“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (1 Corinthians 1:18)

“…without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” (Hebrews 9:22)

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)

‘Nothing But The Blood’ is such a powerful hymn. Blood normally isn’t something to celebrate over – but the blood of Jesus is salvation, healing, and eternal life. How precious!

Nothing But The Blood
Words & Music by Robert Lowry
Additional chorus & music by Andy Lee

What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

For my pardon this I see,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
For my cleansing this my plea,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

Oh, precious flow
Oh, I’m white as snow
This I know

This is all my hope and peace,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
This is all my righteousness,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

Glory! Glory! This I sing
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
All my praise for this I bring
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

Oh, precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

We had a lot of fun recording “Unending Praise”. It’s a song you can move to – a song that invites others to join in praising the one who has a reason to be praised. Psalm 44:8 says, “In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.” There’s that word again: “boast”!

I hope that even as we’re living for the Lord, we’ll be able to praise His name forever and boast in Him too! Let’s give Him unending praise!

Unending Praise
Words & Music by Andy Lee

Find me here in this place,
I come near all my days,
We have come to Your throne
All our lives are Yours alone
Yours alone

Lord I live for You, Lord I give to You
Unending praise, unending praise
More than anything, be my everything
We give You praise, unending praise

For all You are, all You do
Every breath I give to You
We fall in love, more and more
With You alone, with You, oh Lord
With You, oh Lord

My heart, it cries to You
We give our lives to You
We sing, we sing
My heart cannot contain
Just how much love remains
In You, it’s You

“Only You” is a bit of an older song that we wrote, it still encompasses the idea behind “Shameless Plug”. Consider Psalm 19:14, which says, “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” We’ve probably heard this passage many times before, but remember: everything that we do, inside and out, is for the glory of God.

We often lose track of what we say, what we do, or even what we think. So this song is a reminder to us all that we ought to long for more of Jesus because it’s all for Him – in this life our shameless plug shouldn’t be about you and me… Our shameless plug is Him: only Jesus.

Only You
Words & Music by Andy Lee

May the words of my mouth
And let everything that I do
Be an act of worship to You, oh Lord

May the songs that I sing
And let everything that I am
Be an act of praise to the Lamb, Jesus

I live for only You

Let our cries now be heard
As we live by Your Word
We worship, we worship You
Let Your will now be done
As we long for Your Son
We worship, we worship You

We lift up Your Name that You would reign
So, God, we say with one voice