Have Your Way written by Jim Elliott, recorded with The Push Community

Have Your Way

Check out the live performance here - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151609066118992

This song is about the 'bigness' of God, His holiness, His 'other-ness'. Sometimes we lose the wonder of how massive and powerful he is, there is often a disconnect similar to disbelief, with a bit of 'meh' thrown in. Sometimes I think it's just laziness - if even for a moment we grasped how huge he is, it would require a response that engaged every part of us, so instead we step back and disengage. Let's not! Let's embrace the wonder!!!

Exalted One (Live Acoustic Demo) - Visit FB page for video

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Probably the simplest song I've ever written. It was really a response to too much 'stuff' (fears, insecurities, other priorities) getting in the way of what matters most in my life, and the whole purpose of being me here - my relationship with God and living 100% for Him. Sure, other stuff matters, like poverty, family etc, but it only really matters by default BECAUSE that stuff matters to God in the first place. He created us, and everything else, so ultimately He is not just my priority, He is everything, 100%, EVERYTHING finds its purpose in Him (Col 1:16). It's about re-aligning perspective, which is hard for us stubborn humans to do ... hence why this song is so repetitive!

NEW SONG! All That Matters (Live Acoustic Demo) - Visit FB page for video

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This is a song wrote a while ago with Cathy & Paul Burton basically about the gospel and our response to it.

You can buy an album version of the track here - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/great-is-our-god/id572034731?i=572034732

Or just listen to that track here - http://youtu.be/NpwFAMuSygk

Great Is Our God (Live Acoustic Demo) - Visit FB page for video

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This was written out of a time of complete rubbishness. But in that time I felt this sense that God was not only going through it with me, but through being stripped of stuff that wasn't as important or didn't matter, I felt I was learning to look to Him more. Through the circumstances I ended up giving God far more attention than when I was 'content' (with everything else in my life bar my relationship with God - which only days before I had been desperatly praying would develop). As C.S. Lewis said 'pain is God's megaphone!'

You can purchase the Have You Way single here on itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/have-your-way-single/id587433489

And here is the video promo of me explaining the song - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151600465873992&set=vb.1394690134085924&type=3&theater

Have Your Way (Live Acoustic Demo) - Visit FB page for video

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This song is about where we can find hope in any situation

King Of Compassion (Live Acoustic Demo) - Visit FB page for video

Here's my best impression of what Jeff Buckley would sound like if he ever played Silent Night. Merry Christmas and all that.

Silent Night

Session 07

Hi. I love to worship God, often with music - that sometimes leads to me writing songs. I mainly write out of personal experiences or about something I'm learning about God that I think is cool, and hope that people around me and the church in general can find those songs useful, moving, insightful, fun, or help them learn more or connect more with God. As a bonus, sometimes I get to record these tracks which is great fun. I've written with Cathy Burton (Great is our God), Rex Allchurch (Spoken For) and The Push Community (Have Your Way) and am working on ways to get my other songs out there - hence this page! :-)

Jim Elliott Music