Song of the Week #4- We Cry Out/ Thoughts about Sunday

This past sunday's contemporary worship service at church was amazing, anointed, refreshing, blessed, and filled with God sightings! Over the last month and a half, I've been in and out of church for various reasons and haven't really been able to play with the band, and man have I missed playing and worshiping with them! All I can say, is that this is one of the most positive, uplifting, encouraging, engaged group of people I've ever met! (I'm on an adjective kick today, can you tell?) I was a little nervous going into the second service because we had a few technical difficulties during the first service and I just didn't know what was going to happen. Well, we had a few more in the second service, but it was so easy to look past them!

After we started the service, I could already feel there was something electric in the room. Over the last few weeks the air in the room doesn't seem as heavy, it's easier to breath in an out. This idea of breathing in and out is the way our worship leader at church describes a worship service. You need to both breath in and breath out, and with this "air" it's been so much easier to do that. I never really thought about that before, breathing in and out. Probably because I do a lot of breathing out all the time. Example: Prayer, I'm always the one telling things to God, but I'm never breathing in His answers. So, this idea of breathing in and out has perplexed and challenged me over the last few weeks.

As the service continues, I'm feeling more relaxed and I'm able to turn around and make contact with the band members and I'm also able to make connections with the congregation instead of staring at my music. The highest point in the service was when we sang "We Cry Out" which has been recorded by Gateway Church in Texas.

Well, when I first heard this song, I just wanted to cry. It's so beautiful, and pure. While thinking about breathing in and out, I've also been thinking about God's different names because of this song. I've heard before that God has many different names but I've never took the time to actually think about them and what they mean. Apparently in the Bible God has something like 210 different names. (Not an exact number) Wow, can you believe that, God has that many names. Now, I have many nicknames, but I don't have anywhere close to that number of names. And the crazier part is that in our own spoken language we all say His names differently. I can only think to ask, "How does He not get confused?"

It may seem to be a funny question, but the answer is, No, He doesn't get confused because He is the Maker of the universe. I just loved singing to Him this past sunday and calling Him by some of His names. I have a new desire, and that is to start learning more names, and to use them during my quiet times and prayer time. If you haven't heard this song, you need to check it out!

Father of life seated on Your throne of grace
It’s only by Your mercy we are saved
Lord, You have said if we call upon Your name
We and our families will be saved

So we cry out Your name
El Shaddai, God of grace
Lord most high, Jesus Christ
We rely on Your grace
Adonai, crowned in praise
Lord most high, Jesus Christ

Father of love never failing to forgive
Each moment is a gift from You to live
We’re only here to tell the world about Your grace
Until the day You take us all away

We will cry out on Your name
El Shaddai, God of grace
Lord most high, Jesus Christ
We rely on Your grace
Adonai, crowned in praise
Lord most high, Jesus Christ