New Music Tuesday

Two recent additions have been receiving pretty heavy play on my iPod these days. They are fairly diverse but I have been enjoying both of them both sonically and lyrically.

The Passion band’s latest release is called “God of This City.” This is a live recording and it captured some of the heart and spirit of the Passion ‘07 Atlanta gathering. As is typical of other Passion recordings, it features a number of different worship leaders like Tomlin, Redman, Crowder, Hall, and Christy Nockels. A nice addition to this release is Fee who brings “We Shine” into the mix. Steve Fee is a dynamic worship leader (7:22) who has a powerful album of his own entitled “Burn for You.”

Honestly, not a ton of new stuff, but that’s ok. One of the new tracks that is speaking to me is Matt Redman’s “God of Our Yesterdays.” The chorus makes this declaration:

Praise You, God of our yesterdays,
Praise You, God who is here today
Praise You, our God as tomorrow comes
Thank you, for grace in our yesterdays
Thank you, for peace in our hearts today
Thank you, our joy as tomorrow comes
We will trust you, God.

Another song is the title track “God of This City” (Greater Things). This song was written and originally recorded by a band from the UK, Bluetree. This too is a song of hope.

Greater things have yet to come
Great things are still to be done in this city
Where glory shines from hearts alive
With praise for you and love for you
In this city …

Do you believe it?

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21)

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