Austin Stone Worship has released the first single from their upcoming worship album This Glorious Grace which releases on October 16. The album was recorded earlier this year at a live gathering of songwriters, musicians, filmmakers, storytellers, and worshippers from The Austin Stone Community Church. This new song, "Center My Life" seeks to return all of our attention and adoration to the One who is the center of everything: Jesus Christ.
The team writes, "We sing “Center My Life” to recall that salvation came to us when we were blind to the light of the gospel. We were chasing the lure of sin and abandoning our true Treasure when God powerfully shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. At the moment of our salvation God pulled out our dead, stony, disobedient hearts and gave us resurrected hearts that are alive, tender, and engraved with His ways. And yet even in this new life we wander, we forget, we willfully turn and run from our Savior, and so we beg Him to renew our affections for His name. We cry out, “Come God, do it again! Turn my eyes! Tune and teach my heart! Give me a glimpse of Jesus so that I may take up the occupation of heaven here on earth. Center my life on the exalted Jesus, His beauty, His power, so that everything else may find its proper place. Center my life on Your name."
With great passion and exaltation, this powerful new anthem praises, "Jesus, there is none more beautiful than Jesus, there is none more powerful. The risen Christ lifted high, Jesus now be glorified. Center my life on Your name. Center my life on Your name."
This Glorious Grace releases October 16. Head over to Austin Stone Worship's website for the story behind "Center My Life" and other great free resources.
"Center My Life" - Austin Stone Worship
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