I’ve never really been especially proud of this song which is quite ironic. It was one of the first songs that I had been given by the Lord. It was this song which the Lord used to put it on the Worship Leader’s heart at Calvary Chapel San Juan to give me a chance on the worship team for the Easter Sunday Service, for which he decided to keep me on the team. Being on the worship team is what gave me the opportunity to work with Chris and opened the door (one of several) which birthed this entire CD. Mercier adores this song and I hope that you enjoy it as well.
I have less than 200 CDs left so I’ve put them on sale at CDBaby.
Name: Jacques Lilavois
Gender: Male
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Age: 31
I lead worship at Newheart Foursquare in Altadena, CA (in Los Angeles County), play guitar, bass, sing and a little drums. Me and my wife Kristi are enjoying our first baby girl, Selah Valentine Lilavois, born on 2-2-08!
My main callings in ministry are leading worship, raising up and equiping other worship leaders and worship team members, and writing worship songs. I recently recorded my first CD called “Let My Love Be Louder” which is a collection of 10 songs I’ve written out of my life of worship to God.
1. What does worship mean to you?
Worship means to be a pleasing, living sacrifice to God as it says in Romans 12:1. We can express worship to God in many ways. ONE way is through music. I believe God created music as a powerful means to express our life of worship to Him, but a song is nothing without a life of obedience to back it up. If a worship CD is playing in an empty room, who is worshiping? No one. In the same way, we can recite songs we know and yet be no more pleasing to God than a lifeless CD player unless our very lives are a pure sacrifice to God.
I just realized the other day that I’ve written two songs about friendship.
Dear Friend (CCLI #4570222)
A girlfriend of mine emailed me in desperation one day, stating that she felt overwhelmed in her life and needed great amounts of prayer. I began to pray for Sandy and another friend who God put on my heart, Jina. I felt overwhelmed by the greatness of the emotional distress on these two ladies. Muttering prayers while practicing the guitar, produced this song, which both of my friends dearly loved. Chris included it in this album because he said the church lacked a song with this theme. Often we don’t know what to pray, except to say, “Lord, I’m giving my friend to YOU. Please help her.” I hope more of you are blessed as well.
This song is recorded on my CD “Come Away” available both on iTunes and CDBaby.com.
I actually wrote it for a friend of mine as her birthday present because she always said “I’ve got your back” and she was such a prayer warrior. I’m so pleased to know that people are enjoying this song and it’s message to us all.
So if you’re interested, here is a live recording from Angel City Cafe in Bellflower, CA from February 24, 2006.
Sitting in the bath, having some alone-time with God, reading a commentary on the Song of Solomon, the Lord gave this song to me. What really captured my heart was the phrase “winter has gone, all the rains have passed away.” The Lord allows us to go through seasons in our lives, seasons that oftimes seem like an eternity of winters where we die a thousand deaths, but the springtime always comes. The Lord is always there calling us to become more and more intimate with Him. Come Away. (more…)
When my friends Bill & Sabrina asked me to sing at their wedding, I was thrilled. Praying, asking the Lord what song He might have for them, the LORD gave me this song (which is intended as a duet with a male):
Lately, I’ve been using this song from Isaiah 6 lately, especially for our outreach ministry. It starts with hearing the Lord’s voice in His presence and responds as Isaiah does, with “I Will Go.”
I wrote, “I Will Go” as part of a project that I was given by my worship leader at the time, Mark Perez. He was planning the song set and wanted me to find a song that featured the 2nd part of Isaiah’s vision in Chapter 6 of Isaiah.
This song is catching on… I actually wrote it for a friend of mine as her birthday present because she always said “I’ve got your back” and she was such a prayer warrior. I’m so pleased to know that people are enjoying this song and it’s message to us all.
So if you’re interested, here is a live recording from Angel City Cafe in Bellflower, CA from February 24, 2006.
As well as a worship leader, blogger, and teacher, Bridget is also an author; her first book BAGEL BY THE SEA is currently available. Bridget is has also written a devotional journey for worship leaders entitled ON THE MOUNTAIN. Both are available on lulu.com and as Amazon Kindle books.
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