Article:"God Is Your Song"; Book & Music Review; Free Song Download

Welcome to Digital Worship News, Edition 28. This issue includes four encouraging resources for you.

1. First,an encouraging article if you are needing God right now- The Lord Is My Strength, Song & Salvation. Wisdom from the scriptures in our troubled times!
2. Second, a review of a wonderful book "A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss".
3. Third - a FREE Song- MP3 full length studio recording, of the song You're My Refuge. Plus free chord chart, instructional guitar video and a live acoustic "in the round" video of the song.
4. Reviews! Follow our link to our Facebook and twitter page, where we will release over 50 reviews of worship albums from the last 15 years. An online anthology of a decade and a half of reviews from classic to modern worship.

In His love,
Kim Gentes

Our tattered world has little to offer a weary soul. Our own lives have little strength or ability to overcome what we face. Is there hope? Are there answers anywhere?

From the wisdom and promise of the Old Testament scriptures we find God speaking to us of his response to our need. Through the mouths of two of the greatest prophets in history, God declares an amazing truth:

The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. (Exodus 15:2)

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. (Isaiah 12:2)

But what does this mean? What was God trying to say through Moses and Isaiah's declarations (indeed celebration)? Both Moses and Isaiah had a viewpoint that declared that God wasn't just going to answer our prayers ...read on here.

Jerry Sittser is a man who went through an incredible tragedy, the death of 3 members of his family, in a single incident. The book, A Grace Disguised, is the journey of pain and peace that Jerry made as he walked through the years of struggle that followed that terrible day. A Grace Disguised is not a “self help” or “grief recovery” book as you might expect. Instead, it is a brutally honest, and yet penetratingly encouraging search of one man to find some answers in the midst of devastating pain. You are swept along, like Jerry and his family, into the personal thoughts and actions of ones who face their regrets, fears, brokenness, heartache, freedom and future.

But this book is more than just a story, it is a deep and pastoral look into the most profound questions we ask (or ignore) in times of tragedy. Questions like “why?”, “where was God?”, “was this God’s will?”, or even “does God bring tragedy?”

Read on here for a complete review by Kim Gentes.

This month we are featuring the song "You're My Refuge" in three different ways (all FREE). We hope you listen to this song and that it brings some encouragement to you, that our God is our refuge and the rock of strength in our times of need. Click here to get the free MP3, Chord Chart and demonstration videos!

We started on the Internet in 1993 and by 1994 we were connecting with other worshipers and leaders online. A lot has changed in the last 15 years of worship. We have been reviewing 15 years of modern worship albums over 60 days. One album review per day. (ya, we tried to do it in 50 days, but extended it 10 more to get some additional great albums in review).

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