Simplicity is vital in a strong worship song: simple lyric concept, simple melodic concept, simple chords and repetition repetition repetition. Simple, but not simplistic.

Songwriting is good poetry and the Church needs its poets.

Songwriting involves an array of inspiration, crafting and guidance. As followers of God, we experience the power and presence of Christ as he writes His words through us for His pleasure and for the ministry of the Church. Jennie Riddle shows us how she emphasizes the appropriate usage of Scripture as songwriters, specifically highlighting four Biblical points concerning the Bride.

Worship is not music, but music can be worship. God must love music, because the Bible says there’s a lot of it in heaven and invites us to
come before His presence with singing (Psalm 100:2.) If we use music as an expression of our love to the Lord, He is pleased, and we’re refreshed. God made us that way. Music feeds the soul as food feeds the body. Combining the power of the Word, the Holy Spirit and music is like a three-fold cord that is not easily broken.

When people refer to me these days, it is often in the context of ‘you’re the guy who wrote that song we sing in our church’. While this may be true on the surface, I do not think of myself as being a song writer. I know. It sounds crazy coming from a guy who has written several thousand songs! A much better moniker for me – one that better describes who I am – is that of song receiver. How did I get to that place of self-identity? What does it mean to be a song receiver?

Jennie Riddle shares how there is no sweeter voice on the earth than the voice of the Bride.  There is a thrill each time the stage quiets down long enough to hear Her.  "If I rouse at the sound of Her song, how much more does my Beloved anticipate His name on Her lips?" - JR.

Paul Baloche asks the question: What are God Songs? God Songs are songs sung to God, for God and about God. We sing because God sings, and we are made in His image. God sings? Yes! Zephaniah 3:17(NKJV) says, “The Lord your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save…He will rejoice over you with singing.” That’s the ultimate God song! God singing over us. If we could hear such a song we would fall down in awe.