This song has no words, it is an Instrumental. Fingerpicked on my
handmade Brazilian "Giannini" Spanish Classical Guitar, it was unnamed
until I decided to play it at Happy Valley Church in spring of 2002. I told the
group I named it "Lift a Helping Hand" because a true soldier never
shoots his own. This is the most frequent problem I have encountered
among Message people, (murder of influence) and when the swords of
long lying tongues, the spears of e-mail, and frequent phone calls of
fatality go ripping through the church, I simply go sit in silence and play
this song for healing. Works for me.
standard "E" tuning, key of "D"
2) Shekinah Glory February 1996 5:30
Originally named "Cherokee Beauty," about the good-hearted Cherokee
Indian people who took me in in 1995 when I was spiritually wounded, accepted
me for what and who I was, and nursed me back to health before removing the
bandages from my wings, then setting me free to go. (God's People)
Somewhere out there is a video of me playing this song in front of a group
of people, while a cherokee Indian woman sat listening with tears running
down her cheeks. In 2001, The Lord inspired me to change the name to
Shekinah Glory, and then afterward to study in depth what Shekinah really
was. Uh-uh. No way. I ain't tellin' you. If I had to study for it so do you. This
song is done Indian style, but still my way, with my own inflections.
drop- "D" tuning, key of "D"
While on a camping trip in August and September of 1989, I got hungry for
the Word of God. I did not know how close (30 miles) that I was to Elizabethton
Tn where there are some Message churches... Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ (Pastor, Donny Reagan) among them. After a little fact finding, I left my campsite to visit the churches for about a week and a half. I was so amazed by what I saw (a newness of season, another springtime of revelation of the Word, and Manifestations of His Power and Glory) that when I returned to my campsite
I found myself joyously running and jumping over logs and rocks and I began
to smile and praise the Lord. At that moment this song came to me, and I sang
it at the top of my lungs as I ran. I can only imagine that my angels were dancing
and singing and laughing all around me for joy as I ran down that mountain trail.
I was thanking God for the Day that I met the Man who's called Jesus...
Standard "E" tuning, key of "G"
In the year of my baptism by water... (I didn't receive the baptism of the Holy
Ghost until 2001...) my sister-in-law wrote a series of amazing poems, which
she wanted to be set to music. One night in 1987 I visited Bro. Eric and Sister
Laura and they were practicing this song. I grabbed a guitar and joined in,
naturally. We ended up singing it together as a trio at five different churches
that I know of, two in Virginia, two in North Carolina, and one in Maryland. This
song has caught the attention of everyone that hears it. Once a policeman from
my town in North Carolina invited me to a house in Henderson to play guitar
along with some other musicians. We arrived at the driveway, and it was a mile long
road.The house was about 20,000 square feet, and the father and two sons met us
at the door of this mansion, and we commenced to playing. An hour into it, I played
Eric's and Laura's song and everyone just flat out stopped in their tracks to listen.
When I got done, our host said, "man, I like that song." On this C.D. I don't do it
justice. You need to hear Sister Laura sing it. On Sunday. At Happy Valley Church
of Jesus Christ. In front of 750 people. (OHH I'M IN TROUBLE NOW!)
Standard "E" tuning, key of "G"