On my way home from a much needed vacation (Chicago), I texted the following, “…I am compiling a list of WORSHIP songs that makes one ask THE LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY to make us humble and acknowledges and admits that HE IS ALL. Please send me name or the names of songs that truly has one WORSHIPPING as if it was their LAST TIME.”
I asked for the songs for various reasons: I wanted to compile a list of songs that I could play at Church while I prayed to assist with setting the atmosphere for WORSHIP and PRAISE. Also, I wanted the list of songs to listen to for pleasure and while I slept.
The response to my text was tremendous. The pings on my phone did not stop for the next 20-30 minutes. People were constantly texting the name of THEIR song/songs that ministered to them: YOU’RE BIGGER, LIFE AND FAVOR, OVERWHELMED, YOU ARE I AM, GREATER, WORD OF GOD SPEAK, THANK YOU, MY EVERYTHING, I GIVE MY SELF AWAY, BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE, PERFECT PEACE, I KNOW A MAN, WONDER WORKER, HE’S DONE ENOUGH, PRAISE JEHOVAH, NOBODY, BUT GOD, FATHER ME, LORD YOUR GRACE, YOU’RE ALL I NEED, THE BLOOD, STANDING IN THE NEED, HE KEEPS ON DOING GREAT THINGS, IT’S WORKING, IN YOUR PRESENCE, THE LIFTER, JUSTIFIED, SOMETHING ABOUT THE NAME OF JESUS, PRAISE HIM, EVERY PRAISE, HE WANTS IT ALL, STILL SAY THANK YOU,, GOD IS GOOD, YOU CAN’T HAVE MY JOY, HE TURNED IT, TOTAL PRAISE, CONE ON ONE TIME, HERE I AM TO WORSHIP, FOR YOUR GLORY, THE ANTHEM, MORE, FILL ME UP, YOUR TEARS, YOU GOTTA LOVE THE LORD!!!!!!!! Some people sent more than one text. Some people sent several texts. Some people texted the YouTube link of their favorite song/songs.
As I begin to read the titles of the songs that were texted to me: I didn’t have to ask “What IS this…” I have matured more in CHRIST to know that IT was the HOLY SPIRIT REMINDING me of WHO my GOD IS and HE ALONE IS WORTHY of ALL of the PRAISE. A list of songs, A list of songs-People just texting me titles of songs and I am about to take off to running-yes “to running’ on the MegaBus. A list of songs: ministered to me on my way home from vacation. YOU GOTTA LOVE THE LORD!!!!!!!!
It occurred to me as I was writing this blog-YOU GOTTA LOVE THE LORD!!!!!!!!, that it was HIS way of not JUST REMINDING me of WHO HE IS-HE wanted them, those who responded to my text, to think of HIS GOODNESS, HIS HOLINESS, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, HIS FAITHFULNESS, HIS GLORY, HIS POWER (HEALING, DELIVERING…), HIS GRACE, HIS LOVE AND HIS MERCY.
GOD knows US. HE knew that there were questions, doubts or fears that HIS people were struggling with and trying to overcome. GOD knows that the enemy IS relentless in his attack of HIS people. GOD knows that there has been many tears shedded, many sleepless nights, many trips to the mall, many glasses of sweet tea or wine, many platters of hot wings, cheese dip, cookies, cakes and pies as we try to fill the void. WE MUST KNOW that GOD not only heard us; IT IS FINISHED. WE ARE DELIVERED, STRENGTHENED,HEALED.
That song or those songs that many of us hold dear, speaks to the very essence of us and continuously connects us with OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.
NOT ONLY am I going to sing my songs-“LOVE, HE LOVES ME, DRAW ME CLOSER, I LOVE THE LORD, I LOVE YOU JESUS, WORSHIP EXPERIENCE, I DO WORSHIP, ALL THINGS ARE WORKING FOR ME, MY DESIRE, HE IS GOD, HEAVENLY FATHER, BLESS THE LORD“I will BLESS the LORD WITH you by singing your songs.
YOU GOTTA LOVE THE LORD!!!!!!!!
There I was thinking that I was ONLY compiling a list of songs for WORSHIP and PRAISE that would only be USED for MY benefit and convenience. AND GOD used my request for HIS GLORY-those who I texted had to think of the song or songs, many would sing the song, some even googled to get the correct titles and the name of the artist of the song. I would venture to say that song or songs REMINDED them of WHOSE they are and they ALLOWED GOD to WORK on their behalf and STOPPED worrying and began PRAISING. They stopped cooking, cleaning and doing whatever and begin to WORSHIP. YOU GOTTA LOVE THE LORD!!!!!!!! I, with much confidence, KNOW that many who texted the title of their song/songs, their STRENGTH was RENEWED. Thinking of the song or songs, many were REMINDED of the GOODNESS of OUR LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. This is why I will continuously DECREE…..
…Nothing will separate ME from the LOVE of GOD which is in CHRIST JESUS…..”
Tangey V.
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