{"id":696,"date":"2006-03-29T00:23:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T04:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=696"},"modified":"2013-07-03T10:57:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T14:57:59","slug":"awesome-god-worship-songs-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=696","title":{"rendered":"Awesome God: Worship Songs for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Awesome God: Worship Songs for Children<\/em>, Sovereign Grace Music<\/p>\n<p>Several weeks ago I, along with a number of other bloggers, received a copy of this CD for review. Sovereign Grace Music is a division of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovereigngraceministries.org\/\">Sovereign Grace Ministries<\/a>, the ministry led by C. J. Mahaney.<br \/>\nAt first I was not especially taken with the CD because the music is not particularly my style. My boys thought the chorus of &#8220;Forever God&#8221;\u009d was a bit funny as it repeated &#8220;on and on and on.&#8221;\u009d They said it went &#8220;on and on and on.&#8221;\u009d However, from the beginning we appreciated the careful and substantial lyrics. Indeed, as we listened more we were won over. Now it is a favorite. The music is fun, but the best part is the God-centered, gospel-oriented lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>One that I especially like is &#8220;Your Love.&#8221;\u009d The chorus in part says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Your awesome love protects me<br \/>\nWhen I sin your love corrects me<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re faithful to direct me<br \/>\nAlways to Your love<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I appreciate the discussion of God&#8217;s love including his gracious discipline and care.<\/p>\n<p>This can be a fun resource for encouraging our children in thinking biblically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awesome God: Worship Songs for Children, Sovereign Grace Music Several weeks ago I, along with a number of other bloggers, received a copy of this CD for review. Sovereign Grace Music is a division of Sovereign Grace Ministries, the ministry led by C. J. Mahaney. At first I was not especially taken with the CD &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=696\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Awesome God: Worship Songs for Children&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[196],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3847,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions\/3847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}