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Seven Last Words
$0.00 Add to cartDuring Lent 2020, Fuller Ave CRC did a series on the seven last words of Christ. Each week’s sermon was followed by a new song. These songs don’t restate the seven last words. Instead, they are true “hymns of reflection” that meditate, pray, or imagine what the Spirit might be saying to us through the scripture.You can download a zipped file of all seven songs below or follow the links to hear, read about, and download each individual song:1. Forgive Us2. By Your Side4. Set Us FreeThese leadsheets are a free download. If you sing these songs in your church please report their use to CCLI or OneLicense. -
Seven Last Words: 1. Forgive Us
$0.00 Add to cart[embed]https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/forgive_us.mp3[/embed]This is the first in a series of songs on the seven last words of Christ. It is based on Luke 23:34: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” With each of these songs, my goal is not to restate the words of Jesus but to let worshipers reflect on them. For this passage, I wanted to invite people to take to the posture of the repentant thief on the cross, offering a heartfelt confession.
For all seven songs, visit the Seven Last Words page.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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Seven Last Words: 2. By Your Side
$0.00 Add to cart[embed]http://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/by_your_side.mp3[/embed]“By Your Side” is song #2 in my Seven Last Words series. This one is based on Luke 23:43 “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.” We understand what these words mean when Jesus speaks them to a criminal dying next to him on a cross, but what do they mean for us today? In this song, we respond to Christ’s words with dedication: “Yes, Lord, we want to be with you in life and death, in paradise or cross.”
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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Seven Last Words: 3. Love One Another
$0.00 Add to cart[embed]http://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/love_one_another.mp3[/embed]The Gospel of John tells the story this way: “Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. (John 19:25-27)
It is touching that Jesus was taking care of his mother even while he was dying, but it is not surprising; John’s Gospel is all about love, from the famous “for God so loved the world” to the new commandment of the last supper, “love one another.” So a song about these last words of Christ should make us consider who our family is and how we can love them best.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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Seven Last Words: 4. Set Us Free
$0.00 Add to cart[embed]http://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/set_us_free.mp3[/embed]This fourth song of the “Seven Last Words” project has Jesus speaking perhaps the most desolate words of the Bible: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34) These words uttered from the cross are actually a direct quote from Psalm 22, where we read of a Psalmist surrounded by enemies but ultimately saved from the grasp of death.
If Jesus could trust God even on the cross, certainly we can cry out for deliverance even in the middle of our pain, doubt, and despair.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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Seven Last Words: 5. May We Thirst in You
$0.00 Add to cart[embed]http://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/may_we_thirst_in_you.mp3[/embed]From the cross, the One who described himself as Living Water asks for a drink. “I thirst.” This simple sentence says so much: Christ was not spared from his thirst and we shouldn’t expect to be, either. Instead, our journey will be one of both thirsting and quenching, peace and restlessness, fulfillment and yearning.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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Seven Last Words: 6. I Trust My Soul to You
$0.00 Add to carthttp://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/i_trust_my_soul_to_you.mp3
“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” In the drama of the crucifixion, these words meant, “I’m ready to die.” But there is another layer of meaning, for Jesus and for us: Jesus committed himself–trusted his whole being–to God’s care. That should be our posture, too, both in our living and our dying.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense. -
Seven Last Words: 7. It Is Finished!
$0.00 Add to carthttp://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/it_is_finished.mp3
“It is finished” were the final words Christ uttered as he died. It is important to note that the word he used is not one that means “That’s it–I’m done” but a word of completion. His work complete, he gave himself over to death.
The crux of Christianity (pun intended) is Christ’s work on the cross. Let’s rest entirely on Christ for our salvation and life.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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The First Nowell
$20.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/scheer-the_first_nowell.mp3"][/audio]“The First Nowell” is the quintessential Christmas carol and a classic folk tune, but too many arrangements fetter the flowing melody with four-part harmony. My approach is simple: let the melody sing itself and support it with an accompaniment that keeps things moving forward. After a brief string intro, it starts small–just guitar and solo voice–and then builds momentum over the song’s 6 verses.
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The King of Glory Comes (KING OF GLORY)
Price range: $5.00 through $10.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pagehttps://musicblog.gregscheer.com/scheer-hosanna_in_the_highest.mp3
This arrangement of THE KING OF GLORY COMES works with the familiar text by Willard F. Jabusch as well as Greg’s Palm Sunday text, “Hosanna in the Highest.” Optional flute descants add to the Klezmer feel of this rhythmic tune.
Arrangements for strings and brass are also available with the alternate text.
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The Peaceable Kingdom
$0.00 Add to cart[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/the_peacable_kingdom.mp3"][/audio]“The Peaceable Kingdom,” like the Edward Hicks painting from which I borrowed the song’s title, is a rendering of the famous Isaiah 11:1-9 passage that describes predator and prey playing together, led by a little child. At Christmas, we understand this Child to be Christ, the little child who came into the world to usher in an age of peace.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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The Strife Is O’er (VICTORY)
$5.00 Add to cart[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/the_strife_is_oer.mp3"][/audio]
This lovely Easter hymn is given a flowing accompaniment that moves the musical drama forward verse after verse. Chord symbols are provided so that guitar and bass can join in, creating a perfect opportunity to blend praise team, piano, and organ.Piano accompaniment for congregational singing.
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