Release day! Hear “Your House” by Sojourn Music on Spotify, AppleMusic, or Bandcamp. I wrote this song with Jonny Barahona, Worship Director at Sojourn Midtown. Jonny and I have also teamed up on songs like “Raise Our Song” and “Awesome Is Your Power,” and we co-produced Kristen’s record Parker’s Mercy Brigade.
I got the idea for the lyrics of “Your House” while reading Luke 14:15-23 – specifically the lines “Blessed are the ones who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God,” and “My house will be full.” The imagery in the parable reminded me of the impromptu, generous community meal in the children’s book Thank You, Omu, one of my girls’ favorite books.
Here is a link to the “Your House” chord chart in A, and here is the chord chart in C. And below are the liner notes from the Sojourn Music Bandcamp page, including the lyrics:
Inspired by the award-winning children’s book Thank You, Omu (Oge Mora) and Luke 14:15 (“Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God”), “Your House” is an illustration of the banquet that awaits us.
Our acceptance of God’s holy invitation welcomes us into his kingdom, his presence, his house.
This song conveys the bright future for those overlooked and abandoned on earth. After living a life on the margins, Jesus Christ, the ultimate outcast, died outside of the city gate—a man rejected by his very own friends and put to death by his own people. And yet he rose from the dead, exalted! In doing so, he has bestowed upon the weak, the oppressed, and the abused the honor of a feast with him!
Belonging to God’s house will outlast being the outcast.
“All those who sow weeping will go out with songs of joy” (Psalm 126:6).
lyrics
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VERSE 1
Blessed are the ones who will eat at the feast
In the Kingdom of God
Blessed are the blind, they will finally see
In the Kingdom of God
Blessed are the poor, oppressed and abused
Blessed are the weak, distressed and accused
When you strike up the band
CHORUS
Your house will be full, the walls will shake
With laughter and dance and praise
Every sibling of all time and place
Your house will be full with praise to the King
Let all the redeemed come sing
Every promise fulfilled as we wonder aloud
The stones can stay silent
The people will shout
VERSE 2
Blessed are the ones who will eat at the feast
In the Kingdom of God
Blessed are the prisoners, they will be free
In the Kingdom of God
Blessed are the broken, frightened, ashamed
Blessed are the slaves – you will shatter their chains
When you say, “Come and dine”
CHORUS
Your house will be full, the walls will shake
With laughter and dance and praise
Every sibling of all time and place
Your house will be full with praise to the King
Let all the redeemed come sing
// Every child who was ever without
Every dialect joining the shout
Every promise fulfilled as we wonder aloud //
The stones can stay silent
The people will shout
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credits
released July 7, 2021
Written by Bobby Gilles and Jonny Barahona
Produced by Jonny Barahona & Austin Oglesby
Lead vocal // Will Mason
Background vocals // Breanna Harris, Kecia Duke, Rachel Hamm, Sarabina Pierre, Janice Cowherd, Jonny Barahona
Drums & percussion // Ryan Harvey
Bass guitar // John Davis
Acoustic guitars // Barry Joslin
Electric guitars // Caleb Sherwood
Piano // Jonny Barahona
B3 Organ // Scott Gregory
Recorded at Sojourn Midtown (Louisville, KY)
Engineered & mixed by Austin Oglesby
Mastered by Shelley Anderson (@blacklabmastering)
Photography by Rachel Crain (@soulful.film) & Leandro Lozada (@lozada1816)