No A Nosotros

Es por ti, que juntos hoy estamos aquí
Fue tu amor, que de la oscuridad nos sacó
A una voz, venimos hoy delante de ti
Para darte el honor

No a nosotros, Oh Dios
Sino a tu nombre sea dada la gloria

Eres tú, motivo hoy de nuestra adoración
La verdad, que nuestro corazón libertó
Nadie más, es digno del honor recibir
Te lo damos a ti

No a nosotros, Oh Dios
Sino a tu nombre sea dada la gloria

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Nice week! It's nice to greet everyone. We're at Hive Music Festival.

Last week I noticed how some of you are quite active while maintaining your other responsibilities at the same time; and I was thinking a bit about how admirable the existence of that balance you have created is and that it can be seen as demanding, if you can say so, although more importantly it is rewarding. There was an apostle who said "be imitators of me, as I am of Jesus Christ" (I know that some of you will know who it was), this is an invitation that can be extended to also imitate the good actions of another person in any area of life.

“No A Nosotros” is a not so well-known song by Jesús Adrián, but that I used to like a lot for its rhythm and for the voices that in unison worship the Father. This song is a praise that is totally focused on magnifying the glory of God. I don’t remember who or where, I think it was on a little podcast, where a speaker was saying that perhaps one of the most notable differences between contemporary songs and period songs, is that contemporary songs are very based on what we feel, our emotions, everything is very “I feel, I this, I that,” while period songs were generally more inclined to exalt the excellence and glory of God primarily. I think this was something said by Marcos Vidal, a Christian singer-songwriter who has a lot of beautiful songs in his repertoire.

I also recently listened to Marco Barrientos during one of the times of ministry in music. He said something that also resonated with me: "Being a music director is a function, not a ministry; if your music is not intentionally directed to move the hand of God, it is time for you to review your repertoire; because our ministry is really found in Luke 4:18-19: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."

Have a very beautiful week everyone and may the fruit of our efforts materialize. Amen.

PS. I had to do playback (I recorded the song again at home to replace the original audio), the breeze had completely ruined the audio lol :)

Not To Us

It is because of you, that together today we are here
It was your love, that brought us out of darkness
With one voice, we come before you today
To give you the honor

Not to us, O God
But to your name be given the glory

It is you, the reason for our worship today
The truth, that our heart set free
No one else, is worthy of the honor to receive
We give it to you you

Not to us, Oh God
But to your name be glory given

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