Today, I found out that my truck needs about $800 in repairs because my intake manifold is leaking, more like dripping fluid.  This comes on top of needing to pay $176 to get it registered after it gets smogged, needing to by books for my semester which starts on Monday, having $9,000+ in credit card debt, $60,000+ in student loans, bills, and of course wanting to be able to have a life.

Needless to say, it sucks to be a grown up at times!!!!

The Heart of Worship is a wonderful worship song that brings what worship is all about.  It was written by Matt Redman when he was 14 years old during a very unique time in the life of his church, Soul Survivor in Wattford, England.

The pastor of Soul Survivor, Mike Pilavachi, decide the there would be no worship in his church because he felt as though the people attending were just going through the motions and not really giving their all in worship.  During this time of no worship there were only bible studies and over a period of 6 months the people of this church discovered what the true meaning of worship was.

This song by Redman was the song the “broke the silence,” if you will, and I think that it is a fitting song for the occasion.

Now Soul Survivor is among the top churches around the world who reach young people and win them to the Kingdom and to Christ.

Here are the words for you to read and see why they are so fitting:

When the music fades
All is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something that's of worth
That will bless your heart

I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart

I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
When it's all about You
It's all about You, Jesus

King of endless worth
No one could express
How much you deserve
Though I'm weak and poor
All I have is yours
Every single breath

For the last three weeks I have been working for Pacific Camps, which is an after-school, Summer day camp facility with sites in Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, and 2 in Simi Valley.  I am having a blast and getting my butt kicked in the process because it is a lot of work running around with kids all day.

I think a few of the best things about my job besides getting to work with and minister to kids is that I am being stretched by God in the area of patience and having a positive attitude no matter what the circumstances.

I am looking forward to what the next few weeks of camp bring and what God has is store for all of the kids and all of the staff, including myself.

I stumbled across this new website called wetpaint.com and at first I was just a fan of the David Crowder Band and now I have decided to make one of my own where I can track my journey to becoming a worship leader/ song writer.  There is a link to it in my sidebar.

I just learned how to do this and I thought I would give it a try.  If anyone would like to help me out finacially (to buy an xbox 360 and to get my truck fixed, and buy new music gear[posted in a previous blog]) feel free to click on the link to my myspace page where you can find the link to donate.

If you have been keeping up with my blog lately you have noticed that since I switched my major I have really be encompassed by music.  I would like to be able to afford to buy some new equipment that will help me in my endeavors to make kinds of sounds and cool music.  I have also been having some trouble with my truck lately and would like to get it fixed but unfortunately I don’t have the money to do so right now, and I don’t have a job because of the high levels of stress that I am facing with going to school full-time, and this commitment that is needed for school outside of class and homework. 

 

Check this website out… http://www.buildinggodslegacy.org/  it is the website which was set up by one of the pastors at my church in order to get financial and prayer support which will allow us to move to a new facility and no longer have to share property anymore.  If you feel led to give there is a link where you can do so. 

Thanks for taking the time to read this post and possibly pray and/or donate!

This is a new, very upbea song from Chris Tomlin.  Here are 2 videos I found on You Tube they are okay… hopefully there will be a really good one that will be posted on day. 

 

 

This is an awesome song that it about total surrender.  Take a look/ listen for yourself.

 

Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days,
let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands and let them move
at the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
swift and beautiful for Thee.

Take my voice and let me sing
always, only for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
filled with messages from Thee.
Take my silver and my gold
not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
every power as You choose.

Here am I, all of me.
Take my life, it’s all for Thee.

Take my will and make it Thine
it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart it is Thine own
it shall be Thy royal throne.
Take my love, my Lord I pour
at Your feet its treasure store
Take myself and I will be
ever, only, all for Thee.

Take myself and I will be
ever, only, all for Thee.

 

 

I came to the realization that I have a lot of church services/ practices to go to over the next week or so, all for Palm Sunday and Easter.  I have to go to practice on Thursday, 3 church services on Sunday, practice on Tuesday, church on Thursday, another practice on Saturday, and then 3 more church services on Sunday. 

I am kinda stoked about it because I love music so much and this is what I want to do with my life.  I am leading one on the services, the sunrise service at the beach on Easter morning, I hope that my voice will be warm enough to hit those high notes.  Luckily I play with a capo in case I need to change keys quickly.

I recently purchased 2 new Boss pedals and a pedal board I have to say that I love the way they work.  I purchased a Boss BCB-60 pedal board.  And now that it works, I love it.  I also bought a Boss CH-1 super chorus pedal (great if you like delay), and a Boss AW-3 dynamic wah guitar effects pedal (not like your average everyday wah pedal, you step on it and let it be instead of having to keep your foot moving on it.)

This new equipment is added to the stuff I already own… Boss DS-1 distortion pedal, an Ernie Ball Jr. VP volume pedal, a Boss super over-drive SD-1 pedal, a Boss Tu-15 chromatic tuner, and a Boss AC-3 acoustic simulator (not used much but cool for a different kind of effect).

I still would like to purchase a Boss RC-2 loop station effect pedal, a Boss DD-6 digital delay guitar effect pedal, a Boss CE-5 chorus ensemble pedal, a Boss TU-2 chromatic stompbox tuner (for my acoustic), a Boss BF-3 flanger (for different sounding effects), a Boss NS-2 noise suppressor pedal, and a Boss GE-7 equalizer pedal, as well as an additional pedal board to hold it all.

I also need an amp with the capability to sustain this kind of gear… any ideas?   

All of this new equipment would help propel me toward my goal of creating my own loops and stuff along those lines.