Friday, June 5, 2015

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Humility"

This entry in my "Fruits of the Spirit" series was one of the hardest of all of them. Various Bible translations use the words "gentleness," "meekness," or "humility" to describe this "fruit." Well, there almost no songs that directly speak of gentleness and very few that cover meekness – shocking, I know. But I found that there are quite a few songs that – in their lyrics or merely in their themes – deal with the subject of "Humility." So that was the tack I took with this one. And a fine set of songs it is, too! I truly hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Graham Kendrick  ~  "Meekness & Majesty"




2)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "Audience Of One"




3)  Colton Dixon  ~  "More Of You"




4)  Jennifer Knapp  ~   "Martyrs & Thieves"  (BLOGGER'S NOTE: Yes, I DO know she identifies as a lesbian now. But that fact does not lessen the truth or the message of this song, which Jennifer wrote several years ago when she was then identifying as a Christian musician.)




5)  Kutless  ~  "Give Us Clean Hands"




6)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Unending Love"




7)  Christafari  ~  "Here I Am To Worship"




8)  Israel Houghton  ~  "I Surrender All"




9)  Austin Chamberlin & Lauren Zielenski  ~  "All I Am"  (This is a lovely cover version of a Phil Wickham song, for which I couldn't find a music video.)




10)  Hillsong Live  ~  "To Be Like You"




11)  Planetshakers  ~  "Surrender"




12)  Flame ft. J.R.  ~  "Tonight (All Of Me)"




13)  Hillsong United  ~  "Like An Avalanche"




14)  Jimmy Needham  ~  "Being Small"




15)  Chris Sligh  ~  "Empty Me"




16)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Narrow Road"




17)  Leeland  ~  "Holy Spirit, Have Your Way"




18)  Flame ft. V. Rose  ~  "Surrender"




19)  Chris Tomlin  ~  "Lay Me Down"




20)  Hillsong Live  ~  "You"




21)  Deitrick Haddon  ~  "Have Your Way"




22)  FFH  ~  "Wholly To You"




23)  Seventh Day Slumber  ~  "Surrender"




24)  Rend Collective  ~  "All That I Am"




25)  Hillsong Live  ~  "I Surrender"


Thursday, June 4, 2015

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Faithfulness" (Part 2)

Here's the second half of my earlier post, part of my ongoing "Fruits of the Spirit" series featuring songs about "Faithfulness." I would say "enjoy," but I know if you listen to them you will anyway.  ~  JH



1)  Chapelhill Music  ~  "Faithful God"




2)  Skillet  ~  "More Faithful"




3)  Rend Collective  ~  "Faithful"




4)  Steve Green  ~  "The Faithful"




5)  Greg Sykes  ~  "Faithful"




6)  Shawn McDonald  ~  "Faithful"




7)  Jesus Culture ft. Kim Walker  ~  "You Are Faithful"




8)  Brooke Fraser  ~  "Faithful"




9)  Brian Doerksen  ~  "Faithful Father"




10)  Beth Jesus ft. Sonnie Badu  ~  "Faithful God"




11)  UMobile Worship  ~  "Our God Is Faithful"




12)  Kutless  ~  "What Faith Can Do"




13)  Elevation Worship  ~  "Give Me Faith"




14)  Jeremy Camp  ~  "Walk By Faith"




15)  Bethel Music ft. Bobby Strand  ~  "He Is Faithful"




16)  Byron Cage  ~  "Faithful To Believe"




17)  Plumb  ~  "Faithful"




18)  Johnny Minick  ~  "Faithful Man"




19)  Tanya Felli  ~  "Faithful"




20)  Newborn Music  ~  "Faithful God"


Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Faithfulness" (Part 1)

So...there were way too many good ones of these for just one post. So this is a two-parter. It's "Fruits of the Spirit" songs about "Faithfulness." Ready... set...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Selah  ~  "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"




2)  Jon Thurlow  ~  "Your Faithfulness"




3)  Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir  ~  "He's Been Faithful"




4)  Sarah Reeves  ~  "Faithful"




5)  Hawk Nelson  ~  "Faithful"




6)  Newsong  ~  "Faithful"




7)  VaShawn Mitchell  ~  "Faithful"




8)  Victory Worship  ~  "Faithful"




9)  Bethel Music ft. Amy Miller  ~  "You Are Faithful"




10)  AMP  ~  "Faithful"




11)  Anna Sailors  ~  "He's Always Been Faithful"




12)  Gateway Worship ft. Zach Neese  ~  "Faithful God"




13)  Jesus Culture ft. Bryan Torwalt  ~  "He Is Faithful"




14)  Donnie McClurkin  ~  "I Call You Faithful"




15)  Steve Green  ~  "Find Us Faithful"




16)  Hillsong Live  ~  "You Are Faithful"




17)  Third Day  ~  "O Come All Ye Faithful"




18)  Hezekiah Walker  ~  "Faithful Is Our God"




19)  Bethel Music ft. Amanda Cook  ~  "Faithful To Me"




20)  Justin Rizzo  ~  "Tree" / "Found Faithful"


Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Goodness"

The goodness of God... Goodness as a virtue... The possibilities are endless! Fortunately for you, this post is not endless. Part of my ongoing "Fruits of the Spirit" songs series, here's a solid set of tunes on the subject of "Goodness." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Israel Houghton  ~  "Surely Goodness"




2)  Audrey Assad  ~  "I Shall Not Want"




3)  Kari Jobe ft. Cody Carnes  ~  "Holy Spirit"




4)  Sinach  ~  "Shout It Loud"




5)  Jeremy Riddle  ~  "You Are Good"




6)  Darlene Zschech  ~  "Irresistible"




7)  Tye Tribbett & G.A.  ~  "Sinking"




8)  Relynhart  ~  "Goodness And Mercy"




9)  Don Moen  ~  "God Is Good All The Time"




10)  Regina Belle  ~  "God Is Good"




11)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  "Hallelujah (Your Love Is Amazing)"




12)   Audrey Assad  ~  "Good To Me"




13)  Gaither Vocal Band  ~  "God Is Good All The Time"  (Different from the Don Moen song above...)




14)  K-Anthony  ~  "God Is Good"




15)  Lisa Page Brooks  ~  "God Is Good"




16)  Chicago Mass Choir  ~  "Oh, Taste & See"




17)  Gateway Worship ft. Kari Jobe  ~  "You Are Good"




18)  New Creation Church  ~  "Every Day Of My Life"




19)  Willie Banks & The Messengers  ~  "God's Goodness"




20)  Bethel Music ft. Kalley Heiligenthal  ~  "Good, Good Father"


Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Kindness"

Continuing the "Fruits of the Spirit" series, here's a collection of songs about "Kindness." There are a couple of songs here by – gasp! – "secular" artists, but I chose them because the lyrics in these songs embodied the Biblical concept of kindness as well as any "Christian" songs I could find. That being said, enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Elevation Worship  ~  "In Your Presence"




2)  Chris Tomlin  ~  "Kindness"




3)  Laura Story  ~  "Mighty To Save"




4)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  "Give"




5)  Rend Collective  ~  "Find Your Kindness"




6)  Darlene Zschech  ~  "Change Your World"




7)  Glen Campbell  ~  "Try A Little Kindness"




8)  Steve Bell  ~  "Kindness"




9)  Bebo Norman  ~  "I Will Lift My Eyes"




10)  Natalie Grant & Jordin Sparks  ~  "Human"




11)  Third Day  ~  "Sing A Song"   (Bonus track included: "Come On Back To Me")




12)   Jewel  ~  "Hands"




13)  Eleven22  ~  "Hands Of Kindness"




14)  Elevation Worship  ~  "Everlasting Father"




15)  Rebecca St. James  ~  "The Kindness Of Our God"


Monday, June 1, 2015

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Patience"

Part of my ongoing series of posts featuring songs about the Fruits of the Spirit, here's a collection of tunes about "Patience." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Albertina Walker  ~  "Please Be Patient With Me"




2)  Brenton Brown  ~  "Everlasting God"




3)  Michael W. Smith  ~  "I'll Wait For You"




4)  Donnie McClurkin & Karen Clark Sheard  ~  "Wait On The Lord"




5)  Bleach  ~  "Patience"




6)  Greg & Janna Long  ~  "In The Waiting"




7)  FFH  ~  "One Of These Days"




8)  Christy Nockels  ~  "Waiting Here For You"




9)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Reggie & Ladye Love Smith & Wesley Pritchard  ~  "Teach Me, Lord, To Wait"




10)  Brandon Heath  ~  "Wait And See"




11)  Marvin Sapp  ~  "Wait"




12)  Phil Wickham  ~  "I Will Wait For You There"




13)  Rebecca St. James  ~  "Wait For Me"




14)  Kathy Troccoli  ~  "A Different Road"




15)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Just Have To Wait"




16)  Hillsong United  ~  "Stay And Wait"




17)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  "Hold My Heart"




18)  Charlie Hines  ~  "You Wait"




19)  Sanctus Real  ~  "These Things Take Time"




20)  John Waller  ~  "While I'm Waiting"