), and anything the rest of the group have sitting in their garage.
It's all coming together. I just hope He stops before my brain fries. :-)
I downloaded a worship album from Kingsway, and also bought 2 CD box sets of mixed worship from same, ripped and copied to my mp3 player. It's pretty exciting switching on the player, as I haven't heard a lot of them before, a new adventure every day, as I have it on permanent shuffle.
Inevitably, there are some that I should remove from the player as they are far too contemporary for me, let alone the church, but this isn't the problem. The problem is I hear one that sounds great, perfect even for introduction to the church, but I often don't have pen and paper handy and my memory is terrible. So I'm going to have to carry a notepad around, and when I hear one that sounds good, to note it down to look up in my books later. (There is an excellent chance of them being in any of the SOFs - being mostly Kingsway)
Three lively praise choruses have come out of my mp3 player in the last week, more than what we need going forward, also two or three slower worship and an absolutely gorgeous hymn.
I realised early on that the mp3 player really is an essential resource for the WL, coupled with SOF, a Source or two (Mission Praise is probably handy, but I personally don't have a copy), and anything the rest of the group have sitting in their garage.
It's all coming together. I just hope He stops before my brain fries. :-)
Monday, 3 October 2011
When did this start happening?
Hello, all you happy people.
I like to think it started with Take Us To The River, a long forgotten, but oft-played on Premier Christian Radio '99/2000, but I think it started before that.
When I hear a song and something inside me starts leaping up and down in excitement.
If my personality was such, I would also be physically leaping up and down, but David I am not. In fact, I suspect most see me as an incarnation of Droopy - my insides are very very happy, my countenance keeps cool.
I was a little concerned there was no real indication of the choruses for this Sunday (they're chosen, they feel right, so maybe it was a subtle Spirit nudge), then I got inspiration for the following Sunday, from a track on my mp3 player. Mate, it got my insides boiling. It's only about 5 years old, is it the right time to introduce it?
I like to think it started with Take Us To The River, a long forgotten, but oft-played on Premier Christian Radio '99/2000, but I think it started before that.
When I hear a song and something inside me starts leaping up and down in excitement.
If my personality was such, I would also be physically leaping up and down, but David I am not. In fact, I suspect most see me as an incarnation of Droopy - my insides are very very happy, my countenance keeps cool.
I was a little concerned there was no real indication of the choruses for this Sunday (they're chosen, they feel right, so maybe it was a subtle Spirit nudge), then I got inspiration for the following Sunday, from a track on my mp3 player. Mate, it got my insides boiling. It's only about 5 years old, is it the right time to introduce it?
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Phew
4 chord sheets, 1 Musescore write up and 1 Musescore adjustment later, quick strum about and found they're pitched okay, and off they went to the group last night.
I like my choices this week, I think they are a good balance and fit together really well. One of them is in rather begrudgingly because it is extremely difficult to lead effectively without the congregation trying to run away with it. However - every time I tried to write it off the list, God found a place for it as choruses were re-arranged and re-chosen and still that "Praise Chorus/Hymn" gap remained. As I believe He is trying to tell me something, I don't fight this any more. If He's in there, it will go OK.
Got to pick the choruses for the final Friday, but this shouldn't take me too long, but I have actually picked the hymns/choruses for 18th September (I know what the theme is going to be), which was triggered by a song I heard on my MP3 player. A couple of words about said MP3 player. I only got it last week, and put 200 songs on it, most of which I had not heard as I didn't have time to listen to them on the CD - popped them on there so I don't have to hunt down my CD player and I can listen on my way to work. Although my travel time isn't long (I get more of a chance if I go shopping 5 miles up the road on the bus, or when I go to singing lessons) it is proving to be an invaluable resource. I heard the track, and discovered later it is around 20 years old (and helps that the person who wrote it is actually singing it, you get the artist's cut as it were, which is usually the best one), but I thought, oh this would be fab for the next installment of the series.
And if you're wondering why I always refer to choruses and hymns in the abstract, it's in case I change my mind (or God changes it) before the event. Terribly anal I know, but I'm the worst for saying something will happen or be said and it all gets turned on its head. Just lately, I've wanted to temper this.
I like my choices this week, I think they are a good balance and fit together really well. One of them is in rather begrudgingly because it is extremely difficult to lead effectively without the congregation trying to run away with it. However - every time I tried to write it off the list, God found a place for it as choruses were re-arranged and re-chosen and still that "Praise Chorus/Hymn" gap remained. As I believe He is trying to tell me something, I don't fight this any more. If He's in there, it will go OK.
Got to pick the choruses for the final Friday, but this shouldn't take me too long, but I have actually picked the hymns/choruses for 18th September (I know what the theme is going to be), which was triggered by a song I heard on my MP3 player. A couple of words about said MP3 player. I only got it last week, and put 200 songs on it, most of which I had not heard as I didn't have time to listen to them on the CD - popped them on there so I don't have to hunt down my CD player and I can listen on my way to work. Although my travel time isn't long (I get more of a chance if I go shopping 5 miles up the road on the bus, or when I go to singing lessons) it is proving to be an invaluable resource. I heard the track, and discovered later it is around 20 years old (and helps that the person who wrote it is actually singing it, you get the artist's cut as it were, which is usually the best one), but I thought, oh this would be fab for the next installment of the series.
And if you're wondering why I always refer to choruses and hymns in the abstract, it's in case I change my mind (or God changes it) before the event. Terribly anal I know, but I'm the worst for saying something will happen or be said and it all gets turned on its head. Just lately, I've wanted to temper this.
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