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I believe they love God and desire to see others come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. To know Him as their personal Lord and Savior! It's obvious, but as the cliché goes, the message is in the music! "We are in this age—13 years into the band—where these are questions we all talk about when we get off stage. The footnotes of all the conversations are 'We love what we do, but there's gotta be more.' We want to make a change," answers front-man Martin Smith. "Surely, this whole God thing is not just for putting Christian records out. Surely God has called us to higher things. I think it's using the thing that God has given us to make a difference, whether small or large." quote from Martin Smith at Christianity Today (2006) Did you know the bible contains over 240 verses referring to music and/or singing? So what does that say to us? God desires for us to praise and worship Him in song as well as in life. Most of Delirious's songs promote praise and worship to God our Creator through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. A few of their most popular are; "I could sing of your love forever" "Shout to the North" "Do you feel the mountains tremble?" "Majesty" "God you are my God" "Awaken the dawn" and "Our God reigns" Here are some Scriptures encouraging us to Worship our Creator in song: 1
Chronicles 16:9 Psalm
13:6 Psalm
28:7 Psalm
30:4 Psalm
104:33 Ephesians
5:19 I have a lot of favorites from Delirious?, but there is one that stands out to me personally. It's called, "August 30" It speaks of God giving us a second chance to live again. I have come to find out that Martin Smith, his wife, and brother in law, (Jon Thatcher), were driving home late one night in 1995, and Martin fell asleep at the wheel. They crashed into a wall at 40 miles per/hr. and totaled the car. You can see the photos on the special features of their new CD/DVD, "Now is the Time". Anyway, Martin came close to death, ended up in the hospital for several weeks. The police at the scene asked who the 4th person in the car was and even put it in the police report. There was no 4th person per se, however it very well could have been an angel of the Lord watching over them as referred to here in Scripture: Psalm 91:9-12 If you make the Most High your dwelling— See also Hebrews 13:2. This relates to me personally, in the sense that God gave me a second chance on life back when I was in high school, finding myself totally lost and delirious. I became suicidal and wound up in the hospital. Hence, I've made a website entitled, "Suicide is not the way out!" If you go to that site, you can listen to the entire song in mp3 and read my encouragement to not give up. There is someone who deeply loves you and wants to be your everything. That of course being our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Other sites related to delirious?: delirious.co.uk - new and improved flash version of the official group website. you can even listen to any of their songs on the site. sign up and be a part of the forum! cause, you're either forum or against'em! delirious #1 unofficial fan site This site has it all, with the most updated unofficial info found online!
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