Words and Music by Aaron Shust, Jason Ingram, Brett Rutledge and Justin McKay
Fresh from Aaron Shust’s new record, TAKE OVER, which releases August 4th (NEXT WEEK!), check out the new worship song “Forevermore.” Shust, known for the song “My Savior, My God,” debuted it last week at the Worship Leader Magazine’s National Worship Leader Conference to an overwhelming positive response. “Forevermore” is featured now at GreatWorshipSongs.com as a free download. This offer is only available for a week so make sure you take advantage of it today.
Click here to download “Forevermore.” Click here to visit AaronShust.com to pre-order Take Over.
Connecting with Aaron Shust: “Forevermore”
Aaron Shust stopped by the GreatWorshipSongs.com studio a few weeks ago and we captured on video some tips for playing a few of his songs. Join us for the teaching of “Forevermore” by clicking on the image below. Get ready to learn a great song.
Happy Tuesday Everyone! Every Tuesday new albums are released for public consumption and today is no different. Well, it is a little different. After all, it marks the release of Glory Revealed 2, a rustic worship record led by Third Day’s Mac Powell and featuring top names in Christian music, such as Casting Crowns’ Mark Hall, Amy Grant, Brandon Heath, Natalie Grant and many more. The record features two GreatWorshipSongs.com writers Aaron Shust and Laura Story. Story’s contribution to the album also included co-writing “Praise the Lord,” captured as a duet between her and Natalie Grant, and featured now at GreatWorshipSongs.com as a lead sheet and chord chart.
Make sure you check out Glory Revealed 2 here and purchase a copy.
Our free featured song this week over at GreatWorshipSongs.com is “Beautiful King,” a new modern worship song by worship leader Jonathan Lee. We’d love to hear your thoughts on it, so leave them in the comments!
One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
I really love the story behind “This Is the Gift of God” because was truly a five loaves and two fish kind of experience. Jon Abel, a fellow Great Worship Songs writer (and friend) and I had been writing all morning and not getting very far. Sometimes the best intentions to create a great song fall short, and that day we were fading quickly. We were having a good time, but just not coming up with anything worth putting on the page. In an attempt to revive the creative fire, we decided to go eat some fish tacos. After all, Jesus ate fish and we were trying to be faithful. After a good conversation about worship and the Bible, things started getting on track.
Once we came back from lunch, Jon started playing this progression and humming something totally different than what we had worked on earlier.
I loved it and started singing some ideas. The first two chapters of Ephesians have always been of particular importance to me because of their beautifully written truths about salvation. The “Gift of God” started coming into focus when we started singing about the great truths of grace, adoption and mercy from the first two chapters of Ephesians. As a kid who grew up thinking I had to convince Jesus to love me, it’s very easy to recall the moment that I was given the gift of grace. It never gets old to sing about the greatest free and unearned gift ever given. Jon and I went to the scriptures and crafted the lyrics from what we both knew was the cornerstone of Christianity: Salvation through faith, not of works, lest any person boast. In another hour we had finished our song and the power of God, once again, received what started as a meager offering and turned it into a huge blessing for worshippers everywhere.
Is it important for us to support Christian artists, such as Switchfoot, Jars of Clay and RED, as they become more relevant in mainstream music? Should their focus be on evangelism or on producing positive entertainment?
It is January 3rd of 09 and I have yet to have my fill of football. Both college and NFL. I am a football freak!! But there is more than just excitement over sport with the start of this year. 09 looks to be a prolific year for GreatWorshipSongs.com with more songs than last year, more friends, more writers and a bigger community!!!
Some of the immediate highlights are as follows: Inspire Worship Conference (Carl Cartee’s Conference!) in May, Re:Create in Feb and Christian Musician Summit @ The Chapel (May). Also, look for a new live worship album from Carl Cartee and a new resource called Worship Arising… More to come on these.
As many of us close down the office, finish last minute Christmas shopping and pack our bags for holiday travels, let’s not forget the call of Christ to love how He loves. This has been an amazing year for GreatWorshipSongs.com and we are so thankful for each of you. Thank you for supporting us and we’ll see you all in the new year.
As a final thought for the year, click on the image below to hear a message from Carl Cartee and World Vision. “Let the World See” Christ’s love!
Fresh from Aaron Shust’s new record, TAKE OVER, which releases August 4th (NEXT WEEK!), check out the new worship song “Forevermore.” Shust, known for the song “My Savior, My God,” debuted it last week at the Worship Leader Magazine’s National Worship Leader Conference to an overwhelming positive response. “Forevermore” is featured now at GreatWorshipSongs.com as a free download. This offer is only available for a week so make sure you take advantage of it today.
Happy Tuesday Everyone! Every Tuesday new albums are released for public consumption and today is no different. Well, it is a little different. After all, it marks the release of Glory Revealed 2, a rustic worship record led by Third Day’s Mac Powell and featuring top names in Christian music, such as Casting Crowns’ Mark Hall, Amy Grant, Brandon Heath, Natalie Grant and many more. The record features two GreatWorshipSongs.com writers Aaron Shust and Laura Story. Story’s contribution to the album also included co-writing “Praise the Lord,” captured as a duet between her and Natalie Grant, and featured now at 
Words and Music by Carl Cartee and Jon Abel
