Romans 8 Movement

Mobile Update from JT (1:34 sec)

sydney — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:47:39 +0000

We have started memorizing Romans 8 too….we wrote songs for Romans 8:1-6 that you can download in the Music page:

“Therefore There Is Now No Condemnation”

“What The Spirit Desires”

Here is a mobile update of cool things that are happening and how JT is starting his own journey into Romans 8…..let us know how you are doing too!!!

“What The Spirit Desires” - New Song for Romans 8:3-6

sydney — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:42:45 +0000

*Go to the MUSIC section to download & get other songs for Romans 8*

So now we’ve got two songs and have covered Romans 8:1-6 with “There is Now No Condemnation” and “What the Spirit Desires”. Hope this helps all of us (myself mostly) get off to a good start!

This particular section was tricky because it isn’t a passage that one would naturally read and think…wow, this sounds like a song! When I saw words like ‘condemned’ and ’sinful’, ‘requirements’ and ‘accordance’…I felt like this would be a challenge. We actually turned the camera on as we ‘cracked the code’ and figured this song out….we’ll edit that footage and put it up soon, just for fun. You can see us struggling with phrasing and finally finding the groove. Here we go….enjoy!

By the way…these are rough demos (which is painfully obvious to a musician)…but, we are happy to put it all out there, faults and all, because the world should actually hear a ‘one take’ vocal without auto-tune every once in a while!

What The Spirit Desires (Romans 8 : 3-6)

And so He
Condemned sin
In sinful man

In order that
The righteous
Requirements of the law

Might be fully met in us
Who do not live
According to the sinful nature

What the Spirit desires…… But according to the Spirit
What the Spirit desires

Those who live
According to
The sinful nature

Have their minds
Set on what
That nature desires

But those who live
In accordance with
The Spirit have their minds set on

What the Spirit desires
What the Spirit desires

The mind of sinful man is death
But the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace

“There is Now No Condemnation” - New song for Romans 8:1-3

sydney — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:00:18 +0000

Here is a little kickstart in the memorizing process….this covers Romans 8:1-3! It is amazing how much easier it is to remember things when they are put to music!

*Download the mp3 in the ‘MUSIC’ section*

JT and I have felt called to find new and innovative ways to put scripture in people’s hearts and minds. Over the last couple of years we have worked on a project where we put the entire book of Colossians, from beginning to end, into a music format. It is a format we have been developing. So, Katherine has inspired us to do Romans 8. We thought we would video blog and give you a ‘behind the scenes’ peak into our creative process as we approach Romans 8 in the same way. We will post one of our writing sessions soon.

We recorded this last night and JT stayed up all night working on this (and another song) and he went straight to work this morning…Eventually we will put live drums and redo a lot of stuff….mix it ‘for real’.

I will be posting a song later from Romans 8:3-6- ‘What the Spirit Requires”….it is recorded and just needs a little mixing….

Here are the lyrics for “There is Now No Condemnation” (Romans 8: 1-3)

There Is Now No Condemnation

Therefore, there is now no condemnation
For those who are in Christ Jesus

Because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free
From the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do

In that it was weakened by the sinful nature,
God did by sending his own Son
In the likeness of sinful man
To be a sin offering

(repeat chorus)

Our Identity in Christ

John Dawson — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:39:38 +0000

Here’s a talk Katherine gave at our Young Marrieds group on March 2, 2008…