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S2: Have you ever watched the show Name That Tune? They
S2: would play a couple notes and see if you could
S2: identify what the song was, and they would guess. I
S2: can name that tune in three notes, and then they
S2: would get like three plucked out sounds on it.
S3: It's insane. I don't know how in the.
S2: World we're going to play Name That Show. Can you
S2: name the show that's being played here? Take a listen.
S4: As the fate of a people hangs in the balance, again,
S4: I ask this question. Can one stone change the course
S4: of history?
S2: Did you get it? Of course. It's House of David,
S2: which has been a wildly popular series on Amazon.
S3: Right on Amazon Amazon Prime.
S2: At what point at what point you said you opened
S2: up Amazon and saw what.
S3: It was the it was the thing that was at
S3: the top. You know, they do like a featured show,
S3: which is usually one of their top shows. And and
S3: it was there and actually during its course of when
S3: it was still airing episodes, it hit number two on
S3: all of Amazon Prime, just behind their top grossing ever show.
S2: So it's been really cool to see the interest in
S2: David's life in David's story. Uh, if you've seen it,
S2: let us know. What did you think? And I think
S2: that there are opinions in terms of how accurate it is.
S2: Does it take too many liberties? There's some opinions out there,
S2: and I'm not going to necessarily weigh in with my own,
S2: but I'd love to hear. What if you saw it?
S2: What did you think? Text us 800 555 7898. Text
S2: US 800 555 7898. We're going to be spending quite
S2: a bit of time this week looking at the life
S2: of David and some of the often overlooked aspects. I mean,
S2: there's so much to David's story. It is kind of
S2: a it's built for a TV series, if ever. I mean,
S2: you think about the stories that lend themselves to a
S2: TV series. I think Daniel's story, probably.
S3: Daniel's a good one.
S2: Joseph would be would make an awesome mini series.
S3: Great one. Uh, Moses. I mean, they made a movie of.
S3: Of Moses, the animated prince of Egypt.
S2: Absolutely. Obviously. Paul.
S3: Yeah.
S2: A life of Paul would be a would. Well, and
S2: it's all true.
S3: And it's all true.
S2: It's all true. This stuff actually happened. Coming up, let's
S2: take a look at the life of David. Still taking
S2: your feedback. If you want to weigh in on what
S2: you think of the series. 805 55 7898 805 55 7898.
S2: Special guest joining us as well. Coming up.
S1: It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: And we've got a man in studio. Doctor Winfred Neely,
S2: you said you have been hanging out with David for
S2: a long time. You wrote a first and second Samuel,
S2: the commentary in the Moody Bible Commentary, and you did
S2: your dissertation on a couple chapters of Second Samuel. Is
S2: that correct?
S5: Yeah, I wrote my dissertation on second Samuel 11 and 12.
S5: So I spent many years just focused on on the
S5: Hebrew texts of those two chapters and had the immense
S5: privilege to write the Moody Bible Commentary on first and
S5: second Samuel. And I must say that it was a
S5: life transforming experience for me at the just. The Lord
S5: used his word so, so powerfully in my life. It
S5: had a deep, sanctifying effect on me as I was,
S5: as I had the privilege to comment on God's Word
S5: in Samuel documents.
S2: Now, before we get into some of the specifics for
S2: somebody who maybe is new to Bible reading, who is David?
S2: Who are we talking about here? Give us just kind
S2: of a there's a lot you could say here, but
S2: for someone who doesn't know who David is, how can
S2: they even join the conversation here? With enough understanding.
S5: God raises up David at a significant period in the
S5: history of Israel, and he is the greatest Old Testament
S5: King David. He is the standard, the norm by which
S5: all other subsequent kings were measured. Next to Moses. There
S5: was no one in the Old Testament who captured the
S5: heart and mind and imagination of God's people. In the
S5: Old Testament era, like David, he was a massive figure.
S5: He was an able man. He was a warrior. He
S5: was a leader. He was a monarch. He was a singer.
S5: He was a musician, he was a composer. And I
S5: wish I had all of them.
S6: Right, right, right.
S5: I mean, he was he was such a unique figure
S5: in so many ways. He's one of the godliest men
S5: that ever lived. And yet he was imperfect. There was
S5: a period in David's life where he was far away
S5: from God for about a year, and it was quite
S5: shocking what happened in the life of this man of
S5: God because of some decisions that he made in a
S5: moment and consequent decisions after that. But what's interesting is
S5: that the chronicler, when evaluating the life of David, says
S5: this in essence, and I'm paraphrasing now that he walked
S5: with God all of his life, except in a matter
S5: of Uriah the Hittite, so that David's overall life a
S5: man after God's own heart, he was, except the sin
S5: that that he engaged in. But apart from that, this
S5: his overall life was was pleasing to God. Yeah. That
S5: David is the anointed of God. Now, this is hard
S5: for us as Americans. I think with our, uh, way,
S5: the way we think about things, to really grasp that
S5: this is the anointed of God. This is God's chosen king, anointed.
S5: He represents God. And I think one of the big
S5: takeaways for me is I as I looked at David,
S5: Paul says that if anyone thinks you stand, let him
S5: take heed lest he fall. None of us are exempt
S5: from doing something stupid in one moment. That can mess
S5: our lives up and mess up the lives of those
S5: that are very close to us. We have to be
S5: vigilant to the day we breathe our last.
S2: Yeah. Doctor Winifred Neely, our guest right now, coming up.
S2: I want to go back to David's pretty humble beginnings
S2: A shepherd boy who was called and anointed by God
S2: for a unique role. And he was also pretty, a
S2: pretty skilled musician. We're going to talk about David, the
S2: musician coming up.
S1: She was trying to earn her way to God, but
S1: God showed her she didn't have to. Ali is in
S1: the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio.
S2: Well, of all the things that we learn about David,
S2: we learn in first Samuel 16, verse 16 that he
S2: is a man who is skillful in playing the lyre,
S2: which is in the harp family. It's a small harp. You.
S2: How would you describe a lyre? It's.
S6: Yeah, essentially.
S5: What you just.
S6: Said.
S2: It's not the really big harp, right? He wasn't toting
S2: that around. It was a small harp, and he was
S2: very skillful. He was a he was gifted at poetry
S2: and songwriting.
S6: He was.
S2: Tell us about this detail. Because when we initially see this,
S2: we him use this to soothe Saul.
S6: He did.
S2: That was kind of the beginnings of how we see
S2: him use this musical gift, although certainly he had developed
S2: it over time.
S5: He certainly he obviously had developed it considerably by the
S5: time he is becomes the instrument to to play and
S5: ease the troubled mind of Saul. And good music can
S5: do that, even even to this day. Uh, but David
S5: was a skilled musician and singer and poet. He's called
S5: the sweet psalmist of Israel.
S2: I love.
S6: That a.
S5: Sweet psalmist of Israel. And, um, he penned at least
S5: half of the Psalter. There are 73 psalms that are
S5: clearly attributed to David. You know, have the heading the Superscription, which,
S5: by the way, are ancient. By the way, there isn't
S5: any ancient Hebrew manuscript, even the Dead Sea Scrolls that
S5: doesn't have this, these superscriptions about a Psalm of David.
S5: So at least 73 of them are in the Psalter
S5: are explicitly Licitly identified as a Psalm of David. And
S5: of course, they they, they, they're they are designed to
S5: be sung. Right. So and, you know, of course, they
S5: have the you have this expression to the choirmaster.
S6: Yes. Yes.
S2: What does that.
S6: Mean?
S5: Well, this in other words, we're going to sing this right.
S5: And it depends on it was interesting was well, I
S5: don't want to get into that. That's another technical conversation.
S5: But but let me say this. Let me say this.
S5: When we see to the choirmaster, that means it was
S5: just not for David. It was not just for Israel.
S5: It's for all of us. We can sing this. We we.
S5: I still hear my Old Testament professor, the late Herbert Wolff, saying,
S5: we sing our faith. And this is why. This is why.
S5: This is another reason why David had such a massive
S5: influence on Israel, because not only was he a great king,
S5: he was he understood worship. And and so you are
S5: organizing the temple worship with the with the sons of
S5: Korah and Asaph and, and the choirs. And then these
S5: psalms are being sung. Right. And and the temple worship
S5: under Solomon, of course, is going to really take off.
S5: But it begins with David, who saw saw the value
S5: of of worshiping the Lord, uh, in ways that bring
S5: glory to him and that edify people and also address
S5: every situation that we experience in life, which is one
S5: of the dynamics of the Psalter. There isn't any emotion
S5: in the Psalms that's not addressed.
S6: Yeah.
S5: So David, he he was a songwriter. And so if
S5: you if we have at least 150 psalms, um, and David,
S5: 73 of them are attributed to him, that means that
S5: at least half of the Psalter was written by David.
S5: And if you could consider Psalm two, which doesn't have
S5: the title The Psalm of David, but in acts. And
S5: it says, you said through your servant David. So that's
S5: another indicator that you know. So there's another psalm, actually,
S5: that even this is not even attributed to David, but
S5: yet in the New Testament it is. So he had
S5: a he was just a, a significant, uh, servant when
S5: it came to composing these psalms and using them as
S5: a means of to help God's people with the vocabulary
S5: of prayer and worship. It was quite wonderful.
S2: Now, is it fair to say he was sort of
S2: the initiator of this in practice, or was there any
S2: sort of template for this before, David that we can
S2: be aware of or point to?
S5: I don't think, well, Israel was a singing people, you know,
S5: when they came out, the Exodus says that Miriam took
S5: the tambourines and They they, you know, they they the Moses,
S5: they sing a song. Then there was dancing with with
S5: the tambourine and so forth and so on, which was
S5: also a part of the worship experience. Which reminds me,
S5: by the way, that there are certain churches, they dance
S5: in the churches in Africa.
S2: You spent how many years there?
S5: I spent I spent ten years in Africa. But the
S5: last time I was in Ghana with my dear friend
S5: Bruce Everhart and others. Uh, I'm sorry, I'm wondering, but
S5: it just came to me and they started dancing. It
S5: was absolutely wonderful. And one guy that was so was
S5: so moved by in the presence of God that he
S5: started doing push ups. I think he did about 20.
S6: Okay.
S2: So as, as far as like what how we apply
S2: something like this today because you think about corporate worship
S2: and I know that this is this is on your heart.
S2: Like David really cared about corporate worship. He talked about
S2: how he arranged the musicians.
S6: Yeah, yeah.
S2: How he how we kind of orchestrated how this was
S2: going to happen? How do we apply that today? What
S2: do we take from that?
S5: Well, I think it should be. We need to give
S5: it thought. When I was pastoring at Judson Baptist Church,
S5: one of the things that I wanted was the hour
S5: and a half where we come together corporately to be
S5: one of the more meaningful spaces of time that we
S5: would experience during the week. So we would have to
S5: give thought to that. Song selection matters. Lyrics matter. So
S5: that if a song is not biblical, I don't sing it.
S5: I won't. So I would ask my worship leaders, if
S5: you're going to do this, well, let's adjust some lyrics
S5: to make sure that they're in line with scripture. It's
S5: too much at stake.
S6: Yeah.
S5: And I realized too, that, uh, the the singing, uh,
S5: with God's people is one of the means of grace
S5: that God has put at our disposal and disposition. I
S5: think of the lives that have been transformed not through preaching,
S5: which I'm a champion of, but sometimes just through singing,
S5: singing a hymn or singing a chorus or just I'm
S5: in the crowd and I'm learning that God never loses
S5: a battle.
S6: Yeah.
S5: That there's no defeat in Jesus. I, I'm learning that
S5: he turns. He turns graves into gardens. Huh? And see
S5: what happens. We take strength. We take courage, and we
S5: go back to life. Ready to take another step. By
S5: the way, this is why so many. I say, you know,
S5: I'm an. I'm an African American, although I, you know,
S5: I've been in multicultural spaces for many, many years, uh,
S5: and enjoy that space and love that space. And, and
S5: I'm in that space now. But yet at the same time,
S5: recognizing that my mother's generation and her, my grandmother's generation, uh,
S5: what got them through a lot of the difficulties that
S5: they were struggling with as African Americans is the, the,
S5: the church, the local church. And they would come together
S5: and they would sing and worship and come out of
S5: that with the strength and courage to face another day. Yeah.
S5: And this is a transcendent this is a a this
S5: is a transcultural, uh, principle that the corporate worship of
S5: God's people matters. And so there's something about sitting next
S5: to somebody singing, great is your faithfulness, or we've come
S5: this far by faith or one of the contemporary expression
S5: of worship to God. And so and David understood this.
S5: There is something about theology that sound and accompanied to
S5: music that helps us internalize the Word of God in
S5: ways that would not happen otherwise.
S2: Yeah. Now, because the Psalms capture so much emotion, and
S2: some of them you can even draw direct, parallel to
S2: what was happening in in David's life at the time. Right?
S2: Some of them capture lament and sorrow. Are all of
S2: the Psalms meant to be sung as theology?
S5: Well, uh uh, yes. I think lament is a form
S5: of theology, actually. Uh, you know, of course, the title
S5: of the Psalter is in Hebrew. It says Rehelim, Halim,
S5: which means praises. Interestingly enough, a third of the Psalter
S5: is lament. So.
S2: Should we be singing that, you think?
S5: I think we should. I think we should, because, um, sometimes, uh,
S5: we are we. Life happens.
S2: Mhm.
S5: It would be nice if the church could, could recapture
S5: some of that, but but I think there has been
S5: that sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Glory, hallelujah.
S5: Which was a form of lament. Right. We can sing that.
S5: And so I think it and and in other words,
S5: I can bring my suffering, my perplexities to the Lord
S5: in song as well as my joys, and leave a
S5: corporate worship experience with a sense that, uh, it's going
S5: to be okay. That God is going to give me
S5: grace to get through this.
S2: Yeah. Doctor Winifred Neeley, our guest this morning, so much
S2: more we could chat about. We're going to put a
S2: pin in it for now. But Doctor Neeley, newly retired
S2: vice president and academic dean of Moody Theological Seminary, spent
S2: a lot of years with David. And we're grateful for
S2: you sharing your your knowledge and your passion this morning.
S1: He's a sports fanatic with a stat for anything you
S1: can think of. Young Thunder is in the crew. It's
S1: curling crew on Moody Radio.
S2: Well, as we've been talking about David the musician this morning,
S2: I've got a question for you. What's that song for you?
S2: You know, the one that God used so powerfully in
S2: that one moment? There's probably already one coming to mind.
S2: It's a song that's near and dear to your heart.
S2: Maybe a played on the radio at a time and
S2: the Lord spoke to you through it. Maybe it was
S2: a source of comfort or ministered to you during a
S2: difficult season of life. What is that song that when
S2: you hear it, it just takes you back. It's a
S2: Christian song, obviously a song that the truth of God's
S2: Word is spoken, and it was really used powerfully in
S2: your life. I want to play some of those and
S2: hear the story behind it. So if you've got one,
S2: give us a call 805 55 7898, 805, 55, 78, 98.
S2: You know, when you think about the songs, the songs
S2: of your life, I mean, it's crazy how you can
S2: be in a grocery store or something, and all of
S2: a sudden a song plays that takes you back to
S2: like middle school or high school, and you still sometimes
S2: to your own shame, can still remember all of the
S2: song lyrics, even to songs that are are. Oh boy.
S2: I say shame not. We should not feel a sense
S2: of shame, but there are definitely some lyrics that I
S2: knew when I was growing up to songs that I go,
S2: what in the world was I listening to?
S3: Oh yeah. Absolutely. And you know what's interesting to me
S3: sometimes if I try to recall song lyrics with the
S3: music not playing, I can't remember them, but as soon
S3: as the music's going, it's almost like they're popping into
S3: my brain a millisecond before they come out of my mouth.
S3: And I'm like, I don't know where these words are
S3: coming from, but they're just in here somewhere. That's a
S3: very weird feeling.
S2: The music is so powerful, you know, and it can
S2: be leveraged both for the good and for the bad.
S2: I mean, the, the the messages that are often pushed
S2: on to young people through music are sometimes pretty startling.
S3: No doubt.
S2: You think. Oh, wow. And kids, I know because I
S2: was one of those kids and you're just singing stuff
S2: and not even really aware of the messages that you're proclaiming.
S3: No, certainly.
S2: The enemy certainly can use music that way. But all
S2: truth is God's truth. So when you think about the
S2: power of music to be leveraged, I mean, David soothed
S2: Saul when he was being tormented by playing the harp,
S2: and all of a sudden there was a peace that
S2: came over him. So what's that song for you? that
S2: song that God used so powerfully in your life. We
S2: want to play as many. I will say up front,
S2: we will not be able to play all of them.
S2: We just won't have enough time. But we want to
S2: play as many as we can. So if you've got
S2: one in a story behind it, 805, 55, 78, 98,
S2: 805 five, five 7898 let's go to Leslie calling in
S2: from Chicago. Leslie. Go ahead. What's that song for you?
S7: Oh, no. I'm from Irving, Texas.
S2: Oh, sorry about that. Leslie from Texas. My bad. Go ahead.
S7: Yeah. Um, so I'm walking to school, so you may
S7: hear some noise, but I, um. Yeah. When God ran,
S7: it was, um, I became baptized. I got baptized in college.
S7: So it was first by, um, um, Benny Hester and
S7: then later by Phillips, Craig and Dean and I. It's
S7: still my, um, my favorite song of all time, because
S7: it reminds me that the Lord relentlessly pursues me through
S7: it all, and I just. Yeah. I just can't believe it.
S7: He'll never. He never gives up on us. And, um.
S7: And he is, um, just loves us unconditionally.
S2: All right. God, I love it. Thank you so much.
S2: Leslie from Texas. Appreciate you calling in this morning. Jonathan,
S2: do you have a song that was that God used
S2: that really sticks with you?
S3: Yeah, I do. This one's actually pretty recent to me,
S3: but impactful. Okay. The song Miracle Child by Brandon Lake.
S3: I love that song. You know, my story is an
S3: illusion of salvation kind of story. And so I didn't
S3: realize that I didn't know Jesus, even though I knew
S3: of him. I was kind of living the Christian life,
S3: but not not living for God. And when I came
S3: to him, you know, my desire was to follow him.
S3: And it really changed my whole life. But Satan still
S3: plucks at me a little bit here and there. How
S3: do you know that? You know that, you know. And
S3: he scares me. And I have to be rooted in
S3: Scripture in order to fight against those things. And this song.
S3: Miracle child. Just a couple of the words that really
S3: get to me says death. Where is your sting? My
S3: Savior's word is final. I'm resurrected, blood protected. And that
S3: just reminds me that what my Savior has said, he's
S3: always saying that he doesn't take it away from me,
S3: that I'm good, that I'm under him. I'm blood protected
S3: by his blood, not by my own ability to do
S3: or not do something.
S2: Man, that's the power of a song. Let's play that one.
S2: Brandon Lake, miracle child. I want to hear from you, though.
S2: What is that song for you? You hear it and
S2: it takes you to a moment. Or God used it
S2: to minister to you to bring comfort. Give us a
S2: call 800 555 7898 (800) 555-7898.
S8: I shouldn't be alive. My future was six feet under
S8: one foot in the grave. No hope to be saved.
S8: I shouldn't be alive. But I'm a miracle child. Defied
S8: every diet. And as close as it came. I can
S8: stand here and say I'm a miracle child. O death,
S8: where is your sting? My Savior's word is fine. I
S8: am resurrected, blood protected. I am a miracle child. If
S8: your face in the eyes. If you think you're beyond
S8: his saving. There's no life he can raise. No, your
S8: wounds aren't too great. He's a miracle God. He shouldn't
S8: be alive. His body was six feet under. Three days
S8: in the grave without stone rolled away. Our God is alive.
S8: O death, where is your sting? My Savior's word is fine.
S8: All I am resurrected, blood protected. I am a miracle child.
S8: O death, where is your sting? My Savior's word is fine.
S8: I am resurrected, blood I am a miracle child. You're
S8: the living, breathing God of glory. I'm a living, breathing testimony.
S8: You're the one who turns a dead end story to
S8: a living, breathing testimony. You're the living, breathing God of glory.
S8: I'm a living, breathing testimony. You're the one who turns
S8: up dead. His story to a living, breathing testimony. Death.
S8: Where is your sting? My Savior's word is fine. I
S8: am resurrected, blood I am a miracle child. O death,
S8: where is your sting? My Savior's word is fine. I
S8: am resurrected, blood protected. I am a miracle child. I've
S8: been crucified, raised with Christ. I am a miracle child.
S2: Miracle child by Brandon Lake. We played that one for
S2: Jonathan this morning. That's his song. Asking you about the songs.
S2: Not just that you like to hear, because I got
S2: a lot of songs that I like, but there's some
S2: songs that when I hear, man, they take me back
S2: to a moment or they remind me of something that
S2: God has revealed to me. What is that song for
S2: you that God God used so powerfully in your life?
S2: Let's go to Lisa calling in this morning from Tennessee. Lisa,
S2: tell me, what's that song for you?
S9: Um, a song that, um, would be, um, God only
S9: knows by for King and Country.
S2: Okay, give me the story. Why?
S9: Well, I was away from God for quite some time, and, um,
S9: hearing that song just really brought me back. Every time
S9: I would hear that song, it was like God was
S9: convicting me and. And calling me.
S2: Yeah. Sweet. Thank you so much. Lisa from Nashville, Tennessee.
S2: Let's go to Maureen from Indiana. Maureen, what's that song
S2: for you? Tell me.
S10: The song for me is Give Me Jesus by Fernando Ortega.
S2: Oh, that's a classic. Go ahead, tell me why.
S10: Well, God used that to get me through a very difficult,
S10: depressing time. And now I can look back and see
S10: what joy I can experience. And I don't have to
S10: go back to that dark place anymore, because.
S2: Maureen.
S10: Has given me.
S2: Amen. Just give me Jesus. We're going to play it
S2: for you. Maureen from Indiana, this is Fernando Ortega.
S11: In the morning when I rise. In the morning, when
S11: I rise in the morning, when I rise, give me Jesus.
S11: Give me Jesus. Give me Jesus. You can have all
S11: this world, but give me Jesus. And when I am alone. Oh,
S11: and when I am alone. And when I am alone.
S11: Give me Jesus. Give me Jesus. Give me Jesus. You
S11: can have all this world, but give me Jesus. Jesus.
S11: And when I come to die. Oh, and when I
S11: come to die. And when I come to die. Give
S11: me Jesus. Give me Jesus. Give me Jesus. You can
S11: have all this world. You can have all this world.
S11: You can have all this world. But give me Jesus.
S2: It's Fernando Ortega. Give me Jesus. I've been asking you
S2: this morning. What is that song for you? That song
S2: that takes you back to a moment that God used
S2: so powerfully. I think most of us have at least
S2: 1 or 2 that that we hold near and dear.
S2: What is it for you? 805 55 7898 coming up,
S2: let's hear from somebody. Our music guru. What song does
S2: she have?
S1: She's a choreographer extraordinaire and everything is Greek to her.
S1: Super dei is in the crew. It's Karl and crew
S1: on Moody Radio.
S2: You know, God created music. Wasn't something that man came
S2: up with. And there's nothing like I say this. And
S2: maybe it sounds strange, but when I hear the layering
S2: of voices in harmony, to me that is one of
S2: the things that I go. There has to be a god.
S3: Yeah, I agree.
S2: There has to be a.
S12: God. Can you imagine heaven like someday? Oh, I hear this. Oh,
S12: always for eternity. Yes.
S2: So we're asking you, what's that song for you? That
S2: song that God has used in your life in such
S2: a powerful way? We've heard some. Some really phenomenal ones.
S2: I hope you're enjoying listening. Even if it's not your
S2: song that's played. I hope you're enjoying hearing these stories.
S2: Let's go to Anne calling in from Illinois. Tell me
S2: the story and or the song and the story behind
S2: it for you.
S13: Well, another Fernando Ortega song. Jesus, King of angels. And
S13: when my mom was really sick and my kids were
S13: growing up and I was working and but all those
S13: times that I drove to mom's to take care of
S13: her and stay overnight and come back in the morning,
S13: poop out, you know, until I had to go another day. Jesus,
S13: King of angels, came on every time during that drive
S13: to minister to me. And so it was my let
S13: down time to cry and to just worship God. And
S13: he was in the midst of it the whole time.
S12: Wow.
S2: And thank you so much. Incredible story. Let's let's go
S2: to Bradley from Alabama. Bradley, give me the song and
S2: the story.
S14: My mom was a crazy in the Storm by Casting Crowns.
S14: In 2007, I was going through the process of losing
S14: my grandmother. I was having a horrible time with my job,
S14: horrible time at home. I wasn't listening to much contemporary music,
S14: so when I heard that, it brought me into this
S14: world of contemporary Christian music that I never really experienced
S14: and ever since has comforted me through so many trials
S14: and tribulations. And recently, my family and I were going
S14: through a little bit. Now that I just think it
S14: would be a great time to bring that song back.
S12: Yeah.
S2: Bradley from Alabama praise you in this storm for Casting Crowns.
S2: That's that's a good one. One of my favorites, Super die.
S2: I'm curious, you have a whole catalog of music. I
S2: noticed on your computer, but stored up after years of radio.
S2: What's that song for you?
S12: Actually, it's a newer song. It's by Jamie McDonnell. It's
S12: come out and it's called desperate, and it just really
S12: hit me. I heard it on the radio one day
S12: and I was just it took me back. First of all,
S12: to that very first time, if you've if you've heard
S12: just coming to Christ or reading the Bible and just
S12: falling on my knees and the opening line is, I'm
S12: at the end of myself and I'm tired. I've tried
S12: to do it all by myself. And that was that
S12: was me. That was my point of being desperate for Christ.
S12: And it just opens up that way. And the other thing, too,
S12: is hanging on by a thread that one of my
S12: favorite biblical stories is right out of Gospels, where the
S12: woman is reaching out and touching the thread, the hem
S12: of Jesus's cloak. Yeah. And sometimes we are desperate and
S12: we're running out of hope. And another part of the story,
S12: it says, I'm down on my knees. Redeem this wreckage.
S12: So whatever you're battling right now, whatever just seems like
S12: you're just drowning in it. And you seem like it's
S12: overflowing and you are desperate. God redeems the wreckage. He does.
S12: And this song is just a beautiful prayer for that
S12: to God to give, to have him give you his peace.
S2: Well, we're going to play it for you. Super die.
S2: And maybe this is a new one for you, but
S2: I would invite you always when you're listening to music
S2: of any kind, really listen to what the words are saying.
S2: I mean, it's so important. It sounds like stating the obvious,
S2: but what are you singing? There's sometimes beautiful songs that
S2: aren't saying what you want to be declaring at all.
S3: Oh yeah, I'm a music listener, so I like the
S3: sound of things. And there's been multiple times where I've
S3: been listening and I'm like, that's a good sound. And
S3: then I listen to the words and I go, no, no, no, no, no,
S3: turn that off.
S12: Yeah.
S2: And then there's songs, you know, sometimes you may go
S2: to church and there's not and they're not playing your
S2: favorite song during worship. And you could sometimes like, I
S2: don't really like listen to the lyrics. Yeah, yeah. Don't
S2: worry about whether you love the song or not. What
S2: are the lyrics declaring that are true? This is from
S2: Jamie MacDonald. It's called desperate. I hope you enjoy this
S2: one as much as Superdry does. Take a listen.
S15: I'm at the end of myself and I'm tired. I've
S15: tried all that I know to do. Right now. It's
S15: just by a thread. But I'm. I'm hanging on to you.
S15: I'm running out of hope. I need a miracle. And
S15: if I ever needed you, it's right now. Oh, God,
S15: I'm desperate. Down on my knees. Send help from heaven.
S15: Cause that's what I need. Redeem this wreckage. Restore my peace.
S15: I'm not asking, I'm begging. Lord, come through for me
S15: I need heaven and I don't. Spring? Yes, spring. Oh,
S15: I need heaven. Need heaven tonight. Prayed all the prayers
S15: I can pray, but I. I won't stop knocking till
S15: you open the door. You can move a mountain. You
S15: can call my soul. I know you can. Cause I've
S15: seen it before. Oh, God, I'm desperate. Down on my knees.
S15: Send help from heaven. Cause that's what I need. Redeem
S15: this wreckage. Restore my peace. I'm not asking, I'm begging. Lord,
S15: come through for me. I need heaven and I'm. Desperate,
S15: I need heaven. Need heaven. And I've got. All I
S15: need heaven, need heaven. And I'm. Home. And you're my
S15: only hope I need a miracle. And if I ever
S15: needed you. It's right now. Oh, God, I'm desperate. Down
S15: on my knees. Send help from heaven. Cause that's what
S15: I need. Redeem this wreckage. Restore my peace. I'm not asking,
S15: I'm begging. Lord, come through for me. I need heaven tonight. Desperate.
S15: All I need. Heaven. Need heaven tonight. Desperate. Desperate. Need heaven.
S15: Need heaven tonight.
S2: It's Jamie McDonald. Desperate. Love these songs taking a lot
S2: of us back. Some of them newer, some of them older.
S2: But so many of them. When you hear that story
S2: for someone else, you almost go in that moment with them, right?
S2: You hear this, the story, and then you go, okay,
S2: that song, it hits a little different. After you hear
S2: this story.
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S2: Talking about those songs this morning, the songs that have
S2: been used so powerfully, and there's a couple that I've
S2: seen repeated throughout the morning, Blessings by Laura story I've
S2: seen a couple times. Uh, but sometimes it's such a
S2: unique thing. It may be a song that everybody else
S2: would go, huh? That's your song. God spoke to you
S2: or ministered to you through that, uh, hearing your stories
S2: this morning, I love it. 800 555 7898 let's go
S2: to Kirsten calling in this morning from Indiana. Tell me,
S2: what's that song for you and the story behind it?
S2: Go ahead.
S16: Um. Hi there. I was just, um, thinking this morning
S16: that the goodness of God has been such a life
S16: song for me. Um, as I struggled with my daughter
S16: being diagnosed with a progressive illness that eventually took her
S16: life last year, um, one time I was in counseling
S16: talking about how could God be good? You know, when
S16: your daughter gets sick and you know you're probably going
S16: to lose her someday? And, um, I came out of
S16: that counseling session, and right when I came out, the
S16: goodness of God was on my radio and station, and
S16: I know God put that there for me that day.
S16: And so, yeah, sometimes I just have to, um, just
S16: play that song, remind myself God is good. Sometimes you
S16: know you believe, but you just need help with your unbelief.
S16: But he definitely has been good through this whole season
S16: and this whole process. And sometimes life isn't good. But
S16: but he still is. And she's now with her savior,
S16: who she loved so much. So I just praise him
S16: for that.
S2: Kiersten, thank you so much. Such a precious story. We're
S2: so sorry for the loss of your daughter. This this song,
S2: we pray, brings some comfort. A reminder that God is
S2: good even when life is really hard.
S17: I love you, Lord. For your mercy never fails me.
S17: All my days I've been held in your hand. From
S17: the moment that I wake up. Until I lay my head. Oh,
S17: I will sing of the goodness of God. Cause all
S17: my life you have been faithful. And all my life
S17: you have been so, so good. With every breath that
S17: I am made. Oh, I will sing of the goodness
S17: of God I love your voice. You have led me
S17: through the fire. In darkest night you are close like
S17: no other. I've known you as a father. I've known
S17: you as a friend. And I have lived In the
S17: goodness of God. Hey. Cause all my life you have
S17: been faithful. And all my life you have been so,
S17: so good. With every breath that I am made. Oh,
S17: I will sing of the goodness of God. Your goodness
S17: is running after. It's running after me. Your goodness is
S17: running after. It's running after me. With my life laid down,
S17: I surrender. Now I give you all. Me, O Lord,
S17: your goodness is running after it's running after me. Your
S17: goodness is running. After me. Your goodness is running after.
S17: It's running.
S15: Out.
S17: To me. With my life laid down I surrender. Now
S17: I give you everything. Everything your goodness is running after.
S17: It's running out of me. I'm gonna sing.
S15: All my.
S17: Life.
S8: You have been faithful.
S17: All of my life you've been faithful. All my life
S17: you have been so, so good, So good. With every
S17: breath that I.
S8: Have.
S17: Made. Every breath I'm able. I'm gonna sing of the
S17: goodness of God. Yes, I will sing of the goodness
S17: of God. Oh, I'm gonna sing of the goodness of God.
S2: Cece Winans, goodness of God. You know, you think, how
S2: in the world could you sing about the goodness of
S2: God in the face of something so tragic as losing
S2: your daughter? And you know, it's their great mystery. There's
S2: a great mystery there. But we trust what we know
S2: to be true about God, that he is good and
S2: that he is sovereign and that he's faithful, and that
S2: even when we don't understand the why we trust in
S2: the who, the person of Jesus Christ.