We recorded this drama for SOAR. I haven't seen it in such a long time until today....and I cried. I spent so many years in bondage trying to protect myself from getting hurt, but also hurting others in the process. I was hurt by people and turned around and hurt people in the process of just trying to dig my way out. Oh this video hits hard.
How do we get out of the confinement of hurt and bondage? God was my lifeline! Finding Him - Seeking Him and Knowing Him turned my life around! Today, I am free! Are you?
If you want to know God, check out www.soarwithgod.com to get to know Him for yourself.
Just a few years ago, when a women got married, she had to say she would "love and obey" her husband!
Well, women some got rebellious and lost respect for men altogether! I was certainly raised in a home where the man was a lazy jerk! I was well-trained in "men are lazy butts!"
Who would have thought that my definition of men would roll into my marriage, but IT DID! It was a strong, controlling attitude!
I would use my beauty or whatever I could to get my way because I knew men were easily manipulated. Yes, I said it! Not all men, but certainly most!
After I was saved, I learned a new word, "submit." "What", I thought? That is just a word. God didn't really know what the modern day men were going to be like...certainly this wasn't a requirement anymore (we babies don't really believe that God knows all, do we?).
A mentor of mine said, "the way you submit to your husband is a picture of how you submit to the Lord." OOOOUUUUCCCCCCHHH! That stuck me right in the heart! I knew I didn't submit to my husband...I was a little bit smarter than he was and I was always right - right?
I quickly learned that when I was not submitting to my husband's final decision, fear might be controlling the direction I was trying to lead us from the back seat... You know how people in the back seat try to tell the driver how to drive. Well, they don't have the same perspective as a front seat driver!
I looked up the synonyms for obey and submit - here they are:
Obey- adjust, conform, adapt
Submit, bow, defer, accede, give in, yield, succumb
How do you submit to your husband or the authority that you are under?
I have always wanted to be a singer! But, I didn't believe in myself to even try! The longing in my heart to sing has never been lost. I have a dear friend that sings - she's incredible. I use to have gift envy! I wanted to just beat her up and steal her gift, listen to her music while embracing the gifts God gave me.
Since I was so mature about embracing my gifts, God gave me another way that I could be a part of such an awesome gift without actually having the gift!
Marcy Priest!
I got to be a part of helping her make her first CD! Yes I did!! I was almost like I got to make an album myself, but it sounded MUCH better.
Now, you too can be the singer, guitar player, or drummer you always wanted to be!
For those of you that may not know me, my name is Marcy Priest and I am a singer-songwriter & worship leader from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Over the last 10 years I have helped lead worship for many LifeChurch.tv campuses. More recently I have been honored to help lead in a city-wide worship movement called The Sing led by Charlie Hall and other local worship leaders. I have also had many opportunities over the last 12 years to share my songs and lead worship for various churches, conferences, retreats, and events across the country. It is my desire is to step into much more of this in the upcoming season.
Four years ago I had the huge blessing to record my first album, produced by my amazing friend Trent Austin -- it was truly the realization of a lifelong dream. I had plans to follow up with another album soon after; however, vocal chord surgery happened, life happened, personal growth happened...and now, 4 years later I see more of the bigger picture, and I'm pretty okay with the timing. I am so ready!
I have such anticipation for this record. These past few years have been full of letting go of old thinking, patterns, fears, expectations -- and stepping into the new heart, vision, and freedom that God placed in my heart before I was born. And speaking of birth -- at the same time I am creating this album, I am expecting my first baby! So yes, lots of new anticipation in our house!
About the Album Concept
These songs that I desire to share are out of a place of struggle and wrestling with letting go of the old and embracing the new -- and finding God's faithful presence in it all. These will be songs of worship & healing, truth and pain, joy and release. It is my prayer you would embrace this vision and help me let these songs take flight into the world, sending me out as a voice in the darkness proclaiming freedom and healing for the broken, the hopeless, and the fearful. I feel like this is the very beginning of the next season of music and ministry over my life.
This album is going to be full of beautiful textures and vocals and I am super-pumped about producer Jarod Evans & Blackwatch Studios who will be at the helm and guiding the process. Their creativity is so inspiring to me! Jarod's vision and talent can be experienced through my recording of "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus" (see video inset above) which I had the honor of singing and arranging with my talented friend and another local Okie, Denver Duncan, for the Lifechurch.tvCarols 2011 project. Getting to record this song at Christmas actually ignited something in me to record this album -- it was a creative awakening! Needless to say, I am pumped!
In addition to re-recording "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus", we will be recording around 9 more songs for this album. Expect some variety of styles and themes on this album, as I am so eclectic and I am sure this will be reflected throughout. You can listen to another of the new songs, “Keep Your Eyes On me,” written for The Artist Bible (see video inset below).
How can you help?
Financially and vision-wise, we can't do this alone. We don't WANT to do this alone. I have felt such immense support by my Church family and my friends far and wide over the years. I have been asked countless times, "When is your next CD coming out?" I have been wondering the same thing! I feel like you are WITH ME as I walk into this studio, and that you have my back in prayer, encouragement, and faith.
By helping us fund this project you'll help to ensure that this vision is realized. There are various "rewards" (at right) that are tokens of my gratitude to you for helping this album see the light of day. Also, please help me get the word out through Facebook, Twitter, email, friends, family, church, co-workers, and anyone you know of that would want to help make this happen! And if you're unable to give financially, a simple word of encouragement sure goes a long way -- send me a message or follow me on Twitter! I'll let you know when the album is due to be released. I'm so excited to share these songs with you, and am so grateful for your help! Thank you in advance for making this happen- I couldn't do it without you!
