You Are In Control

YOU ARE IN CONTROL
Christian Jung, Jonas Jung, Jordan Jung and Justine Jung
(c) 2015
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VERSE 1
C-----------------------------------Am
When I am alone and I am afraid
Am-------------------------------------------G
I call on You, Lord, to take all my fears away
G-------------F
You are in control
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C-----------------------------------------------------Am
In the midst of the storm, You are my peace
Am---------------------------------------------------------------G
When I'm gone and lost, You light the fires that bring me home
G-----------------F
You are in control
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CHORUS
C----------------------Am
You are in control, You are in control
Am--------------G---------------F
You are in control, and we trust You, God, yeah we trust You, God
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VERSE 2
C----------------------------------Am
When I am weak, You are my strength
Am----G--------------------------------------F
When I am in need of a faithful friend
F
You are always with me
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CHORUS
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BRIDGE
C--------------------------Am
You have a plan for me. You've come to set me free
Am-------------G-----------------F
You're my identity, And I trust You, God, yeah I trust You, God
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CHORUS
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CHORUS
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Jonas, Jordan, Justine and I collaborated on co-writing and recording a new worship song together. Please feel free to listen to and/or download it for free. We hope that you enjoy it!
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http://reverbnation.com/q/60l97y
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Jonas Releases "Every Waking Moment"

Jonas Releases "Every Waking Moment"

The need to release CDs seems so obsolete these days as most people have music readily available to download online. Jonas just released his new acoustic worship album, "Every Waking Moment" which is available to listen to and download for free at:

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http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/3514012

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You can also find it this album on the right sidebar of this original worship blog as well as on our family's missions blog:

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http://jungworldmissions.blogspot.com
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The album contains eleven original worship songs written by Jonas. He and Christian recorded the album live upstairs at Whipple Creek Church on Pro-Tools, with Jonas on lead vocals and acoustic guitar and without the aid of a click-track. Christian later overdubbed background vocals and more acoustic guitar parts. Our good friend, Jackson Jackson just finished mixing and mastering the album at his studio in Vancouver, Washington.

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We have made a very limited number of "Every Waking Moment" CDs which we are giving away as free gifts to those who support us in missions as well as Christmas gifts to our family members. Technology is so great. Just as we did with the "Dzieki Ci" CD single that we released in Poland, we were able to burn our own CDs using LightScribe on our laptop. We hope you enjoy the album.

Worship Photos for 2011 from Around the World

Worship Photos for 2011 from Around the World

This past year I have been so blessed to continue to sing YHWH's praises around the world, from Asia to Latin America. Here are some photos of me leading worship in different languages and in various countries:

Leading worship in Thailand 2011

Leading worship in Japan 2011

Leading worship in Mexico 2011

Leading worship in El Salvador 2011

Open Arms

OPEN ARMS

Jonas Jung and Levi Aljets

(c) 2011

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VERSE 1

Bm----Em---C----A

Everyday I see the sunrise

Bm----Em---C----------------A

Everyday I don't want to leave Your side

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VERSE 2

Bm------Em---C--A----Bm---Em----C---A

And I see the way, I would never walk away

Bm------Em----C---------Am

And in You I see so much more

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CHORUS

G------------Bm

And I want more of You

G------------Bm

And I want more of You

G------------Bm----------------A-------Bm

And I wanna run into Your arms again

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VERSE 3

Bm-----Em----C--A---Bm---Em----C----A

And I see the day, we will walk Your way

Bm------------Em-------C---------Am

And in You I've found so much more

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CHORUS

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COMMENTARY

I co-wrote this song with my best friend Levi. We were upstairs in our church's prayer room and Levi played the chord progression. We fell in love with it and the words come from our hearts, wanting a deeper relationship with Jesus.

Here Alone

HERE ALONE

Jonas Jung

(c) 2011

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CAPO 3

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VERSE 1

D----------------------A----------Em-------D-----------A

I'm on the shores of unfathonable grace and from this mountain

Em-------------------------A------------------Em---------A

I can see Your face, there's a place where I can find You, in need

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CHORUS

--------------------D-----A----------Em

And it's right here alone, alone, I've fallen in love

-----------D-------A-----------Em-------------------G

With You alone, alone, You're here in this place with unending grace, right here

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VERSE 2

D---------------------A------------------Em

I'm on my knees, I'm on my face, receive Your embrace

D---------------A---------------Em-----A

To adore, I've come, but I'm so undone

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CHORUS

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BRIDGE

D---C----Bm-----A----G

Perfect Love

PERFECT LOVE
Jonas Jung
(c) 2011
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CAPO 1
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F-------C-------F-------C
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VERSE 1
F----------C----------F-------------C
I love You, 'cause You first loved me
F----------C------------Am-----------------G
I thank You, 'cause You gave me a reason to receive
F---------C-------F---------------C
Your mercy is stronger than the wind
F----------C--Am----------G
Your grace is greater than life itself
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CHORUS
F-------------C----------------Am-----------G
I can't stop thinking about You, I can't stop wondering how
F------------------C---------------G------------Am
You gave me life and all I can do is live it out for You
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VERSE 2
F---------C-----------F------------C
I love You, 'cause You gave up Your life
F-------------C-----Am-------G
I thank You as a living sacrifice
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CHORUS
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BRIDGE
F------------------C--------Am------------G
I will never understand Your love, Your perfect love
F------------------C--------Am------------G
I will never understand Your love, Your perfect love
F------------------C--------Am------------G
I will never understand Your love, Your perfect love
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CHORUS

This Hope

THIS HOPE
Jonas Jung
(c) 2011
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VERSE 1
D---------------------------------E
You're the peace that calms the raging seas
F#m-------------------------A-----------------------E
You're the voice that the mountains tremble at Your name
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PRECHORUS
A------------------------------F#m-----------------------------E
And I will gladly see that Your name be spoken throughout the earth
A-------------------------------------F#m--------------------E
And that Your promise is fulfilled that Your love would set us free
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CHORUS
D--------------F#m----------E---D------------F#m------------E
Life and peace come flowing down, Holy Spirit come, it's raining down
D-----------------F#m---------------A------------------------E-----------D
We were made to adore You not ignore You, we were made to live for our God
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VERSE 2
D------------------------------E
You're the love that claimed us from our sins
F#m---------------A------------------E
You're the Man who healed the sick and raised the dead
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PRECHORUS
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CHORUS
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BRIDGE
B------------------------C#m
For in this hope we were saved
B---------------------C#m
By Your grace we are saved
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CHORUS

Burn Inside

BURN INSIDE

Jonas Jung

(c) 2011

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VERSE 1

D--------------------------------------------------------Bm

We the redeemed have found life, we the redeemed have love

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Our soul is satisfied

D-------------------------------------------------------------------Bm

We the redeemed are burning with fire, we the redeemed have one desire

------G----------------D

One unified want, yeah

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PRECHORUS

A-------G---------------------A--------G

There is hope in Your name, let Your Spirit stir up the flame

A----------G--------------------A----------G------------A

For this world to see Your light, now the darkness needs to hide

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CHORUS

D-----------------A--------------------Em----G---------------A
Like the sun You burn, like the sun You burn inside of me with passion

D-----------------A--------------------Em----G------------A------D

Like the sun You burn, like the sun You burn inside of me with fire

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VERSE 1

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PRECHORUS

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CHORUS

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BRIDGE

D-------A-------------Em---------G

Ignite me, consume me, revive my fire

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CHORUS

D-----------------A--------------------Em------G-------------A

Like the sun You burn, like the sun You burn inside of me You burn, You burn

D-----------------A--------------------Em------G-------------A------------D

Like the sun You burn, like the sun You burn inside of me You burn, You burn

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COMMENTARY

When I wrote this song, I was the worship leader for Reveal Youth Group. I wanted to see these "redeemed" youth of Vancouver, Washington rise and burn with God's holy fire. Out of this desire in my heart, the song, "Burn Inside" was birthed.

Eveything's Gonna Be Okay

EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY
Jonas Jung
(c) 2011
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VERSE 1
G---------------------------------D/F#
Everything's gonna be okay child, everything's gonna be okay
Em--------------------------------C
Daddy's got you in His arms now, Daddy's got you in His arms
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CHORUS
G------D/F#--Em----C
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
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VERSE 2
G----------------------------------D/F#
Everything's gonna be alright child, everything's gonna be alright
Em----------------------------C
Daddy's got it under control, your Daddy's in control of this life
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CHORUS
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VERSE 3
G-------------------------------------------D/F#
When you feel like everyone's forgotten you, when you feel like no one's there
Em-------------------------------------C
You're always on your Daddy's mind, you're always on His mind
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CHORUS
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BRIDGE
G----------------------------------D/F#
When the storms of life rage on, and the waves are crashing down
Em---------------------------------C
Will you take your Daddy's hand? Will you take His hand?
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CHORUS
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OUTRO
D-------D/B-------C-------D-----D/B-------C

Every Waking Moment

EVERY WAKING MOMENT
Jonas Jung
(c) 2011
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VERSE 1
G--------D/F#------Em--C--------G
God I've given up myself, all that I am
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My life is in Your hands, my life is in Your hands
G------D/F#----------Em--------C---------------G
Lord I want to live my life, as an honor to be Your child
-------D/F#------------------C-------G--D/F#----------G
I'm so tired of living life like everyone else, like everyone else
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CHORUS
G---------------------------C
Everyone waking moment I wanna spend it with You
G----------------------------C
All the time of everyday is a day to worship You
G-------------------D/F#--Em
I've given up myself in everyway
C------------------D
Today's a new day with You
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VERSE 1
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CHORUS

Heaven on Earth

HEAVEN ON EARTH

Jonas Jung

(c) 2011

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VERSE 1

-------------Bm---------A--------------G--------------Bm------A-----------------------G

I've found a love that's deeper than the sea, I've found a God who has the greatest love for me

-------------Bm--------A--------G-------------Bm---------A--------G----------Bm-A

It's in Your word that I find my comfort, now I know where my trust lies, in Your eyes

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CHORUS

D--------A-----------Bm----G----D-------A---------Bm----G

Greater love is only found in You, greater hope could it be so true

G-----------Bm-----A

Heaven on Earth, I believe it

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VERSE 2

-----Bm-------A------------G---------------Bm---------A-------G

I go outside, I stare at the trees, yellows and reds, the Creator's pleased

----------------Bm--------A------G---------------------Bm------------------A-----G

When the day comes it will be no more, He's sitting on a white horse, ready to come down

-----------Bm--A

Ready to come down

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CHORUS

Your Love is Amazing

YOUR LOVE IS AMAZING

Jonas Jung

(c) 2011

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VERSE 1

Dm--------------C-------------------Dm-----------------------------C

I've never had a hope like this before, I'd never thought there'd be a savior like You

Dm--------------C---------------Bb----------------A

We disagreed at first, but now I realize my soul my thirst

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CHORUS

F-------------------C--------------------------Dm

Now I want You to come, now we need You to come

-----Bb-------------C

Now is the time to give up your life

F------------------C----------------------Dm

Father to the fatherless like me how can it be?

------Bb-----C

Your love is amazing

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VERSE 2

Dm----------------C

I never thought a friend could live inside of me

Dm---------------------C

I feel this burden taken off of me, now I'm free

Dm-----------------------C---------------------------------Bb

Until you strange people came, I would've never known the name

Bb--------------------A

That His blood would claim me

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CHORUS

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BRIDGE

Gm--------------F--Gm-------F

I'm giving up myself, total surrender

Gm------------------------------------F

Breathe new life into me, breathe new life into me

-------------Dm-----------------------C

Breathe new life into me, breathe new life into me

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Breathe new life into me, breathe new life into me

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CHORUS

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COMMENTARY

Well, this is the first song I ever wrote that was not from my own individual perspective of who God is. I'm definitely not "fatherless" nor would I refer to "white" people as "strange" people. I wrote this song right after moving back from Mozambique so our family could be on furlough, and the poverty and need that is in Africa was still very much ringing in my ears. So this song is written from the perspective of an orphaned village child, who just met missionaries who came to the village for the first time. He doesn't know quite what to think the first time he/she sees the first white person they've ever seen. They also bring a message about this man named Jesus, which he/she isn't sure they agree about this guy. The child doesn't accept Jesus at first, then the missionaries leave. The orpahan realiazes in the end, that the strange feeling he felt inside (the Holy Spirit's comfort) was living, real and active. He/she now wants a savior who loves him as his son/daughter, and accepts Jesus as King over his heart.

Psalm 71

PSALM 71

Jonas Jung

(c) 2010

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VERSE 1

C----------G-----------------Am-F-C----------------G-----Am-F

In You oh Lord I have taken refuge, let me never be put to shame

C------------------G-------Am-F-Am------------G-------------F

Rescue me in your righteousness, turn Your ear to me and save me

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CHORUS

--------C-------G-----------------Am------F

Be my rock of refuge where I can always go

--------------C--------G------------------Am------------------------F

Give the command to save me oh God, for You are my rock and my fortress

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VERSE 2

C---------------------G-------Am-F-----C--------------G-----Am---F

You are my hope oh Sovereign Lord, my confidence since I was young

-------C-----------G------Am-F--Am---------------G-----------------------F

From birth I have relied on You, for you brought me forth from my mother's womb

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CHORUS

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BRIDGE

----C--------G--------F----Am------------G

My lips will shout with joy, when I sing my praise to You

C---------F---------Dm-----------G

I've been redeemed, I have been redeemed

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COMMENTARY

In my own personal quiet times with the Lord I was reading out of Psalms quite a bit. For some reason this one popped out at me and I put some music to it. This one was also featured on the demo album Wholly Yours.

The Almighty's Hand

THE ALMIGHTY'S HAND

Jonas Jung

(c) 2010

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VERSE 1:

E----------------B-----C#m--------------A---E------------B-----------C#m--A

As I look out to creation into the African plains, I see Your beautiful mysteries

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CHORUS

E------------------------B

You are the Lord and we lift Your name on high

F#m--------------------------A----------B

We give You praises Lord, we lift up our praises Lord

-------E---------------B

Your Spirit of Truth is our only hope

F#m--------------------------A------B

Pour down Your mercy on us loving mercy on us now

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VERSE 2

E-------------------B----------------------------C#m----------------A

As I look upon the "smoke that thunders" does it truly flow from the palm of Your hand

C#m--B------------A

Oh, the Almighty's hand

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CHORUS

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COMMENTARY

I remember when I first began to write this song. Our family was on a road trip around Southern Africa, and we had just gotten done seeing the famous Victoria Falls on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. I was totally in awe of the raw power that came in the form of thousands of gallons of water flowing down. That day we had passed a statue of David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary to Africa in the 1800's and the first white person to discover the falls. Engraved at the bottom of the statue was a quote from his journal about when he discovered "the smoke that thunders." He said, "surely this must flow from the Almighty's Hand." I thought it was great imagery, and I was honestly in the same awe that he was in, only hundreds of years later. On our way back to the hotel we were staying the chorus just popped into my head. I finished the song at the hotel, and recorded it with Elias on the Wholly Yours demo album.

Oceans

OCEANS

Jonas Jung

(c) 2010

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VERSE 1

----------C#m--B--A------------------C#m---------B----------A

When I'm weak You hold me, when I'm down on my knees You listen

---------C#m----------------B--A--------C#m-------------B--------A

When I throw myself in Your arms, when I put my trust in You, You take me

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CHORUS

----------E---------C#m----------B-------A

Spirit of God rescue me from this ocean of tears

---------------E-C#m-------------B----------------A

Crying out to You save me from this whirlwhind of fears

-----------------C#m---B---------------A

Take me in Your arms, take me in Your arms again

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VERSE 2

---------C#m--------B-------A-----------------C#m-B-------A

When I stumble and fall You catch me, when I'm hungry You feed me

--------C#m-B----A--------------------C#m------B---------A

When I thirst you give me drink, when I fall on my face You hear my plea

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CHORUS

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COMMENTARY

This song, looking back, was written out of desperation for God to intervene in what seemed like a hopeless situation at the time. I was in a struggle between deciding to believe what one of my best friends thought was God's will and what I was hearing myself as God's will. I thought at the time of writing that fulfilling what I was hearing from God was going to cost my friendship, but God came through and "rescued me from this ocean of tears."

TEACHING ON WORSHIP AT THE YWAM DTS

Teaching on Worship at the YWAM DTS
One of the really cool things that can happen in a healthy environment on the mission field is what I would call CROSS-POLLINATION, when different missions organizations and churches can work together in unity and share resources. We have just such a relationship with the other missions agencies here in Lichinga, Mozambique. One of the organizations that we work closely with here is YWAM, or Youth With A Mission.

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Denis, the DTS, or Discipleship Training School leader with YWAM, invited me to come and teach the DTS students on the subject of worship. I was thrilled that he had asked and agreed to come and teach. Today I taught from 9:00am to 12:30pm on subjects surrounding worship such as: sitting at Jesus’ feet vs. being busy in ministry, the throne room of God, our response to the love of God, lifestyle worship and worship as a weapon. The 15 or so students were very attentive, taking notes through the whole class. Some students were moved so much that they asked if I could come back and teach more on the subject. I feel honored that my limited understanding on the subject of worship could bless them so much. It seems as though I am now in a season of teaching in Bible Schools, as I am also currently teaching through the gospel of Mark at our Great Harvest School of Ministry on the IRIS base. I am loving it. I especially love teaching students that are hungry for more of God and His Word.
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Christian Jung

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NOTES ON WORSHIP
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Sitting at Jesus’ Feet vs. Being Busy in Ministry
In the story of Mary and Martha In Luke 10:38-42 we find that Jesus commends Mary for choosing to sit at His feet, gleaning all she could from the Savior while Martha was busy serving. Jesus wasn’t saying that serving wasn’t important but that all of our serving should come as a result of being in the presence of God. We can do things FOR God or we can do things WITH God. God tells the church of Sardis in Revelation 3:1 that they have a reputation of being alive but are dead. There is the illustration of when you go to cut the head off of a chicken to kill it; when you cut the head off of the chicken, the body of the chicken continues to flap around, with a lot of movement, yet the chicken is in fact, dead. The church today needs to beware of the danger of being busy about the work of God, with a lot of movement and a lot of programs, yet being detached from the Head of the Body of Christ, who is Christ Himself. Worship is about sitting at the feet of Jesus in adoration of Him.
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The Throne Room of God
Something I do a lot of times in my own personal times of worship is to read passages about the throne room of God from Revelation and imagine the throne room as I worship. In Revelation 4:3 it talks about there being a rainbow around the throne of God, as well as mentions different precious stones. What causes this rainbow? We know that rainbows are caused from pure, white light being refracted through something, let’s say a diamond or precious stone. As the pure white light shines through the diamond, it refracts a beautiful rainbow of colors. 2 Corinthians 4:6-7 says that we have this treasure in earthen vessels. I believe that each of us Christ followers can be like a diamond or precious stone in the hand of the Father, and as He shines His pure, white light into us, we refract His glory in worship through expressions of worship, each differently in the unique way in which He designed us, like different precious stones do as well. And around the throne of God, our worship is like the colors of the rainbow. It also mentions later in Revelation that there are people from every tribe, tongue and nation around the throne of God. Imagine the different colors of the rainbow as God’s pure, white light shines into every tribe, tongue and nation around the throne of God in heaven, and how each group refracts God’s glory differently in its’ own unique expressions of worship.
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Our Response to the Love of God
We know that we love God because He first loved us. Worship is our response to God’s unconditional love for us. The key is to worship God, or express our love to God, in every circumstance in life. It is easy to sing songs of praise and worship to God when things are all going well in our life. But what about when things aren’t going so well? Or what about when we face difficulties? Do we respond in worship? We can take Job’s example from Job 1:20 when his response to the most difficult of situations was to worship the Lord. As we worship God in the beauty of His holiness, and in His wonderful presence, all of our difficult situations seem to fade away into the background, and even disappear. In His presence, everything changes.
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Lifestyle Worship
In Romans 12:1-2 we find out that we can present ourselves to the Lord as living sacrifices unto Him, and that our lives actually are worship to God as we remain completely surrendered to Him on the altar. In the Old Testament, the Levites were given precise instructions on how to kill the animal that was to be sacrificed to God. And as the smoke of the sacrifice rose to the heavens, God was pleased by the aroma. The problem with living sacrifices is that they often want to crawl back off of the altar. Even as living sacrifices, we need to reckon ourselves as crucified with Christ and remain on the altar of God. As we do this, our lives become a sweet aroma as worship before God. We can worship God as we just live life; when we go to work, or are doing chores around the house. Worship isn’t just about singing songs to God at church. Worship is about living a life fully surrendered to God.
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Worship as a WeaponWe need to understand that the Lord inhabits the praises of His people. One thing that the enemy, Satan, and the other fallen angels or demons cannot stand is the the worship of God’s people. At the sound of God’s saints worshipping the Lord, the enemy must flee. Why? Because Satan fell from heaven because He wanted to be exalted above the throne of God, in worship. When Christ-followers worship God, Satan is defeated as his desire is to receive the focus and attention. We can see evidence of the power of praise and worship in 2 Chronicles 20 where God has His people, Israel, place the worshippers on the front lines of the battle. As they played their instruments and sang songs to YHWH, their enemies were defeated without even lifting a sword. There is power in praise and worship. When we are under attack from the enemy, Satan, we should worship God as it is a key weapon in our fight against the evil one.

MAKING INDIGENOUS YAO INSTRUMENTS

Making Indigenous Yao Instruments
Coke bottles. Old used guitar strings. Scraps of wood. Bottle caps. Nails. From a Western mentality, these would be things found in the green recycled bins that are in front of homes every week to be taken away. But here in Africa, these are the elements that make up indigenous instruments that are used to worship our Lord Jesus Christ. They replace things such as electric guitars, bass guitars and keyboards which are found in churches and used by worship teams across the United States and Europe.
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Since we have been here in Mozambique, working among the Yao people of the Niassa province, we have been asking the Lord to release the indigenous sounds that lie dormant within the Yao believers. Since the Muslims came over 100 years ago, and the Yao people embraced Islam, it has been difficult for the Yao people, even believers, to be musical people. Often, we have seen the Yao people borrow sounds from the Chichewa, Nyanja or Makhua people after conversion, yet it seems as though their own indigenous expression of worship has somehow become lost. This is what we are praying will be drawn out of the Yao believers we are discipling.
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Last Sunday during the church service, I was observing a young man, Kaisi, who is a new believer and who has just been baptized along with his wife. He was really engaged in the worship of YHWH, and was clapping in time with the songs with beautiful rhythm. It was then that the Lord spoke to me about Kaisi becoming a worship leader in the Church of Assumane. I felt as though the Lord was showing me that he would lead a group of young people from the church in making indigenous Yao instruments, and teaching them how to play them, practicing weekly for the worship time in church on Sunday mornings.
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Today, we saw some history in the making. Kaisi brought a group of youth who have been involved in the church to begin making these indigenous Yao instruments. We all met in our temporary grass church building. I have seen some things that other African tribes have used across Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania for their worship instruments, and brought a big box full of those things, which can be found along dirt roads in any given Yao village, along with a hammer and saw, and let them at it. We talked together. I read Psalm 150 about the different instruments used to praise the Lord. Kaisi prayed. Then the fun began. These guys began to make some of the coolest indigenous instruments I have seen yet here in Africa. Then the cool thing is how they made them sound along with Yao worship songs after they had finished making them. They will now continue to look for other materials found locally to make more instruments, and will practice every week under Kaisi’s leadership. The Yao people of Niassa are finding their sound! Praise the Lord!!!
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Christian Jung

Let It Rain

LET IT RAIN

Jonas Jung

(c) 2010

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VERSE 1

D--------G-----------------D-----A---------Em---------------G

Love is pouring from Your heart, grace and mercy from Your Spirit

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CHORUS

-------Em-C---G-----D-----------Em

Let it rain down, let it rain down on me

Em----C-------G-----D-----------Em

Let it rain down, let it rain down on me

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VERSE 1

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CHORUS

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BRIDGE

Em---------C-------G---------D

Showers of mercy, showers of grace

Em---------C------------G-------------D

Love and redemption they light up my face

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COMMENTARY

This song was written after our family graduated from the Iris Ministries Harvest School of Missions (HS11) and I was hungry and thirsty for the fullness of the Holy Spirit. I was ready for God to completely rain down on me.

Once More

ONCE MORE

Jonas Jung and Elias Wilcox

(c) 2009

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VERSE 1

G----------------Em------------C-------------Am------------D

Once more I will thank You, for giving up Your life and saving mine

G----------------Em----------------C--------Am----------D

Once more I will give my praise, for what You did to set us free

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CHORUS

----------------G--------------Em--------------C--Am-D

Your the only One I could ever know, that could save us all

----------------G--------------Em--------------C--Am--D

Your the only One I could ever know, that could save my soul

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VERSE 2

G-----------------Em-------------------C-----Am------D

Once more we will sing to You a song of worship to You alone

G------------------Em--------------------C---------Am---------D

Once more we will give You praise for the blood you shed on that tree

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CHORUS

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BRIDGE

G---------------------Em--------------------C---------B7

For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son to die for us

G----------------------Em----------C---------------B---C---D

And whoever trusts in Him shall not die but have eternal life

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CHORUS

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COMMENTARY

I started writing this song while I was in Poland in 2009. I was dwelling on how much Jesus gave so that we can be set free. It came out of a place of complete awe that a God so wonderful and majestic wold give his perfect life up to save me, and the rest of the world. Then our family moved to Mozambique as missionaries in late 2009. There I met my good friend and brother in Christ Elias who helped me finish the song by adding a chorus. We recorded the song and it can be found on our demo album Wholly Yours.

WORSHIP MINISTRY IN POLAND

It's been a while since I have made a blog post this web-log. My family and I have been missionaries in Poland over the past nine months and are leaving from Poland to Mozambique in less than two weeks. Since we have been in Poland, we have continued to minister in the area of worship. I have been a part of the worship team at the evangelical church in Piotrków-Trybunalski, helping to develop the young people on the team in worship leadership. I haven't learned the Polish language fluently, but I was able to have one of my original songs, "Thanks To You" translated into Polish. I invested in Pro-Tools, a sweet recording program, for our lap-top computer before we left for Poland from the U.S. I was able to record each of the members of the worship team with their various instruments, and came up with a beautiful Polish version of "Thanks To You," which I have released as a CD single here in Poland. Please feel free to listen to and/or dowload this single in Polish and English on the sidebar to the right. I hope you enjoy it. I think the people here in Poland have enjoyed this song as well as others of my originals. They are even being played now on a Polish radio station!

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One thing I have thought about so much these past nine months is how important it is for Christ-followers of different nations to come up with their own indigeneous expression of worship. I mean, it is nice that I could have one of my songs translated into Polish, but it is still a song from an American Christ-follower's heart being sung in a different language. So many of the worship songs we sing on Sunday mornings here in Poland are familiar worship songs that have been translated from English to Polish. I mean, they sound great, and it is cool for us to be able to know the familiar tunes and learn them in Polish. But I really believe that worship flowing from the Polish heart to the throne of God is precious. I have been encouraging believing Polish musicians and song-writers to really explore the idea of coming up with a truly Polish expression of worship. On the CD single we recorded, I am excited because two of the musicians are classically trained here in Poland, so there is a little bit of that indigenous feel to it. I want to develop this thought more, and hope to write more on this in future blog posts. In Africa, our hope will be to continue to experience new, indigenous expressions of worship, and capture them by recording new albums.

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Since we have been in Poland, I have re-released my first two albums, "Make Me Clean," and "Reckless Abandon." The reason being is that I have been asked to perform these original songs at various concerts and worship events. That way they have been available for people to purchase if they liked the music. We have sold many and given many away. I was also able to sing these original songs, as well as lead worship in cities all over Poland, as well as in Germany, England and Latvia. I am including some videos below which capture glimpses of the experiences we have had worshipping our Lord cross-culturally here in Europe.

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Live Concert at the Evangelical Church in Piotrków-Trybunalski, Poland

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Live Concert at the Cultural Center in Piotrków-Trybunalski, Poland

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Playing Bass in the Worship Team in Zakosciela, Poland

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Leading Worship at a Russian Speaking Worship Event in Riga, Latvia

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Leading Worship at an All-Night Worship Event in Robezkrogs, Latvia

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Leading Worship at a Three Day Evangelical Outreach in Warsaw, Poland

Always By My Side

ALWAYS BY MY SIDE
Christian Jung and Jonas Jung
(c) 2009

VERSE 1
D---------A----------------------Bm------------G
There is nothing I could say that would take Your love away
D----------A---------------------Bm------------G
There is nothing I could do that would keep me from You
D----------A---------------------Bm------------G
There is nothing in this world that could tear us apart
D----------A--------------------Bm----------G
There is nothing more I need than You in my heart

CHORUS
D---------------G
You, You’re never gonna leave me
D------G-----------------------Bm------A----------------G
For now and for eternity You are always by my side
D-----G------------------------D----------------G
No, nothing separates me from the love that You have given me
Bm-------A-----------------G---------Bm-----A----------------G
You are always by my side, and I will love You all my life

VERSE 2
D----------A------------------Bm--------------G
There is one thing I can say, You are with me all the way
D----------A-----------------Bm-----------G
There is one thing I can do, it’s to give my life to You
D----------A-----------------Bm--------------G
There is one thing that I know, I was called from the start
D----------A------------------Bm-----------------G
There is one thing that I need, and it’s You in my heart

BRIDGE
Em------------------Asus--A---Em------------Asus--A
Your love it never changes, my life it rearranges

King of Glory

KING OF GLORY

Jonas Jung and Christian Jung

(c) 2009

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VERSE 1

E-------A-----E-------A-----E----------------A--E

King of glory, Lord of heaven shine upon Your children

A---------C#m----------B

We will go down on our faces to worship the King

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CHORUS

E--------A------C#m-------------A--------B

There's only one voice that could shake the heavens

E--------A------C#m-------------A----------------B

There's only one man that could change the Earth forever

E------A--------C#m--A-------------------B---------------E

There will be one day, every nation will bow at the feet of Jesus

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VERSE 2

E-------A-----E------A-----E--------------A--E

King of glory, God Almighty fall upon Your children

A-----------C#m----------B

We will bow down on our knees to worship the King

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CHORUS

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BRIDGE

G#m---------------------E----------B

One day every knee will bow at the sound of Your voice

G#m-A--------------------E-------B

One day every tongue will confess Jesus Christ is Lord

B-------C------B

Jesus Christ is Lord

Revival

REVIVAL

Jonas Jung

(c) 2010

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VERSE 1

-----Em---------------------C

He's not just a painting in a stained-glass window

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He's not just a man on the wall

------Em------------C------G----------------------D

He's alive and He's ready to turn this world upside down

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CHORUS

G--------D-------Em-----------C

Revival, revival, revival in this city

G--------D-------Em-----------C

Revival, revival, revival in this nation

G--------D-------Em-----------C

Revival, revival, revival in this land

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VERSE 2

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He's not just a clay figure staring back at you

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He's not just a man in a book

------Em-----------C--------G---------------------D

He's alive and He's ready, to turn this nation upside down

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CHORUS

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COMMENTARY

During the time I was writing this, I was living in Mozambique, but I was reflecting back on the 9 months we spent living in Poland as missionaries. many of the Catholics in Poland are strongly religious but have no personal relationship with Jesus. I was crying out to God in this song, wanting Him to come down and save Poland from their religiosity and come into the realization that He is very much real and very much alive today.

Wholly Yours

WHOLLY YOURS

Jonas Jung

(c) 2009

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VERSE 1

D------------------------A-------------D---------------A

Come closer to the Father, let's come worship at His feet

D--------------------------A-----D-----------------A

Come closer to the Father, He's calling out our names

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PRECHORUS 1

Em------------------A---Em-----A

Calling us into His arms, who am I?

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CHORUS

D-------------------Bm------------Em

Wholly Yours, I am Yours to take, mold me, shape me

D-------------------Bm------------Em------------------A

Wholly Yours, I am Yours to take, mend me, make me brand new again

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VERSE 2

D------------------------A------D--------------A

Come closer to the Father, my Glorious living God

D------------------------A-----D---------------A

Come closer to the Father, His shining face upon us

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PRECHORUS 2

Em---A---Em-----A

He's alive, who am I?

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CHORUS

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BRIDGE

G--------------------A

My soul finds rest in God and God alone

Em-------------------------------------G-------A

Shout with joy to God, all the Earth will sing His praise

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CHORUS

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COMMENTARY

This was the first worship song that I ever wrote. I was 12, and our family was living in Poland as missionaries at the time. I don't remember what inspired me to write my first worship song, but I know it was driven out of a place of wanting to know God more intimately than before. I also remember wanting to completely surrender to His will. Out of these feelings came this song of adoration to Jesus.

THOUGHTS ON WORSHIP

Greetings Worship Team Members!
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Thank you guys so much for praying for Nick. NICK: We've got you covered in prayer, brother...Hope your interview goes great! Our time of worship was sweet last Sunday. But, hey, nothing new, right? We always have awesome times of worship. Thanks again to the team that went to Church! At Bethany this last week.
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I've been thinking about things these last few weeks I have with you. I know that I've been able to, at times, hand down what limited knowledge and experience I have gained in the area of leading worship over the past year. And I would like to give you all a little more, if you don't mind. I have come to learn that there is a definite difference between leading a time of singing, and engaging people through Spirit-filled, Spirit-led worship leading. In one sense, you can pick up a guitar or a microphone, recite lyrics off of a piece of paper and hope that other people follow along. I felt this way quite a bit, to be honest, when I first was thrust into being the worship leader at a small church in Hayward, California. I was 21 years old and had only been really playing guitar for 2 years. Believe me, it was a struggle to barely get through the set of worship songs, let alone to be able to get a feel for where the congregation was at. In fact, there was probably some sense of disconnect between my logical mind and with my heart, soul and spirit. My logical mind was usually consumed with things like, "I am playing the right chord," or, "Does my voice sound good or lousy," or, "Gosh-dang! That stinkin' drummer better start getting it right." The logical mind can be a real hindrance to engaging people in true worship. These are things that were, in part, due to my immaturity in leading worship. But I think that they could have also been, in part, due to my everyday worship experience or lack thereof. Believe me, when you struggle to find intimacy with God during the week, you're going to struggle with bringing others into that intimacy with God on the weekend.
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Engaging people through Spirit-filled, Spirit-led worship leading is more than an art. It's a lifestyle. A good question to ask yourself, whether or not your are the worship leader or a worship team member is this: Am I leading people to the feet of Jesus through my life-style on a day to day basis? People who I have met that are some of the most anointed worshippers, worship team members and worship leaders have been those who it is refreshing to be around. Their hearts beat in unison with God's heart. They are people who have a direct line to God- not that we all don't have that access through Jesus...but with these people it is very evident. This is what we should all be striving for. I believe that Galations 5:16 refers to this as, "Walking in the Spirit," or in another version, "Living by the Spirit."
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Sunday mornings, or whenever else we are involved in a congregational worship setting should simply be an overflow of this lifestyle. On a practical level, singing the songs that are on a sheet in front of you from your heart, and not just from your memory, will help you in your worship of God as a worship leader on a Sunday morning. If you, as a worship leader (by the way, all of us on the worship team are worship leaders) are connected with God as you are singing, playing, etc., I believe that the next step is that of a priest. The job of priests in the Old Testament was to take God's hand, and take the hand of the people, and join them together. Being connected to God ourselves is the first step. Understanding where the congregation is at, and knowing how best to connect them to God through leading worship can be a bit more challenging. This is where the Holy Spirit must be counted on for guidance. I believe that an acuteness to the Spirit of God in worship leading is something that can be nurtured. If your spirit is aware of what is going on in the spiritual realm, it often enables you to get a good pulse of where others are at around you. Sounds pretty "spooky spiritual," I know. But this is true. I think that asking God for this sense of things would be a profitable in this...both on Sunday mornings as well as at all times. Here are some other practical things that help with this (not logically minded...practical): Try not to be overly tied to the music in front of you (becoming more familiar with the songs and chord progressions...this will help you to look and see what is going on...although this at times can trip you up as different people worship in different ways. Don't count on this...just be free enough to be aware of your surroundings). Also, don't be so overly concerned with your voice or instrument that worship becomes more of a performance. If God wanted that He would of created clowns to put on an act instead of angels and people that worship in Spirit and in truth before His throne. A lousy, off-key voice or instrument can definitely be a hindrance in leading a congregation in worship...even a lousy sound mix can be. But again, if you are more into what is going on spiritually, rather than physically, I find that this stuff tends to fall into place. It does also take some practice. Singing and playing are gifts given by God to be developed.
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You know those Sundays where it seems as though you, the rest of the worship team and the congregation were so close to the Father during the worship time that you just don't want to leave that place...you want to hang on to that moment. That is what I'm talking about. These aren't formulas that I am giving you. Again, these are just things in my limited experience that I have been able to glean. Hope these things make sense. If not, sorry. I am also limited in my grasp of the English language in regards to spiritual things at times. I love you guys so much and it has been an honor these past years to be involved in the worship team ministry at Whipple Creek Church.
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Catch up with you on Sunday.
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Grace and peace,
Christian