Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed that no blog posts have come out. I know… I could do better! (As some of my friends would say…)
I’ve been working on a few creative projects and they’ve taken up much of my free time over the last while!
So what have I been working on? Well, not being able to attend church services has got me thinking of how do we (worship teams) still fulfill our mandate during this time of church life looking very different.
One of the ideas that came up was to do a collaborative cover or song of something that would encourage our church and point them towards Jesus. So we decided to attempt this with limited equipment.
We decided to do a rendition of an old hymn, Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus written way back in 1922 by Helen Howarth Lemmel.
With all the conspiracies and and mixed information going around – what better thing is there for the church to do but to focus our eyes on Jesus.
Lemmel based the song on Isaiah 45 Vs 22:
“Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
Isaiah 45 Vs 22 NKJV
While prepping this video – another verse that points us towards Jesus kept coming to mind.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12 Vs 1-3
My team and I put together a bunch of videos – each of us adding a little piece of the song – and now here it is – Our prayer is that it will encourage us as the church to take the attention off our circumstances, onto Jesus because He is constant and will lift up our weary heads.
Much love,
Hayden Hayl’
A Worship Diary 