This album is really good. I don't like it as much as the "Lifesong" album, but I do like it a lot. There is so much I could say from listening to these songs. I am amazed at the talents these folks have and the quality of most of their songs.
(As with anything spiritually-focused and man-made I caution you to be careful of false teaching. I cannot think of anything on this album that I disagree with off the top of my head, but we must always go to the Word for truth.)
The second verse of the first song, "What This World Needs", has the following lyrics:
What this world needs is for us to care more about the inside than the outside
Have we become so blind that we can’t see
God’s gotta change her heart before He changes her shirt
What this world needs is for us to stop hiding behind our relevance
Blending in so well that people can’t see the difference
And it’s the difference that sets the world free
How true! Jesus said, "For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." (Matthew 12:34) What we say, what we do, and what we wear are all a reflection of what is in our heart.
Jesus spoke a lot about the heart, for that is what GOD is most interested in. If He has our heart, our obedience will follow. The Pharisees couldn't see this. Jesus made it perfectly clear to them:
"Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness." (Matthew 23:26-28)
The message is clear: guard your heart.
I'll say more about the album later.
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