The biggest trap that most Christians fall into after having spent some time in church is to start to “play religion”. What do I mean by that? We start to turn our Sunday worship and fellowship into a kind of routine activity. We turn up at church on Sunday because it has fostered into a habit - something pre-programmed [...]
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Playing Religion
Posted in church, fcbc on July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
True Worship
Posted in church, fcbc on July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Most of us have accummulated many hours of singing praise and worship songs over years in church. It is not uncommon to find phrases like “Lord I give you my life” or “Lord I give you my all” in such songs. We have all sung these words to God at one time or another.
But somehow it’s quite [...]
The Rich Man
Posted in church, fcbc on June 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Rich Man
Book of Matthew
16 Someone came to Jesus with this question: “Teacher,[f] what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”
17 “Why ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. But to answer your question—if you want to receive eternal life, keep[g] the commandments.”
18 “Which ones?” [...]
G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 9
Posted in church, fcbc, gkidz, guitar, levites on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. Where do we go from here? (10 minutes)
We have reached the last lesson in Track 1. You can look forward to Track 2, where we will take you deeper in your journey as a guitarist. You will learn many interesting things, such as open chords, individual & band dynamics, how to derive chords, major [...]
G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 8
Posted in church, fcbc, gkidz, guitar, levites on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. Playing the song “Shepherd”
Intro : Em Cmaj9 G D (x 2)
(NC) G G D/F#
I will give my heart to You
Em C
Forever faith – ful God
G D
Guide me to Your truth
Em C G Gsus
I will go where You may lead
Em C
Your hands of grace will guide
G D
They draw me to Your side
Am7
I praise Your [...]
G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 7
Posted in church, fcbc, gkidz, guitar, levites on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. Introduction (10 minutes)
So far, we have learnt 2 songs, “Our Love Is Loud” and “Holy Spirit”. Today, we shall learn another song, “Shepherd” by Paradise Church. To play this song, we need to learn some chords in the Key of G. We will need to learn a new strumming pattern as well. There is [...]
G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 6
Posted in church, fcbc, gkidz, guitar, levites on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. Higher chord voicings (15 minutes)
These chord voicings are played really high up the fretboard. They are played during the 2nd chorus of the song, strummed 16 times per bar.
2. Listen to the Song “Holy Spirit” (5 minutes)
3. Play the Song “Holy Spirit” (40 minutes)
Intro:
C G/B F Am7 G
Verse:
C
You’re all I [...]
G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 5
Posted in church, fcbc, gkidz, guitar, levites on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. Playing Running Notes (10 minutes)
There are generally 2 ways to play running notes: using your index and middle finger and using your pick.
We can play running notes by alternating between our index and middle finger. The reason we do this is because it allows us to play faster than when we are using just [...]
G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 4
Posted in church, fcbc, gkidz, guitar, levites on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. Introduction (10 minutes)
Yesterday we learnt how to strum the song “Our Love Is Loud”, using chords from the key of E. Today, we will learn another song, a slower song this time, “Holy Spirit” by the Planetshakers. To play this song, we not only need to learn some chords in the key of C, [...]
G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 3
Posted in church, fcbc, gkidz, guitar, levites on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. Playing “Our Love Is Loud” (45 minutes)
Above is the chord sheet for the song taken from the band’s official website. All the F# and C# are actually F#m and C#m. You will notice that the chord progression that we have been practising so far is the chord progression for the verses. At this level, [...]
