Our Rising Sound » Unintentional Worship http://www.ourrisingsound.com Where music, culture and worship meet. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:24:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2006-2007 kyle@ourrisingsound.com (Our Rising Sound) kyle@ourrisingsound.com (Our Rising Sound) music 1440 http://www.ourrisingsound.com/wp-content/images/ORS_podcast_logo_144x144.png Our Rising Sound http://www.ourrisingsound.com 144 144 Where music, culture and worship meet. We interview pastors and worship leaders, tackle tough church/culture and theological issues, and publish useful tools and resources for worship leaders including free worship loops and backtracks. Visit us at www.OurRisingSound.com christian, music, God, church, worship, christianity, resource Our Rising Sound Our Rising Sound kyle@ourrisingsound.com no no Trying to catch the deluge in a paper cup http://www.ourrisingsound.com/2011/09/02/trying-to-catch-the-deluge-in-a-paper-cup/ http://www.ourrisingsound.com/2011/09/02/trying-to-catch-the-deluge-in-a-paper-cup/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:51:10 +0000 Kyle http://www.ourrisingsound.com/?p=2957 The great Neil Finn opens his hit song “Don’t Dream It’s Over” (during his Crowded House tenure) with this lyric:

There is freedom within, there is freedom without

Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup

I was listening to this as I drove to work and the lyric resonated with me in a fresh way on many diverse levels. Here are some of the thoughts that came to mind…

  • deluge is God’s goodness and blessing — paper cup is this fragile, breath of a life
  • deluge is the weight and depth of scripture — paper cup is my slow and shallow mind
  • deluge is the mission God’s placed me and my church on — paper cup are these weak and incapable hands
  • deluge is God’s strength and empowerment for mission — paper cup is this desperate heart and these weak and incapable hands
  • deluge is God’s mercy on my life — paper cup is this stubborn and sinful heart
  • deluge is God’s calling on my life — paper cup is my prideful mind telling me I deserve more
  • deluge is God’s provision on my life — paper cup is my selfish heart telling me I deserve more
  • deluge is God’s sovereign reign — paper cup is everything

Where we get into trouble is when the deluge and paper cup trade places. Then all of a sudden God’s goodness, blessing, mission, strength, mercy, provision, sovereignty all become small and weak, and then my fragility, my prideful and weak mind, incapable hands, desperate stubborn selfish and sinful heart become the deluge.

Don’t get it twisted. God is a deluge and we’re paper cups.

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]]> http://www.ourrisingsound.com/2011/09/02/trying-to-catch-the-deluge-in-a-paper-cup/feed/ 1 Unintentional Worship: Landon Pigg – Sailed On http://www.ourrisingsound.com/2008/08/01/unintentional-worship-landon-pigg-sailed-on/ http://www.ourrisingsound.com/2008/08/01/unintentional-worship-landon-pigg-sailed-on/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:34:31 +0000 Kyle http://www.ourrisingsound.com/?p=145 This is a blog series I like do where I examine “secular” songs that if sung with a different heart, perhaps a different perspective or a changed line here or there would make for a wonderful worship song. This really is an exercise in showing how these songs could be redeemed to worship the Father. Today I bring you “Sailed On” (<-playable link) by Landon Pigg, an absolutely incredible song. I imagine these words being song over us by God as a rebuke of our religious lifestyles and failure to abide.

Please don’t do what I say
Cause if you don’t love me, its worthless anyway
Please don’t trouble yourself
You’ll only go away in the end

Please don’t follow all my commands
Cause whats the point in that
I keep hoping that all of your plans
Will fall through the roof

Chorus:
Like two ships passing in the night we’re gone
Only the moon and the stars in the sky did know
To cry for me
As I sailed on

Please don’t trouble yourself
I only want your love
You keep giving me your help
Oh please stop playing along
You know your wasting your energy
And your breaking my heart

(Chorus)

Oh I can just see it now (I can see it now)
Your recklessly in love
Your hearts boiling over
Oh I can just see it now
Your coming around

In ministry I can’t tell you how many times I could relate to the lines, “Like 2 ships passing in the night we’re gone.” Feeling like I’m moving but not sure if I actually asked God if this is where I should be heading or stop to notice if I left God behind a long time ago. Another convicting line is, “I only want your love and you keep giving me your help“, how easy it is for me to replace love for service and activity.

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]]> http://www.ourrisingsound.com/2008/08/01/unintentional-worship-landon-pigg-sailed-on/feed/ 0 Unintentional worship songs: Ryan Adams – Desire http://www.ourrisingsound.com/2008/07/18/unintentional-worship-songs-ryan-adams-desire/ http://www.ourrisingsound.com/2008/07/18/unintentional-worship-songs-ryan-adams-desire/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:00:14 +0000 Kyle http://www.ourrisingsound.com/?p=131 Sometimes when listening to great music I think, man this song would be such an amazing worship song if they knew Jesus. A changed phrase here and there, changed object of worship, of course a changed heart, and what a powerful worship song it would be. One great example of this to me is a song by Ryan Adams called Desire(<- playable audio link), off his amazing album Demolition.

Not just in lyrics, but the whole vibe of the song, the mood, it’s a very worshipful, mindful, passionate song.

Two hearts fading, like a flower.
And all this waiting, for the power.
For some answer, to this fire.
Sinking slowly. The waters higher.
Desire

With no secrets. No obsession.
This time I’m speeding with no direction.
Without a reason. What is this fire?
Burning slowly. My one and only.
Desire

You know me. You don’t mind waiting.
You just can’t show me, but God I’m praying,
That you’ll find me, and that you’ll see me,
That you run and never tire.
Desire

Man that last verse always gets me, intense. Ryan, chicks will tire but God won’t tire brotha, he’s after you.

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