O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Here's another contemporary version of a Christmas song that I've been working on. This one is of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel".  Just like with "O Come All Ye Faithful", if you'd like a FREE mp3 of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" just click here or on the contact tab and send me an e-mail and I'll send you one as soon as I can.  I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed recording it! Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

O Come All Ye Faithful

Since Christmas is coming, I thought I'd share with you all a contemporary version of "O Come All Ye Faithful" that I've been working on.  If you'd like a FREE mp3 of the song just click here or on the contact tab and send me an e-mail and I'll send you one as soon as I can.  Hope you enjoy it!

Help get songs from "I Believe" on Radio Shine

I recently sent a copy of my album "I Believe" to Radio Shine (90.9 FM in Cottonwood) and now I need your help to get them to play it.  Please call 1-888-58-SHINE (1-888-587-4463) and request either "Lord, Listen To Your Children Praying" or "Let My Eyes Be Pure" (of course say by David Lockard : )  These two songs are shorter, more upbeat songs that are more radio friendly than some of the other longer, slower songs on the album (but I'd be happy if you requested any of my songs!).  You can call in a request to radio shine 24/7 and leave a message with a request.  If you call while Radio Shine is playing music you can make your request directly to the DJ in the studio.  Tell anyone who you think might call in a request.  Thanks for your support!

My First Press Coverage!

An article about "I Believe" came out today on the Verde Independent website! 

Check it out here.

http://www.verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&SubSectionID=114&ArticleID=41265

This is a simple video I made for the title song of my new album "I Believe".

I Believe Song Story

I’d like to share with you the story and thought process behind the title song from my new album “I Believe”.  The seed for this song started through a conversation with a friend.  He told me that he had met and talked with a Christian man from Africa who had recently come to the U.S. for a college education.  This man, as he was talking to my friend, said that people in this country (the U.S.) don’t really believe in prayer, they say let’s pray for this or pray for that, but they don’t really believe that anything is going to happen.  He went on to say that in Africa he had seen mighty works of God come about through prayer.  He had even seen people being healed right before his eyes.  I was really struck by what he said and could see the truth of his words even in my own prayers.   

As I thought it through I realized how often I would pray for different things simply for the sake of praying for them and mentally checking it off of my list of things I needed to do without really having any expectancy for God to actually do something.  Is this kind of prayer really useful for anything?  Probably not.  It says in Mathew 9:30 to “…pray earnestly to the Lord…”.  I had unconsciously fallen into the trap of thinking that miracles were a thing of ancient times and didn’t really happen today.  It occurred to me that perhaps in the U.S. we don’t see miracles in our lives as often as we should because we don’t believe that God will actually do them.  This is reflected in Mathew 13:58 “And he [Jesus] did not do many mighty works there [Nazareth], because of their unbelief.”  Sometimes I think we also miss seeing miracles that God is doing because, since we don’t really believe that they will happen, we aren’t looking for them. 

With that in mind I wanted to start praying expectantly; believing that God could and would do something in the situations I prayed for.  It was from this idea that I wanted to write a song declaring firmly that I believed in the power of God to perform miracles.  So I sat down with my guitar and I began to write:

Verse 1

God, You created the world and everything that lives within it

So what is it to You to heal the sick, to raise the dead, to cure the blind, what is that to You

It’s not to hard for You, if we could just believe, Lord, please help me…help me believe

Chorus

I believe You can heal the wounded

I believe You still raise the dead

I believe You can heal the broken hearted

I believe in You, I believe in You, I believe in You

Verse 2

God, You created the world and everything that lives within it

So what is it to you to feed the poor, to heal the lame, to heal the heart that’s crying out to You

It’s not to hard for You, if we could just believe, Lord, please help me…help me believe

But what about the times that a friend or family member isn’t healed or even dies?  These are tough times to accept, but we have to remember that God can use every situation to work towards His will and purpose even though we may not know what it is at the time.  So, I added something more to the song; something that expressed that I would trust in God no matter what happened, that I would submit to His perfect will even if it was something that I didn’t like or want at the time, because I know He always has my best interest in mind.  I came up with this.

Bridge

You are the way, the truth, and the life

No one comes to the Father except through You, only You

So who am I to say what can and should be done

You are the Lord and I am the created one

Ending

So I will trust in You

No matter what You do

You gave Your life and I believe

Your will is what I need

Every time I sing or think about this song it serves as a reminder to me of two things:

1. That God is the all-powerful, omnipotent one who created the universe and as such He is most certainly capable of performing miracles today just as He did throughout the times of the Bible, so I should pray earnestly and expectantly.  

2.  In every situation He is deserving of my belief in and trust in His power, plan, and will which are infinitely greater than my own.

What do you believe?