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For his fourth live-recorded album, Matt Redman knew he wanted to do something different. The most recent live recordings, GRAMMY award-winning 10,000 Reasons and Billboard chart-topping Your Grace Finds Me, were recorded in Atlanta, but Redman had a different dream for Unbroken Praise, his latest live collection that will release with sixstepsrecords on June 16.
“I had the Abbey Road idea because we’ve done a few little things there in the past,” says Redman. “But to record a whole album there is another level and I wondered if it was perhaps a dream too big!” The historic London recording studio is better known for recording bands like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Cliff Richard, Shirley Bassey, and Queen than it is for hosting nights of worship, but after Redman shared his dream with Louie and Shelley Giglio, label leaders of sixstepsrecords, their team began making phone calls. Soon after, the idea began to take shape.
On recording day, a crowd of 350+ gathered in the Georgian townhouse-turned-studio and worshipped. “That was an amazing moment,” recalls Redman. “Partly because it’s an amazing thing to make a record there anyway, but also to have church in that place. To me, that’s even more special. Those in attendance had learned all of the songs to be recorded beforehand. All of the songs except for one: “Unbroken Praise.” That’s because Redman and longtime co-writer and friend Jonas Myrin had only finished writing it at 11:30 p.m. the night before.
In rare night-before-a-live-recording producer form, Nathan Nockels (10,000 Reasons; Your Grace Find Me), wrote Redman an email that said, “We’ve got your back, so even if at this moment you wanted to bring in a brand new song, that would be fine with us. We’ll make a plan.” That’s the encouragement Redman needed. “I remember thinking to myself, I’m sad I didn’t get to finish that ‘Unbroken Praise’ song. It’s just one of those things. I’ve tried my best and didn’t get there. Then Nathan emailed me.”
Redman and Myrin finished up the song just in time for the live recording. “I could see people pouring out their hearts to God through it,” says Redman, “and very quickly it became the title song.” The phrase “unbroken praise” was taken from a verse in the classic hymn “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee,” referring to the act of glorifying God through praise and acknowledging Him in everything we do.
When thinking of someone he knows who lives a life of unbroken praise, the UK’s Bishop David Pytches comes to mind for Redman. “I’m always inspired by people who manage to get it right over a long period of time,” he says. “I was in his church from the age of two, so I’ve witnessed this guy in ministry for many years. I’ve seen him be faithful. He buried my dad when I was seven years old. He baptized me. He baptized all my kids. He married my wife and me. Now he’s over 80, but he’s still living that life of faithful worship and service for Jesus.”
This is the theme of the entire album: choosing to worship God for the long haul. Through not only the celebrations, but also the hardship. “There are quite a few songs about trusting God or walking through the night and still singing a song of praise,” Redman says.
Referencing Bono’s quote “I preach what I need to hear,” Redman explains the message in Unbroken Praise is just as much for him personally as it is for those who will listen to the album.
“It Is Well with My Soul,” the first single, is an example of this. Beth Redman, Matt’s wife and co-writer says, “We’d had a stressful year and ‘It is Well with My Soul’ is one of the songs that came out of that. It reflects on the fact I know God is with me; I know I am being taken care of – and I know He is working in all of this.”
The song has original verses, but borrows the well-known chorus. Redman said it was an unexpected pairing: “I wasn’t trying to rewrite that hymn at all, but once I started with a verse, I instinctively sensed the chorus of the old hymn and thought it was a wonderful response.”
Unbroken Praise is certainly not lacking in guts. With lyrics that declare the truth of God’s goodness and a subtle, steady stream of hundreds of voices as the backdrop for each song, this album reminds believers that we are in this together, and we are never alone. Even the cover art reflects this truth.
Designer Leighton Ching had a unique vision for this album cover. Inspired by London street art, he attended the recording at Abbey Road and got a signature from every person in the room. Then, he scanned each signature onto the cover. Redman approves. “I love this because I always say that although my name’s on the cover, what goes into these things is a huge amount of teamwork. From the songwriters to the mix guy to the guy who’s doing my demo vocals. It’s so many people bringing an amazing amount of hard work and expertise.”
Included in this group of hard workers and experts are Redman’s longtime co-writing friends Jonas Myrin, Chris Tomlin, Jason Ingram and Matt Maher. He has worked with them for years, producing well-known songs like “10,000 Reasons”, “Our God” and “Jesus, Only Jesus.” The group contributed heavily to this album as well, writing bits and pieces of songs wherever they could get together: Atlanta, Nashville - even an 800-year-old chapel in London.
“It’s like a band of brothers,” says Redman. “We’re all for each other. We all bring the best out of each other. We all sharpen and challenge each other. I look at these songs and think there is no way on earth I could have written these alone. I see their friendship and expertise all over them.”
David Crowder can now be added to this band of brothers. Though he and Redman have been friends for years, this was the first time they collaborated musically. He makes his debut with the song “Abide with Me,” one of those soft yet incredibly powerful pieces of worship that repeats important truth about God’s love.
This act of repeating truth in worship is intentional on Redman’s part. “Worship is the ultimate reality check,” he says. “You can have something crazy going on with your relationship status or your bank balance, but when you’re in that moment, you can look up and see Jesus on his throne ruling over your life. Your circumstances might not change but something inside of you can.”
Turbulence and trust. Hardship and hope. Sorrowful yet rejoicing. These paradoxes of the faith are written boldly and joyfully into Unbroken Praise, making it an album that will resonate with the pain in people’s hearts and encourage them at the same time.
Continuing to take his music all around the globe, Redman will be bringing Unbroken Praise and his other popular worship songs to audiences in the U.S. and abroad throughout the rest of 2015. Redman will join the Worship Nights in America Tour with Chris Tomlin, where they will play venues like Madison Square Garden and Red Rocks Amphitheater.
But for Redman, it’s all just church. Whether he is leading worship in an arena in America, an amphitheater in another part of the world or a historic recording studio in his home country, he says, “My ultimate aim is to write songs for the church to sing. I don’t really write other kinds of songs. When someone says, ‘Your song helped me say to God what I wanted to say but I didn’t know how,’ that’s what fires me up.”
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Matt Redman Albums
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Album Tracks
- All That Really Matters
- For Your Glory
- Gloria
- How Great Is Your Faithfulness
- My Hope
- Remembrance (Communion Song)
- The Glory of Our King
- The More We See
- This Is How We Know
- Through It All
- We Shall Not Be Shaken
- You Alone Can Rescue
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Album Tracks
- Blessed Be Your Name (Blessed Be Your Name Album Version)
- Nothing But the Blood (Facedown Album Version)
- Facedown (Facedown Album Version)
- Dancing Generation (Facedown Album Version)
- Let Everything That Has Breath (The Heart of Worship Album Version)
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Album Tracks
- All Over the World
- When All Is Said and Done
- If You Know You're Loved
- Beautiful News Reprise
- Blessed Be Your Name (Acoustic)
- Beautiful News
- You Never Let Go
- Shine
- Take It to the Streets
- Yes and Amen
- A Greater Song
- Blessing
- Thank You for Healing Me
- Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
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Album Tracks
- I Will Offer Up My Life
- Let Everything That Has Breath
- The Father's Song
- Blessed Be Your Name
- Holy Moment
- Once Again
- The Heart of Worship
- Let My Words Be Few
- Lord, Let Your Glory Fall
- Undignified
- Better Is One Day
- Facedown
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Album Tracks
- Rehearsing Your Band
- The Entrustment
- Intro
- Beginnings
- Reflections On Intimacy
- An Inspired Life
- Birth of a Song
- Crafting a Song
- Heart of Worship Story
- Worship Leaders and Pastors
- Small Group Leading Tips
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Album Tracks
- Breathing the Breath
- Mission's Flame
- Raise a Voice
- If I Have Not Love
- Praise Awaits You
- Nothing But the Blood
- Seeing You
- Gifted Response (We Will Worship You)
- Dancing Generation
- Pure Light
- Worthy, You Are Worthy
- Lead Us Up the Mountain
- Facedown
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Album Tracks
- Lord, Let Your Glory Fall
- Where Angels Fear to Tread
- Amazing
- Blessed Be Your Name
- Befriended
- When My Heart Runs Dry
- Making Melody
- Call to Worship
- Rejoice With Trembling
- The Promise of Your Cross
- Wonderful Maker
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Album Tracks
- Holy Moment (Rythmic Remix)
- Can a Nation Be Changed (Bonus Track)
- Jesus, You Alone
- Be Glorified
- All Around the World
- Lord, Let Your Glory Fall
- Here I Am (I Will Always Love Your Name)
- Beautiful Savior
- Because of You
- Through the Veil
- Once Again
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Album Tracks
- Revelation
- Thank You for the Blood
- You Must Increase
- Let My Words Be Few
- On and On
- Take the World But Give Me Jesus
- Light of the World
- King of This Heart
- Justice and Mercy
- The Father's Song
- Nothing Is Too Much
- You Led Me to the Cross
- Holy Moment
- O Sacred King
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Album Tracks
- The Potter's Hand
- Above All
- My Redeemer Lives
- Jesus, Lover of My Soul
- Hear Our Praises
- Worship You
- We Sing
- Open the Eyes of My Heart
- Light the Fire Again
- The Golden City
- Glory to the Lord
- I Will Run to You: I Will Run to You
- The Heart of Worship
- The Mercy Seat
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Album Tracks
- For the Cross
- Hallelujah Song
- The Prayers of Saints
- Let Everything That Has Breath
- One Thing Remains
- What I Have Vowed
- Intimacy
- Hear the Music of My Heart
- When I Needed a Saviour
- I Am Yours
- The Heart of Worship
- Now to Live the Life
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Album Tracks
- Friend of Sinners
- Can I Ascend
- The Friendship and the Fear
- Better Is One Day
- Believer
- Knocking On the Door of Heaven
- There Is a Louder Shout to Come
- I Will Offer Up My Life
- The Way of the Cross
- It's Rising Up
- Bowing Down
- The Cross Has Said It All
- Once Again
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Artist BioFor his fourth live-recorded album, Matt Redman knew he wanted to do something different. The most recent live recordings, GRAMMY award-winning 10,000 Reasons and Billboard chart-topping Your Grace Finds Me, were recorded in Atlanta, but Redman had a different dream for Unbroken Praise, his latest live collection that will release with sixstepsrecords on June 16.
“I had the Abbey Road idea because we’ve done a few little things there in the past,” says Redman. “But to record a whole album there is another level and I wondered if it was perhaps a dream too big!” The historic London recording studio is better known for recording bands like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Cliff Richard, Shirley Bassey, and Queen than it is for hosting nights of worship, but after Redman shared his dream with Louie and Shelley Giglio, label leaders of sixstepsrecords, their team began making phone calls. Soon after, the idea began to take shape.
On recording day, a crowd of 350+ gathered in the Georgian townhouse-turned-studio and worshipped. “That was an amazing moment,” recalls Redman. “Partly because it’s an amazing thing to make a record there anyway, but also to have church in that place. To me, that’s even more special. Those in attendance had learned all of the songs to be recorded beforehand. All of the songs except for one: “Unbroken Praise.” That’s because Redman and longtime co-writer and friend Jonas Myrin had only finished writing it at 11:30 p.m. the night before.
In rare night-before-a-live-recording producer form, Nathan Nockels (10,000 Reasons; Your Grace Find Me), wrote Redman an email that said, “We’ve got your back, so even if at this moment you wanted to bring in a brand new song, that would be fine with us. We’ll make a plan.” That’s the encouragement Redman needed. “I remember thinking to myself, I’m sad I didn’t get to finish that ‘Unbroken Praise’ song. It’s just one of those things. I’ve tried my best and didn’t get there. Then Nathan emailed me.”
Redman and Myrin finished up the song just in time for the live recording. “I could see people pouring out their hearts to God through it,” says Redman, “and very quickly it became the title song.” The phrase “unbroken praise” was taken from a verse in the classic hymn “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee,” referring to the act of glorifying God through praise and acknowledging Him in everything we do.
When thinking of someone he knows who lives a life of unbroken praise, the UK’s Bishop David Pytches comes to mind for Redman. “I’m always inspired by people who manage to get it right over a long period of time,” he says. “I was in his church from the age of two, so I’ve witnessed this guy in ministry for many years. I’ve seen him be faithful. He buried my dad when I was seven years old. He baptized me. He baptized all my kids. He married my wife and me. Now he’s over 80, but he’s still living that life of faithful worship and service for Jesus.”
This is the theme of the entire album: choosing to worship God for the long haul. Through not only the celebrations, but also the hardship. “There are quite a few songs about trusting God or walking through the night and still singing a song of praise,” Redman says.
Referencing Bono’s quote “I preach what I need to hear,” Redman explains the message in Unbroken Praise is just as much for him personally as it is for those who will listen to the album.
“It Is Well with My Soul,” the first single, is an example of this. Beth Redman, Matt’s wife and co-writer says, “We’d had a stressful year and ‘It is Well with My Soul’ is one of the songs that came out of that. It reflects on the fact I know God is with me; I know I am being taken care of – and I know He is working in all of this.”
The song has original verses, but borrows the well-known chorus. Redman said it was an unexpected pairing: “I wasn’t trying to rewrite that hymn at all, but once I started with a verse, I instinctively sensed the chorus of the old hymn and thought it was a wonderful response.”
Unbroken Praise is certainly not lacking in guts. With lyrics that declare the truth of God’s goodness and a subtle, steady stream of hundreds of voices as the backdrop for each song, this album reminds believers that we are in this together, and we are never alone. Even the cover art reflects this truth.
Designer Leighton Ching had a unique vision for this album cover. Inspired by London street art, he attended the recording at Abbey Road and got a signature from every person in the room. Then, he scanned each signature onto the cover. Redman approves. “I love this because I always say that although my name’s on the cover, what goes into these things is a huge amount of teamwork. From the songwriters to the mix guy to the guy who’s doing my demo vocals. It’s so many people bringing an amazing amount of hard work and expertise.”
Included in this group of hard workers and experts are Redman’s longtime co-writing friends Jonas Myrin, Chris Tomlin, Jason Ingram and Matt Maher. He has worked with them for years, producing well-known songs like “10,000 Reasons”, “Our God” and “Jesus, Only Jesus.” The group contributed heavily to this album as well, writing bits and pieces of songs wherever they could get together: Atlanta, Nashville - even an 800-year-old chapel in London.
“It’s like a band of brothers,” says Redman. “We’re all for each other. We all bring the best out of each other. We all sharpen and challenge each other. I look at these songs and think there is no way on earth I could have written these alone. I see their friendship and expertise all over them.”
David Crowder can now be added to this band of brothers. Though he and Redman have been friends for years, this was the first time they collaborated musically. He makes his debut with the song “Abide with Me,” one of those soft yet incredibly powerful pieces of worship that repeats important truth about God’s love.
This act of repeating truth in worship is intentional on Redman’s part. “Worship is the ultimate reality check,” he says. “You can have something crazy going on with your relationship status or your bank balance, but when you’re in that moment, you can look up and see Jesus on his throne ruling over your life. Your circumstances might not change but something inside of you can.”
Turbulence and trust. Hardship and hope. Sorrowful yet rejoicing. These paradoxes of the faith are written boldly and joyfully into Unbroken Praise, making it an album that will resonate with the pain in people’s hearts and encourage them at the same time.
Continuing to take his music all around the globe, Redman will be bringing Unbroken Praise and his other popular worship songs to audiences in the U.S. and abroad throughout the rest of 2015. Redman will join the Worship Nights in America Tour with Chris Tomlin, where they will play venues like Madison Square Garden and Red Rocks Amphitheater.
But for Redman, it’s all just church. Whether he is leading worship in an arena in America, an amphitheater in another part of the world or a historic recording studio in his home country, he says, “My ultimate aim is to write songs for the church to sing. I don’t really write other kinds of songs. When someone says, ‘Your song helped me say to God what I wanted to say but I didn’t know how,’ that’s what fires me up.”
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‘Lamb of God’ – Matt Redman David Funk - Christian Music Videos
In John, Jesus mentions a great show of love. “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends,” according to John 15:13. Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice when he laid down his life for you and me.
In the YouTube video for Matt Redman and David Funk’s song, “Lamb of God,” the two musicians sing about Christ’s ultimate act of love, dying on the cross.
The song’s first verse states that the grandeur of a mountaintop or even a beautiful sunrise will top what Christ did on the cross, Nothing has or will ever compete with the “single greatest wonder my soul has ever seen”: the Lamb of God on Calvary. The second verse goes on to mention that neither the oceans below nor the stars in the skies above come close to matching the wonder of His act on the cross.
Through Christ’s death on the cross, He won the victory over sin and death. He was a perfect sacrifice; he took our place. The song’s chorus points this out as well.
“Behold the Son of God
Who takes away our sin
Behold his perfect sacrifice”
Later in the song, the lyrics mention that Christ, because of his selfless act of love on Calvary, is “forever worthy” of our praise. Indeed, Christ is more than worthy of all glory and honor!
Christ died for all humanity, anyone who has lived or is living and who will live on earth. He took all sin and shame upon himself, giving up his life so we may have a chance at everlasting life.
He was a perfect sacrifice, the Lamb of God. Amen, for he alone is worthy!
John 1:29 “The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and say, ‘See here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!’”
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'The Praise Is Yours' Matt Redman Official Music Video November 18, 2022
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'Son Of Suffering' Live Performance From Matt Redman September 27, 2022
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'Jesus Your Name' Matt Redman Acoustic Performance November 09, 2020
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'Mercies (New Every Morning)' Live Performance From Matt Redman June 08, 2020
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'10,000 Reasons' Live Performance From Matt Redman April 15, 2020
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'Send Me Lord' Matt Redman Live Performance March 05, 2020
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‘The Heart Of Worship’ Live Performance From Matt Redman At Passion 119920 views
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‘It Is Well With My Soul’ – Passionate Acoustic Performance From Matt Redman 102814 views
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'One Day (When We All Get To Heaven)' - Matt Redman Acoustic Performance 85992 views
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Matt Redman - Your Grace Finds Me (Official Lyric Chord Video) 73089 views
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Matt Redman Turns Times Square Into A Church 54909 views
Matt Redman Albums
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10,000 Reasons
July 2011Album Tracks
- O This God
- Endless Hallelujah
- We Are the Free
- Here for You
- Holy
- 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
- Fires
- Never Once
- Where Would We Be
- We Could Change the World
- Magnificent
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We Shall Not Be Shaken
July 2010Album Tracks
- All That Really Matters
- For Your Glory
- Gloria
- How Great Is Your Faithfulness
- My Hope
- Remembrance (Communion Song)
- The Glory of Our King
- The More We See
- This Is How We Know
- Through It All
- We Shall Not Be Shaken
- You Alone Can Rescue
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Top 5: Matt Redman - EP
January 2007Album Tracks
- Blessed Be Your Name (Blessed Be Your Name Album Version)
- Nothing But the Blood (Facedown Album Version)
- Facedown (Facedown Album Version)
- Dancing Generation (Facedown Album Version)
- Let Everything That Has Breath (The Heart of Worship Album Version)
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Beautiful News (Bonus Track Version)
December 2006Album Tracks
- All Over the World
- When All Is Said and Done
- If You Know You're Loved
- Beautiful News Reprise
- Blessed Be Your Name (Acoustic)
- Beautiful News
- You Never Let Go
- Shine
- Take It to the Streets
- Yes and Amen
- A Greater Song
- Blessing
- Thank You for Healing Me
- Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
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Blessed Be Your Name - The Songs of Matt Redman, Vol. 1
July 2005Album Tracks
- I Will Offer Up My Life
- Let Everything That Has Breath
- The Father's Song
- Blessed Be Your Name
- Holy Moment
- Once Again
- The Heart of Worship
- Let My Words Be Few
- Lord, Let Your Glory Fall
- Undignified
- Better Is One Day
- Facedown
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EQUIP - Back to the Heart (A Training Interview with Matt Redman)
April 2004Album Tracks
- Rehearsing Your Band
- The Entrustment
- Intro
- Beginnings
- Reflections On Intimacy
- An Inspired Life
- Birth of a Song
- Crafting a Song
- Heart of Worship Story
- Worship Leaders and Pastors
- Small Group Leading Tips
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Facedown
March 2003Album Tracks
- Breathing the Breath
- Mission's Flame
- Raise a Voice
- If I Have Not Love
- Praise Awaits You
- Nothing But the Blood
- Seeing You
- Gifted Response (We Will Worship You)
- Dancing Generation
- Pure Light
- Worthy, You Are Worthy
- Lead Us Up the Mountain
- Facedown
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
July 2002Album Tracks
- Lord, Let Your Glory Fall
- Where Angels Fear to Tread
- Amazing
- Blessed Be Your Name
- Befriended
- When My Heart Runs Dry
- Making Melody
- Call to Worship
- Rejoice With Trembling
- The Promise of Your Cross
- Wonderful Maker
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All Around the World
June 2001Album Tracks
- Holy Moment (Rythmic Remix)
- Can a Nation Be Changed (Bonus Track)
- Jesus, You Alone
- Be Glorified
- All Around the World
- Lord, Let Your Glory Fall
- Here I Am (I Will Always Love Your Name)
- Beautiful Savior
- Because of You
- Through the Veil
- Once Again
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The Father's Song
June 2000Album Tracks
- Revelation
- Thank You for the Blood
- You Must Increase
- Let My Words Be Few
- On and On
- Take the World But Give Me Jesus
- Light of the World
- King of This Heart
- Justice and Mercy
- The Father's Song
- Nothing Is Too Much
- You Led Me to the Cross
- Holy Moment
- O Sacred King
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Worship Celebration
January 2000Album Tracks
- The Potter's Hand
- Above All
- My Redeemer Lives
- Jesus, Lover of My Soul
- Hear Our Praises
- Worship You
- We Sing
- Open the Eyes of My Heart
- Light the Fire Again
- The Golden City
- Glory to the Lord
- I Will Run to You: I Will Run to You
- The Heart of Worship
- The Mercy Seat
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The Heart of Worship
March 1999Album Tracks
- For the Cross
- Hallelujah Song
- The Prayers of Saints
- Let Everything That Has Breath
- One Thing Remains
- What I Have Vowed
- Intimacy
- Hear the Music of My Heart
- When I Needed a Saviour
- I Am Yours
- The Heart of Worship
- Now to Live the Life
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The Friendship and the Fear
January 1998Album Tracks
- Friend of Sinners
- Can I Ascend
- The Friendship and the Fear
- Better Is One Day
- Believer
- Knocking On the Door of Heaven
- There Is a Louder Shout to Come
- I Will Offer Up My Life
- The Way of the Cross
- It's Rising Up
- Bowing Down
- The Cross Has Said It All
- Once Again