Easter Music Monday: This is Amazing Grace

It is the "Holy Week" which means Easter is just around the corner. This week everything on God's Grace will be centered around the best example for grace: the cross!

Today's Easter Music Monday is a song by Phil Wickham: This is Amazing Grace. 

As you listen to the song honestly think about how AMAZING what Jesus did for us is. He took our place on the cross and bore our cross! That is the definition of grace and all week we should be reminded of that. But not just all week, but for the rest of our lives. 

Music Monday: Create In Me

A lot of people think that after they get saved that’s it. But Becoming a Christian isn’t just a way to skip hell and go to heaven. It’s an adventure with God, a life long thing. After we are saved by Jesus we are saved for life but that doesn't mean we're perfect. Because we're not. We sin and God has a lot of work to do in us. He wants us to spread His salvation Word but we can only do that with His help. This song by Rend Collective reminds us of that.
(http://rendcollective.com/)

Music Monday: Ready Set Go by Royal Tailor

The song today not only has an awesome beat but a great message. Royal Tailor reminds us to not focus on us and our needs because there are people out there who need grace too. Because God saved us, He gives us a passion to go out and help those who are hurting too.

Music Monday: King's Kaleidoscope

I love finding new Christian artist to jam out to and last week (while I should have been asleep) I found one of my new favorite bands. The band is called King's Kaleidoscope and they describe themselves as “organized chaos”. That’s one thing I love about them. They have so many instruments playing in their music yet they make it work.

The band released a new ep last week and for a week its free on their website (http://badchristian.com/band/kings-kaleidoscope/). I downloaded it and am so in love with all of them and their great messages that I am going to feature all of them! Strap on your seat belts and prepare for awesomeness.

 

1. Fix My Eyes

This song goes over how Christ went through unimaginable suffering to get us and then how we, being in a relationship with Him, will go through struggles also. It reminds us to just focus on Him because He is worth it.

2.       Felix Culpa

If you have never heard of the term Felix Culpa you are not alone. In short it means “Fortunate Fall”. The song talks about how the positive of the Fall of Man is that we got to experience God’s beautiful grace. (PS. This is my favorite song on the ep and the bridge hits me every time.)

 

3.       Seek Your Kingdom

Read Matthew 6: 25-35 while listening to this song. It will make the experience by knowing where they the inspiration for the lyrics.

 

4.       Defender

Their fourth song on the album reminds us that we seriously do not have to be afraid if God is with us. He is our defender.

5.       Be Thou My Vision

This famous hymn is singing out to God to keep our eyes on Him and remember how wonderful He is.  

 

6.       Higher Throne

Higher Throne started out as my least favorite (because I am sometimes too impatient for slow songs) but it has shifted into one of my favorites. It just screams out the beauty of God and how our lives were made to center around Him.

 I would hope that you would all check this great band out and support them by downloading their new ep (it is free after all).

Music Monday: Count Your Rainbows

For today’s Music Monday (even though today is technically  Tuesday!) we are featuring a band called 1 Girl Nation and their song Count Your Rainbows. Not to be confused with 1D, 1GN is a Christian Contemporary-Power-Pop rock band that had their debut album on August 20, 2013.

Everyone should really check out their website (http://www.1girlnation.com/) and listen to their song Count your Rainbows. The lyrics remind us that although we go through some really tough seasons in our life, God is always there to get you through it.

Today Grace and I decided to start something new here on God's Grace called Music Mondays! Music of course is one of the most influential things in our life, and we thought we would let you know of some great Christian songs we've heard recently that will really lift your spirits and take a closer look at God. 

Kari Jobe “Forever”

You may have heard of Kari Jobe before, her “Revelation Song” literally gives me goose bumps, and can make anyone want to praise God no matter where they are, and the same thing happens when you listen to her new song, “Forever”. The song is pure worship at its greatest and reminds you of how God is never-ending, and gives remarkable reasons why He deserves our utmost praise. 

Hillsong United “Scandal of Grace”

When first reading this title I was a little confused, but once listening to the song it all made sense. Hillsong United was not giving grace a negative connotation at all, but simply letting the word grace stand for Jesus, and how he died on the cross for our sins, showing how at the time his spread of the gospel was appalling to those who did not believe. Through Jesus we have received grace, that in actuality we did not deserve, but praise God that he loves us so much he would do something so indescribable to deliver us from our sins.