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He's my saviour

Themes:	resurrection, easter, praise, the cross, unfinished, second coming
Media Type:	mp3, Corporate Worship Idea
Bible refs:	Rev 22:20, 1 Cor 15:3-4
Written by:	Joel Payne

You will need:
Instruments to accompany the singing
Download the music from RESOUNDworship.org

This song is designed to be improvised! There are a few basic verses to get you going - you can then choose to stop, or carry on with improvised verses. The leader or members of the group/congregation call out 4 or 5 syllable phrases which everyone then joins in singing, finishing with 'Christ the Lord' each time. I've found it works well in big and small groups, and particularly in response to Bible study or preaching, when our eyes have been opened to Jesus' character and work. I've been very encouraged seeing some of the quieter members of a group bravely call out and play a part in leading the praises of the others. The live recording of this one to try to give you a really clear idea of how it might work in practice.

You can download a chord chart or lead sheet from RESOUNDworship.org.

He's my Saviour, he's my Saviour,
he's my Saviour, Christ the Lord.

He was crucified...

He is risen...

He is coming...

Leader / congregation improvise additional verses...

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Joel lives in North London, working as the Minister for Prayer & Worship at St James Church in Muswell Hill. Previous to that, he spent a decade at St Michael le Belfrey Church in York, practising his song-writing on an unsuspecting and generous congregation.

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Matt Osgood

26 May 2009 10:27

Love it. We've used this a number of times at St. Stephen's and it's always worked.

Matthew Nott

08 Aug 2009 09:11

Loved this so much.

It allows all to participate in worship rather than singing words that someone else has wrote. The whole conference joined in at Thirst venue New Wine North and it felt so powerful.

Cheers for posting up the info so that i can use it back at my home church

Sara Hargreaves

22 Feb 2010 09:54

Would just like to share how I used this song last Sunday:

It was an "All Age" worship time, and although this song works well in an All Age setting as it is, I wanted to ensure that the children got a chance to come up with their suggestions too. So I handed out 5-6 boxes to families before the service started and asked them to write a suggestion on the box (with a marker pen) which everyone could sing (I had already written "He is..." on the boxes).
During the song, I then asked each family to come up (one at a time) and stack the boxes, every box being a verse (we got verses like "He is my best friend", "He is in control" etc.). Worked great and the stack of boxes also looked great as a back-drop for the rest of the service.