Hey thanks for checking out my blog.
Today it
feels like there has been some great progress, spiritually. I feel like, having
done the Sunday morning music service at the Mansion Church since August of
2020, a spiritual walk has begun with Jesus Christ.
For me, I’m
feeling a great deal of spiritual energy emitting from my thinking each day. I
feel like a lot of this energy is surrounded by the topic of wishing to become
a worship leader and ultimately just wanting to share more of my thoughts with
the world.
I feel like,
having been doing the Sunday morning music service that the time has come to
really branch out a bit more and start promoting, advertising, and marketing my
church. I’m feeling like there is so much joy surrounding what has been
happening at the church that its difficult for me to continue without there
being some type of expansion, socially or through the web.
So
ultimately, this journal entry is about my desires and my wishes to be
communicating more with those who are listening to the album, How Great Thou
Art that has been on iTunes since February, 2021, and those who are attending
the Sunday services, which contain remarkable messages and impeccable
preaching. Preaching that really offers a service, preaching that really
welcomes the listener in to a lifechanging journey, preaching that constantly
checks in on the listener and asks if Jesus is really working in your life. To
be someone who welcomes the preaching in and prepares the service to begin,
I’ve really just become excited to take this all to the next level.
I’ve begun
doing small messages on my own, with my iPhone. I’ve started recording myself
learning scriptures, and I’ve really been praying more than I ever have in my
entire life. I feel like all of this data is reaching a level where I really
feel like it should be shared.
I feel like
advertising, marketing, and promoting the Church is really something that I’m
onto lately and I’m excited to really take this whole conversation of Sunday
morning music services and more to the next level.
New
conversations have also really begun to develop in my prayers as well as with
others now for the first time through blogging.
I’ve noticed
that when we have a personal relationship with Jesus, we see all that he did when he walked on
earth and we realize the way he spoke the truth to offer us eternal life and
provide us with promises and reminders to pray and ask what we want as well as
to love and care for one another and also to spread the holy word of God and to
avoid sin. I feel like during my own personal walk with Jesus, I’ve really
learned that He really has so much more to say. I’ve learned through my
Christian class that He’s sitting at the right hand of the Father and he is
excited to return. I think with How Great Thou Art being on iTunes that I’ve
really been having feelings for the word of God lately and just simply
realizing that Jesus has so much more to say to us.
Another
conversation that has been on the forefront of my mind lately is how there is
just simply so much more beyond this present moment. In 2 Corinthians 4:18,
we’re reminded to keep our focus on what we can not see, rather than what we
can see. It’s a reminder to walk in the spirit rather than the flesh. While
walking in the spirit, we crucify the flesh with its passions and desires. Also
by walking in the spirit, we walk more like Christ and therefore our joy
remains full and we are really start to experience the promises that are
offered in the word of God and ultimately we begin to experience a mixture of
both happiness as well as sadness. Without getting to carried away, I’ve
learned from messages as well as through the Christian class that began in the
fall that God really has a plan for us and wants to take us on a journey. And
that journey only begins when our focus on God begins.
I can’t sit
here and tell you that I know for sure that there’s places that God wants to
take us that are outside of the planet earth, but I can say, that as a believer
in Christ, that God can speak through us, answer our prayers, and communicate
with us on new levels everyday. It is my belief that God is trying to
communicate with us. I believe that God does want to take our spirits on
journeys that exceed what we’re experiencing here on earth. Where levels of
oxygen are different. Where the human body no longer exists but where our
spiritual walk with God is the man focus. I’ve learned through scriptures that
God wants nothing more than to communicate with us one and one when our journeys
on earth are done. It kind of reminds me of that hymn, When the Roll is Called
up Yonder. So to wrap up this journal entry, I’m really excited to hear what
Jesus has to say next. I know he’s ready to return and to speak his next words.
The words he spoke here on earth are in Red Letters in the bible and they are
very powerful. I believe his next words will be even more powerful and I think
the more we focus on God and pray to God, the sooner this miraculous event will
occur.
This blog
post is also about the incredible journey I believe God wants to take us all
on. I know that on that incredible day (for me June of 2017), when we surrender
our lives Jesus Christ and give it all over, he starts to walk in our place,
and speak through us, and I’ve simply learned that there is so much more out
there and so much that he wants to let us in on. I’ve learned that when we do
give our lives over to the Lord and Savior, that the kingdom of heaven begins,
and our burdens are handed over. He walks in our place and begins to communicate
with us and teach us all things through his holy spirit in ways we never could
have even thought possible.
This blog
post is also about me just wanting to keep in touch with those who attend the
Mansion Church and those who have tuned in to listen to How Great Thou Art and
just keep them updated with what’s going on when it comes to this spiritual
walk with Jesus Christ. I’ve learned through scripture that the spiritual walk
is eternal. So for me, to start to get to these new places in my walk with
Christ, I think keeping in touch and having something to offer people is
important. I’ve most definitely wanted to start up the sale of some merch items
lately. I’ve been drawing some ideas out on paper as far as selling How Great
Thou Art t shirts, hats, bracelets, and more… journals, songbooks, physical
cd’s and more. If anyone has any connections or ideas to helping this idea to
be a success, please feel free to let me know.
Before I go,
I most definitely want to leave the statement that I do ask that anyone reaches
out to me. If you need prayer, if you want to talk about some of the topics
brought up in this post, or if you have any ideas or suggestions on how to get
this ball rolling. I’m really excited to take this to the next level, but I’ve
learned how important it is to keep our thoughts and focus on our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ. All to God, and the rest will follow. It is most
definitely God, whom my focus is on and it is simply my wish and prayer that
everyone is doing well and that everyone’s spiritual walk is going according to
plan and that you’re all in routines where you’re building fruit and where
you’re able to live productive lives and to be supportive to your community.
Please feel free to reach out if you’d like to chat…
Zach
Dear Father
in Heaven,
It is my
wish that everyone is doing well tonight and that many souls are experiencing
the rest we know that only you can provide. I pray that you have everything in
control like never before and that you send many signs and new ideas to our
present focus. I pray that you really speak through me this winter and that you
help me on my walk to becoming a successful worship leader who is able to
communicate with you and who has a strong everlasting relationship with you. I
pray that I am living up to your expectations and I pray that if there is
anywhere that I can improve that you let me know. I also pray for the church
family as well as those around the world who might be looking forward to more
from what’s been going on at the mansion church. I also pray for my pastor and
my family as we continue to move forward on our walk to sanctifying ourselves
with you. God I pray that you really bring new ideas and new thoughts into our
present moment. Help us to live successful lives solely for you. Help us to
find routines that work where we are working on your behalf and spreading the
powerful scriptures that are in your holy word of God. I pray that anyone I met
along that way is not experiencing any type of condemnation with the
relationship I have with them and if they are that you would help me to clear
that. I also pray for the forgiveness of any past, present, or future sins.
Help to keep me sinless so that I may be able to walk as a good example showing
others what the scriptures are saying to us.
I also pray
on your behalf tonight for you, God and I pray that you just really give us
strength to keep the whole armor of God on, and to remain calm, slow to anger,
and to keep our focus on you as we prepare for bigger, better, and brighter thoughts,
ideas, and movements in the near future. I also pray that you continue to renew
my mind and I just pray that you remind me daily how important it is to avoid
sin and to keep our focus on you. I pray for the deliverance of tough times.
And I pray that you really take us on new journeys in our lives. I also pray
that you connect us with those in our lives that may be good for us. I pray that
you bring forth new songs, albums, movies, ep’s, and blog posts, stories and
more in 2022. And I pray that all that you do bring forth glorifies you and
keeps your holy name held high above all other names.
In Jesus
name, Amen.
In continuance to that blog post...
What a
great year 2021 was. The time has come to really expel a lot of gratitude and
marketing on behalf of the church I’ve been attending. After really putting a
lot of time and effort into songwriting, I’ve really been excited to share what
exactly I’ve been up to lately.
Having
released How Great Thou Art in February, I’ve really been wanting to release
something as a follow up to the powerful album of hymns. The hymns act as a
sort of meditation. And I think ultimately, starting a new website, or even
transforming the website I currently have is something that I have been wanting
to do lately.
It’s
been a lot of fun thinking of new ways to provide the listener with something
that is going to create the same effect that How Great Thou Art creates. A
re-release of How Great Thou Art is definitely something that I want to do
before long. Having done a lot of recording over at the studio, we’re gearing
up to release an E.P.
Ultimately,
for me, it comes down to praying, stay true to the word of God and really going
deeper with the scriptures. I’ve found myself picking up my bible and reading
the word of God. I find that when I do this I’m really able to tune into the
old singer songwriter who worked on those 2 EP’s from 2009 as well as Waiting
on the Tide To Change and the Recordings on a Farm. The scriptures are really
refreshing because it reminds us that we have all the time in the world to
write music. I remember when I first started to discover the word of God, I
realized that this is something that you can only push into infinitely. It’s
been a lot of fun reading Max Lacado’s, anxious for nothing, as well as
listening to various different messages from Adrian Rogers to Charles Stanley.
I really feel like the scriptures are there for us to realize there is no limit
to how we go with God. It’s been really exciting to see how the songwriting has
propelled since practicing recording various audio samples of me simply reading
the scriptures. I find when I start to read the scriptures, I jump to other
scriptures, and before you know it I’m attached to the powerful word of God. In
return, what I’ve been doing is grabbing the pen and writing whatever it is
comes to mind. For me, the most peace that I’ve found is realize that God gives
us an infinite, endless, amount of time to work on music, and realizing that he
actually has power and control of time itself. I really feel like, as the Hymn
What A Day That Will Be, might paint, that God is really excited to release us
from our current state, so that we may have access to the eternal life promised
in the scriptures, and start to experience what its like to no longer be
subjected to the clocks on the wall or the watches on our wrists. No longer,
will we be accustomed to the hands on the clock going round, but rather we will
have been free’d from the chains of life, and in the presence of our God where
he will be glad to speak with us one on one and probably even teach us some
more about writing music.
So
without getting to carried away, what I really want to talk about in this blog
post is what I’ve been doing in my spare time to gear up for what is to follow
after the release of How Great Thou Art, as well as talk about how God and the
scriptures have been helping me with my songwriting.
For me,
I’ve been really looking forward to sharing some of the ideas I’ve been drawing
on paper. Here are some pictures as follows…
Pretty
soon, the songbooks will be finished, and in the meantime it is my goal to
really have some accessible merchandise on hand and ready at the launch of the
new website.
As far
as songwriting, it has been really refreshing to tune into the old techniques
and mechanisms that I used to use when it comes to writing the music. Having
attended a songwriting workshop last night, live on the internet, I was really
able to learn the importance of the lyrics. How that first line is really
important when it comes to writing songs. The workshop taught me a lot about
the importance of the lyrics as well as the various different verse, chorus,
bridges, and more. As I gear up to blog more about how prayer has been helping
me in my daily walk to really write new music, as well as the process of
writing a song in and of itself.
For me,
I was writing so many various ideas, which I will be sharing here with you
shortly, and I knew that it was time for me to really reimbarked on journeys
related to the past, where, coming back to the ideas of repetition are really
important. For me, I was able to remember how the standard structure of a song,
including A (verse), B(chorus), C (Pre-Chorus), D (Bridge), E (Outro), etc. are
really important. I love how the verses and choruses and bridges all become so
important and attaching a letter next to each was very helpful for me. I am
also seeking more guidance and teachings when it comes to this. I almost am seeking
a songwriting coach or someone that I could help to co-write with. For me, I
wasn’t quite there when it comes to remembering what techniques I used most
when writing songs such as Sunny Day or After the Rain. For me, repetition is
definitely key. I think what I came to the conclusion of this time around, cuz
we have Peace all recorded and ready to be released, but without releasing
Peace, and just focusing on new songs in and of themselves, for me it’s simply
the repetition. Realizing that there are a lot of ideas in regards to the songs
themselves, that are building up, so I think for me, its really important to
basically just repeat the songs. Weather the repetition is simply at a desktop,
just typing out the songs, and really finding a good basis for the lyrics, or
writing them on a tablet or even a notepad. I think this process of really
writing the song down a few times, helps establish the structure of the song,
and therefore you can start to alter the word play and add various different
ideas or lines that you are fond of as the process continues.
In conclusion,
I’m just so grateful that 2021 was such a good year. I’m really excited about
How Great Thou Art being on iTunes and I’m really happy with it. I’m definitely
doing my best to get some merch items out there and ultimately, I’ve been so excited
to share some of what’s been going on at the Mansion Church and at home and
stuff. There have been so many prayers, all kinds of various messages and even
these really cool sessions learning and practicing the memorization of new
scriptures. There has been a lot of conversation of really just starting almost
like a new website to really market, promote, and advertise the Mansion Church.
I really think you guys are going to enjoy some of the new
ideas and sounds we have in store for you. It’s never too late to get out there
and start promoting our powerful and compassionate Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. This blog post and any future songs or messages you might here all go
for our wonderful and mighty God who loves us to an extent that we can’t even
begin to comprehend. So thank you God for helping me on my journey to sharing new
sounds and messages with the world. I truly believe that we surrender our lives
to God and ask him to take control of our vehicles that he does so in such a
way that we couldn’t even or imagine or comprehend the love and the ideas that
he has stored up for us. God bless you and may your 2022 be filled with many
blessings and answered prayers.
-Zach
