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Rivers & Robots

Rivers and Robots

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On Friday night 20 of us gathered together in a friend's living room to pray and worship together for a couple of hours. We also stuck a mic in the middle of the room and did a pretty raw recording, here's a few snippets from a very special evening, and hopefully the first of many! 

R&R living room worship - April 2014

Here is the first track from our new album "All Things New". We've been playing this song for over a year so it's great to finally be able to share it! And we're looking forward to releasing the rest sometime soon!

We Have Overcome

Here's a song we did for The Verses Project (http://theversesproject.com) as part of their "Memorise Psalm 139" series, with some great artwork by Lauren Miller.

The project has different artists writing songs that are word for word Bible verses, along with designs by some great designers which help people memorise scripture.

"My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance;in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them."

Psalm 139:15-16

Rivers & Robots is an indie worship project from Manchester, UK. Originally started as a solo project in 2010, Rivers & Robots has since expanded to a band in 2012. We love Jesus and we love to worship through song, music, creativity and art. We aim to create songs that express and declare who God is, both lyrically and through music and creativity. These usually come in the form of indie, folk and electronic songs.

We’re a small part of a global worship movement being raised up right now, singing a new song (Isaiah 42:10) and preparing the way (Isaiah 40:3-5) for the return of Jesus. Aiming to glorify Him and declare His glory (Psalm 96), and to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength (Luke 10:27). We’re also quite partial to a bit of tea and cake.

Rivers & Robots is Jonathan Ogden (vocals, keyboards, samples/loops), David Hailes (guitar, ukelele, vocals), Nathan Stirling (bass, guitar, percussion, vocals) and Kelani Koyejo (drums, vocals). We currently have two albums out, with a new one coming early 2014. If you’re interested in booking us, or just want to say hello, send us an email at riversandrobots@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you!


Perfect Love

http://comeandlive.com/project/rivers-robots

Fall Down

Masterpiece!!
http://comeandlive.com/project/rivers-robots

Arise

MasterPiece!
http://comeandlive.com/project/rivers-robots

Keep My Fire Burning

Masterpiece!
http://comeandlive.com/project/rivers-robots

Shepherd Of My Soul

Light Will Dawn

Voice That Stills The Raging Sea

Rivers & Robots - We Have Overcome

Discovery

Author / Perfector

Brighter Than the Sun (feat. Lucy Grimble)

Open Up

Silver

Fountains

The Judge

More Than Enough

Take Everything

Take Everything is the new album from Rivers & Robots, released 20th July 2012. You can listen to it with your ears!

You Saved My Soul

Uncreated One

A strong army in the valley of the shadow of death.



COLPORTEUR MINISTRY – Move Mountains
Right, Left (x2)
I’m panting for breath
I’m staring at my own feet 
Thinking, when will this end?
Thinking, a race? What race?
Thinking, a war? What war?
I want to go home…

Because as I go door to door
I get “No’s” for “Hello’s”
I get “Not interested” here’s a slammed door
I get “Sorry, the owner is not home” 
And last but not least I get,
“No tengo dinero”.

Hmmmmm… yikes

Right, Left (x2)
*Knock Knock*
(Hi, my name is…)
*Slam*
Gahhhh! It’s too hard, Lord!
Im too tired, Lord!
Don’t you get it?
Don’t you understand?
That nobody wants books, Lord?

Right, Left (x2)
And the Lord God replied:
Ahhhh, Child! Don’t you know?
Don’t you see?
That the steps you take are mirrored
 Images of the ones I took for you!
That the sweat on your brow
Was carried on my face first!
That you ARE in a race and you are winning, my child. (Right/Left)
That you are a mighty arrow in my hand! (Right/Left)
A weapon of mass destruction in this great controversy! (Right/Left)
A soldier suited for the frontlines. (Right/Left)

You are mine, and so are they
Don’t you ever forget that.
So take what is in your hand, child
And run! Run for me!
Make sure your hands and feet speak of eternity
And take hold of my hand,
So when you come across a “No Soliciting” sign
You have the strength to reach for the door and knock,
Instead of reaching for a simple door card.

So when you come across an angry mouth
Your lips can perform a dancing smile.
So when you come across the heartbroken
You can replace the old glue and tape that once held it together.

Are you willing, my child?
Will you light your world?
Don’t ever give up.
I never gave up on you,
And now you are mine
And so are they
Don’t ever forget that.

Colporteur Ministry

When I was a child,
I used to trace beautiful pictures
Of flowers and animals and maybe
a car here and there ...
i used to trace things
Because i didnt know how to draw;
my hand usually made a mess of lead and paper.

But as time passed i grew out
Of tracing and drawing and
i focused my mind on things like:
Music, and how it made me feel;
On things like:
I want to go to the beach to have some fun
But usually just to feed my eyes with all the girls;
(Hey can i get your number?)
on things like:
This life is too hard, too boring
Lets consume something.

You see
I used to live inside a box.
A restriction box.
My feet were chained my hands cuffed,
I was a slave to a rotten flesh know as “self”
To a body that obeyed wealth.
Wealth in what?
Wealth in pride
Wealth in a pair of lying lips and selfishness.
What a wretched human being I was.

And then one day someone said,
“look yonder at that cross”
And I turned and looked and what I saw
Was not a cross but a giant heart.
My pride
My lips
My wealth in selfishness
Were all drowned under the mere shadow of that heart.

The weight. 
The power.
Ahhh, what love!
Alas, I am free!
Alas, I am clean!

And the chains on my hands and feet
Hissed and fled like scolded snakes.

And on beautiful days like this I reminisce and think 
Of the shout of freedom I gave
As I took my first step 
Into a life worth living with both feet out.

And now as a man im trying to trace again 
Not tracing an animal or flower but tracing the very footsteps of Jesus himself
In detail.
You see, I want to walk like he did.
Make my body the canvas 
And take a rainbow of colors and paint 
The very portrait of him on me.
I want to get rid of every last bit of me
Because I know that Jesus is the answer
My flesh is the cancer;
Take this heart of stone away
‘cause it was never beating anyways.

You see when I thought I had life, I was dead
But Christ has given me a heart of flesh instead
And I want to use it like he did

I want to travel to distant places like he did
I want my life’s testimony to bless the city and its people
I want to know that the aches in my feet are from a missionary’s life working
I want to feed the hungry
I want to share the water of life with those that are thirsty 
I want to give hope to the hopeless
I want to bring light to the darkness
I want to search and find those that are lost
I am willing to do anything for the creator 
Even if my own life is the cost

Because before I am Mexican-American
Before I am a U.S. Citizen
Before I am a College student
I am a Christian
I am a disciple living with both feet out.


Tracing

I must tell Jesus all of my trials;
I cannot bear these burdens alone;
In my distress He kindly will help me;
He ever loves and cares for His own.
Refrain

I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
I cannot bear my burdens alone;
I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
Jesus can help me, Jesus alone.

I must tell Jesus all of my troubles;
He is a kind, compassionate friend;
If I but ask Him, He will deliver,
Make of my troubles quickly an end.

I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
I cannot bear my burdens alone;
I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
Jesus can help me, Jesus alone.

Arise

DanielCobos