Page 5 - When I consider your heavens - CD booklet

David is humbled by this majestic God but also points to a God who cares for us. This
is the central tenet of the Christian faith which Christians have professed throughout
the ages and myself and others profess today - that God loves us.
That is surely worth singing about and the reason for the CD – expressing our love
for our God through song. Psalm 95 expresses this perfectly - “Come let us sing for
joy to the Lord”.

Christians believe the words of the Bible to be God’s word so what better words to put
to music! This is not a new thing. In fact, Christian composers have always put scrip-
ture to music. We need look no further than the famous Handel’s Messiah. In this CD,
I carry on that great tradition but with a more contemporary feel.

The texts I have chosen may be familiar to you, and cover key aspects of the Christian
faith. First and foremost is Jesus Christ, God’s own son, Saviour, Redeemer and Lord
( John 1, John 3:16, Luke 2:10-14, Philippians 2:6-11 ). We have praise and thanks-
giving to God and the call to Godly living ( Ephesians 3:20 – 4:6, Jeremiah 9:23-24 ).
Finally included are Psalms 8 and 95 mentioned above.

We have so many wonderful styles of music today from church choirs and organs to
jazz singers and backing band. Although all the songs in this CD are choral in nature,
I try to capture some of these different styles and the different ways we can express
our ‘joy to the Lord’.

So I do hope you will enjoy the songs on this CD. I pray that it will refresh our often
faltering faith or even, by God’s grace, find faith anew.
Peter Burton, 2017