lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
Love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing, for the glory
Of the risen King
Jesus, Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory
Of the risen king
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
-5:39 pm
The most unbelievable thing happened to me on saturday night.
I've been praying really hard for God to pour out His musical annointing on me and I can really feel it. I've been writing songs so frequently I'm starting to wonder if it's normal. I guess it's hard to fight the divine inspiration when it comes, and whoa it sure comes very often. Spent the whole of late last night, or rather, this morning until 1am writing a worship song. Like finally- a worship song! Worship songs are really hard to write, as compared to ministering songs which I write pretty easily.
Ok, so this was what happened on saturday after combined cell: Pastor Darick asked me to play my songs for him. He thought it was pretty good and just then, Bro. Kevin called him and PDa asked him to come up and listen to my songs. I was so scared and embarrassed! It was so impromptu and I was unprepared for it. My singing and guit playing are pretty amateur-ish, not to mention my really horribly illegible handwriting. Haha, but Bro Kevin liked them and said they're "good stuff" so he got my contact so that he could invite me for RAW sessions (real and authentic worship- where they write songs). Wow! I mean, I'm not as talented as Hannah or Brandon or anything, and I've only been writing for a month, compared to Hannah. It was so unbelievable that the next morning when I woke up, I was still trying to figure out whether it was all just a dream, because I did dream about that in my sleep. I'm really encouraged and excited about it and I thank God everyday for giving me opportunities to serve Him and bless others like these.
I can't wait for the Os to end! Then we can form our very own cell 3 '04 band! We have:
1 guitarist- brandon [he's super pro! my shifu (: ]
1 basist- charles
1 drummer- nicholas
2 keyboardists- hannah and myself
3 vocalists- amanda, candice [THE voice] and dinesh
Most of us can double up for two roles, for example, hannah can sing too. Our other cell members can fill in other roles like producers and sound technicians. Schezn can be our band manager! We need one more guitarist though. Maybe we can pull in marcus lim. Haha... Was thinking of names for the band with hannah and we thought of FORTIFIED. Like it's cell 4 and 5 of the sec. 4/5 section. And we're like a city with fortified walls because we're standing strong faithfully in God! But then it'll be stealing last year's sec. 4/5 section name. I hope they won't mind, right josh? (: We'll brainstorm for the right name after the Os are over and done with. This might be ambitious thinking but hey, even the biggest successes start from dreams. Since brandon, hannah and I write our own songs, we can record our very own CD! One thing's for sure, we're definitely a cell gifted in music and other talents and we're determined to use it for God's glory.
Hope the outflow of annointing and songs will continue to come, and that God's spirit will speak through me. Through the words I pen down and the melodies I compose, I do hope that it will touch a heart somewhere out there, if my songs do get heard eventually.
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