Comments on: 19 :: Listen To Our Hearts http://webel.net/archives/1367 The blog and website of Lance Webel. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:52:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: MattMc3 http://webel.net/archives/1367#comment-23310 MattMc3 Tue, 20 May 2008 14:28:12 +0000 http://webel.net/archives/1367#comment-23310 I absolutely love how Paul puts it in Romans 8:26 - that the spirit intercedes for us "with groanings that cannot be uttered". How awesome is that?! I'm often left feeling like I have something to say to God with nothing adequate to say it with, and He knows His creation so well that He provided an interpreter. We talk about how Christ bridged the sin gap between us and God, but daily the Holy Spirit is bridging the communication gap as we walk in communion with Him. Back to the lyrics conversation - I've been really digging the Newsboys song "<a href="http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Landslide-Of-Love-lyrics-Newsboys/11ACA78905F44CBB48256FF6002A173B" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Landslide of Love</a>" from their Devotion album. Peace. I absolutely love how Paul puts it in Romans 8:26 - that the spirit intercedes for us “with groanings that cannot be uttered”. How awesome is that?! I’m often left feeling like I have something to say to God with nothing adequate to say it with, and He knows His creation so well that He provided an interpreter. We talk about how Christ bridged the sin gap between us and God, but daily the Holy Spirit is bridging the communication gap as we walk in communion with Him.

Back to the lyrics conversation - I’ve been really digging the Newsboys song “Landslide of Love” from their Devotion album.

Peace.

]]> By: Lance http://webel.net/archives/1367#comment-23301 Lance Tue, 20 May 2008 00:20:15 +0000 http://webel.net/archives/1367#comment-23301 I think SCC actually co-wrote this song with Geoff (or Gandalf, as I like to call him) ... they worked a lot together in the early days. In fact, I'm pretty sure that Michael W. Smith was the yet-undiscovered piano player on Geoff's first album. Regardless, what a beautiful chorus. We sang it at church on Sunday and it drew something out of me, something resonant. The further I get along this crazy journey, the less adequate my words seem to become ... and the more my heart swells. It has to ... and I have to trust that He's laughing at my mindless drivel and listening instead to my spirit. In a way, I think this totally reflects some of my recent frustrations with the church's inadequacies. Perhaps I need to chill out, to listen a little less to the church's "words" and listen a lot more to its "heart" ... I think SCC actually co-wrote this song with Geoff (or Gandalf, as I like to call him) … they worked a lot together in the early days. In fact, I’m pretty sure that Michael W. Smith was the yet-undiscovered piano player on Geoff’s first album.

Regardless, what a beautiful chorus. We sang it at church on Sunday and it drew something out of me, something resonant. The further I get along this crazy journey, the less adequate my words seem to become … and the more my heart swells. It has to … and I have to trust that He’s laughing at my mindless drivel and listening instead to my spirit.

In a way, I think this totally reflects some of my recent frustrations with the church’s inadequacies. Perhaps I need to chill out, to listen a little less to the church’s “words” and listen a lot more to its “heart” …

]]> By: MattMc3 http://webel.net/archives/1367#comment-23300 MattMc3 Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:52 +0000 http://webel.net/archives/1367#comment-23300 Man! I got tuned in to Geoff Moore when I went to Icthus '97 where I'd never heard a single song from the guy, but his performance cranked it out of the ballpark. I rushed out and bought his greatest hits CDs and Threads. Then I went to a Steven Curtis Chapman concert where he fronted, and he acted a bit like SCC's less talented little brother and I was put off for awhile. But thanks to your post, I've broken out the MP3s again! Man! I got tuned in to Geoff Moore when I went to Icthus ‘97 where I’d never heard a single song from the guy, but his performance cranked it out of the ballpark. I rushed out and bought his greatest hits CDs and Threads. Then I went to a Steven Curtis Chapman concert where he fronted, and he acted a bit like SCC’s less talented little brother and I was put off for awhile. But thanks to your post, I’ve broken out the MP3s again!

]]> By: mdog http://webel.net/archives/1367#comment-23297 mdog Mon, 19 May 2008 12:45:02 +0000 http://webel.net/archives/1367#comment-23297 wow, i haven't thought of this song since college. nice. wow, i haven’t thought of this song since college. nice.

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