Lyrically, “Beautiful Garden of Prayer” paints a picture of prayerful intimacy, It was originally copyrighted and first published in 1920. The music was written by James Henry Fillmore and Eleanor Allen Schroll. If the sermon is about the importance of creating a disciplined prayer life, this hymn is a great place to start. Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.- 1 Peter 5:6–7 The Lord has heard my plea the Lord accepts my prayer.- Psalm 6:9 (If you’re not using MediaShout yet, consider trying it out for free.) 1. You can find all of these hymns about prayer in MediaShout’s lyric library, so pulling them into your next church presentation software is a cinch. Many of them communicate truth in thoughtful ways that are missing in some modern worship. Hymns about prayerĭon’t write off these classic songs from church history. We’ve compiled 15 worship songs about prayer to use as devotions, readings, leading your congregation in song, or adding them to your church presentation software just to expand the library. But these “reunion” recordings are great, and this latest one is their finest of the three.Prayer is an important Christian discipline, and every worship leader needs a good repertoire of worship songs about prayer in their back pocket when the situation calls for it. I would love to hear these guys put out a quality mainline release, and hopefully that is in the works at some point down the road. I will mention that the songs with tracks have a noticeable difference in quality, the group pulls them off very well. The remainder of the songs are with borrowed tracks. Some of the songs feature just the group with only the piano, as Ricky provides excellent piano accompaniment on several songs. As I stated earlier, while not intended as a national, mainline release, it’s a really good recording overall. This is a wonderfully reflective recording…reflecting on the goodness and blessings of God and the thankfulness we should feel. I first heard this song a few years ago by CT and Becky Townsend and it’s a popular song on the campmeeting circuit and the group does a great job on the song before closing things out with the classic, “THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR BLESSINGS ON ME”. The medium tempo, “I GIVE YOU THANKS”, features LaBreeska and leads perfectly into “I HAVE BEEN BLESSED”. I think they both could do well at radio if they were to release them. Featuring excellent performances by Sam and Ricky, they are wonderful songs expressing God’s forgiveness, mercy and grace and are my personal favorites from the recording. The next two songs, “HE’S STILL SETTING MY PLACE AT THE TABLE” and “EVERYWHERE I LOOK, THERE IS A BLESSING”, are worth the price of the recording and are the true triumphs of the recording. Featuring both LaBreeska and Ricky, it’s an enjoyable tune and a highlight of the recording. LaBreeska steps back up to sing the Dottie Rambo classic, “REMIND ME, DEAR LORD”, before the tempo kicks back up for “THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME HERE”. Many of you may remember this song as the lead-off song for Gold City’s iconic “Double Take” live album from 35 years ago, and the group does a good job on the song before slowing things back down for the song, “IT CAME TO PASS”, which features Sam. The tempo picks up for the song “COME ON IN”. With just a simple piano accompaniment, it’s a highlight of the recording. The recording starts out with an acapella rendition of the old song, “HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE LORD IN PRAYER”, before LaBreeska sings the Rusty Goodman classic, “WHO AM I?”. Their music has become a mainstay on the revival/campmeeting circuit, and I am just as much a fan of their music as I was back in the day. Though not intended to be a mainline release, I felt it was worth a review. Fast forward to just a few years ago when Sam and LaBreeska rejoined Ricky to perform a few select dates and since then, they have released 3 “Reunion” recordings, with this release, “Reunion 3”, being their 3 rd installment. For a few years afterwards, Ricky traveled as a soloist and later put together various combinations of vocalists to comprise “Compassion”. He started Ricky Atkinson & Compassion about 20 years ago, and the group toured regularly for about 5-6 years before his brother and sister-in-law, Sam and LaBreeska came off the road. Ricky Atkinson is a phenomenal songwriter penning such great songs as “Resting Place”, “Blessed Be the Name of the Lord”, “I’m Blessed”, “Jesus Can” and many others.
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