Forever

To fit the theme of Thanksgiving week, the song is Forever, by Chris Tomlin.  He is a Contemporary Christian music artist, worship leader, and songwriter.  He a plethora of worship songs like Forever that a lot of churches sing.  I have been to countless concerts, and every time I feel as though it is less of a concert and more of worship service.  He has also writen many books, the one I would recommend is The Way I Was Made.  

"Give thanks to the Lord, our God and King. His love endures forever!"  I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving, and remembered to give thanks to our God and King.  I love this song because it is a great reminder of all the simple things God is for us.  From the rising to the setting sun, his love endures forever.  He is faithful, strong, and always with us.  Those simple words should cause us to sing praise to Him forever!

Come Together

This song is called Come Together by Third Day.  This group fits into the category of rock with a little bit of country.  Their name comes from Jesus rising from the grave on the third day.  In one of their somgs they actually have lyrics that say " On the third day he rose again." The band came together in 1992, so they have been around my whole life, and I've been hearing them my whole life because they are my mom's favorite band :)

From the title you can probably tell that the theme of this song is coming together.  This song says that all of us need to learn how to love.  If we can do that and realize we are brothers and sister, and we are one, then the world will be a much better place.  I just love this song because most people look at the world and say "There's no hope".  We do have to face our trials but in the end we have so much to look forward to!

Diverse City

Diverse City by TobyMac was the song for last week.  TobyMac is mainly a hip-hop/pop group, but they incorporate many different styles into their music.  Rap, regae, gospel, and pretty much anything with a funky groove. 

This song is fun and upbeat, and it talks about diversity.  It just says that no matter who you are, where you come from , or what you do, you are welcome to come and praise the King.  I love the line that says " So put your hand in the hand of mine and we'll spread this love like dandelions."  God created each of us in a unique way. So we are all diverse, but if we can walk hand in hand with eachother, there's no stopping the love of Jesus Christ!

Rebirthing

The band I chose for this week has a different feel to it than the past posts.  Skillet is a Christian heavy metal rock band, and the song for the week is Rebirthing.  Skillet is a unique band because they have a female drummer and guitar player.  This group of 4 appeals to many teenagers because they don't fit the stereotypical Christian music group.  However, they offer messages of hope in their music. So you can receive Jesus in the moshpit! What could be better? :)

I personally am not a huge fan of Skillet, but depending on my mood I like it because it is still spreading the word of God.  I was thinking of this song this week because there is a lot of stuff that I need to remember to die to daily.  Sometimes we get suffocated by our sinful nature that we need that rebirthing within us.  I want to live for love, and the only way to fully act that out is through Jesus Christ.