Blessed Eve.

What a blessed evening it was! God used the Life4orce band to minister all the glory and praise due to the almighty. Unlike last time, I was able to involve myself and worship.

This is how the arrangement was :
Vinay (Worship leader & Bass)
Binny (Acoustic Guitar)
Cherian (Guitar)
George (Drums).

The songs were around 12 starting from Life4orce original " Jesus and me" to ending with a bash with "You have turned...". the sounds system was a amazing. Good supervising Vinay!

Cherry spoke from the word of God too, based on John chapter 15:4,5 - "Bearing Fruit". It was a nice way of informally, at same time maintaining the seriousness, preaching. The sermon was loaded with stories and real life experiences. He played some amazing solos in between the songs along with singing parts. His face brightened up when the fast songs came.

Vinay once again led a blessed praise and worship, and this time, he spent a considerable amount of time getting the crowd to feel part of the whole thing and to keep them on their feet. He made them turn around and wave hands , especially in "You have turned my mourning into Dancing". He was able to bring them back to the solemness of worshipping God in the later part of the worship as well.

Binny, stood as a true "Band Architect" (his post in the band!) and I felt he had stepped back a little , which balanced the whole team . Though a great worship leader himself, he humbly stood by managing the the guitar and singing important parts, you need lots of humility for that . 'Praise and worship's led by him couple of years ago were my first experiences in being part of it and played a part in bringing me closer to the almighty.

Vinay had a surprise for me on Saturday evening when we met for practice : An electronic rhythm pad instead of the Acoustic Drum kit we had planned for. He said that the the guy at the rentals said that his wife had lent it to someone without his knowledge ! Sounded like a hilarious reason. Trusted in God and gave it a try. Haven't used it on a stage before. It sounded good (they say, except or the missing beats due to a "beaten up " Roland SPD11 ). The other one would've been better but looked like God wanted us to try this one out. We tried the next afternoon to get hold of one but His plans were different. Anyways, it was a blessed pleasant evening. Praise to the heavens,yeah?

Guys (my life4orce bandmates and good friends), it was wonderful. I enjoyed it and hope to do many more. When do we start working on our songs? I'd like to start learning the Life4orce songs and their instrumentation. An album in 2005 is a desire, Insha Allah. Pray and WORK HARD towards it , yeah?
JESUS INSPIRES.