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Praise God
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I'm a young contemporary Christian music leader/songwriter and church leader (I'm an ordained minister in the Church of England). My passion is to see Christ known. For everybody who knows me, having anything to do with the internet is a miracle (it takes me weeks to read my e-mails!). Im 32 and I was brought up in Manchester, knowing about God but never knowing God within my life. After a very difficult teenage period and getting into a lot of trouble I somehow found myself passing my exams and getting to university. Amazingly for some I actually came away from uni with a degree, and my wife and I went to live and work in Hertfordshire. Whilst there I was challenged by God on an Alpha course and I met Jesus as my Saviour. We worshipped at St. Andrews Chorleywood where I found great strength in knowing that Jesus is real in my life. After a number of years I found myself being called into the ordained ministry and in 2003 I was ordained into the Church of England (how this has happened Im yet to understand!). As well as serving in my local church Ive continued to lead worship at a number of different events and have led the music and teaching for church away days/weekends in various churches across the UK. I have been writing for a number of years and have a large folder of songs that have been an outpouring of my love for God. Ive never found the push to be pro-active with sending my material away, however recently I was very surprised to hear that my songs have been taken by others and used in Africa, Spain France and Jamaica as well as a number of churches across the UK. This led to a friend of mine setting this link up but with funds being tight I can only afford the free download (I hope you like it). My song writing always seems to be very basic but hopefully it represents part of a journey with God - a journey on which I have always sought to keep the Cross and the Resurrection central in my life.
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Genre
Pop Christian Pop
Charts
#204 today
#29 in subgenre
Author
Pat Nesbitt
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Copyright © 2004 Pat Nesbitt
Uploaded
September 06, 2006
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MP3 2.9 MB 128 kbps 3:10
Story behind the song
I have always been inspired by Ken Thomas’ doxology and the way people like William Kethe, Andy Piercy and Dave Clifton have used this passage within their music to support the importance of our worship being Trinitarian. Whilst preparing to lead the musical worship for a leader’s away day, I began to pray - asking God to focus our worship and to teach us afresh how to worship. I was reflecting upon Revelations’ account of the four living creatures and in particular Revelation 4:9 – 10. “Whenever the living creatures give glory, honour and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever”. I began to use Ken Thomas’ words as a ‘platform’ for my own private devotion and found myself singing this song. I used it later that week for the leader’s day and found that the balance of old (the verse) and new (the tune and chorus) resonated with a number of people and so ‘Praise God’ was born.
Lyrics
Verse: Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise him, all creatures here below. Praise him above, you heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Chorus: Give glory to our God, Give glory to our God, Give glory to our God, Who reigns on high.
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