Creative Project (Essentials Blue Fall 08)

For: The Institute Of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies, St. Stephens University, Essentials Blue Online Theology Course with DAN WILT”

OK, here it goes, I asked Dan if I could present a song in Spanish, lots of Reverb! , lol, I hope you guys like it, as you can see it is only 4 phrases so it is very simple, I typed the song in Spanish but I also did it in English so you guys will know what it means.

Lyrics for the song

Oracion – Prayer

The title of the song is “Oracion”, which means “Prayer”. One of the things I heard during the course  that really made me think a lot was the idea that We need to have an “Allegiance” with the Lord.  Just as He is a an awesome God, good God, merciful God, we also need to see him with the respect He deserves.  He is the Creator of the Universe, the one who allows me to sub-create with him.

The song says: ” Señor yo vengo ante ti”, this is a affirmation wanting to come to him, YES I want to come to you. As I have been reading, posting, discussing during these few weeks, I keep hearing we need to be available for him, Yes, I want to be use by him.

Also, I know He is seeking for me, I am not just the only one seeking for him, wow, that is so amazing. He deserves our allegiance!. We Are The Pursued, not the the ones who pursue, He is the redeemer, He wants to restore our lives.

He wants to save broken world, This is about the God who acted, He suffered and gave his life for us. He is our Healer. He send his only son to die for us because He wanted to have a relationship with us, because He is a relational God.

The chorus says: “I praise and exalt you my Lord”, this is not a suggestion to worship God, this is intentional to worship him. Just like David made himself worship God I want my soul to never forget who He is.

Also,  the words Praise and Exalt makes us sing “together”, as a body, God is honored when we come before him and worship as a body.

I wanted to say thank you to Donny Cannoy for helping me posting my mp3!

mp3 song

Jorge\’s song

Dan, thank you so much for letting me be part of this, it really has been challenging ( the reading…) but it has been so encouraging in the same time, it is great to know that we are always leaning and it was an honor to learn together with you and all the  guys of The e*b course. Will, thank you so much for facilitating everything for us, the questions, the postings, the phone calls, etc, thank you so much!

Blessings to all in the e*b., love ya guys!

Nature of Worship (Essentials Blue Fall 08)

For: The Institute Of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies, St. Stephens University, Essentials Blue Online Theology Course with DAN WILT”

Worship? Worldview? hmm! Reflecting the image??? wow! it is such a responsibility, but in the same time it is such an honor, thank you God!. Allegiance? I have NEVER thought of my relationship with God as an allegiance,    it is only to God. It is weird, I have been thinking s much about all this concepts and I think it is great. i am so grateful for the things I have been able to hear and read from all of the people from the class. It is great!

The Cross? I know that for me this is something I want to sing more often, about what JESUS has done for me, what He means to me, but not just me, but to ALL. This reality of the Cross should affect every worship leader, it is a life changing topic. I have been so exited about the cross topic, that I want to proclaim it and sing it more in my songs, I want to write more about it. I am also very exited because I know that this response is because of the things I have been learning in the course, so, thank you guys, because this also because of all of you.

Also, I mentioned in the Facebook post that “The Kingdom of God is about bringing the things of God to earth”. I really have to say this is something  that encourages me a lot, because I want people to hear about that ” rescue” of Jesus to us on earth, wow!. But also, this challenges me to know that I have a responsability as the songs I sing are teaching people, music is powerful. What I share to people is an influence, to teens, kids, etc. I need to teach the truth because God is a god of truth. As worship leaders, we need to remember we are not putting words in people’s mouths, because some people are not feeling what we are feeling, that is why is very important to always sing truth.

The thing probably grabed me the most is that ” IF WE DON’T KNOW WHO WE ARE DEALING WITH, THEN OUR EXPRESSION OF WORSHIP I CORRUPTED”, wow!. I need to know who I am worshiping to. it is a priority to put God always first in everything, He is the Kind, my Father. This was a great concept for this week and I am still trying to digest this.

Blessings to all!

1. NT Wright, Simply Christian, Part 3, Reflecting the image ( pg.185- 240)

2. iTunes U Others Audio/ Video, Don Williams ( How songs teach us)

3. Brown,  The wonder of the Cross (IW Master All, p.79)

4. iTunes Video, Wilt, Essentials in Worship Theology ( The Nature of Worship)

5. iTunes U Others Audio/ Video, Wright, (God centered songs)

6. iTunes U e*b Video