Chris Tomlin - "God's Great Dance Floor"

Growing up in the Church of Christ I didn't hear a lot about dancing. And what I did hear was negative. Dancing was forbidden. Not like Footloose sort of forbidden but we didn't talk about it much. Not that it really affected me much. I'm not one to cut a rug. I'm okay sitting out.
But dancing is a natural expression of happiness or joy.

The first story that comes to mind about dancing in the Bible is David dancing before the Lord as he celebrated the Ark of the Covenant returning to Jerusalem. Great story found here in 2 Samuel 6.
Wanna hear another great song about dancing before the Lord and David's story? Check out David Crowder Band*'s song "Undignified."

White Flag - Chris Tomlin (Passion 2012)

What a jewel I found while searching for my next video to share with my students the other day. I really wish the Passion Conferences would have been around when I was in college. What a great movement! My hats off to Chris Tomlin, Louie Giglio and all involved with making this not just a yearly conference here in Atlanta but a real event and something folks save up for and look forward to all year long.

After several listens, the first couple were just for enjoyment, I really got the meaning of the song. Everyday I have to surrender to God's will. I have to wave my white flag and invite His Spirit to indwell me. I have to consciously submit to God. I've heard it a hundred times but everyday I have to do it again. If I don't I fall into Paul's "I don't do what I want to do" syndrome from Romans 7.

All My Fountains

Whether the translation in Psalm 87 says "fountains" or "source of my life springs" or "springs" the truth is that the Lord, and only the Lord, is where we should draw water from. So many times in life we draw our water from a different source. We believe that we are satisfying our thirst with money, power, fame, etc. We fool ourselves into thinking we're filling ourselves up. We're just as empty if not more empty than when we started. May we turn to Jesus and lean into him and may He fill us up.

Chris Tomlin - Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Ground)

What hope we hold this starlit night 
A King is born in Bethlehem 
Our journey long, we seek the light 
That leads to the hallowed manger ground 

What fear we felt in the silent age 
Four-hundred years can He be found 
But broken by a baby's cry 
Rejoice in the hallowed manger ground 

Emmanuel, Emmanuel 
God incarnate, here to dwell 
Emmanuel, Emmanuel 
Praise His name Emmanuel 

The son of God, here born to bleed 
A crown of thorns would pierce His brow 
And we beheld this offering 
Exalted now the King of kings 
Praise God for the hallowed manger ground 

Emmanuel, Emmanuel 
God incarnate, here to dwell 
Emmanuel, Emmanuel 
Praise His name Emmanuel 

Oh, praise His name Emmanuel 
Oh, praise His name Emmanuel 

What hope we hold this starlit night 
A King is born in Bethlehem 
Our journey long, we seek the light

Our God - Chris Tomlin

Our first video for the new school year is from Passion: Awakening and of course Chris Tomlin. What a fantastic way to start this year!! Our God is Greater! Our God is Stronger!

Matt Redman - You Never Let Go

Absolutely one of my favorite songs of all time. I've been able to attend several services of Passion City Church (including this past Sunday) and the worship leader is guess who...Matt Redman. Chris Tomlin is the other worship leader! What?! Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman. And Louie Giglio is the pastor. They are moving into a permanent location in the near future, hopefully by the end of the year. Right now they are traveling around the city of Atlanta including your very own GACS Forum. Check them out. It's a fabulous worship experience and time of teaching. You will leave the service changed. I guarantee.

Chris Tomlin - I Will Rise

What a promise we have been given by our God. Eternal Salvation. Hope of Heaven. Redemption from an eternity without Him. And none of this is a result of anything we've done (see 1 Cor. 1:26-31 AND Ephesians 2:1-10). It all stems back from Christ raising from the dead (see John 11:25). 1 Corinthians 15 reminds us that Death has no sting and has no victory anymore. 1 Corinth. 15:51-58 (from The Message) says, "But let me tell you something wonderful, a mystery I'll probably never fully understand. We're not all going to die—but we are all going to be changed. You hear a blast to end all blasts from a trumpet, and in the time that you look up and blink your eyes—it's over. On signal from that trumpet from heaven, the dead will be up and out of their graves, beyond the reach of death, never to die again. At the same moment and in the same way, we'll all be changed. In the resurrection scheme of things, this has to happen: everything perishable taken off the shelves and replaced by the imperishable, this mortal replaced by the immortal. Then the saying will come true:

Death swallowed by triumphant Life!
Who got the last word, oh, Death?
Oh, Death, who's afraid of you now?

It was sin that made death so frightening and law-code guilt that gave sin its leverage, its destructive power. But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three—sin, guilt, death—are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!"

Sit back and let this song blow you away.

Chris Tomlin - I Will Rise (Official Music Video)


"I Will Rise" lyrics
There's a peace I've come to know
Though my heart and flesh may fail
There's an anchor for my soul
I can say "It is well"

Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead

[Chorus:]
And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise

There's a day that's drawing near
When this darkness breaks to light
And the shadows disappear
And my faith shall be my eyes

Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead

[Chorus:]

And I hear the voice of many angels sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the cry of every longing heart,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
[x2]

[Chorus:]