02/21/10: Logan's Worship Blog

Each week, this blog includes:

I. Songs for the 1050 service at the heights

II. Stories behind those songs

III. Scriptures for those songs

I. Set List

Oh What a Joy (Logan Walter)

Mighty to Save (Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding)

After All (Logan Walter)

Facedown (Matt Redman)

In Control (Logan Walter)

II. Song Stories

1. Oh What a Joy*

2. Mighty to Save: Laura Story did not write this song but she is the female vocalist you hear singing it on Christian radio these days. Her name was brought up a lot on our trip to nashville this week. There is a possibility that we may work with her in some capacity sometime in the future (a vague claim to make, but that's all it is at this point... speculative). Anyway, i have a deep respect for her as a songwriter (she's best known for writing "Indescribable," made famous by Chris Tomlin), and I like what she has to say about "Mighty to Save:"

http://www.crosswalk.com/music/11602412/

3. After All*

4. Facedown: "When you face up to the glory of God, you find yourself facedown in worship." -Matt Redman, and there's more where that came from! ...listen to this audio clip of Matt talking about this song: http://www.theheartofworship.org/stories/Story-278-Facedown-Redman.mp3

5. In Control*

*This week has been insane. We made a 26 hour round trip drive to Nashville for a showcase of sorts (led worship at a church and several record labels came to see us). Then we led worship for a conference that was broadcasted out to thousands of people across 45 different satellite locations. Both of these experiences made this week the most nerve-wracking, consuming week in recent memory. I have three original songs in the set list for this week, but we will play them again soon, and I want to give plenty of time and attention to the stories behind them. But I am EXHAUSTED. forgiveness?

III. Song Scriptures (these are the scriptures that will appear on screen during the service as we play the following songs)

Mighty to Save - Zeph. 3:17

The LORD your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing."

After All - Deut. 6:4-5

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Facedown - Psalm 95:6

Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the LORD our Maker

In Control - Prov. 16:9

In his heart a man plans his course,
but the LORD determines his steps.