How Great Thou Art by Elvis Presley
My favorite love songs to God is: “How great Thou art.” I have been in many church services where I have sung that song and felt a tremendous spirit of worship. “Then sing my soul,…..how great Thou art.”
Another song that I have sung in my private devotion, that has drawn me into worship goes like this: “Down from His glory, ever living story, my God and Savior came, and Jesus was His name.”
For many years, “Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up Lord, come and quench this thirsting of my soul,” has also brought me into worship.
To me “In the garden” is a lovely feeling of being with the Lord. Jesus often went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. You don’t have to be in a church building to pray. You can pray anywhere. In fact there is no such thing as a church building in the Bible. Just sing love songs to God anywhere.
Thank you Lord for your blessings on me
When we visited America for the first time, we were in a church in South Carolina, where we heard a lady sing this song: “Thank you Lord for your blessings on me.” Some of the words are so beautiful: “There’s a roof up above me, and I’ve a good place to sleep, there is food on my table, and shoes on my feet.”
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight here tonight.” That was a hit song for Bony M, and the words are taken from the Bible. Those words are praying directly to God, and are such a blessing to sing.
Please let me walk with You Jesus
“Please let me walk with you Jesus, don’t ever leave me alone.” When I play the piano, it is one of my favorite love songs to Jesus.
I first heard that song by Phil Enloe. This one minister of the Full Gospel Church in Norwood, Johannesburg, invited me to come and hear Phil. He said he used to sing with Elvis. We really enjoyed the meeting. Phil sang a lot of good songs, and talked a lot about his brother Neil Enloe. One song he sang was written by Neil, I think, called “He is more than just a swearword.” Many years later we went with Rhodesian friends to a “Couriers Show” in America, and heard them sing. Phil said how
they sing in different languages, and he quoted “The Old Rugged Cross” in Afrikaans. So I shouted “Vrystaat.” He stopped the show and talked to us for about 5 minutes. Then he turned to the audience and apologized, and they all laughed. It was so funny. God bless them all.
One came back
There is a recitation song that I love called: “One came back.” I heard it by the guy who wrote it. We were in a coffee bar in Cape Town where I was scheduled to sing. There was a guy there with long blond hair, dressed in a long white robe and sandals. He made me think of Jesus. He sang a song with his guitar, about the leper that came back to say thank you to Jesus. It was so powerful, that I asked him if I could sing his song. He agreed, and wrote out the words for me. His name is Pierre Van Staden. I have not been able to contact him since, but sometimes when I have sung that song, the people have been very touched. It is a very dramatic type of song.
God is not a man
Many years ago in Fort Victoria, Rhodesia, we gave a lady a ride home from church, and as she sat there in the back seat of the car, she sang a Bible song that has stayed with me ever since: “God is not a man that He should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent.” It is the prophecy of Balaam over Israel. It is such a beautiful song.
Our neighbors across the street had a record of Paul and Bob. One played the guitar, and the other one played the mandolin. They sang so nicely, and this one song is very holy: “Thirty pieces of silver, was the price they gave, thirty pieces of silver, just the price of a slave.”
I have got hundreds of gospel songs that are my favorites, but I won’t list them all. In my early twenties, when I was at survey college, a friend lent me some Jimmy Swaggart records, and they were such a blessing to me. When I play the piano, my favorite song is still one that Jimmy sang: “Little wooden church on the hill.” It makes me think of revival. “You could hear those people shout, about a
half a mile away, and your heart would start to get that sudden thrill.” Many of his songs were such a blessing to me over the years, like: Remind me, Jesus is the one, There is a river, You don’t need to understand, Down the sawdust trail and King Jesus, to name a few.
Many years later, I heard of the Gaither Trio, and many of their songs have blessed me, like: Because He lives, The church triumphant, The King is coming, A little bit of sunshine, There’s something about a mountain, and Something beautiful, to name a few. “Because He lives” took on a more special meaning to me after we were in Jerusalem in the empty tomb.
To end of this section, I’d like to mention a few more songs that have blessed me: Through it all, He is more than just a swearword, Stranger of Galilee, God can do it again, Please search the book again, Jericho road, This old house, These things shall pass, You’re the only Bible that some people read, Peculiar people, They tore the old country church down, You’re not home yet, The baptism of Jesse Taylor, and My God’s not dead.
SOME OF MY FAVOURITE LOVE SONGS ABOUT GOD WERE DELETED FROM THE NET. WHAT A PITY.