Kristyn shares on their website, the inspiration behind the writing of the hymn. In that backstory, she asks a compelling question: “Can people see the Lordship of Christ in my heart?” That’s a sobering thought. Do the lives we live attract people to Jesus, or do we repel unbelievers? Do the […]
Kristyn Getty
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One of the greatest struggles we each face is the search for significance. Our 21st-century sense of identity is grounded in individualism, self-entitlement, and narcissism. From whom we marry to what career choice we make to what church we attend to what we think of church music, every choice is geared around what these things do […]
One of Christianity’s distinctives is that we worship a God who has spoken – who is not silent. From God the Father, speaking the world into creation, to speaking through His Living word in Christ, to speaking by His Spirit through the written word. Throughout history the word of God […]
You have called us out of darkest nightInto Your glorious lightThat we may sing the wonders ofThe risen Christ May our every breath retell the graceThat broke into our strifeWith boundless love and deepest joyWith endless life May the peoples praise YouLet the nations be gladAll Your blessing comesThat we […]
Praise the Lord, His mercy is moreStronger than darkness, new every mornOur sins they are many, His mercy is more. What love could remember, no wrongs we have doneOmniscient all-knowing, He counts not their sumThrown into a sea, without bottom or shoreOur sins they are many, His mercy is more. […]
Facing a task unfinishedThat drives us to our kneesA need that, undiminishedRebukes our slothful easeWe, who rejoice to know TheeRenew before Thy throneThe solemn pledge we owe TheeTo go and make Thee known Where other lords beside TheeHold their unhindered swayWhere forces that defied TheeDefy Thee still todayWith none to […]
Lift high the name of Jesus,Of Jesus our King.Make known the power of His grace,The beauty of His peace.Remember how His mercy reachedAnd we cried out to Him.He lifted us to solid ground,To freedom from our sin. Oh sing my soul,And tell all He’s done,Till the earth and heavens are […]
Kristyn Getty, born Kristyn Lennox Simpson on May 22, 1980, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a Christian singer, songwriter, and hymn writer. She is best known for her collaboration with her husband, Keith Getty, in writing and performing contemporary hymns and worship songs. Kristyn Getty and Keith Getty have become […]
My worth is not in what I ownNot in the strength of flesh and boneBut in the costly wounds of loveAt the cross. My worth is not in skill or nameIn win or lose, in pride or shameBut in the blood of Christ that flowedAt the cross. I rejoice in […]