For the Sake of the World Live CD/DVD

‘For the Sake of the World’ is this year’s exciting live album featuring 13 new songs from Bethel Church’s annual conference. Stretching the boundaries of worship, the Bethel worship team always strives to capture the mood of the church and the message God has for his people. With deeply imaginative lyrics and soft acoustic sounds, the songs flow together creating a fresh worship experience. The album includes a trademark scripture song, bringing the Lord’s Prayer to life in ‘Our Father’.

The album has been written for everyone, so every song has a function for the church, as congregational worship or ministry songs or midweek encouragement. This year’s live album showcases the church’s best talent, including:
• Brian & Jenn Johnson
• Jeremy Riddle
• William Matthews
• Steffany Frizzell

‘For the Sake of the World’ will delight fans of Bethel Church, draw in new listener and surprise those who have previously written them off. Overall, it’s an astonishing, solid worship album that has captured the crystallising moment of adoration and abandonment.

The DVD showcases the entire worship set of the momentous evening at the Bethel Church Conference 2012. The husband and wife team, Brian and Jenn Johnson, lead the passionate worship team at Bethel Church in California. They have become world renown for creating intense, heart-soaked worship that is both lyrically and musically profound.

Our Favourite Tracks from this Sensational Album

‘FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORLD’
The title track is a slow-burning, atmospheric, 7 minute track which builds and builds into an explosion of worship. You rarely see an album with its most powerful song at the very end, but it works wonders for the live worship experience. Bethel Church decided to save their very best till last: ‘For the sake of the world, burn like a fire in me / Light a flame in my soul, for every eye to see.’

‘THIS IS AMAZING GRACE’
As the title suggests, this song talks about grace – but not in the usual way. It speaks of what grace has done for us, here are some of the lyrics from the chorus: ‘This is amazing grace / This is unfailing love / That you would take my place / That you would bare my cross.’ If there is something worth singing about, it’s God’s grace!

‘THIS IS WHAT YOU DO’
With some great harmonies and driving drums the song seems to take off with into the heavens and sore to new heights with some catchy lyrics that capture what our hearts say about living in faith: ‘This is what you do, this is what you do / You make me come alive.’

‘EVERYTHING TO YOU’
This track is laced with gorgeous strings (violin and cello), luscious acoustic riffs and powerful spontaneous lyrics by Jenn Johnson. The beautiful combination makes the hairs on your forearm stand on end, definitely my favourite track from the album.

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