{"id":3755,"date":"2012-04-04T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=3755"},"modified":"2012-04-05T00:28:36","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T07:28:36","slug":"lenten-worship-music-vii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=3755","title":{"rendered":"Lenten Worship Music (VII)"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the two months that we were commuting to Great Falls in order to be with Daniel almost three years ago(!), I managed to patch into a KLOVE<\/a> signal bouncing off one of the buttes and “God of This City” by the Northern Ireland band Bluetree<\/a> was one of the songs that was popular during that time. It gets its name from the mission trip the band took to Pattaya, Thailand and the deplorable conditions they found there. They launched a charity called Stand Out International in 2009 to rescue kids out of the sex industry, probably based on what they saw there.<\/p>\n

When I was driving home from PT with Daniel yesterday, this song was playing on KLOVE<\/a> and I decided to feature it. Here are the lyrics:<\/p>\n

You’re God of this city, You’re the King of these people
\nYou’re the Lord of this nation, You are
\nYou’re the light in this darkness, You’re the hope to the hopeless
\nYou’re the peace to the restless, You are<\/p>\n

For there is no one like our God
\nThere is no one like You God<\/p>\n

Greater things have yet to come
\nAnd greater things are still to be done in this city
\nGreater things have yet to come
\nAnd greater things are still to be done here<\/p>\n

You’re the Lord of creation, the creator of all things
\nYou’re the King above all kings, You are
\nYou’re the strength in the weakness, You are love to the broken
\nYou’re the joy in the sadness, You are<\/p>\n

For there is no one like our God
\nThere is no one like You God<\/p>\n

Greater things have yet to come
\nAnd greater things are still to be done in this city
\nWhere glory shines from hearts alive
\nWith praise for You and love for You in this city<\/p>\n

Greater things have yet to come
\nAnd greater things are still to be done in this city
\nGreater things have yet to come
\nAnd greater things are still to be done here<\/p>\n

There is no one like our God
\nThere is no one like our God
\nYes, there is no one like You God
\nThere is no one like You God<\/p>\n

Greater things have yet to come
\nAnd greater things are still to be done in this city
\nWhere glory shines from hearts alive
\nWith praise for You and love for You in this city<\/p>\n

Greater things have yet to come
\nAnd greater things are still to be done in this city
\nGreater things have yet to come
\nAnd greater things are still to be done here
\nStill to be done here, still to be done here
\nStill to be done here
\n(HT: SongLyrics.Com<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love it because it’s hopeful and if it was inspired by the squalor of that city in Thailand, there’s a definite need for hope. I can also so see it being used for various “city clean-up” ministry things in the States with no knowledge of why it was written. The irony of that is that the band is based in Belfast and there is a definite need for hope in that city, especially in the ghetto areas where the paramilitary action can be prevalent.<\/p>\n

Here’s the song:<\/p>\n