The Tingle: SUNDAY SETLIST (June 27)

Once a month, I partner with a local worship service at Calvary Temple called BEYOND. It’s a great event where people can come together, hear teaching and worship corporately with others from different churches and walks of life. I’m honoured that they would welcome me to lead worship there.

As I was planning for this event.. i was a little nervous. I knew the songs and the themes that I wanted to touch on and sing out but musically I felt a little timid. I’m not very comfortable playing lead guitar while lead worship and my usual lead player (who is brilliant BTW) was unable to join us.

Needless to say i was biting my nails.

You see my nervousness was purely on a musical/technical level.. which is valid…. but in no way is it as important as the true task at hand…. partnering with the Holy Spirit and the lead team at Beyond in creating a space where people can genuinely and authentically go crazy for their God and King.. as we worship him thru these songs. Whether I’m doing a GROUND ZERO event….. or a small group….. it stays the same.

It was great to remind myself of that over the course of the week leading up to the event. It made everything so much simpler.

From the time we started rehearsing the band and I noticed that there was something different happening. And when we were in pre-service prayer… it felt stronger. And as we walked down towards the stage…. it was even stronger. It was electrifying. I dubbed it… “the tingle”. Like a pins and needles feeling in the air… some sort of excitement or anticipation that was almost tangible. And it wasn’t just us – this feeling was shared by many in that room. The atmosphere in that room was alive and vibrant.

These are the tunes from last night.

HOSANNA -A- (Baloche/Brown) We rocked this out quite a bit faster. Felt so good. Gave this song new life for us as a band.
YES YOU HAVE -D- (Leeland)
REMAIN LET GOD ARISE -B- (Tomlin)
OUR GOD -B-(Passion – Redman/Tomlin)
YOUR LOVE NEVER FAILS -A- (McClarney) It was breathtaking to hear people sing the bridge long after we ended the song. We decdied to ramp back into it
FOREVER REIGN -C- (OneSonicSociety)
HOW HE LOVES -C- (McMillan)
YOUR LOVE NEVER FAILS reprise

We flowed thru the first 6 songs for over an hour. Together we all were continually soaking up and singing the truths found in these lyrics. It was a great night of proclaim our love for Him and being reminded of his marvelous love for us!!

“You’ve stolen my heart!”
“You wiped away the stains… and broke away the chains!”
“You are the God who saves us. Worthy of all our praises!”
“He holds the keys of life, our Lord – Death has no sting, no final word”
“Our God is a God who saves!”
“And if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us! And if our God is with us, then what could stand against!”
“You make all things work together for my good”
“When the ocean rage, i don’t have to be afraid for i know that you love me!”
“You are joy, You’re the reason that I sing. You are life, in you death has lost its sting”
“The riches of your love will always be enough. Nothing compares to your embrace”
“He loves us, oh how he loves us!”

How could you not get excited over that?!?! By the end of the night…. people (including myself) had a fresh and renewed perspective on the father’s love for us. He will never desert or forsake us. He is forever faithful to us. He loves hanging out with us. WOW! WOW!! WOW!!!

It was a great time worshipping with the great folks at CT and Beyond. It was also wonderful to worship with my brothers: Jamie, Jeremy, and Eric. They played with such passion, creativity and clarity. They understood the flow and the vibe and just followed. We walked away exhausted yet completely refreshed – our heads and hearts spinning from a wonderful evening of spending time together with our Father.

~db~

PS:  I wonder if anyone else is still feeling the “tingle”! LOL!      -     This is part of the SUNDAY SETLIST blog community. Check it out.