You know how the minister of music at church introduces a new song one Sunday, and the whole congregation responds so well that he/she does it again NEXT Sunday, then the Sunday after that and the Sunday after that, until it gets a little stale to everyone but the minister of music (and maybe the pastor)?
No matter how incredible the song is, sometimes churches have the tendency to wear a good thing out. Some examples might be “Total Praise,” “Souled Out, and “One God.”
Undoubtedly, they’re hits on the radio, and they will forever be everyone’s “jaaammmm,” but I’d be lying if every now and then, I didn’t think “we’re singing that AGAIN?!”
Maybe it’s just me, but I doubt it.
Which song is THAT SONG in your church?
"How Great is Our God" smh
HE'S ABLE - Deitrick Haddon/Darwin Hobbs NOBODY GREATER - VaShawn Mitchell... it's so special, you need to ration it out. Not every time! THEY THAT WAIT - F.O.C.U.S. ... thing is, the people begged for it until THEY got sick of it. AWESOME GOD - Youthful Praise
"Faithful" by Bishop Hezekiah Walker. Less is definitely more in this case.
Falling in love with Jesus, OMGosh...ENOUGH ALREADY!! Now don't get me wrong, I love the Lord but my goodness....SMH
that song JUST WANNA PRAISE YOU, FOREVER... i dont EVER have to hear it again in life.
.Bless the Lord with Me! How Great is Our God!
Every Fred Hammond song known to man, our minister of music was obsessed with Fred until he encountered Israel Houghton and had us singing every song he ever made
He's Able - Deitrick Haddon f/ Darwin Hobbs Grateful - Hezekiah Walker How Great Is Our God - Chris Tomlin Alpha and Omega - Israel & New Breed
Don't get me wrong. Israel is probably my favorite artist right now. But "Lord, You Are Good" needs to be laid to rest at my church, at least for a little while. Give us some time to miss it...LOL
LOL @ this blog entry! Thankfully my church switches things up well. And the repeats we do I don't mind because I REALLY like the songs: "How Great Is Our God" and any Israel/New Breed song, esp. "You Are Good" and "Alpha and Omega".
Definitely "How Great is Our God" should be rationed out a bit and our praise team NEVER sings the verses either!!!! LOL And "He's Able" Darwin Hobbs, the praise team just goes right into "Oooooo, ooooh, oooh, oooh...HE's able!" I'm like, "Where is the verse???" LOL smh
I have to say... our church wore out "Blessed" by Fred Hammond when it was popular, and long after that. Had folk walking in church saying I want God to bless me, but not with that song again!!! LOL!!!!
LOL@Guest My mothers church sings How Great Is Our God all the time. Their praise team practices like 3 times a week and they never sing new p&w songs. They do learn new ones but they never sing them. They sing the same 6 songs all the time. I go to church on occasion but every time I go they sing those same songs. My sister goes all the time and she and my mom said they've probably only song one new song since they've been members (they joined about 3 years ago). Worthy is the Lamb by Hillsong, You are Good by Israel and New Breed, I Just Can't Stop Praising Him, and Annointing Fall On Me by Ron Kenoly, they can lock all these songs in a vault for the next 50 years.
I am one of the Worship Leaders at my church and the songs we sing all the time are: Still Standing by Israel and New Breed He's Able by Deitrick Haddon and Voices of Unity* Mighty to Save by Hillsong *I personally put a moratorum on this song because my mom (the former Worship Leader) sang it all the time and I had to sing it at her funeral. These songs are anointed and do minister to people. But God's anointing is in every song because the power comes from Him and not from the song itself. Can I get an "Amen"?
agreed
He's Able - Kirk Franklin Blessed - Fred Hammond In the Sanctuary - Kurt Carr Never Would Have Made it -Marvin Sapp (I actually get angry when this song comes on the radio or when someone sings a solo.)
Blessed by Fred Hammond (offering song) How Great Is Our God (pre-benediction) *every James Hall song in existence ~ especially Joy* :)
WOW & LOL @ _____ thumbs down.... I mean why? LOLLLLL!
THANK YOU EJ FOR THIS! I am so tired of the same ol songs, the song that my church wear out is souled out.. We sing that like every sunday and it is getting annoying, I mean at first it was great but I want to hear some new and refreshing songs. It is either that or total praise.
MY church sings all thte songs stated above and I do agree they should be layed to rest. What ever happend to the old songs the church used to sing? You cant even stand up and sing a song with the praise team interupting you lol to sing a current song.
This site gets more and more hilarious! ...oh well, you can not LOVE the gospel and HATE the truth. Now let the church say "Amen! Sing a new song unto the Lord!"
Extremely funny!!!! I am so guilty, but I can take constructive criticism.
How Great Is Our God, Alpha & Omega...sigh. I am so wishing for the constant tributes of said songs to end.
Hahahaha! The church went for more than 3 yrs. playing "Jesus Is Real" during offering sessions, but it was definitely the sweetest jam for me in the youth choir when it first came out.
The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty Let all the earth rejoice, all the earth rejoice He wraps himself in light, and darkness tries to hide it trembles at his voice, trembles at his voice CHORUS(1): How great is our God, sing with me How great is our God, and all will see How great How great is our God VERSE(2): And age to age He stands and time is in His Hands Beginning and the End, Beginning and the End The Godhead, three in one Father, Spirit, Son the Lion and the Lamb, the Lion and the Lamb CHORUS(1): How great is our God, sing with me How great is our God, and all will see How great, How great is our God CHORUS(2) Name above all names Worthy of all praise My heart will sing how great is our God Name above all names you are worthy of all praise and my heart will sing how great is our God
Cracking up @ Sam..................tooooooooooooo funny ROOOOOOOTFL
our church wore out "Blessed" by Fred Hammond when it was popular, and long after that. Had folk walking in church saying I want God to bless me, but not with that song again!!! LOL!!! Kwartema - I am crying of laughter....oh my gosh you guys are hilarioooooooous
Love love love this post EJ - my old church literally rinsed out ' King of Kings majesty God of heaven living in me' It got to a point that I was convinced the P&W leaders only sang that song to ensure the senior pastor and his wife lifted their hands in worship cos that was one of their favourites........................
I kid you not, EVERY sunday my sister's church sings Kirk Franklin's "Something About The Name Jesus". And dude does not miss one Rance Allen adlib. LOL.
Encourage Yourself, Donald Lawrence~~For long time we sang this song in church every few weeks and then when we'd go to different churches and sing it, at this point if I hear the phrase 'encourage yourself' i skip over the song, no matter what song...
Stop it. LMBO!
At my old church, I taught the Praise Team "Emmanuel" so we could use it as the opening song for the month of December a few years back. The first time we sang it, the Pastor was SOOOO excited about it...that he asked us to sing it again later in the service. Okay...fine. But it got to the point that we were singing this song AT LEAST once a service....BEYOND DECEMBER! People would be laid out in the floor and Pastor would request "Emmanuel", LMBO! Are you kidding me?! That's not a song for floor ministry!!! LMBO! Crazy! And my Pastor is quick to sing How Great is Our God too. No verses. With modulations. LMBO!
We can't leave out Lamar Campbell's "More than Anything"....for that manner, most people forget that is Lamar Campbell's song.
Floor ministry and Emmanuel....you're joking right. I also have an issue with How Great Is Our God without the verses. Our church sings I Love You Jesus a little too much. Don't Do It Without Me was given its gold watch about a month ago. Although I love Sold Out and Search Me Lord by Ricky Dillard...enough is enough. Since, I am 2 or 3 cds behind on Israel cds, I am still on his Africa cd with I Am Not Forgotten. Our church is just now learning it. Pray for us.
I agree with the songs listed here. I think one issue is that a lot of the songs that are sung frequently have no verses (or the verses are left out) and I get annoyed hearing a five word song last for 20 minutes every week. Maybe worship leaders could remix some hymns from time to time - they have a lot of good theology - and they have more than five words! LOL!
Agreed!
I don't have to hear "How Great Is Our God" again....lol Around the turn of the year, my church sang that almost every Sunday. I actually wish they would do "More Than Anything" and "Chasing After You" more, even though I know other churches that wear those out too. lol
Every Sunday without fail we sing Hez Walker's I Need You...You Need Me...etc. This is since the release of the CD.
Right!
I say bring back the HYMNS! Some of these pre (not new) schoolers and unchurched/pre-saved folk don't know the beauty and the richness of those hymns! And no remixes of the hymns... the REAL ONES! Notice I said "SOME" and not all....
I get angry at Never Would Have Made It too! I feel some sort of way when this song comes on b/c I'm like haven't we heard this enough? I know he has new songs.
Mix it up, hymns, spirituals and praise songs, but it takes work and practice. Of course, nobody has time so it's just easier to modulate a chorus than it is to learn and teach versus.
My Name is Victory - Jonathan Nelson I Am Healed - Donald Lawrence I Believe - John P. Kee Grateful - Hezekiah Walker Not that I dont love these songs but I be like huh...again...these are our go to songs on Sunday nights omg...I be like MANNNNNN!!!
OMGosh..."Lord You are Good" and "How Great is Our God" smh...love those songs but woooow...we have more than wore them out...
At my old church, "He reigns forever" and "The Best is yet to come". For the "Best is yet to come" it was because my pastor fellin love with that song for 2 years straight and would sing it before alter call. My current church has "How great is our God" on a respirator.
there is something about the name of Jesus. It is the sweetest name I know
lol!! speed it up tho? i cant imagin, i gotta here that lol
lol!! not the floor ministry with Emmanuel. I usually be jamming to that song but take it to the floor, smh
He's Able - Darwin Hobbs Everybody Clap your Hands- Joshua Troop Oh Give Thanks - Craig Hayes n United Voices
Ok...I'm guilty of repeating...you guys are hilarious!!! Not to make excuses (LOL) some songs you can't sing unless you have the full team present (which in our church varies like crazy...pray for us!) so you have to go with the songs with less harmonies cause you'll sound ridiculous...LOL But this is enlightening and HILARIOUS! I love you guys!! :)
Good point about the ending. And we do the version with rhythm...partial blame goes to Jonathan Nelson's version on his last CD. It was hot...but its inclusion as the last song in a medley helped to make it as hot as it is. MESSAGE! LOL...
Right after I posted my comment last week, my church sings "How Great Is Our God" on Sunday.........I couldn't help but tell my buddy sitting next to me about this article when I heard the intro. lol
The presence of the Lord is Here, Total Praise and Souled Out--- I loved these songs at one time. Not anymore, but God is still good.
We sang it this past Sunday...AND at Wednesday night service too! LOL! And since I'm on the Praise Team, all I could do was smile and keep singing. :-)
Amen! Amen! AMEN! I soooo agree with you!
The song that my pastor loves to hear and has requested numerous amount of times is "Moving Forward." We sing it almost every Sunday! Whenever he requests for our praise team to sing it, everyone face drops! *Sigh*
EJ you're too much...this a great topic and to think i thought it was peculiar to my church..my church's crazy about My help - Brooklyn tabernacle choir Faithful is our God - Hezekiah Walker I almost let go - Kurt Carr I love the songs but when i hear them in church i always go sheesh! I actually sent new songs to the choir leader,guess what they're still singing the same old songs