September 01 2009
Sunday Set List: “Adonai, a dead man you found”
Tagged Under : Bluetree, Delirious, Hillsong, Hillsong United, Kyle Campos, Sunday Set List, worship
Almost 1 year ago my family made a trip to Lake Tahoe for a family members wedding. We turned it into a nice vacation time and we just had a blast. But inside I was a mess struggling to deal with the financial burden my family was under. Our business had failed and the combined emotional and financial stress was intense. I woke up in the middle of the night shaking with my mind going crazy and I told my wife, “I think I may be having a nervous breakdown.” I’d never felt like that in my life, I’m usually a pretty calm and collected guy.
We prayed and really sought the Lord and asked for His spirit to heal our minds, hearts and give us wisdom on how to proceed. I really believe God answered those prayers because shortly after returning I was laid off with no severance and went unpaid for 6 months…with no savings. Had I tried to continue handling this weight by myself I may have jumped off a cliff, but instead those months of unemployment were one of the most fruitful times of my life and I thank God for it.
While in Lake Tahoe I started to write a song. The music arrangement came quickly and all I could sing over it was “Adonai“. I didn’t sit down with the intention of using that name for God, but I think God was trying to teach me what him being Lord really meant. I relented and laid down much of my life that I had retained Lordship over that weekend. The rest of the lyrics wouldn’t come until this last week and I decided it was time to sing it at church.
How well it went over I’m not sure, I’ll give it the same grace I give all new songs. A 3 week run and then we’ll review it. The song is called “Live or No Longer Live“, it’s a song of salvation and sanctification and Christ being honored whether we live or no longer live. Much of it is based out of Philippians 1. I will post details on the song and audio recording later this week.
- Rain Down – Delirious (loop not yet available)
- God of This City – Bluetree (loop available)
- Live or No Longer Live – Kyle Campos
- None But Jesus – Hillsong United (loop not yet available)
- Where We Belong – Hillsong (loop available)
This post is part of Fred McKinnon’s Set List Sundays.
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Dude that song was off the charts. I thought the hook was easy to catch, I found myself singing it after 1 or 2 times through. The words hit me hard. I love thruth that it is only Christ that can teach me to live and empower me to live. I loved the song and thank you for bringing it to LCC.
Kyle, I love this song. I more than appreciate the rugged truth that you put into amazing melody. Even just using the name "Adonai" was so powerful to me. I am so thankful to be under your leadership. I am constantly being challenged in worship and I love it. I love how it's almost impossible to just mindlessly sing empty words at LCC. Your faithfulness and humility and obedience is amazing. I am so proud to be your sister. Thank you for sharing this incredible song with us!
Kyle, I hadn't realized that you wrote this song until I read this…..incredible! I loved the song when we sang it….it really touched me that day. But now that I read the story behind it, it just seems to make it so much more real. Thanks for sharing the song and the story behind it. I have to echo Christy in my appreciation for your leadership and creativity!
That bro for the encouragement. I'm glad it was easy to pick up, that was my major concern about the song, was singability. I'm not the best with that, shoot this song is hard for me to sing and I wrote it.
Wow thanks Christy, I love you and I'm proud to be your big bro. Love doing ministry together, it's a real honor.
Thanks Deb, I'm glad the song provided an avenue for God to minister in some way. Actually when I started writing the post I had no intention of sharing the back story, but it just kinda came out. Just realized that both of my songs that are in regular rotation primarily focus on Holy Spirit empowered living-> "How I Live" and "Live or No Longer Live", either I should move onto another subject or I'm extremely stubborn and God is trying to get something through my thick skull