Since we’re sharing, here are some of my favourite contemporary songs:

Receive The Power by Guy Sebastian and Paulini (former World Youth Day song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwoEU2uVDfw

There Is A Day by Phatfish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12lWDvagKms

I Can Only Imagine by Mercy Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwzItqYmII

Well With My Soul by Brenton Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rncuv4gz_ao

I remember once hearing somebody read out loud a scathing review of “this new worship music”, complaining about pretty much everything – the melody, the harmony, the lyrics etc. describing it all as “modern rubbish”. The person reading this review then told us that this wasn’t actually written in the last couple of years, but in 1700’s! The author was complaining about the new style of hymn which was coming into use – those composed by people like Charles Wesley, which now are much loved and have since received “classic” status.

Musical tastes can shift over time, but I guess what’s important is that there is the same worshipping heart behind it, regardless of the kind of music that ushers you into the presence of the King…

“When the music fades
All is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something that’s of worth
That will bless your heart

“I’ll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You’re looking into my heart”

When The Music Fades by Matt Redman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZgPPmtZgS4