Anberlin - The Unwinding Cable Car
Emotive unstable you're like an unwinding cable car
Listening for voices, but it's the choices that make us who we are
Go your own way, even seasons have changed just burn those new leaves over
So self-absorbed you've seemed to ignore the prayers that have already come about
This is the correlation of salvation and love
Don't drop your arms
Don't drop your arms, I'll guard your heart
With quiet words I'll lead you in
La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la
La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la
Backing away from the problem of pain you never had a home
You've been misguided, you're hiding in shadows for so very long
Don't you believe that you've been deceived? that you're no better than...
The hair in your eyes, it never disguised what you're really thinking of
This is the correlation of salvation and love
(Don't drop your arms)
Don't drop your arms, I'll guard your heart
With quiet words I'll lead you in
This is the correlation of salvation and love
(Don't drop your arms)
Don't drop your arms, I'll guard your heart
With quiet words I'll lead you in
You're so brilliant, don't soon forget
You're so brilliant, grace marked your heart
You're so brilliant, don't soon forget
You're so brilliant, grace marked your heart
You're so brilliant (This is the correlation)
Don't soon forget (Between salvation and love, don't drop your arms)
You're so brilliant (I'll guard your heart)
Grace marked your heart (With quiet words I'll lead you in and out of the dark)
La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la
Don't drop your arms
La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la
This is the correlation of salvation and love (La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la)
(Don't drop your arms)
Don't drop your arms, I'll guard your heart (La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la)
With quiet words I'll lead you in
This is the correlation of salvation and love (La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la)
(Don't drop your arms)
Don't drop your arms, I'll guard your heart (La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la)
With quiet words I'll lead you in
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I would write something about this song... But I think it better for you to think about it yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPOZifPfUsU
Monday
Friday
Holy One
Rush of Fools - Holy One
Face to the ground
I'm not proud
Of all You must see
When You look at me
I tremble at first
As You wash the dirt
The dirt from my feet
And I see my need for Thee
Chorus:
You lift me up
Holy One, Holy One
When I but come
You're enough, You're enough
You fill me up
With your love, with your love
To You I run
Holy One, Holy One
All other noise fades away
Like all of the fear
When Your voice I hear
You're beckoning me
To come and just be
A child at Your feet
Seeing my need for Thee
Chorus
You lift me up
Holy One, Holy One
When I but come
You're enough, You're enough
You fill me up
With your love, with your love
To You I run
Holy One, Holy One
You're enough to satisfy
When the the world has left me only dry
Enough to save my life
When the world has left me here to die
Chorus
You lift me up
Holy One, Holy One
When I but come
You're enough, You're enough
You fill me up
With your love, with your love
To You I run
Holy One, Holy One
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This song is just such a beautiful song, and I could write something about it, but the band has a devotion about the song, and I couldn't say it any better. Here it is:
You Wash the Dirt
When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, "Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is no greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. I am no speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me,' I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever recieves the one I send recieves me, and whoever recieves me recieves the one who sent me. -- John 13:12-20
Most of us know the story of Jesus washing His disciples' feet. And one can imagine that we have taken from this passage the application that we ought to be serving one another, just as Christ did here by leaving us his example to follow. Now while that is an excellent point to be made about this text, it is easy to dig a little deeper into the context of this story to really get the whole picture here. This incredible story tells us more than just to serve one another. It shows the depth of the love Christ: that He made clean those who are dirty. Even though He was the Son of God, he taught us humility in a whole new way.
Yes, Jesus washed His disciples' feet. The same dirty fisherman and good ol' boys that He had spent most of His ministry trying to give some guidance to. The same disciples that would later betray and deny Him completely. Why would He decide to wash the feet of these men? It meant that Jesus was cleaning the feet of men who had no significance to recieve a foot-washing from anyone. And let's also think about this together for a moment. Did Jesus or His disciples wear Nikes or Vans? Um, that's a negative. So do you really think their feet were the cleanest portion of their bodies? Right, negative again. Yet he decided to wash those body parts? Why? To make His point that much clearer. You see, just like their feet, Jesus' disciples were men with dirty hearts. They didn't quite understand completely what Jesus was showing them here. He was displaying the picture that He would have to be the One to make them clean. He had to wash the dirt away from their hearts just as He washed the dirt from their feet. And it's the same with us.
When we think of the price Jesus paid to cleanse us from all our unrighteousness, we tremble in fear. And we should. Once God shows us the depth of our sin and convicts us to repentance, we begin to see how we ought to walk with the humility that Christ did in the text here. The difference is that Jesus was only being the example, because He had nothing to be humble about. He was God then, just as He is now. We, however find ourselves with our faces to the ground when we realize how dirty we are, and how much Jesus had to clean us. And because we have been shown that Jesus has cleansed us just like He did His disciples feet, we see that His open arms are the only ones to run to.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSkPc2gOLlE
Face to the ground
I'm not proud
Of all You must see
When You look at me
I tremble at first
As You wash the dirt
The dirt from my feet
And I see my need for Thee
Chorus:
You lift me up
Holy One, Holy One
When I but come
You're enough, You're enough
You fill me up
With your love, with your love
To You I run
Holy One, Holy One
All other noise fades away
Like all of the fear
When Your voice I hear
You're beckoning me
To come and just be
A child at Your feet
Seeing my need for Thee
Chorus
You lift me up
Holy One, Holy One
When I but come
You're enough, You're enough
You fill me up
With your love, with your love
To You I run
Holy One, Holy One
You're enough to satisfy
When the the world has left me only dry
Enough to save my life
When the world has left me here to die
Chorus
You lift me up
Holy One, Holy One
When I but come
You're enough, You're enough
You fill me up
With your love, with your love
To You I run
Holy One, Holy One
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This song is just such a beautiful song, and I could write something about it, but the band has a devotion about the song, and I couldn't say it any better. Here it is:
You Wash the Dirt
When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, "Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is no greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. I am no speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me,' I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever recieves the one I send recieves me, and whoever recieves me recieves the one who sent me. -- John 13:12-20
Most of us know the story of Jesus washing His disciples' feet. And one can imagine that we have taken from this passage the application that we ought to be serving one another, just as Christ did here by leaving us his example to follow. Now while that is an excellent point to be made about this text, it is easy to dig a little deeper into the context of this story to really get the whole picture here. This incredible story tells us more than just to serve one another. It shows the depth of the love Christ: that He made clean those who are dirty. Even though He was the Son of God, he taught us humility in a whole new way.
Yes, Jesus washed His disciples' feet. The same dirty fisherman and good ol' boys that He had spent most of His ministry trying to give some guidance to. The same disciples that would later betray and deny Him completely. Why would He decide to wash the feet of these men? It meant that Jesus was cleaning the feet of men who had no significance to recieve a foot-washing from anyone. And let's also think about this together for a moment. Did Jesus or His disciples wear Nikes or Vans? Um, that's a negative. So do you really think their feet were the cleanest portion of their bodies? Right, negative again. Yet he decided to wash those body parts? Why? To make His point that much clearer. You see, just like their feet, Jesus' disciples were men with dirty hearts. They didn't quite understand completely what Jesus was showing them here. He was displaying the picture that He would have to be the One to make them clean. He had to wash the dirt away from their hearts just as He washed the dirt from their feet. And it's the same with us.
When we think of the price Jesus paid to cleanse us from all our unrighteousness, we tremble in fear. And we should. Once God shows us the depth of our sin and convicts us to repentance, we begin to see how we ought to walk with the humility that Christ did in the text here. The difference is that Jesus was only being the example, because He had nothing to be humble about. He was God then, just as He is now. We, however find ourselves with our faces to the ground when we realize how dirty we are, and how much Jesus had to clean us. And because we have been shown that Jesus has cleansed us just like He did His disciples feet, we see that His open arms are the only ones to run to.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSkPc2gOLlE
Wednesday
Sometimes you need to let go
Grey Holiday - Let Go
I’ve been holding on
To things like dreams that never seem to die
And I’m not so strong to lay them down
And say my goodbyes
How do you say goodbye?
If there’s a remedy
A break from all my vanity
Then I’m gonna need Your help
If there is hope for me
Pull me down to my knees
Where I’m begging for Your help
To let go
It’s so unnatural
To let all that I’ve planned just slip away
But I would be a fool
To tighten up my hands and be afraid
What I need is faith
I’m walking right up to the edge
I’m bringing everything that’s left of me
I throw my self into Your love
You’ll be the one to lift me up again
As I let go
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I love this song. I love this band.
Have you ever notices how often we get so involved with this life of ours, that we forget where our focus should remain. - The following auote is from Matthew Minor, the lead singer for Grey Holiday, about where this song came from. -
“Let Go” spawned directly from a struggle I was having with songwriting. I had just begun to co-write with some folks in Nashville and not many of my sessions had been very productive – all because of me. I desperately wanted to keep my music the way I wanted it. I was willing to ignore God’s inspiration if it meant I had control. So, Jason Ingram (producer and co-writer of The Glorious Revolution) and I were talking this through and the song “Let Go” was born from our conversation. I realized that I would never be able to follow God’s path if I continued to hold so tightly to my selfish desires. Every once in a while, songs can become therapy – this is one of them.'
I think this song is a wakeup call to us, that it is time to refocus on the only thing that we need.
Let this song be your therapy for the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRNV0fRZM0w
I’ve been holding on
To things like dreams that never seem to die
And I’m not so strong to lay them down
And say my goodbyes
How do you say goodbye?
If there’s a remedy
A break from all my vanity
Then I’m gonna need Your help
If there is hope for me
Pull me down to my knees
Where I’m begging for Your help
To let go
It’s so unnatural
To let all that I’ve planned just slip away
But I would be a fool
To tighten up my hands and be afraid
What I need is faith
I’m walking right up to the edge
I’m bringing everything that’s left of me
I throw my self into Your love
You’ll be the one to lift me up again
As I let go
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I love this song. I love this band.
Have you ever notices how often we get so involved with this life of ours, that we forget where our focus should remain. - The following auote is from Matthew Minor, the lead singer for Grey Holiday, about where this song came from. -
“Let Go” spawned directly from a struggle I was having with songwriting. I had just begun to co-write with some folks in Nashville and not many of my sessions had been very productive – all because of me. I desperately wanted to keep my music the way I wanted it. I was willing to ignore God’s inspiration if it meant I had control. So, Jason Ingram (producer and co-writer of The Glorious Revolution) and I were talking this through and the song “Let Go” was born from our conversation. I realized that I would never be able to follow God’s path if I continued to hold so tightly to my selfish desires. Every once in a while, songs can become therapy – this is one of them.'
I think this song is a wakeup call to us, that it is time to refocus on the only thing that we need.
Let this song be your therapy for the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRNV0fRZM0w
Tuesday
I believe
Everyone is all jacked up about: you have to have a mission statement! What's your purpose? Where do you stand on this that and the other thing? What do you want to accomplish with your life?
How should I know? that's my response. I don't know what my mission statement is. I'm 22, I shouldn't have to worry about that right now. I've got other more pressing matters to think about like:
* what's for dinner?
* did I pay my cellphone bill?
* do I buy this cd or that?
* did I finish that assignment for class?
I'm not trying to avoid adulthood, but I'm content with living in the moment right now. To calm all those qualms out there, here it is.
I believe.
I believe that music is a release. Music is more than notes on the page. Music is a way to express yourself outside of the normal patterns. Music can speak in the silence of night. Music can speak in the shuffle of society. Music can say what the heart feels, before the mind can understand it. Music can create what words fail to.
I believe that my music is my most precious gift. My music is something that only I can give. Without my music this world would seem vacant. My music fills up the moments of monotony. My music is the one thing that I can turn to. The one thing that will never fail me. The one thing that will always comfort me. The one thing that I will always know.
How should I know? that's my response. I don't know what my mission statement is. I'm 22, I shouldn't have to worry about that right now. I've got other more pressing matters to think about like:
* what's for dinner?
* did I pay my cellphone bill?
* do I buy this cd or that?
* did I finish that assignment for class?
I'm not trying to avoid adulthood, but I'm content with living in the moment right now. To calm all those qualms out there, here it is.
I believe.
I believe that music is a release. Music is more than notes on the page. Music is a way to express yourself outside of the normal patterns. Music can speak in the silence of night. Music can speak in the shuffle of society. Music can say what the heart feels, before the mind can understand it. Music can create what words fail to.
I believe that my music is my most precious gift. My music is something that only I can give. Without my music this world would seem vacant. My music fills up the moments of monotony. My music is the one thing that I can turn to. The one thing that will never fail me. The one thing that will always comfort me. The one thing that I will always know.
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