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Gathering

by Benji Carey-Smith

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Lord we come to offer praises As we bow before a holy King Lord we magnify Your greatness Now with joyful hearts we sing God above the earth, be glorified Lord, mighty King of life and light All the universe declares You are, The great and awesome God! You are gracious and forgiving Reaching out to seek and save the lost Lord we thank You for salvation And for leading us to Christ All heaven sings, creation sings Your people sing, holy are You Lord With joyous praise, the highest praise You will be praised, great and awesome God! Soon our Saviour is returning To this world again to judge and reign Jesus Christ is now exalted Name above all other names
2.
So be transformed Renew your minds Don't be conformed to the pattern of this world So be transformed By Scripture's words To honour God for the mercy that He's shown We offer up our lives A living sacrifice An act of worship pleasing to the Lord So be transformed That you may know The will of God; what's acceptable and good So be transformed By grace divine We have been brought into fellowship with Christ Christ, our Saviour Lord You came to save the lost You died upon the cross And then You rose up Now in heaven reigning Soon our King returning Jesus, blessed Hope and our Redeemer
3.
He lives, He lives He died and rose again He lives, He lives God's Son defeated death and sin Jesus You're alive And we are forgiven The stone's been rolled away After the long, long night It's a new day It's a new day Alive, alive Alive forever more Alive, alive God's Son, now heaven's door God raised Him up from the dead And freed Him from His agony It was impossible for death to hold You down Forever You'll wear the crown Forever You'll wear the crown We come down before Your holy throne Casting all our crowns before You
4.
As Your Word 05:04
God Your righteousness and Your holiness Are revealed within Scriptures' words Your redemptive plan and Your heart of love Now unfolded to our very eyes As Your Word goes forth, as it's preached and taught Let it shape our minds and refine our lives Let us not be those who would hear alone But we'd live it out for Your glory God As Your truth is seen and our knowledge grows Let it change and mold us more like Christ For Your Word is there that we'd know You more And be brought to full maturity Holy Spirit, stir revival In the hearts of many lives God of glory, great in power Through Your truth let faith arise
5.
Come to the Healer you weary and weak Cleanse all your guilt through belief Hold fast your faith in the mercy of God And in His power to save None of our works can commend us to God Nothing in us we can boast But we will glory in Christ ever more Laying our crowns at His feet Hallelujah! Christ has conquered sin When He died and rose to life Hallelujah! To You God be praise For Your grace has been revealed Grace unthinkable and final Grace unthinkable and final Through our Redeemer salvation was made Now by His wounds we are healed Messiah was punished to purchase our peace His righteousness we gain Now it is finished; the ransom is paid Once and for all Jesus died Hope to the nations, Revealer of love The Way and the Truth and Life
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Holy, holy, holy Lord God almighty Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee Holy, holy, holy Merciful and mighty God in three Persons, blessed Trinity Holy, holy, holy All the saints adore Thee Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea Cherubim and Seraphim falling down before Thee Who was, and is, and evermore shall be Holy, holy, holy Though the darkness hides me Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see Only Thou art holy There is none beside Thee Perfect in pow'r, in love and purity Holy, holy, holy Lord God almighty All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth and sky and sea Holy, holy, holy Merciful and mighty God in three Persons, blessed Trinity
7.
Immortal 04:36
In majesty beyond this world has known, Our God is seated on His throne While nations of the earth will pass away, Forever more He will remain Immortal, eternal, to You we bow Your Name is worthy of our highest praise All glory, all honour, all wisdom, and thanks Be unto You the Lord Most High The universe is held within His hand, And nothing can prevent His plan For even through the death of His own Son, Redemption was forever won Immortal God in heaven, Enthroned as King of all With wisdom all-surpassing You're great and wonderful And clothed in brilliant splendor, You're radiating light Eternally almighty, Majestic Lord of might
8.
Our Song 04:07
God You are good And You are kind You are so faithful to Your child God You have come Down to this world Made Yourself known in Jesus Christ And we will praise You evermore In You alone we will delight You are our portion and our song God You are our song Lord of the earth None can compare You are the Sovereign over all Lord of our faith Kept by Your power Held in the Father's hands of love God our delight First in our hearts Source of eternal life and light Come let us sing Shout and rejoice Bow and acknowledge He is God
9.
Declare His glory among the nations His marvellous works to everyone Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised Sing to the Lord a new song Sing to the Lord all the earth Sing to the Lord, and bless His name Tell of His salvation from day to day Splendour and majesty are before Him Strength and beauty are where He is He is deserving of every creature's praise Sing among the nations, 'The Lord reigns' The world is established; it shall not be moved He will come to judge in righteousness Sing to the Lord, sing to the Lord Sing among the nations, 'The Lord reigns' Let the earth rejoice and the heavens be glad Ascribe to Him the glory due His holy name Sing to the Lord, sing to the Lord
10.
With selfless love, in perfect measure, Christ Jesus laid aside His glory And of a poor and lowly virgin He was conceived in Bethlehem No royal crowds or lofty welcome; Just shepherds came to offer praise For such a One of endless value, He came so humbly to the world We behold, we adore The beauty of the Saviour’s love A people held their arm against Him; Their Lord who healed the sick and broken A Man of power and compassion In working signs and miracles His great salvation offered freely, He preached with such authority Now all you weary and you burdened, To Jesus come; the Prince of Peace And in complete and full obedience Our Lord remained unto the Father Until He bore and felt the fullness Of all our sin upon Himself The holy Lamb, for us was slaughtered, And He was led without a cry But He endured for joy beyond it; Such selfless love that brought us life
11.
O sovereign Lord, we turn our hearts to You Our prayer and cry rise to Your throne For You are the faithful and unchanging One Through ages You stand, a fortress unending and strong Lord, our God, turn and hear And in this day, glorify Your Name O sovereign Lord, we’ve seen Your hand at work A people saved from every place The power of the gospel unites and prevails Your children of grace, adopted as daughters and sons O sovereign Lord, empower Your precious church And make her bold to speak forth Your Word Lord even in this should suffering we face Please let us endure, for Christ and His glory and Name

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Psalm 34:3 - Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!

Gathering is an album of 11 congregational worship songs - 10 fresh originals, and one cover of an old hymn. They reflect different aspects of our faith and praise towards God as we gather corporately as the church.

All chord sheets (including capo versions for guitars) and lyric sheets are available online at www.benjimusic.co.nz


The Reason For Gathering -

- Ephesians 5 informs us one characteristic of Spirit-filled lives is joining together as the church and singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God and to each other with thankfulness (Ephesians 5:18-20).

- Scripture also tells us to not neglect meeting together as Christians in order to encourage each other, minister to one another, and worship God through the reading and preaching of His word, the sacraments, prayer, and song (Hebrews 10:24-25).

- Music is a powerful way to express our worship in spirit and truth - declaring truths about God and the gospel with music that allows us to express those with passion and emotion towards God, engaging both our minds and our hearts (John 4:23-24).

- There is an important place for private praise towards God, but we can't neglect the hugely important corporate aspect of praise, which will carry on in heaven (Revelation 4-5).

- There is always the need in the church for Christ-centred, God-focussed songs that congregations are able to sing (Colossians 3:16-17, Revelation 7:9-12).

credits

released February 13, 2017

Above all I want to thank God who reconciles us to Himself and each other through His Son.

Thanks to the church communities I have been privileged to praise and serve with. Thanks to all the musicians and other people involved in producing the music on this album and design.

Thanks to all the amazing people who contributed on the PledgeMe and in other ways (special thanks go to a few Pledgeme contributors: Russ Hodson, Carolyn Sims, and Jeremy Carey-Smith).


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Benji Carey-Smith New Zealand

Benji Carey-Smith is a musician committed to glorifying Jesus Christ through song, and to providing the opportunity for God’s Word to be communicated to local churches in New Zealand and beyond. His music is similar to Matt Redman, Brenton Brown and Malcolm Gordon. ... more

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