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The Acoustic version of “Cast My Cares” from May’s Bridge Box. An intimate, introspective look at our need for God’s tenderness in the midst of our weakness.
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A new Jed Brewer worship song given the hard rock treatment!
“When I Sin” is a reminder that God’s love in the midst of our screw ups.
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If you were looking for righteous men
Then you know I wouldn’t stand a chance
But you said wanted sinners
so here I am
If you were looking for worthy men
Then you know I wouldn’t stand a chance,
But you said you wanted me
So Here I Am
from “Here I Am” a Jed Brewer worship song.
A rocked out version of a “Here I Am”, a Jed Brewer worship song that we sing at THE BRIDGE
Thank you God, for love I don’t deserve
Thank you God, for love I did not earn
Hey friends. As you may know, THE BRIDGE is a missionary organization in Chicago. We raise 100% of our budget and we have a new idea of how we might do that. We need your help!
We are running a test program. If you are interested, the cost is $8/month for the 3 month test period. In return, you will get monthly exclusive content: 5 worship songs per month, 1 HD video of an Unka Glen Sermon, exclusive devotional/bible studies written by BRIDGE staff and some extras! All this content is made by BRIDGE staff and can’t be found anywhere else in the world. And we will ask you for some feedback so we can make this the best it can be.
All you need is a a credit or debit card, or a checking account and a valid email address.
So you can financially support front line missions, get tons of cool stuff you can’t get anywhere else, and help THE BRIDGE’s future. We only have a limited number of spots in the test group so if you are interested email matt@missionusa.com or message us on Tumblr
Another Jed Brewer music video! “Woman, God and Rock and Roll”. The first music video Jed made (as discussed on episode 20 of Say That).
Check it out and you can get the song on iTunes.
God don’t let me quit
Jesus I don’t have the strength
Unless You give me it
God don’t let me go
Selling out on who I am
When You have bought me for Your own
God don’t let me think
I’m not welcome where You are
When You’re waiting at my door
God don’t let me sit
Feeling sorry for myself
When You’ve thrown me a banquet
God don’t let me long
For the life that I once lived
When that life is dead and gone
God don’t let me hope
In a better circumstance
Where I could make it on my own
God don’t let me feel
That it’s up to me to fix it
When You alone can mend and heal
God don’t let me quit
Jesus I don’t have the strength
Unless You give me it
-“God Don’t Let Me Quit” a song Jed wrote as an inoculation against self pity for the folks at The Bridge. As discussed in episode 20 on the Say That podcast.
lyrics from “Bigger Than My Fears” by Jed Brewer
Anonymous asked:
What exactly is worship? When I think worship, I think really lame “Christian” bands singing “happy rainbow pop music” at church, but that’s not worship. I don’t think so. What exactly does it mean to take time out of your day to worship the Living God? And how is it different from praying and praising? Thank you…
I answered:
Wayne Grudem wrote a big, good book called Systematic Theology and I like his definition of “the activity of glorifying God. Namely, it is any action with a genuine and conscious adoration of God in our hearts.” The part of that definition that specifically applies to your question is “any action”. Worship can certainly be singing and clapping (but “worship” is not a genre of music) but it can be anything where you are conscious of trying to glorify God. Serving, having conversations, painting, writing, any of these can be acts of worship.
A lot of worship, particularly singing as worship, is cultural. A white American church is very different from an African American church in the same town, which are both very different from church services in other countries. If you don’t dig the music at your church, that is kind of a bummer, but hopefully there are good things about your church that balance that out. There is plenty of music out there that is made by people who love the Lord, which is not lame and not “happy rainbow” which you could load up your iTunes with and have your worship in the car or in your headphones. Bridge worship leader Jed Brewer and our friend Lee Younger are great places to start for authentic music, and I have plenty of suggestions as well. Taking time out of your day to worship God can mean whatever works for you. Worship should fuel your relationship with the Lord and it is really important.
Prayer is bringing your requests, fears, questions, and other stuff to God. The goal of prayer is to communicate these things to God and listen to response. One of the key differences is prayer tends to be more still, more about waiting whereas worship is more active. Praise is a very specific aspect of worship. Praise is about how great God is and how much He has done for us. Praise is vocal, and as we established worship does not have to be. Worship can also involve lament, which happens in the Psalms (the worship song book of the Hebrews) quite often.
It is important to have a well rounded relationship with God and to be able to express ourselves to Him. Finding time daily to worship God is key to keeping our relationship to Him strong, but it comes in a massive number of different permutations. As with many things in your walk, the key is to find something that works for you and to not judge what works for other folks.
-Matt from The Bridge
