BRITT MERRICK Leader of Reality Church Movement Signs Multi-Book Deal With David C Cook.

 

 

 

David C Cook announced the signing of pastor, author, and church planter Britt Merrick to a multi-book publishing deal, with the first offering scheduled for release in the summer of 2012.

In an age where shallow religion and shaky commitments rule the day, Merrick’s provocative new book calls for believers to quit “playing church” and to truly follow Jesus no matter the cost. “There is a discrepancy today between the lives of most American Christians and the life of Jesus in the gospels—and the world has noticed. Yet a growing number of believers feel that something’s missing and they’re aching to live authentic lives like Jesus,” explains Merrick.

The first book in the deal (as of yet untitled) will equip the 21^st-century church to join with Christ as He is presently on mission, working all around them. Jesus said, “As the Father sent me, I also send you.” The book follows this pivotal passage to reveal the Father’s mandate for mission, the Son’s model of mission, and the Spirit’s ministry through mission. A life engaged in this way is one that truly looks like Jesus—and ultimately changes the world.

“We share Merrick’s passion for transforming the world by stirring the church to a radically new spiritual depth and commitment to Jesus,” says Don Pape, vice president of trade publishing for David C Cook. “We’re excited to have the opportunity to support his vision.”

Merrick is the founding pastor of Reality Church, which began in 2003 in Carpinteria, CA, and has grown to include church plants in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ventura, Stockton, Santa Barbara, and London, England. The Reality church movement is focused on biblical faithfulness, community transformation, church birthing, and equipping the next generation of leaders. Reality is a biblically grounded, missionally minded, and relationally oriented network of churches rooted in prayer, worship, and the authority of God’s inerrant Word.

In 2009 Britt’s 5-year-old daughter, Daisy Love, was diagnosed with a stage III Wilms’ tumor, which returned again after successful treatment in the summer of 2010. As the family battled cancer, a wide ministry emerged through Britt’s teaching and Daisy’s blog: www.prayfordaisy.com.

Britt continues to serve full-time as lead pastor at Reality Santa Barbara and recently wrote the book Big God, which released in 2010. In recent years Britt has spoken at the Children’s Pastor’s Conference (CPC), both East and West, Catalyst West, One Conference, and Pure Worship Conference, and he has appeared on TBN’s Praise the Lord. He lives with his wife, Kate, and their two children in Carpinteria.

RED Debuts New Lie To Me (Denial) Music Video (VIDEO)

The uber talented Christian rock band out of Nashville has just released their new music video for their song “Lie To Me (Denial).”  Definitely worth a watch.

 

The Message Bible Celebrates 10-year Anniversary

People often say they don’t read the Bible because they can’t understand it, mainly because of the language used. NavPress commemorates the Message Bible’s 10-year anniversary with 16 million copies sold, The Message is written in American English, words we use every day, making the Bible easy to read and understand; making the beauty and relevance of God’s Word available to everyone.

Eugene H. Peterson, the author for The Message, was pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church when he translated several parts of the New Testament and Psalms for his congregation from the original Greek and Hebrew texts. These translations caught the attention of an editor from NavPress who proposed to Eugene the idea of translating the whole Bible into contemporary American vernacular. Reviewed by a team of exegetical consultants who examined the text to ensure a genuine communication of the original Greek and Hebrew, The Message New Testament was released in June 1993. By September of 1994, The Message had sold over 2 million copies, signifying the marketplace need for the full Bible, which was released Jul. 15, 2002.

“The Message is so well liked because of its readability,” states NavPressBible Publisher Jill Johnson. “It is written in the style and language that you would use to write an email to a friend making it easy to read and bringing a new perspective to passages that have been read hundreds of times.” Jill also adds that The Message makes an excellent companion Bible and is not designed to replace a reader’s current version of choice or traditional Study Bible. “When paired with a favorite study Bible, The Message offers deeper understanding to passages that are hard to understand.”

NavPress is celebrating The Message’s 10^th anniversary for one full year with several new products, including a special limited-time edition of the full Message Bible that released Jul. 15, 2011. Designed as a reading Bible, with no distracting verse numbers or formal language, the 10^thanniversary editions are bringing back the non-numbered original format, set in a single column that made it first unique to the marketplace.

Often described as a “para-translation,” Gold Medallion Book Award winnerThe Message makes a great tool for discipleship or evangelism. Eugene H. Peterson, who earned his B.A. in philosophy from Seattle Pacific University, his S.T.B. from New York Theological Seminary, and his M.A. in Semitic languages from Johns Hopkins University, works exclusively from the original languages, telling the miraculous, tragic, and triumphant true stories of the biblical past in a way that makes them come uniquely alive in the present; it will be like reading them for the first time.

 

Hillsong Live’s Latest Album GOD IS ABLE Releases Today Nationwide !!! (VIDEO)

 

 

 

The legendary Hillsong Live has just released their latest album today everywhere !!!  The new album features 14 brand new songs penned by the iconic worship leaders.  And to top it all off they have reached the top ten on the overall charts on iTunes.

Congrats to the Hillsong team!

 

Below Is A New Trailer For New Album.

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SING HALLELUJAH LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

Sing hallelujah
The sun’s breaking through
To take back the dark sky
And make everything new

We knew joy was coming
But we just had to wait
And now we sing hallelujah
‘Cause it’s a brand new day

So let’s sing hallelujah
The dark night is gone
Creation is singing
So come join in the song

The Father is calling
To come out and play
So we’ll sing hallelujah
‘Cause it’s a brand new day

Sing hallelujah
It’s a brand new, beautiful day

MORNING HAS BROKEN LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

STEVEN:
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the word

CALEB:
Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass

STEVEN:
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s re•creation of the new day
God’s re•creation of the new day

Morning has broken
Morning has broken
Morning has broken

 

MEANT TO BE LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

Long before you drew your first breath
A dream was coming true
God wanted to give a gift to the world
So He wrapped it up in you
Every step that you’ve taken
Every move that you make
Is part of His plan

CHORUS:
You were meant to be touching the lives that you touch
And meant to be here making this world so much more
Than it would be without you in it
You were meant to be bringing the gifts that you bring
And singing the songs you’ve been given to sing
You are perfectly, wonderfully, beautifully meant to be
You were meant to be

Long before you took your first fall
And stumbled to the ground
God started telling the story of you
To the angels gathered around
Every failure and victory
And everything in between
It’s all in His hands

(Chorus)

You are, you are, you are meant to be
You are, you are, you are meant to be

For every breath that you’re taking
And every move that you make
It’s a meaningful life you’ve been given
So live it well

(Chorus)

MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

Lord, You know how much
I want to know so much
In the way of answers and explanations
I have cried and prayed
And still I seem to stay
In the middle of life’s complications
All this pursuing leaves me feeling
Like I’m chasing down the wind
But now it’s brought me back to You
And I can see again

CHORUS:
This is everything I want
This is everything I need
I want this to be my one consuming passion
Everything my heart desires
Lord, I want it all to be for You
Jesus, be my magnificent obsession

Capture my heart again
Take me to depths I’ve never been
Into the riches of Your grace and Your mercy
Return me to the cross
And let me be completely lost
In the wonder of the love
That You’ve shown me
Cut through these chains that tie me down
To so many lesser things
Let all my dreams fall to the ground
Until this one remains

(Chorus)

You are everything I want
Lord, You are everything I need
You are all my heart desires
Lord, You are everything to me

(Choruses)

 

FOR THE SAKE OF THE CALL LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

Nobody stood and applauded them
So they knew from the start
This road would not lead to fame
All they really knew for sure was Jesus had called to them
He said “Come follow me” and they came
With reckless abandon they came

Empty nets lying there at the waters edge
Told a story that few could believe and none could explain
How some crazy fishermen agreed to go where Jesus lead
With no thought for what they would gain
For Jesus had called them by name and they answered

CHORUS
We will abandon it all for the sake of the call
No other reason at all but the sake of the call
Wholly devoted to live and to die
For the sake of the call

Drawn like the rivers are drawn to the sea
No turning back for the water cannot help but flow
Once we hear the Savior’s call we’ll follow wherever he leads
Because of the love He has shown
And because he has called us to go we will answer

We will abandon it all for the sake of the call
No other reason at all but the sake of the call
Wholly devoted to live and to die

BRIDGE
Not for the sake of a creed or a cause
Not for a dream or a promise
Simply because it is Jesus who calls
And if we believe we’ll obey

CHORUS

LIVE OUT LOUD LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

Imagine this
I get a phone call from Regis – he says, “Do you want to be a millionaire?”
They put me on the show and I win with two lifelines to spare

Picture this
I act like nothing ever happened
And bury all the money in a coffee can
Well, I’ve been given more than Regis ever gave away
I was a dead man who was called to come out of my grave
I think it’s time for makin’ some noise

CHORUS:
Wake the neighbors, get the word out
Come on, crank up the music, climb a mountain and shout
This is life we’ve been given, made to be lived out
So, la, la, la, la, live out loud, you gotta live it out loud

Think about this
Try to keep a bird from singing after it’s soared up in the sky
Give the sun a cloudless day and tell it not to shine

Think about this
If we really have been given the gift of life that will never end
And if we have been filled with living hope, we’re gonna overflow
And if God’s love is burning in our hearts, well ya’ know we’re gonna glow
There’s just no way to keep it in

(Chorus)

Everybody
La, la, la…la, la, la…la, la, la, live out loud

Every corner of creation is a living declaration
Come join the song we were made to sing
Everybody sing
Every corner of creation is a living declaration
Come join the song we were made to sing

(Chorus)

Every corner of creation is a living declaration
Come join the song we were made to sing
Every corner of creation is a living declaration
Come join the song we were made to sing

SPEECHLESS LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

Words fall like drops of rain
My lips are like clouds
And I say so many things
I’m just trying to figure You out
But as mercy opens my eyes
My words are stolen away
With this breathtaking view of Your grace

CHORUS 1:
And I am speechless, I’m astonished and amazed
I am silenced by Your wondrous grace
You have saved me
You have raised me from the grave
And I am speechless in Your presence now
I’m astounded as I consider how
You have shown us
A love that leaves us speechless

So what kind of love could this be
That would trade heaven’s throne for a cross
And to think You still celebrate
Over finding just one who was lost
And to know You rejoice over us
The God of this whole universe
It’s a story that’s too great for words

CHORUS 2:
And we are speechless, we’re astonished and amazed
We are silenced by Your wondrous grace
You have saved us
And You have raised us from the grave
We are speechless in Your presence now
We’re astounded as we consider how
You have shown us
A love that leaves us speechless
We are speechless

Oh, how great is the love
The Father has lavished upon us
That we should be called
The sons and the daughters of God
And we are speechless

(Chorus 2)

Your love leaves us speechless

HEAVEN IS THE REAL WORLD (RE-CREATED) LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

I saw it again today in the face of a little child
Looking through eyes of fear and uncertainty
It echoed in a cry for freedom across the street and across the miles
Cries from the heart to find the missing part

Where is the hope, where is the peace
That will make this life complete?
For every man, woman, boy and girl
Looking for heaven in the real world

To stand in the pouring rain and believe the sun will shine again
To know that the grave is not the end
To feel the embrace of grace and cross the line where real life begins
And know in your heart you’ve found the missing part

And there is a hope, and there is a peace
That will make this life complete
For every man, woman, boy and girl
Looking for heaven in the real world
Looking for heaven in the real world

It happened one night with a tiny baby’s birth
God heard creation crying and He sent heaven to earth

He is the hope, and the peace
That will make this life complete
For every man, woman, boy and girl
Jesus is the hope, and the peace
That will make this life complete
For every man, woman, boy and girl
Jesus is heaven in the real world
Jesus is heaven in the real world
Yes He is
Jesus is heaven, He is heaven in the real world

MATT REDMAN’S 10,000 Reasons debuts at No. 1 on iTunes Christian Albums Chart & He Does Extensive U.S. Radio Tour In Support of New Project

 

 

 

Matt Redman’s newest project, 10,000 Reasons, available nationwide, is receiving praise from critics across the board. The album also made a strong debut upon its release, dominating the charts by taking the No. 1 spot on iTunes Christian Albums Chart and placing in the Top 15 on iTunes overall albums chart. 10,000 Reasons adds eleven new worship anthems to Redman’s catalogue that already includes favorites sung in churches worldwide such as “Blessed Be Your Name,” “Heart of Worship,” and “You Never Let Go.”

The new album, with songs co-written by Jonas Myrin (“Our God,” “You Alone Can Rescue”) and Jason Ingram (“Give Me Your Eyes,” “By Your Side”), is already proving to be a hit with an extensive online and print feature in Christianity Today, along with receiving critical acclaim from New Release Tuesday, About.com, Worship Leader Magazine, and more.

In support the album’s first single, “Never Once,” which is making its mark at radio now, Redman recently visited radio stations KLOVE and KSBJ. Earlier this week, Redman also presented his new project to numerous radio personnel at a special event held in Atlanta.

While in Atlanta, he took some time to lead worship at his home church in the U.S., Passion City Church, pastored by Passion founder and director Louie Giglio.

 

 

ALL THAT’S LEFT LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

Slowly drawn moths to the flame
We think we’re strong we think we’re anchored down
Then it comes, the hurricane
Down come the walls up come the foundations
We’ve been building on
And suddenly….we’ll see that

CHORUS:
All that’s left is to love
That’s all that we have
That’s all that we ever really had and
All that’s left is to love
That’s all that we have
That’s all that we’ll ever have

So let us look into each other’s eyes
And read the stories written there between the lines
And take the list of all the wrongs we keep
And tear it into pieces let mercy be the only thing we’re harboring
‘Cause eventually….we’re gonna see that

(Chorus)

This is why our hearts are beating
To love each other as we have been loved
Everything else is a fleeting shadow
But love endures all things, believes all things, and hopes all things
And love never ends
Love never ends

(Chorus)

All we really ever have
All we have in the end is love

Oh, the only the thing that matters is to love
This is the only lasting treasure

Love endures all things and believes all things and hopes all things
Love endures all things and believes all things and hopes all things

 

DIVE DEEPER LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

The long awaited rains
Have fallen hard upon the thirsty ground
And carved their way to where
The wild and rushing river can be found
And like the rains
I have been carried here to where the river flows
My heart is racing and my knees are weak
As I walk to the edge
I know there is no turning back
Once my feet have left the ledge
And in the rush I hear a voice
Telling me it’s time to take the leap of faith
So here I go

I’m diving in, I’m going deep in over my head, I want to be
Caught in the rush, lost in the flow, in over my head, I want to go
The river’s deep, the river’s wide, the river’s water is alive
So sink or swim, I’m diving in

There is a supernatural power
In this mighty river’s flow
It can bring the dead to life
And it can fill an empty soul
And give a heart the only thing
Worth living and worth dying for
But we will never know the awesome power
Of the grace of God
Until we let ourselves get swept away
Into this holy flood
So if you’ll take my hand
We’ll close our eyes and count to three
And take the leap of faith
Come on let’s go

THE GREAT ADVENTURE LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN (RE-CREATED)

I started out this morning in the usual way
Chasing thoughts inside my head of all I had to do today
Another time around the circle try to make it better than the last

I opened up the Bible and I read about you and me
Said we’d all been a prisoner and God’s grace had set us free
And somewhere between the pages it hit me like a lightning bolt
I saw a big frontier in front of me and I heard somebody say, “Let’s go”!

CHORUS
Saddle up your horses we’ve got a trail to blaze
Through the wild blue yonder of God’s amazing grace
Let’s follow our leader into the glorious unknown
This is a life like no other – this is The Great Adventure

Come on get ready for the ride of your life
Gonna leave long faced religion in a cloud of dust behind
And discover all the new horizons waiting to be explored
This is what we were created for

(Chorus)

BRIDGE
We’ll travel over, over mountains so high
We’ll go through valleys below
Still through it all we’ll find that
This is the greatest journey that the human heart will ever see
The love of God will take us far beyond our wildest dreams

(Chorus)

LONG WAY HOME LYRICS STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN

I set out on a great adventure
The day my Father started leading me home
Said theres gonna be mountians to climb
And valleys were gonna go through

But I had no way of knowing
Just how hard this journey could be
Cause the mountians are steeper
And the valleys are deeper than I ever would had dreamed

But I know were gonna make it
And I know were gonna get there soon
And I know sometimes it seems like, were going the wrong way
But its just the long way home

Some rocks on my shoes
Fears I wish I could lose
That make the mountians so hard to climb
And my heart gets so heavy with the weight of the world sometimes

There’s a bag of regrets,
Should’ve beens, and not yets
That keep on dragging around
And I can hardly wait till the day I get to lay them all down

I know that day is coming
I know its gonna be here soon
I won’t turn back even if the whole world says I’m going the wrong way
Cause its just the long way home

When we cant take another step
The Father will pick us up and carry us in His arms
And even on the best days, He says to remember were not home yet
So don’t get too comfortable
Cause we are just pilgrams passing through

I know that day is coming
I know were gonna be there soon
I keep on singing and believing
What all of my songs say

Cause our God has made a promise
And I know everything He says is true
He promised He would never ever leave us
He’s gonna lead us
He’ll lead us home

Every single step of the long way home
So keep on, were gonna make it
Were just taking the long way home
So keep on, were gonna make it
I know, were gonna make it
Its just the long way home

DO EVERYTHING STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN LYRICS

Your picking up toys on the living room floor for the fifteenth time today
Matching up socks
Sweeping up lost cheerios that got away

You put a baby on your hip
Color on your lips and head out the door

While I may not know you,
I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes, does it matter at all?

Well let me remind you, it all matters just as long
(CHORUS)
As you do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you,
Cause he made you,
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
Tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And every little thing you do

(VERSE)
Maybe your that guy with the suit and tie
Maybe your shirt says your name

You may be hooking up mergers
Cooking up burgers
But at the end of the day

Little stuff
Big stuff
In between stuff
God sees it all the same

While I may not know you
I bet I know you
Wonder sometimes, does it matter at all?
Well let me remind you, it all matters just as long
As you do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you,
Cause he made you
To do

Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
Tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And every thing you do

(BRIDGE)
Maybe your sitting in math class
Or maybe on a mission in the Congo
Or maybe your working at the office
Singing along with the radio

Maybe your a down and out rock star
Or feeding orphans in the Myanmar
Anywhere and everywhere that you are

Whatever you do
It all matters
So do what you do
Don’t ever forget

To do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you,
Cause He made you
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace

As you do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you,
Cause he made you
To do
Every little thing that you do
To bring a smile to His face
And tell the story of grace
With every move that you make
And every little thing you do

In every little thing you do
In every little thing you do