What is your favorite Praise & Worship song?

PraiseCaster · March 28th, 2003, 10:07 PM

What's your favorite P&W song that you play in Church? One of mine is from Mercy Me, "I Can Only Imagine". I cant remember the young mans name, who authored it, but he said it was about his father passing away; As his father got closer to death, due to a terminal illness, his dad would tell him that he could see Heaven, and the people rejoicing, and Jesus in their midst, and His Glory is surrounding them! This young man recalls only being able to say, I can only imagine.

After his father went to Heaven, he would think about his dad, and how he could only imagine the Joy that he was experiencing, and that conversation they had had, then the song came to him.

I'll tell you what, that song wrecks me every time! I cant get through it without the tears flowing. It gets right into my heart, and I can imagine what it will be like, when we walk by His side.

So lets hear it; what P&W song just gets straight to your heart?

Aaron G · March 29th, 2003, 02:41 PM

"I can only Imagine" is an incredible song. I like the new acoustic version, too.

"Freedom" from Darryl Evans is one of my favorites. "History Maker", "Your love is extravagant", "I could sing of your love forever", "Dance in the river"... too many!

Jim W · March 29th, 2003, 07:24 PM

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Spanky · March 29th, 2003, 11:40 PM

The arrangement we used for the last young adult concert we did was done in "U2" Style--heavily delayed guitar !===a little tricky but real cool--------

DADGAD · March 29th, 2003, 11:48 PM

I guess my current favorite is "Come, Now Is The Time To Worship." I use a little echo, "U2"style (no 3rds.) It ROCKS and the lyrics have a great message.

Depending on the setting, I do the solo in E on guitar or pennywhistle if done in an acoustic setting. I also play the intro on Low D whistle.

Gary - Contemporary Celtic rock guitar, pennywhistle and DADGAD tuned acoustic guitar.

Tim Swartz · March 30th, 2003, 01:59 AM

There are a lot to choose from, but recent memory of a version of The Wondrous Cross that had a heavey echoed, dropped D droning guitar was very moving. Last week we pulled out an old rocker, I Love Your Grace, complete w/ bass and guitar solos, big greasy (Ratted) guitar w/ lots of room for fills at the ends of the vocal lines.

Tylercaster · March 30th, 2003, 04:36 PM

Great to play, sing, beutiful melody, and the words say it all!

Tom A. · March 31st, 2003, 09:39 PM

God Of Wonders by Third Day.

Tom

tele150 · March 31st, 2003, 10:22 PM

:D Ancient Words by Robin Mark

Brad · April 2nd, 2003, 05:26 PM

is one of my current fav's. Another is You are holy. At least, i think thats the name...worthy is the Lamb. I don't know who does it, but we do an incredible ( IMHO ) version. I'm fairly new to the worship team and have not heard the original versions of many of the songs we do. As with my secular band playing day's, I usually came in cold filling in for sick or otherwise unavailable guitar players. I love flying by the seat of my pants with songs I've never heard before. There are some incredible songs out there right now and some awesome older tunes too. We have quite a few friends from Australia. There are some incredible worhip songs coming from Australia.

alabubba · April 3rd, 2003, 01:28 AM

...so many songs to choose from, and "favorite" today may not be the same as it will be tomorrow. We do a song "First Love" sometimes, I think it came over from Australia with Hillsongs, that song can make me feel like I'm standing in the musical center of the universe, but then there have been many other songs that have had that same effect at one time or another. We do so many songs, many of which I've never heard a recording of...also can depend on the musicians and singers who are there on any given day. I think I have a lot of favorites.

Every now and then we've had Saturday night praise and worship nights and had musicians from other churches get together with us and let loose. Then I find out that in spite of the many many songs we do or have done, there are just as many more I haven't even heard yet!

asatbender · April 5th, 2003, 12:20 AM

also
god of wonders

you are holy nicole nordeman

PraiseCaster · April 10th, 2003, 09:47 PM

"Agnus Dei". Very Worshipful (I hope I'm not makin up a word there?). I sent Brad a private message with the lyrics, so maybe it's the same one, guess we'll have to wait for Brad to get back to us? But, with the few lyrics he called out, it seems to fit.

telest · April 13th, 2003, 11:28 AM

Greater Grace is a nice peice with a great groove and chord structure.
Steve

LuthierTom · April 16th, 2003, 01:19 PM

...our band and choir have done the song "Embrace the Cross" on two occations recently. This past Sunday we did it with just acoustic guitar, bass, keyboard, and percussion, and it is a really beautiful song when the accompaniment is kept simple like that. I remarked to our director that I'd love to hear it done as a solo, as it has a very Dan Fogelberg-ish kind of feel to it.

Wanker · May 16th, 2003, 04:51 PM

Top 2:

God of Wonders
I Can Only Imagine

Spanky · May 18th, 2003, 08:08 PM

working on that for an upcoming large youth event in the Meadowlands---really a cool song--lotta overdriven guitar---anybody play that tune?
Would you think a "rectifier type"sound or a "bassman" type more natural overdrive ? just kinda mullin it over in my mind (and heart)
any opinions brothers ?

KenB · May 19th, 2003, 09:36 AM

Great thread! Amazing to see the songs already listed are my favorites too! Anyway here are three of the songs (I couldn't keep it to one) that are band and congregation favorites at Christian Fellowship Church in Scotland, CT:

1. Grace Like Rain - Todd Agnew style. Modern version of amazing grace with added chorus. GREAT TELE SONG! I use my super clean setting on my Blues Jr. (Master vol dimed and the gain on 3-4). I use tremolo and delay on the beginning. Then when it starts rocking on the chorus, I switch off the trem. The delay is dotted eighth note (kind of U2ish). I set the tempo on my DD-5 using the tap-tempo feature. The little lead riffs really jump out. This song really rocks! The band loves it but the congregation is still warming to it.

2. God of Wonders - We do it Paul Baloche style in E. Another great tele song. Electric guitar in on the second verse and the solo after the second chorus. We have also synced with video(DVD) on this one. The DVD is iWorship vol 1 (I think). The band plays with a click track that is synced with the DVD. The congregation loves it. Takes a lot of concentration by the band to stay synced. Takes practice and discipline to do it but it's an effective tool to help people focus on worshiping God.

3. So Close - This is a congregation favorite. We just did it yesterday with a synced video that I made on my Mac with iMovie and iDVD.

Bo F. · June 3rd, 2003, 09:43 PM

All of the above are fantastic...but my ALL TIME favorite is "In the secret"...not too fast though.. AS for My Glorious.... The version I have played is off of the Passion CD... Humbucker into DirectDrive with drive turned up into super reverb set to cook...did it nicely! I would say rectifier over bassman alone but I would prefer bassman with good pedal. you need some gain for sure

GlennLewis · July 19th, 2003, 12:43 AM

Kind of depends upon what guitar I'm playing and which church I'm in, but I like..

Shine Jesus Shine
I've Always Loved You - 3rd Day
and we play a real nice medley for communion services,
In Rememberance of Me, One Bread, One Body, and a couple others.
For an older crowd I'll do Turn, Turn, Turn as they exit, just to make them look back.
And for my old family church I'll do:
In The Garden,
Amazing Grace
Joyful, Joyful
any of the old standards

OH... and Christmas Music...how can I forget, we rock those things!

Boilerblues · July 19th, 2003, 11:39 PM

I don't play it, because I'm not that good yet, but my favorite is "The Heights/Mercy" by David Crowder. It strikes me as being very honest. "All I Can Say" has been getting me too. I guess I'm in a place where the songs that express brokenness are really resonating with me.

0le FUZZY · July 24th, 2003, 12:48 AM

Jes sum of them and my daddy sang the first one here by his own seff.

http://www.guitarhymns.com/hymns/theloveofgod.html
http://www.guitarhymns.com/hymns/theoldruggedcross.html
http://www.guitarhymns.com/hymns/howgreatthouart.html
http://www.guitarhymns.com/hymns/inthegarden.html
http://www.guitarhymns.com/hymns/jes...rthecross.html

0le FUZZY

Wahwax · July 28th, 2003, 05:08 PM

I love "I can only Imagine." I love "God of Wonders"

Another one that is becoming a favorite is "Jesus You are my best friend."

JukeJointJimmy · October 21st, 2003, 08:40 AM

We just started doing one at church from Hillsong called "I Need You Here". Beautiful melody, awesome lyric, and some great guitar lines.

Wahwax · October 21st, 2003, 10:16 AM

One of my new favorites is "Meet With Me".

It's super simple on the guitar and I lead it on vocals.

There are so many great tunes to list.

reverbbb · October 21st, 2003, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PraiseCaster

. . . One of mine is from Mercy Me, "I Can Only Imagine". I cant remember the young mans name, who authored it . . .

Bart Mallard is his name. He is truly a worship warrior and man of God. I had the good fortune to meet him at a

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PraiseCaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Whittier, California Posts: 4,310 16 Photos	What is your favorite Praise & Worship song? What's your favorite P&W song that you play in Church? One of mine is from Mercy Me, "I Can Only Imagine". I cant remember the young mans name, who authored it, but he said it was about his father passing away; As his father got closer to death, due to a terminal illness, his dad would tell him that he could see Heaven, and the people rejoicing, and Jesus in their midst, and His Glory is surrounding them! This young man recalls only being able to say, I can only imagine. After his father went to Heaven, he would think about his dad, and how he could only imagine the Joy that he was experiencing, and that conversation they had had, then the song came to him. I'll tell you what, that song wrecks me every time! I cant get through it without the tears flowing. It gets right into my heart, and I can imagine what it will be like, when we walk by His side. So lets hear it; what P&W song just gets straight to your heart? __________________ Later! PraiseCaster Visit Guitarists Praise and Worship Forum!! Dance Like David, MySpace

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Jim W Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 447	I really like Prepare Ye the Way eom dd

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Spanky Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Baldwin,(Long Island) NY Posts: 117	"Open the Eyes of My Heart" The arrangement we used for the last young adult concert we did was done in "U2" Style--heavily delayed guitar !===a little tricky but real cool-------- __________________ Rev. Spanky************************** God plays a 52ri--He's really GOOD TOO ! *************************************

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DADGAD Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Palmdale, CA Posts: 764	Just ONE???? I guess my current favorite is "Come, Now Is The Time To Worship." I use a little echo, "U2"style (no 3rds.) It ROCKS and the lyrics have a great message. Depending on the setting, I do the solo in E on guitar or pennywhistle if done in an acoustic setting. I also play the intro on Low D whistle. Gary - Contemporary Celtic rock guitar, pennywhistle and DADGAD tuned acoustic guitar.

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Tylercaster Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mississippi Age: 31 Posts: 378	Matt Redman's "Heart of Worship" Great to play, sing, beutiful melody, and the words say it all! __________________ Psalm 33:3 - Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to Him!

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Aaron G TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bloomington, In Posts: 56	"I can only Imagine" is an incredible song. I like the new acoustic version, too. "Freedom" from Darryl Evans is one of my favorites. "History Maker", "Your love is extravagant", "I could sing of your love forever", "Dance in the river"... too many!

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Tim Swartz Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan - Tweenst the Great Lakes Posts: 1,872	There are a lot to choose from, but recent memory of a version of The Wondrous Cross that had a heavey echoed, dropped D droning guitar was very moving. Last week we pulled out an old rocker, I Love Your Grace, complete w/ bass and guitar solos, big greasy (Ratted) guitar w/ lots of room for fills at the ends of the vocal lines.

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Tom A. Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Byram, Mississippi Age: 57 Posts: 426 9 Photos	God Of Wonders by Third Day. Tom

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tele150 NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 6	What is your favorite Praise & Worship song ? :D Ancient Words by Robin Mark

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Brad Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 1,294	Mad me glad is one of my current fav's. Another is You are holy. At least, i think thats the name...worthy is the Lamb. I don't know who does it, but we do an incredible ( IMHO ) version. I'm fairly new to the worship team and have not heard the original versions of many of the songs we do. As with my secular band playing day's, I usually came in cold filling in for sick or otherwise unavailable guitar players. I love flying by the seat of my pants with songs I've never heard before. There are some incredible songs out there right now and some awesome older tunes too. We have quite a few friends from Australia. There are some incredible worhip songs coming from Australia. __________________ We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old becasue we stop playing.

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alabubba Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Alabama Age: 56 Posts: 123	Tough question to answer... ...so many songs to choose from, and "favorite" today may not be the same as it will be tomorrow. We do a song "First Love" sometimes, I think it came over from Australia with Hillsongs, that song can make me feel like I'm standing in the musical center of the universe, but then there have been many other songs that have had that same effect at one time or another. We do so many songs, many of which I've never heard a recording of...also can depend on the musicians and singers who are there on any given day. I think I have a lot of favorites. Every now and then we've had Saturday night praise and worship nights and had musicians from other churches get together with us and let loose. Then I find out that in spite of the many many songs we do or have done, there are just as many more I haven't even heard yet!

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asatbender Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: ga Posts: 261	todd agnew grace like rain also god of wonders you are holy nicole nordeman

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PraiseCaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Whittier, California Posts: 4,310 16 Photos	I think the song Brad is talkin about is.... "Agnus Dei". Very Worshipful (I hope I'm not makin up a word there?). I sent Brad a private message with the lyrics, so maybe it's the same one, guess we'll have to wait for Brad to get back to us? But, with the few lyrics he called out, it seems to fit. __________________ Later! PraiseCaster Visit Guitarists Praise and Worship Forum!! Dance Like David, MySpace

April 13th, 2003, 11:28 AM	#14 (permalink)
telest TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 99	Greater Grace is a nice peice with a great groove and chord structure. Steve

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LuthierTom TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Beavercreek, Ohio Posts: 73	It varies, but... ...our band and choir have done the song "Embrace the Cross" on two occations recently. This past Sunday we did it with just acoustic guitar, bass, keyboard, and percussion, and it is a really beautiful song when the accompaniment is kept simple like that. I remarked to our director that I'd love to hear it done as a solo, as it has a very Dan Fogelberg-ish kind of feel to it. __________________ As a matter of fact, I am a rocket scientist.

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Wanker TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 17	Top 2: God of Wonders I Can Only Imagine

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Spanky Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Baldwin,(Long Island) NY Posts: 117	My Glorious----by Delirious working on that for an upcoming large youth event in the Meadowlands---really a cool song--lotta overdriven guitar---anybody play that tune? Would you think a "rectifier type"sound or a "bassman" type more natural overdrive ? just kinda mullin it over in my mind (and heart) any opinions brothers ? __________________ Rev. Spanky************************** God plays a 52ri--He's really GOOD TOO ! *************************************

May 19th, 2003, 09:36 AM	#18 (permalink)
KenB TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 23	So many to choose from... Great thread! Amazing to see the songs already listed are my favorites too! Anyway here are three of the songs (I couldn't keep it to one) that are band and congregation favorites at Christian Fellowship Church in Scotland, CT: 1. Grace Like Rain - Todd Agnew style. Modern version of amazing grace with added chorus. GREAT TELE SONG! I use my super clean setting on my Blues Jr. (Master vol dimed and the gain on 3-4). I use tremolo and delay on the beginning. Then when it starts rocking on the chorus, I switch off the trem. The delay is dotted eighth note (kind of U2ish). I set the tempo on my DD-5 using the tap-tempo feature. The little lead riffs really jump out. This song really rocks! The band loves it but the congregation is still warming to it. 2. God of Wonders - We do it Paul Baloche style in E. Another great tele song. Electric guitar in on the second verse and the solo after the second chorus. We have also synced with video(DVD) on this one. The DVD is iWorship vol 1 (I think). The band plays with a click track that is synced with the DVD. The congregation loves it. Takes a lot of concentration by the band to stay synced. Takes practice and discipline to do it but it's an effective tool to help people focus on worshiping God. 3. So Close - This is a congregation favorite. We just did it yesterday with a synced video that I made on my Mac with iMovie and iDVD.

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Bo F. NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 7	All of the above are fantastic...but my ALL TIME favorite is "In the secret"...not too fast though.. AS for My Glorious.... The version I have played is off of the Passion CD... Humbucker into DirectDrive with drive turned up into super reverb set to cook...did it nicely! I would say rectifier over bassman alone but I would prefer bassman with good pedal. you need some gain for sure

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GlennLewis Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 541 4 Photos	A couple of my favorites.. Kind of depends upon what guitar I'm playing and which church I'm in, but I like.. Shine Jesus Shine I've Always Loved You - 3rd Day and we play a real nice medley for communion services, In Rememberance of Me, One Bread, One Body, and a couple others. For an older crowd I'll do Turn, Turn, Turn as they exit, just to make them look back. And for my old family church I'll do: In The Garden, Amazing Grace Joyful, Joyful any of the old standards OH... and Christmas Music...how can I forget, we rock those things!

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Boilerblues NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 2	Favorite worship song I don't play it, because I'm not that good yet, but my favorite is "The Heights/Mercy" by David Crowder. It strikes me as being very honest. "All I Can Say" has been getting me too. I guess I'm in a place where the songs that express brokenness are really resonating with me.

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0le FUZZY Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kolly-forn-knee-ya Posts: 10,001 6 Photos	Favorites Jes sum of them and my daddy sang the first one here by his own seff. http://www.guitarhymns.com/hymns/theloveofgod.html http://www.guitarhymns.com/hymns/theoldruggedcross.html http://www.guitarhymns.com/hymns/howgreatthouart.html http://www.guitarhymns.com/hymns/inthegarden.html http://www.guitarhymns.com/hymns/jes...rthecross.html 0le FUZZY

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Wahwax Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 430	I love "I can only Imagine." I love "God of Wonders" Another one that is becoming a favorite is "Jesus You are my best friend." __________________ www.guitarforum.net My guitars

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JukeJointJimmy Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 158	We just started doing one at church from Hillsong called "I Need You Here". Beautiful melody, awesome lyric, and some great guitar lines.

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Wahwax Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 430	One of my new favorites is "Meet With Me". It's super simple on the guitar and I lead it on vocals. There are so many great tunes to list. __________________ www.guitarforum.net My guitars