What does water sound like when it cascades down a hill, tumbling over rocks, falling, splashing into pools? Do you hear a heehaw, chuckle, guffaw, titter, snigger, howl, hoot, chortle? Is there mirth, joy, glee?
Laughing water – Minnehaha. How would you notate that?
Kathy
Print (PDF) sheet
music for flute is available for Laughing
Water. You will need to supply the sound of water.
 |
| Click here for PDF. |
The Spirit of
God led Jesus, the Son of God, to the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, to
be tempted just like us.
Challenge
#1
God “rained down
bread from heaven” [i] to
feed the children of Israel when they were hungry in the wilderness. Jesus was
hungry in the wilderness.
Shouldn’t
God’s Son make bread from stones?
Shouldn’t the Creator feed us when we are hungry?
Challenge
#2
Psalm 91
promises that no evil would befall the one who made God his dwelling place. The
angels “will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone.”[ii] Satan
brought Jesus to the highest point of the temple and told him to throw himself
down.
Wouldn’t people
believe Jesus was God’s Son if God kept him safe?
If he wants us to believe in him, shouldn’t the Creator kept us safe?
Challenge
#3
The children of Israel had a choice: “If serving the Lord
seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will
serve.”[iii]
If Jesus didn’t like God’s way, he could choose Satan’s.
If Jesus
bowed down and worshiped Satan, Satan would give him all the kingdoms of the
world.
If the Creator doesn’t fulfill our desires, we’ll go elsewhere.
According to
Jesus, these three challenges are not valid reasons for rejecting the Creator
and refusing to serve and worship him. Jesus can sympathize with our weaknesses,
he “has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.”[iv]
From the album “Redemption”
this video is scrolling playback of a song based on Matthew 4:1-11.
Kathy
Click here to read the temptation of Jesus.
Print (PDF) sheet music is available for Tempted.
 |
| Click here for PDF. |
[i] Exodus 16:3-4 Exodus 16 | NIV Bible | YouVersion
[ii] Psalms 91 | NIV Bible | YouVersion
[iii] Joshua 24:15 Joshua 24 | NIV Bible | YouVersion
[iv] Hebrews 4:15 Hebrews 4 | NIV Bible | YouVersion
David was a man after God’s own heart.
1 Samuel records three times when David refused to use his circumstances for personal gain.
God had rejected Saul as king and
appointed David in his stead. In a jealous rage Saul sought David’s life. He
and his troops chased after David. David and his men hid in the recesses of a
cave. When Saul entered the cave alone, David’s men encouraged him to take
vengeance on Saul. David refused. Instead, he chose to wait for God to rescue
him.
Psalms 142:1-2,
5-6
A maskil of
David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.
I cry aloud to
the Lord;
I lift up my voice
to the Lord for mercy.
I pour out before
him my complaint;
before him I tell
my trouble.
I cry to
you, Lord;
I say, “You are my
refuge,
my portion in the
land of the living.
Listen to my cry,
for I am in
desperate need;
rescue me from
those who pursue me”[i]
David was a man after God’s own heart. David and Jesus each refused to become king by disobeying The Ten Commandments:[ii] David refused to murder Saul, Jesus refused to worship Satan.[iii] Both chose to wait for God to rescue them.
Continuing the story of “Redemption,” this short Psalm (based on David’s circumstances in 1 Samuel 24 – 26) is scrolling playback of the song.
Kathy
Click here to read
1 Samuel 24 – 26.
Print (PDF) sheet
music is available for I Cry to God for
Mercy.
 |
| Click here for PDF. |
Women flourish where they have the power to publicly and freely sit at Jesus’ feet and listen to him. That power comes from their country’s legal system. It’s a nation’s laws (not an individual’s spirituality or vague sense of kindness to women) that protect women from violence and discrimination.
Laurie Stewart, JD, looks at four major religious
worldviews and compares their impact on laws regarding the treatment of women. She
asks, “Who or what holds the greatest hope for women?”(1)
1.
Islam: Women and the Laws of Saudi Arabia
2.
Hinduism: Women and the Laws of India
3.
Atheism: Women and the Laws of China
4.
Christianity: Women and the Laws of the United
States
Professor Stewart concludes that Christianity is good for
women!
Women flourish where they have the legal right to
publicly and freely sit at Jesus’ feet and learn from him. The original documents
detailing Jesus’ life and teachings make it clear why Christianity revolutionized
the treatment of women.(2)
From the album
“Faces” this video is scrolling playback of the song based on Luke 10:38-42.
Kathy
Print (PDF) sheet
music is available for Mary & Martha.
 |
| Click here for PDF. |
(1) Click here for Stewart, JD, Laurie, “On the Record of Women’s Rights”
(2) See: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
A praise chorus.
Original lyrics of this song are based on key phrases from
Philippians 2:14-16. The melody hints at the children’s song, “This little
light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.”1
From the album
“A ChorusBook” this video is music
overlaid on slides.
Kathy
Click here to read
Philippians 2:14-16.
Digital (MusicXML) and/or print (PDF) sheet music is available for Shine!
 |
| Click here
for MusicXML. (MusicXML™ is the standard open format for sharing digital sheet music. Check the help files in your music notation app for directions on importing MusicXML files.) |
 |
| Click
here for PDF. |
Joy! a praise chorus. Original lyrics of this joyful chorus are set to the tune “I’ve Got the Joy.” This lively chorus about Jesus’ love will get your hands clapping and feet dancing.
From the album “A ChorusBook,” this video is scrolling playback of a song based on Philippians 4:4.
Kathy
 |
| Click here for PDF. |
 |
| Click here for MusicXML. (MusicXML™ is the standard open format for sharing digital sheet music. Check the help files in your music notation app for directions on importing MusicXML files.) |
 |
| Click here for PDF |
 |
| Click here for PDF |
In his letter to the Philippian church the Apostle Paul wrote one of the most moving descriptions of Jesus.
From the album “A ChorusBook” this song sets Philippians 2:6-11 to music.
Click here to read Philippians 2.
Print (PDF for choir and piano) and/or digital (MusicXML for string instruments) sheet music is available for Jesus Is Lord.
 |
| Click here for PDF. |
 |
| Click here for MusicXML. (MusicXML™ is the standard open format for sharing digital sheet music. Check the help files in your music notation app for directions on importing MusicXML files.) |
