The charismatic worship formula is pretty well defined and though we don’t follow it in many ways, we do follow it in at least one way…fast songs first. And truthfully this is always the hardest portion of the set list for me for a few reasons, but one major reason being, there just aren’t very many good up tempo worship songs. Most are either super churchy and cheesy or sound like a Kids Incorporated tune. So I have a very limited rotation on the up tempo songs and often it feels like I’m force fitting them into the set.

This week I just had enough of it and said I’m not force fitting anything. Instead I opened with a couple mid tempo songs, though both are high intensity (Burning Ones especially). I thought the transition from our opening instrumental/prayer into Where We Belong was the smoothest opening we’ve ever done. I thought the response was fantastic and God was praised and magnified from the get go. I’m not saying we will never play an up tempo song to open again, but I am saying I won’t force fit them again, so you’ll probably be hearing less of them.

LCC I’d love to hear your thoughts on how you felt it went. Comment publicly with your encouragement and file all complaints with my secretary and she’ll forward them to me.

1. Puritan prayer
2. Where We Belong – Hillsong (loop available)
3. Burning Ones – Jesus Culture (loop available)
4. My Soul Sings – Delirious (loop available)
5. The Solid Rock – Edward Mote (loop available)
6. Jesus Paid It All – Elvina Hall (loop available)

p.s. I don’t have a secretary

I’ve heard this song quite a few times, but never like I heard it on Mars Hill’s Good Friday service. I heard the words in a new way, the arrangement was incredibly moving and I was broken. I probably listened to it 100 times for the next couple weeks. It really is one of the best arrangements of any hymn I’ve ever heard. Chad Gardner and the Mars Hill team did an INCREDIBLE job on this song.

This loop follows Mars Hill’s arrangement very closely. There are some instrumentation changes here and there, but really any credit for creativity must goto Chad Gardner and team for this. The first time we played this song with this loop in our Sunday service was absolutely incredible, one of the best worship times I’ve experienced. God did a lot of work in our hearts that day.

If you don’t have Reason and need some instruments muted, just let me know.

Remember to vote on the loop below, this really helps me get a sense of what folks find useful. Also it is used to calculate top loops widget in sidebar for people to quickly see the better loops.

Song: Jesus Paid It All by Elvina Hall (arrangement by Chad Gardner), Album “Good Friday Service”
Key: Am
Bpm: 78 (3/4)

Section: Time (bar)

• Intro
• Piano In: 0:36 (17)
• Band In: 0:55 (25)
• Verse 1: 1:50 (49)
• Interlude: 2:09 (57)
• Verse 2: 2:27 (65)
• Chorus 1: 2:46 (73)
• Instrumental: 3:06 (82)
• Verse 3: 3:43 (98)
• Chorus 2: 4:02 (106)
• Bridge: 4:27 (117)
• Bridge 2: 5:04 (133)
• Crash Ending: 6:00 (157)

If you download this loop or you’ve benefited in any way or are appreciative of the service, I’d ask that you please consider donating whatever you feel the loop is worth. The amount (including $0) I leave up to you.

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