If He talks to you, you are Blessed! Grab a hold of Him with all your strength, focus on Him instead of focussing on your troubles. He will do it! You are not capable of changing you, He is capable of changing you!! God bless you Kimone!
I have read all the comments let us remember God created all things in His glory this young lady expresses herself through dance as this singer expresses through song do not judge and be thankful for what has given to both of these inspirational people nice job to both of you and God Bless you both and your Families
Totally disagree. A scantily clad, tight-clothed young woman undulating around with her leg above her ears.. is not helpful to worship. That’s why we don’t have then in church, nor in ANY OTHER WORSHIP SONG IVE EVER SEEN.
Steph -"come save my soul again" - I like that line a lot! It reminds me of so many of David's Psalms where he cried out for God's mercy and help. Even Jesus said "My God, why have you forsaken Me"! [That's a theological conundrum.] The word "salvation" used in the NT ("sozo" in greek) is not just the "go to heaven" meaning that we seem to apply to it. It has a deeper meaning of being saved, rescued, healed, and preserved. It's the same word the disciples used when they were in the boat in the middle of the storm when Jesus was asleep and they said "Lord save us!". The most important thing is that we cry out to Him! God is the God of the Second Chances (and the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh...ect). His mercy is new every morning! And the greatest victories come in the toughest of times when we throw ourselves on His mercy. We are overcomers because of our faith in Him (I John 5:1-5). Steph - keep your eyes on Him! (Pastor Gary)
This song is outstanding. It’s one of two you’ve written that have brought tears to my eyes, the other was ‘ When I Found Jesus’. I have dealt with addiction from the outside looking in. I’ve lost two wives and two sisters to addiction. Depression was one of the main mental disorders they each suffered. I didn’t know how to deal with them, so all I could do is pray and take care of their needs. This song spoke to me and brought many sad hurtful memories As for Beckys dance , in order to see anything lustful you have something in your life that needs some attention ,and turned over to Christ. Did David not dance in the streets with some looking with disgust. I say let people praise with the gifts that God has given them.
Pete M I think she could have danced in something other then skin tight shirt and short shorts. It's not good to put stumbling blocks in front of the people you love.
@@brando3342 The presentation was not a sensual presentation, but a death struggle with darkness gripping the soul, trying to tear it from the hands of the Lord. If you've never struggled with the darkness of depression, it might be difficult for you to understand. It is similar to the feel of drowning. In depression, the darkness is on you, and in you and everywhere around you like an ocean. And the light seems so small & distant. The darkness often _seems_ stronger than the light. Yet, the light of the Savior will prevail when you plead to Him, just as the words in the song reflect. The 'dance' depicts the wretched struggle to get free from the swamping darkness of Satan's thoughts. And all the while, you are trying to cling to the light of the Son grappling inside you to destroy the darkness in your soul [not your spirit]. In the end, the soul is freed from the grip of darkness & the struggle is finished. The soul walks away free, flinging the last of the grip of darkness from from it's arm. The depiction, augmented by the words of the song, is very powerful, ...both humbling and encouraging. Because the Light of Christ never leaves us alone in that battle, ....ever. ... Thank you, Lord. ...
"I know you are here with me." Indeed. No matter what we've done, where we've been, what we think, how we feel, or the lies we've believed. God is always with us. He'll never leave us or forsake us. Thank you for your transparency and your testimony, Steph.
Beautiful. I've had over 40yrs in heroin addiction Jesus is the only one that could save me and the o ly one who would no one else cared enough or came close enough. Your music just speaks to my soul. Thankyou Father God for this man's life 🙏🙌
The most profound part of the lyric, for me, was "come save my soul again" we rely constantly upon the grace and mercy of God every moment. God is merciful to us that cry out to Him over and over again. Like Peter, we sometimes loose our way; salvation is continuously coming to us by grace alone. God's peace be with you.
@@lc-mschristian5717 Doesn't say "alone" anywhere. We enter into a covenant and we can break it. There are plenty of warnings about that in the bible. Look all though Paul's epistles. But you can't just pick out random verses. The bible in it's entirity tells the whole story and you get the full picture. Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
@@2ndBirth what are you implying, we save ourselves by our own good works? It can only be grace if it is unmerited and if inherited then it is works and not grace. Paul argues this very point. You cannot mix grace and works together for salvation. True salvation will produce works but works cannot produce salvation. If we can save ourselves by keeping the law then Jesus died in vain, for nothing, because we already had the law. God's law demands perfect obedience and that is impossible for fallen humans.
@@lc-mschristian5717 They are twisting the meaning of grace. We are saved by God's grace. We enter into a covenent with Him when we are born again. Because he is gracious and merciful. That doesn't give us a license to sin. We remain in Christ by keeping his commands and abiding in Him. We don't save ourselves, what it means is no man can be saved by doing "good work". We need to come to Christ and be forgiven. But then faith without works is dead. We are saved unto good works. We abide in Christ and the good works come. We are sanctified in His word and live right. Jas_2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? It's all through the bible that we need to live in obedience to God's will. But this hyper-grace teaching is leading people down a dangerous path. We are known by our fruit. What good fruit does it produce telling people they can do what they like as they are saved and sealed now and God can't do anything about it any more. Luk 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Luk 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: Luk 6:48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. Luk 6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
One of the most beautiful, soul-baring worship songs I have heard. And the dance was a physical manifestation of the same cry to the Lord. So beautiful, thank you.
I have never been the guy who beat myself up with drugs & alcohol. Truth is , I get high on life but I also know I am the sinner who was lost in my own desire to please the Lord while knowing I failed Him in such ways as I could never forgive myself fully. It is very hard to forgive ourselves & it is the devil's trick to convince us that God couldn't forgive us because we can not repent enough for Him to cherish us. The Devil lies & we must get past his lies.
Thank you for being transparent. As one who shunned organized religion but ran directly into the devil, not all of us are "cookie cutter Christians" and the path we came on was twisted and dark. My spouse was delivered from demonic obsession in a church service and now she works with mentally ill inmates in prison. Some very wonderful men of God were leary of her leading Bible studies since she was a woman, but we waited on the Lord and prayed for open doors. As written before, now she does this as a mental health professional in a Texas prison with much liberty to lead these precious ones to Christ and comfort them in their mental torment. Well meaning brothers and sisters may utter hasty and damaging words (we gift them with grace) but armed with the peace of God for our direction, we press on to the high calling. God has many unusual (and even odd) tools in his tool box and He is a master builder able to create beautiful works with them. Much love in Christ!
This song is awesome. Pornography had become a besetting sin that I battled off and on for more than 25 years. It was like an addiction. I asked God many times to help me break that bondage and eventually told Him that if I could not kill that sin, I would rather He kill ME because I did not want to disobey and dishonor Him any longer. Around the same time I prayed that prayer, I was given a clean bill of health from my doctor. "You're the picture of health", I was told. But a few months after that prayer I was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I believe the cancer is divine chastisement but I am thankful for the chastisement. The chastisement means I belong to God and I no longer struggle with that abhorrent addiction to pornography. I thank God for musicians like Steph Macleod. Steph, thank you for your transparency.
Isaiah 64:8 New King James Version But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. God bless you Mr. Macleod. Your music is a blessing. May God continue to bless your ministry. Love from California, USA.
This song and dance is so beautiful and a powerful testimony to the goodness and love of our God! God loves broken messy people and He is all about healing our souls. This song and your testimony God will,use to help bring healing and freedom to many. Thank you for being awesome!
This is a beautiful song and an amazing story behind the song. God's grace in our life is the most amazing thing. We don't deserve that grace and he died for us anyway. I can't begin to understand the pain and heartache it took to get you to that point. I don't understand alcohol addiction, or any addiction, for that matter. As someone in my mid 50's, I've never even been drunk a single time in my life. I've just never felt an urge to drink alcohol. Pain affects us all differently. The only thing consistent in our lives is God's unending and undeserved love and grace.
BEAUTIFUL WORSHIP IN SONG and IN DANCE...THANK YOU FOR SHARING. I too, know that Our Father, used His, Worship, to allow Me also to Heal. Thank you both for sharing Your Healing, and Your Expressions of WORSHIP as You too cried out to Him alone. Thank you for reminding me that it is between My Heart and Soul to His and ALL else is like chaff in the wind...like chaff in the Breath of God as only His Seed remains. May His Breath wash over you too and You feel The Holy Spirit blow ALL chaff away. Amen. So be it.
One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.. it lifted my soul to the King of Kings and caused me to thank him for all he has done for me in my times of truly utterly deep despair... His Love knows no bounds and he can rescue anyone from the depths of despair.. Thank you Lord...
WOW Steve and Becky ! been down that very same road myself !! Drugs ,Alcohol , empty inside feelings where topped up with more every morning , I had to stay drunk or lose my mind ..BUT Jesus Found Me and carried me home too !!! Hallellujah Brother and Sister from Llangollen North Wales ...so pleased to have 2 of your debut CD's !! Amen NEVER LOOK BACK He's coming REAL SOON !!!!
THANK YOU STEPH FOR ALL YOUR SONGS...THE GREAT STORY OF HOW OUR LORD JESUS RESCUED YOU FROM DRUGS & ALCOHOL. MY SOBRIETY DATE IS 07-06-07.A LOW BOTTOM DRUNK MYSELF.....HOMELESS BUT I HAD A TRUCK😅 I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO EVEN BE ALIVE MYSELF... NO "EARTHLY REASON," PERHAPS A HEAVENLY ONE. I HAVE. TEARS IN MY EYES EVERY TIME I HEAR "RESCUE ME AGAIN" SO APROPOS TO US RECOVERING ALKIES. NO LONGER STRANGERS & ALIENS IN THIS WORLD... WE DO HAVE TO GIVE HIM ALL THE PIECES OF OUR BROKEN HEARTS 🔥💔🔥 HE PUTS IT BACK TOGETHER🔥❤🔥JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE "GIFT OF THE PRESENT" AND CONCIOUS CONTACT WITH HIS SPIRIT WITHIN US... KEEP US FROM GETTING IN BIG TROUBLE 🥰 MAY OUR FATHER'S EVERLASTING ARMS BE UNDERNEATH YOU& YOUR BELOVEDS IN👑KING JESUS VICTORIOUS⚔🛡NAME AMEN BROTHER!!AMEN!!! ❤💕
@@brendabranson2635 Amen Sister Brenda ! Testimony to the Power of The living God and His absolute transformation Powers ! Amen !! We are so much happier now than before being made RECOVERED Alcoholics , NOT recovering ! He has DONE the FULL COMPLETE RECOVERY JOB ..Period ! ❤💕 Alleluia !!
Thank you so much for this, Steph and Becky - it is a blessing! And thank you, Steph, for being so very courageous and strong in sharing your beautiful testimony and releasing this song that you wrote in the darkness. It is and will lead people - saved and unsaved - out of the darkness, because Jesus through this will remove guilt, shame and loneliness. We, the Chrurch, need to recognise the importance of telling the darker side of our stories (just look at the characters in the Bible) because there is healing there. May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you both in your art and may you see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Amen. I read your story, and I gotta say, our pathway to Christ have been strikingly similar. Been listening to your arrangement of "Be Thou My Vision" for the last hour, (trying to practice it without a capo... lol) before listening to "Still Waters". I'm an American, but Celtic music is in my blood, and has always resonated with my soul. Keep on doing the Lord's work, every hymn is a prayer and a blessing. I read Psalms 23, and I felt inspired to share something with you. I'm a Latter Day Saint, otherwise known as "Mormon", but whatever you've heard, Christ is at the center of my religion, and I am a Christian. I read a scripture in The Book of Mormon tonight, just before I discovered your channel, that has helped to remind me that Jesus Christ has been with me through my alcohol addiction, another reminder akin to Psalms 23, even in the darkest of times. It says, "And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good. The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he? Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore, fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever." Which brings to mind the lyrics from "Be Thou My Vision" "Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one" Thank you for your service, and God bless you Steph.
Hey, Steph...just found you!...Your music has such a profound impact on me, for i also have walked a Dark Path. Yet, i have found that the Path is not So Dark or So Narrow that JESUS does not walk it beside us, regardless of whether we Feel Him or not. GOD continue to Bless you, Steph, and to use your music and your Powerful Testimony to the advancement of His Kingdom. In CHRIST JESUS, Meg in Mississippi, USA
Hello Tex, today (and I don't know why, but He does) God has led me to listen again, to hear, and to pray. You are being lifted to His heart. Be blessed.
Young man, continue on in your praise and worship of God. Many people, thankfully, have never felt the depths...the true depths of despair that precious souls can reach. They do not know what you know. You have a story to tell and from what I gather from your words, God wants you to tell it. You have such a great gift! So does the young lady, Becky Dawson. Do not be deterred by those who might unwittingly get in the way of your testimony. Carry on, Steph Macleod. God has great plans for you. Only you can get in His way. The rest of us are just noise in the background. Prayers for you as you walk the path of the wonderful grace and mercy of our great God. Never forget He loves you and yes, He loves even me.
I am convinced that the height of the joy we are able to understand and therefore experience this side of heaven is limited by and directly corelated to the depth of the despair we have known. I thank our Lord for your music Steph as it has been a tremendous blessing to me and I pray that God blesses you with the height of joy that is yours in Christ.
Grace and peace to you, brother. I just found your channel this morning and I'm still wiping tears away after listening to this song. It reminds me of the rawness of the Psalms. I love that it resolved with the nearness of God from Psalm 23. After all, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Blessings from your brother in Christ in Virginia.
Thank you Steph for this song. You are very talented and have a gift that the Lord has blessed you with. I pray that you will be blessed to be a blessing to others. God be with you, brother.
What a beautiful expression of what it is to be human...warts and all. Both the song and the dancing. Thank you both for your authenticity and honesty . We all stumble along this journey of faith, sometimes carrying and sometimes being carried.
Jesus Heals............. Im With you Brother~God bless you and yours 36 years without a drink here. One day/Moment at a time Steph | thank you for the beautiful music Patience of the Saints in this Babylon beast world system and your music helps to deal with it all. Grateful for your work. Blessings and aloha from the Great Lakes USA
The worship is evident from the start to the finish and all that’s in between for this song. It is obvious in the music, the lyrics and the dancing, that it’s all for God. Honestly is amazing to see and hear all the different worship styles coming together and intertwining for this worship song.
Thank you so much for sharing your talents and expressing your faith in the Savior! Your story is very inspiring. I know that God loves each of us, even when we can’t feel it. He has a plan for us and is always reaching out to support and help us!
God bless, my friend...we are very near to His call, nothing else matters, im 61 and i have found one thing that clarifies better then anything, getting to know Him thru His WORD...keep encouraged..
"...I am humbled, because I know You are here with me..." YES! The God of all creation will sit quietly, alongside us, throughout whatever we go through, being present with us at all times...He will guide us, uplift us, forgive us, listen to us---and HE IS THE ALMIGHTY!!! THE ONE WHO MADE US ALL!!! What a truly humbling awareness this song brings, in such a beautiful lyric and melody---thank you for writing it and giving it to us, Steph---it will surely lift many people up out of despair. And THANK YOU GOD, for always being here with us. All glory and honor to God Almighty.
Thank you, brother Steph. You're in our prayers. Our healing is gradual, sometimes instantaneous, but complete, nonetheless, in our salvation. People like us are a prime target for the enemy's attacks. Remember that healing for us, is sometimes gradual, and Jesus knows how best to administer the treatments that will ease our pain. In His eyes, we are whole, lacking nothing. Please remember Romans 8:28. Know that it is TRUTH, and your pain has been, and will be used mightily by Him to help many of us in the process of healing. As an instrument of God's healing hands, your talents are unsurpassed! Bless you with all of God's best, and our prayers for you! Forrest and Connie Jones
This speaks to me on so many levels. I feel like it was made for me. Thank you for sharing this song and for using dance to illustrate it. “Dancers are the athletes of God!” Praying for Steph’s heart and walk with God. ❤️
Praise God He is the God of second chances and even more when we need it! I have been very moved by your voice and your songs. Thank you for sharing your gift with the rest of us!
Beautiful song Steph! Blessings to you and the young lady expressing this song through dancing!❤️🙌 Steph, your an amazing artist who uses your gift to praise our Lord and Savior and draw us closer to Him! Thank you for all your songs. My family enjoys your Worship album especially the songs with bagpipes!❤️ Greetings from the great state of 🇨🇱🇺🇸
Your voice touched me the very first time that I heard it and it still does every time I listen to your music! Through your songs you teach us all about hope and faith in God. I'm not a Christian myself, but I'm very moved by your story and perspective... I'm glad you found your way through all this chaos. It's inspiring how you raise awareness for mental health problems with your music! I am glad that I have found you and your music. I feel many things while listening to your album Gold and this song does move something deep inside me. Thanks for telling us about the story behind it. I would have loved to see you perform in the video, but I also love Becky and her choreography. One can really see and feel the passion that she puts in her dancing... All in all I'd like to say THANK YOU for this song and the video! Love from Germany
praying for you brother I love your music I am in recovery of alcoholic. my lord and saviour was by myside and got me through this I now live right next to a pub. I done 12yrs helping people with addiction problems, now doing mental health ,
Thank you so much for this song and what you have written here. It is powerful, painful and drips with grace. I see and hear Jesus in it and through it... it breaks my heart and at the same time fills me with joy - because He will never leave us or forsake us but we can so easily persuade ourselves otherwise. Thank you.
Thank you Holy Spirit! For Your inspiration of this song, and for displaying Yourself through the human form of both voice and dance! Our God is a creative and wonderful designer. Thanks for going for it Steph and Becky. You have inspired me!
Steph, this is an example of how any Christians walk can go, going up up hard terrain of life, slippery and treacherous is the way. How easy it is to fall, to slide back down the mountain....The best part is owning up to it, making it right with God...like you said in song...Come save my soul again, a renewing of our commitment to follow Christ. Music is healing, worshiping God is cleansing. Keep singing and praising brother!! Please more worship, some new music brother, please do Waymaker and Come Thou fount!!
Reminds me of John Mcmillan with the singing. Well done. Bought your celtic worship album and I'm loving it. God bless bro. God bless you too dancer girl, its not a nice debate to be caught up in. I don't know how the men complaining go outside these days if this triggers them. Perhaps they are being genuine about their struggles though, we won't all always agree about where the boundaries are with dress and modesty.
Wow. Thanks for your brutal honesty - you'll get no rejection from me big man. I too have veered off the path in a different way. Only by being honest with each other can we encourage one another, and allow others to open up as well. Bless you brother. Your lyrics, your music, your passion encourage me as well. Be open. Be transparent.
Amen. I added the song to my Hymn playlist. Thankyou for your transparent and honest testimony. I too have been through this experience and yes He is there in the midst of it.
Yes. God never leaves us nor forsakes us, even when we think we have lost Him; He is always there. He chastens the ones that are His. God bless you for your ability and willingness to share your testimony, it blesses you just as it blesses others. I just found your music through a friend, and am totally enjoying it and sharing on Facebook.. My family is from the old country about 200 yrs ago. Blessings.
Hi Steph. I was in here looking for an uplifting music when I ran into your name. I hesitated clicking on it because your last name resembles my daughter's murderer's last name, McLeod. I forced myself to watch and feel blessed that I did. You are an amazing testimony. Perhaps you should pray for the murderer: Raymond Samuel McLeod JR. Pray that he turns himself in and end the search.
I cried out this very thing so many times. Not that God needed to save my soul from hell again, but that I needed him to save my soul from the harm I chose to do to it. Thank you for your transparency and honesty. I know those two and Christ are my only help through mental illness. It is such a struggle to be thankful. I know God could heal me, and I am thankful that he will, but I pray I can be helpful to others even if it is as simple as telling a part of my struggle just as you have here.
This is called art. If you see anything bad in this dance, you should check your thoughts in your head. Something seems wrong with it. I don't see anything reprehensible in this dance, it touched me a lot, as did Steph's singing. Thank you Becky and Steph for this wonderful video.
Jana Farmer It's mostly the clothes for me. Skin tight shirt, short shorts... no, we are not supposed to look with lust, but us men are trapped with a biology that puts emphasis on our eyes. It is natural to be attracted to it. If there are stumbling blocks such as these that can be taken out of the way, which would help, I don't think that is a bad thing or much to ask. God bless you :)
Steph. Thank you for your honesty in this song and in your explanation above. Been there and know the feeling. "Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed." The theology police might bicker about "come save my soul again," but don't let them get you down. Sometimes honesty is not about being correct; it's about being honest. David asks in Psalm 13 how long God will forget him. In Psalm 22 he asks why God has forsaken him. In Lamentations, Jeremiah claims that God has brought him into darkness. None of these things are "correct." God neither forgets us, nor forsakes us, nor leads us into darkness. But they are true: The writers, though God's spirit, expressed what they were feeling, and they brought those feelings to God, who led them into an even truer (dare I say more correct) reality. I will sing to the Lord [after he brings me out of despair], because he has dealt bountifully with me. (Psalm 13) He did not despise or abhor my affliction [despite how I felt at the time], but heard when I cried to him. (Psalm 22) The Lord is my portion, says my soul [even in the midst of all this horror]. Therefore I will hope in him. (Lamentations) I appreciate how your song follows this pattern. An honest cry of despair leads to a greater reality. "I am humbled suddenly. I know you are here with me." Have you ever heard Rich Mullins' song "Hard to Get"? As for Becky's dance, it's lovely but not really my thing, so I quit watching and just listened to the song. I'm not sure why others didn't simply do the same.
Beautiful and powerful song. Thank you for your honesty in lyrics and in the things you've been through to write these vulnerable and much needed lyrics to remind so many, myself included, of God's faithfulness and love in our brokenness to wholeness
Great song brother! We're all a step away going back into the ways of the world. Thankfully God's grace is there for us if we do. Like the Prodigal Son, God's always happy to see his children come home. Stay strong and in the Word so it won't happen again. God Bless.
Steph I would like to apologize for being so harsh a few weeks ago. You have an amazing ability and anointing. Keep on doing what you're doing for God. Much love and prayers ❤
I love how raw and honest is your testimony through out this song! It is amazing to look behind and see that even in the darkest times, God has been with us through it all! May good keep on using you, specially being his light in Scotland and in the UK! God bless you Brother!
The song breaks the stoney heart and reveals the rawness of being shackled and in bondage..........the soul and heart knows the only answer is JESUS, the only healing comes from JESUS and our hope is in JESUS, who is the author and finisher of our faith. Hebrews 12:2 King James Version 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
lets not forget the David danced in a girded linen ephod...2 Samuel 6:14. Psalm 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance, let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. Stop with the negative comments about the dancer. She is praising the Lord with her gifts. What have YOU done to praise the Lord today???
Souls only need saving once, sometimes we get our feet dirty and need cleaning, but Salvation is a one time deal! To say we need saved again puts Christ to an open shame!
Christ clears our sin debt and we then need to continue carrying our cross daily. Being sanctified in the word, washed clean. Those who overcome and endure to the end will be saved.
@@stephmacleod I think the biggest deception of the enemy today is that salvation is a one time event. It is not, we are expected to live in obedience to Christ. Look all through Pauls epistles. He tells us the importance of living right and "remaining in the faith". The unprofitable servant gets thrown in the fire with the hypocrites. It's not a popular message today. Once saved always saved teaches the BROAD way to destruction, the true way is NARROW. We need to live for Christ, not pats on the back from this world. It's hard standing against the social pressure ot conform to this world. But the "church" in the Greek means the "called out ones". We are called out of this world. We can't live like the world, telling them we are Christian. If we have the knowledge of the truth and continue in wilful sin, our end will be worse than that of the unbeliever. We need to put our faith in Christ to break all our chains, he has the power to do so. We just take the first step in faith and Christ strengthens and guides us. God bless. I love your music, it's helped me on my walk with Christ and I'm sure others are touched by it and also your powerful testimony.
@@stephmacleod I understand brother. I would imagine that if truth be told, most of us believers have gone through this. Our fallen world is constantly calling us back to the darkness and sometimes that is where we go. Not because we want to, but because that is what is familiar. Thank you for sharing. Those of us who have felt His love and forgiveness after a dark season - well, words can barely express our deep gratitude. But your music and the beautiful dance, expressed it wonderfully. I thought the dance paired so well in the expression of that feeling of desperation that causes us to almost demand forgiveness and light from the One who freely gives it. Not that we can demand God to give it to us, but that we are determined to hold onto His hand and receive it yet again...……….
@@stephmacleod Brother, thanks for the context to that song, I get it now. I am always blessed by you music! Saved can have different meanings even in Scripture, all depending on the context. May the LORD continue to bless your Music ministry! Sincerely, Joseph
Amazingly beautiful! God has truly blessed you, Steph. He certainly blessed the dancer. So touched and so very moved. I would love to hear your band perform live one day. God bless you always, Steph MacLeod! 🌷💜
I've been struggling with an addiction, and last night I prayed "Lord, if you hear me, let me know" and this song came up today...
If He talks to you, you are Blessed!
Grab a hold of Him with all your strength, focus on Him instead of focussing on your troubles. He will do it!
You are not capable of changing you, He is capable of changing you!! God bless you Kimone!
Recovery in Christ is Eternal
I have read all the comments let us remember God created all things in His glory this young lady expresses herself through dance as this singer expresses through song do not judge and be thankful for what has given to both of these inspirational people nice job to both of you and God Bless you both and your Families
Totally disagree. A scantily clad, tight-clothed young woman undulating around with her leg above her ears.. is not helpful to worship. That’s why we don’t have then in church, nor in ANY OTHER WORSHIP SONG IVE EVER SEEN.
Steph -"come save my soul again" - I like that line a lot! It reminds me of so many of David's Psalms where he cried out for God's mercy and help. Even Jesus said "My God, why have you forsaken Me"! [That's a theological conundrum.] The word "salvation" used in the NT ("sozo" in greek) is not just the "go to heaven" meaning that we seem to apply to it. It has a deeper meaning of being saved, rescued, healed, and preserved. It's the same word the disciples used when they were in the boat in the middle of the storm when Jesus was asleep and they said "Lord save us!". The most important thing is that we cry out to Him! God is the God of the Second Chances (and the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh...ect). His mercy is new every morning! And the greatest victories come in the toughest of times when we throw ourselves on His mercy. We are overcomers because of our faith in Him (I John 5:1-5). Steph - keep your eyes on Him! (Pastor Gary)
amen.
This song is outstanding. It’s one of two you’ve written that have brought tears to my eyes, the other was ‘ When I Found Jesus’. I have dealt with addiction from the outside looking in. I’ve lost two wives and two sisters to addiction. Depression was one of the main mental disorders they each suffered. I didn’t know how to deal with them, so all I could do is pray and take care of their needs. This song spoke to me and brought many sad hurtful memories
As for Beckys dance , in order to see anything lustful you have something in your life that needs some attention ,and turned over to Christ. Did David not dance in the streets with some looking with disgust. I say let people praise with the gifts that God has given them.
Pete M
I think she could have danced in something other then skin tight shirt and short shorts. It's not good to put stumbling blocks in front of the people you love.
AMEN BROTHER!!!❤
@@brando3342 The presentation was not a sensual presentation, but a death struggle with darkness gripping the soul, trying to tear it from the hands of the Lord.
If you've never struggled with the darkness of depression, it might be difficult for you to understand. It is similar to the feel of drowning.
In depression, the darkness is on you, and in you and everywhere around you like an ocean. And the light seems so small & distant. The darkness often _seems_ stronger than the light.
Yet, the light of the Savior will prevail when you plead to Him, just as the words in the song reflect.
The 'dance' depicts the wretched struggle to get free from the swamping darkness of Satan's thoughts. And all the while, you are trying to cling to the light of the Son grappling inside you to destroy the darkness in your soul [not your spirit].
In the end, the soul is freed from the grip of darkness & the struggle is finished. The soul walks away free, flinging the last of the grip of darkness from from it's arm.
The depiction, augmented by the words of the song, is very powerful, ...both humbling and encouraging. Because the Light of Christ never leaves us alone in that battle, ....ever.
... Thank you, Lord. ...
"I know you are here with me." Indeed. No matter what we've done, where we've been, what we think, how we feel, or the lies we've believed. God is always with us. He'll never leave us or forsake us. Thank you for your transparency and your testimony, Steph.
When i was sick and was in the icu, i use to listen to this song every night...this is one of my fav song since then...thanks steph❤
Beautiful. I've had over 40yrs in heroin addiction Jesus is the only one that could save me and the o ly one who would no one else cared enough or came close enough. Your music just speaks to my soul.
Thankyou Father God for this man's life 🙏🙌
So beautiful. You're story touched me. Jesus is the way when there is no way.
The most profound part of the lyric, for me, was "come save my soul again" we rely constantly upon the grace and mercy of God every moment. God is merciful to us that cry out to Him over and over again. Like Peter, we sometimes loose our way; salvation is continuously coming to us by grace alone. God's peace be with you.
Can you show me where it says"grace alone" in the bible ?
@@2ndBirth Ephesians 2:8; Romans 4:5 off the top of my head. God's peace be with you
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Doesn't say "alone" anywhere. We enter into a covenant and we can break it. There are plenty of warnings about that in the bible. Look all though Paul's epistles. But you can't just pick out random verses. The bible in it's entirity tells the whole story and you get the full picture.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
@@2ndBirth what are you implying, we save ourselves by our own good works? It can only be grace if it is unmerited and if inherited then it is works and not grace. Paul argues this very point. You cannot mix grace and works together for salvation. True salvation will produce works but works cannot produce salvation. If we can save ourselves by keeping the law then Jesus died in vain, for nothing, because we already had the law. God's law demands perfect obedience and that is impossible for fallen humans.
@@lc-mschristian5717 They are twisting the meaning of grace. We are saved by God's grace. We enter into a covenent with Him when we are born again. Because he is gracious and merciful. That doesn't give us a license to sin. We remain in Christ by keeping his commands and abiding in Him. We don't save ourselves, what it means is no man can be saved by doing "good work". We need to come to Christ and be forgiven. But then faith without works is dead. We are saved unto good works. We abide in Christ and the good works come. We are sanctified in His word and live right.
Jas_2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
It's all through the bible that we need to live in obedience to God's will. But this hyper-grace teaching is leading people down a dangerous path. We are known by our fruit. What good fruit does it produce telling people they can do what they like as they are saved and sealed now and God can't do anything about it any more.
Luk 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Luk 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Luk 6:48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
Luk 6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
One of the most beautiful, soul-baring worship songs I have heard. And the dance was a physical manifestation of the same cry to the Lord. So beautiful, thank you.
I have never been the guy who beat myself up with drugs & alcohol. Truth is , I get high on life but I also know I am the sinner who was lost in my own desire to please the Lord while knowing I failed Him in such ways as I could never forgive myself fully. It is very hard to forgive ourselves & it is the devil's trick to convince us that God couldn't forgive us because we can not repent enough for Him to cherish us. The Devil lies & we must get past his lies.
Thank you for sharing your testimony and your music. Thank you Becky for sharing your God given talent of dance.
Thank you for being transparent. As one who shunned organized religion but ran directly into the devil, not all of us are "cookie cutter Christians" and the path we came on was twisted and dark. My spouse was delivered from demonic obsession in a church service and now she works with mentally ill inmates in prison. Some very wonderful men of God were leary of her leading Bible studies since she was a woman, but we waited on the Lord and prayed for open doors. As written before, now she does this as a mental health professional in a Texas prison with much liberty to lead these precious ones to Christ and comfort them in their mental torment. Well meaning brothers and sisters may utter hasty and damaging words (we gift them with grace) but armed with the peace of God for our direction, we press on to the high calling. God has many unusual (and even odd) tools in his tool box and He is a master builder able to create beautiful works with them. Much love in Christ!
This song is awesome. Pornography had become a besetting sin that I battled off and on for more than 25 years. It was like an addiction. I asked God many times to help me break that bondage and eventually told Him that if I could not kill that sin, I would rather He kill ME because I did not want to disobey and dishonor Him any longer.
Around the same time I prayed that prayer, I was given a clean bill of health from my doctor. "You're the picture of health", I was told. But a few months after that prayer I was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I believe the cancer is divine chastisement but I am thankful for the chastisement. The chastisement means I belong to God and I no longer struggle with that abhorrent addiction to pornography.
I thank God for musicians like Steph Macleod. Steph, thank you for your transparency.
AMEN brother sung like one who knows it!!! God bless you and God help us all who linger in the dark....
Isaiah 64:8 New King James Version
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.
God bless you Mr. Macleod. Your music is a blessing. May God continue to bless your ministry. Love from California, USA.
This song and dance is so beautiful and a powerful testimony to the goodness and love of our God! God loves broken messy people and He is all about healing our souls. This song and your testimony God will,use to help bring healing and freedom to many. Thank you for being awesome!
This is a beautiful song and an amazing story behind the song. God's grace in our life is the most amazing thing. We don't deserve that grace and he died for us anyway. I can't begin to understand the pain and heartache it took to get you to that point. I don't understand alcohol addiction, or any addiction, for that matter. As someone in my mid 50's, I've never even been drunk a single time in my life. I've just never felt an urge to drink alcohol. Pain affects us all differently. The only thing consistent in our lives is God's unending and undeserved love and grace.
I cry out to you Lord! Stay with us Lord!
Oh Jesus...I pray you comfort my brother as his testimony has opened my heart to him. Know you are loved my friend.
Unbelievably well written and simply amazingly done. New favorite song wow....
BEAUTIFUL WORSHIP IN SONG and IN DANCE...THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
I too, know that Our Father, used His, Worship, to allow Me also to Heal. Thank you both for sharing Your Healing, and Your Expressions of WORSHIP as You too cried out to Him alone. Thank you for reminding me that it is between My Heart and Soul to His and ALL else is like chaff in the wind...like chaff in the Breath of God as only His Seed remains.
May His Breath wash over you too and You feel The Holy Spirit blow ALL chaff away. Amen. So be it.
Haters gonna hate, Steph. You have a remarkable talent that can only be God given. Use it to the full to glorify Him. Thank you.
I love this song, and the dancer too. Such a beautiful cry to the Lord.
Bless u Steph. Only broken soul can write such a beautiful music. Bless u and thx for sharing yr powerful testimony. ♥
One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.. it lifted my soul to the King of Kings and
caused me to thank him for all he has done for me in my times of truly utterly deep despair...
His Love knows no bounds and he can rescue anyone from the depths of despair..
Thank you Lord...
This is an anointed song
WOW Steve and Becky ! been down that very same road myself !! Drugs ,Alcohol , empty inside feelings where topped up with more every morning , I had to stay drunk or lose my mind ..BUT Jesus Found Me and carried me home too !!! Hallellujah Brother and Sister from Llangollen North Wales ...so pleased to have 2 of your debut CD's !! Amen NEVER LOOK BACK He's coming REAL SOON !!!!
THANK YOU STEPH FOR ALL YOUR SONGS...THE GREAT STORY OF HOW OUR LORD JESUS RESCUED YOU FROM DRUGS & ALCOHOL. MY SOBRIETY DATE IS 07-06-07.A LOW BOTTOM DRUNK MYSELF.....HOMELESS BUT I HAD A TRUCK😅 I FEEL PRIVILEGED
TO EVEN BE ALIVE MYSELF... NO "EARTHLY REASON," PERHAPS A HEAVENLY ONE. I HAVE. TEARS IN MY EYES EVERY TIME I HEAR "RESCUE ME AGAIN" SO APROPOS TO US RECOVERING ALKIES. NO LONGER STRANGERS & ALIENS IN THIS WORLD... WE DO HAVE TO GIVE HIM ALL THE PIECES OF OUR BROKEN HEARTS
🔥💔🔥 HE PUTS IT BACK TOGETHER🔥❤🔥JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE "GIFT OF THE PRESENT" AND CONCIOUS CONTACT WITH HIS SPIRIT WITHIN US... KEEP US FROM GETTING IN BIG TROUBLE 🥰 MAY OUR FATHER'S EVERLASTING ARMS BE UNDERNEATH YOU& YOUR BELOVEDS IN👑KING JESUS VICTORIOUS⚔🛡NAME AMEN BROTHER!!AMEN!!! ❤💕
@@brendabranson2635 Amen Sister Brenda ! Testimony to the Power of The living God and His absolute transformation Powers ! Amen !! We are so much happier now than before being made RECOVERED Alcoholics , NOT recovering ! He has DONE the FULL COMPLETE RECOVERY JOB ..Period ! ❤💕 Alleluia !!
Thank you so much for this, Steph and Becky - it is a blessing! And thank you, Steph, for being so very courageous and strong in sharing your beautiful testimony and releasing this song that you wrote in the darkness. It is and will lead people - saved and unsaved - out of the darkness, because Jesus through this will remove guilt, shame and loneliness. We, the Chrurch, need to recognise the importance of telling the darker side of our stories (just look at the characters in the Bible) because there is healing there. May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you both in your art and may you see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Thanking the Lord for you, Steph ❤
Amen. I read your story, and I gotta say, our pathway to Christ have been strikingly similar. Been listening to your arrangement of "Be Thou My Vision" for the last hour, (trying to practice it without a capo... lol) before listening to "Still Waters". I'm an American, but Celtic music is in my blood, and has always resonated with my soul. Keep on doing the Lord's work, every hymn is a prayer and a blessing. I read Psalms 23, and I felt inspired to share something with you. I'm a Latter Day Saint, otherwise known as "Mormon", but whatever you've heard, Christ is at the center of my religion, and I am a Christian. I read a scripture in The Book of Mormon tonight, just before I discovered your channel, that has helped to remind me that Jesus Christ has been with me through my alcohol addiction, another reminder akin to Psalms 23, even in the darkest of times.
It says,
"And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.
The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?
Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore, fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever."
Which brings to mind the lyrics from "Be Thou My Vision"
"Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord
Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one"
Thank you for your service, and God bless you Steph.
Hey, Steph...just found you!...Your music has such a profound impact on me, for i also have walked a Dark Path. Yet, i have found that the Path is not So Dark or So Narrow that JESUS does not walk it beside us, regardless of whether we Feel Him or not. GOD continue to Bless you, Steph, and to use your music and your Powerful Testimony to the advancement of His Kingdom. In CHRIST JESUS, Meg in
Mississippi, USA
Hello Tex, today (and I don't know why, but He does) God has led me to listen again, to hear, and to pray. You are being lifted to His heart. Be blessed.
Thank you my brother, The Lord calls me And allows me to write out of my brokenness, Too.
Young man, continue on in your praise and worship of God. Many people, thankfully, have never felt the depths...the true depths of despair that precious souls can reach. They do not know what you know. You have a story to tell and from what I gather from your words, God wants you to tell it. You have such a great gift! So does the young lady, Becky Dawson. Do not be deterred by those who might unwittingly get in the way of your testimony. Carry on, Steph Macleod. God has great plans for you. Only you can get in His way. The rest of us are just noise in the background. Prayers for you as you walk the path of the wonderful grace and mercy of our great God. Never forget He loves you and yes, He loves even me.
I am convinced that the height of the joy we are able to understand and therefore experience this side of heaven is limited by and directly corelated to the depth of the despair we have known. I thank our Lord for your music Steph as it has been a tremendous blessing to me and I pray that God blesses you with the height of joy that is yours in Christ.
Grace and peace to you, brother. I just found your channel this morning and I'm still wiping tears away after listening to this song. It reminds me of the rawness of the Psalms. I love that it resolved with the nearness of God from Psalm 23. After all, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Blessings from your brother in Christ in Virginia.
Thank you Steph for this song. You are very talented and have a gift that the Lord has blessed you with. I pray that you will be blessed to be a blessing to others. God be with you, brother.
What a beautiful expression of what it is to be human...warts and all. Both the song and the dancing. Thank you both for your authenticity and honesty . We all stumble along this journey of faith, sometimes carrying and sometimes being carried.
Jesus Heals.............
Im With you Brother~God bless you and yours
36 years without a drink here.
One day/Moment at a time Steph |
thank you for the beautiful music
Patience of the Saints in this Babylon beast world system and your music helps to deal with it all.
Grateful for your work.
Blessings and aloha from the Great Lakes USA
The worship is evident from the start to the finish and all that’s in between for this song. It is obvious in the music, the lyrics and the dancing, that it’s all for God. Honestly is amazing to see and hear all the different worship styles coming together and intertwining for this worship song.
Steph, thanks for the openness. We have a great saviour.
Thank you so much for sharing your talents and expressing your faith in the Savior! Your story is very inspiring. I know that God loves each of us, even when we can’t feel it. He has a plan for us and is always reaching out to support and help us!
Steph, you are so precious. I have you on my prayer list. God Blesses your true heart.
God bless, my friend...we are very near to His call, nothing else matters, im 61 and i have found one thing that clarifies better then anything, getting to know Him thru His WORD...keep encouraged..
"...I am humbled, because I know You are here with me..." YES! The God of all creation will sit quietly, alongside us, throughout whatever we go through, being present with us at all times...He will guide us, uplift us, forgive us, listen to us---and HE IS THE ALMIGHTY!!! THE ONE WHO MADE US ALL!!! What a truly humbling awareness this song brings, in such a beautiful lyric and melody---thank you for writing it and giving it to us, Steph---it will surely lift many people up out of despair. And THANK YOU GOD, for always being here with us. All glory and honor to God Almighty.
Thank you for sharing this song, so beautiful.
I absolutely love listening to this man! So much feeling in his songs!
Thank you, brother Steph. You're in our prayers.
Our healing is gradual, sometimes instantaneous, but complete, nonetheless, in our salvation.
People like us are a prime target for the enemy's attacks.
Remember that healing for us, is sometimes gradual, and Jesus knows how best to administer the treatments that will ease our pain.
In His eyes, we are whole, lacking nothing.
Please remember Romans 8:28.
Know that it is TRUTH, and your pain has been, and will be used mightily by Him to help many of us in the process of healing.
As an instrument of God's healing hands, your talents are unsurpassed!
Bless you with all of God's best, and our prayers for you!
Forrest and Connie Jones
This speaks to me on so many levels. I feel like it was made for me. Thank you for sharing this song and for using dance to illustrate it. “Dancers are the athletes of God!” Praying for Steph’s heart and walk with God. ❤️
Praise God He is the God of second chances and even more when we need it! I have been very moved by your voice and your songs. Thank you for sharing your gift with the rest of us!
Beautiful song Steph! Blessings to you and the young lady expressing this song through dancing!❤️🙌 Steph, your an amazing artist who uses your gift to praise our Lord and Savior and draw us closer to Him! Thank you for all your songs. My family enjoys your Worship album especially the songs with bagpipes!❤️
Greetings from the great state of 🇨🇱🇺🇸
Your voice touched me the very first time that I heard it and it still does every time I listen to your music! Through your songs you teach us all about hope and faith in God. I'm not a Christian myself, but I'm very moved by your story and perspective... I'm glad you found your way through all this chaos. It's inspiring how you raise awareness for mental health problems with your music!
I am glad that I have found you and your music.
I feel many things while listening to your album Gold and this song does move something deep inside me. Thanks for telling us about the story behind it.
I would have loved to see you perform in the video, but I also love Becky and her choreography. One can really see and feel the passion that she puts in her dancing...
All in all I'd like to say THANK YOU for this song and the video!
Love from Germany
praying for you brother I love your music I am in recovery of alcoholic.
my lord and saviour was by myside and got me through this I now live right next to a pub. I done 12yrs helping people with addiction problems, now doing mental health ,
Thank you so much for this song and what you have written here. It is powerful, painful and drips with grace. I see and hear Jesus in it and through it... it breaks my heart and at the same time fills me with joy - because He will never leave us or forsake us but we can so easily persuade ourselves otherwise. Thank you.
Well done Steph, your voice enchants me...beautiful artistic interpretation of the song ❤️
Thank you Holy Spirit! For Your inspiration of this song, and for displaying Yourself through the human form of both voice and dance! Our God is a creative and wonderful designer. Thanks for going for it Steph and Becky. You have inspired me!
Steph, this is an example of how any Christians walk can go, going up up hard terrain of life, slippery and treacherous is the way. How easy it is to fall, to slide back down the mountain....The best part is owning up to it, making it right with God...like you said in song...Come save my soul again, a renewing of our commitment to follow Christ. Music is healing, worshiping God is cleansing. Keep singing and praising brother!! Please more worship, some new music brother, please do Waymaker and Come Thou fount!!
Reminds me of John Mcmillan with the singing. Well done. Bought your celtic worship album and I'm loving it. God bless bro. God bless you too dancer girl, its not a nice debate to be caught up in. I don't know how the men complaining go outside these days if this triggers them. Perhaps they are being genuine about their struggles though, we won't all always agree about where the boundaries are with dress and modesty.
Wow. Thanks for your brutal honesty - you'll get no rejection from me big man. I too have veered off the path in a different way. Only by being honest with each other can we encourage one another, and allow others to open up as well. Bless you brother. Your lyrics, your music, your passion encourage me as well. Be open. Be transparent.
Amen.
I added the song to my Hymn playlist.
Thankyou for your transparent and honest testimony.
I too have been through this experience and yes He is there in the midst of it.
Lovely music and dancing. Bravo!
We've all been there brother. Everyone goes through the wilderness.
Thank you for your transparency!
Yes. God never leaves us nor forsakes us, even when we think we have lost Him; He is always there. He chastens the ones that are His. God bless you for your ability and willingness to share your testimony, it blesses you just as it blesses others. I just found your music through a friend, and am totally enjoying it and sharing on Facebook.. My family is from the old country about 200 yrs ago. Blessings.
Hi Steph. I was in here looking for an uplifting music when I ran into your name. I hesitated clicking on it because your last name resembles my daughter's murderer's last name, McLeod. I forced myself to watch and feel blessed that I did. You are an amazing testimony. Perhaps you should pray for the murderer: Raymond Samuel McLeod JR. Pray that he turns himself in and end the search.
I cried out this very thing so many times. Not that God needed to save my soul from hell again, but that I needed him to save my soul from the harm I chose to do to it. Thank you for your transparency and honesty. I know those two and Christ are my only help through mental illness. It is such a struggle to be thankful. I know God could heal me, and I am thankful that he will, but I pray I can be helpful to others even if it is as simple as telling a part of my struggle just as you have here.
I like especially how you mix the dance, darkness and lightbeams.
❤🙏 Bless Brother in JESUS Name!
This is beautiful. I can understand the hopelessness of addiction. Thanks for sharing that, it is inspirational.
This is called art. If you see anything bad in this dance, you should check your thoughts in your head. Something seems wrong with it. I don't see anything reprehensible in this dance, it touched me a lot, as did Steph's singing. Thank you Becky and Steph for this wonderful video.
Jana Farmer
It's mostly the clothes for me. Skin tight shirt, short shorts... no, we are not supposed to look with lust, but us men are trapped with a biology that puts emphasis on our eyes. It is natural to be attracted to it. If there are stumbling blocks such as these that can be taken out of the way, which would help, I don't think that is a bad thing or much to ask. God bless you :)
Steph. Thank you for your honesty in this song and in your explanation above. Been there and know the feeling.
"Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed." The theology police might bicker about "come save my soul again," but don't let them get you down. Sometimes honesty is not about being correct; it's about being honest. David asks in Psalm 13 how long God will forget him. In Psalm 22 he asks why God has forsaken him. In Lamentations, Jeremiah claims that God has brought him into darkness. None of these things are "correct." God neither forgets us, nor forsakes us, nor leads us into darkness. But they are true: The writers, though God's spirit, expressed what they were feeling, and they brought those feelings to God, who led them into an even truer (dare I say more correct) reality.
I will sing to the Lord [after he brings me out of despair], because he has dealt bountifully with me. (Psalm 13)
He did not despise or abhor my affliction [despite how I felt at the time], but heard when I cried to him. (Psalm 22)
The Lord is my portion, says my soul [even in the midst of all this horror]. Therefore I will hope in him. (Lamentations)
I appreciate how your song follows this pattern. An honest cry of despair leads to a greater reality. "I am humbled suddenly. I know you are here with me." Have you ever heard Rich Mullins' song "Hard to Get"?
As for Becky's dance, it's lovely but not really my thing, so I quit watching and just listened to the song. I'm not sure why others didn't simply do the same.
I am moved beyond words by the song.
The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5
Beautiful and powerful song. Thank you for your honesty in lyrics and in the things you've been through to write these vulnerable and much needed lyrics to remind so many, myself included, of God's faithfulness and love in our brokenness to wholeness
Great song brother! We're all a step away going back into the ways of the world. Thankfully God's grace is there for us if we do. Like the Prodigal Son, God's always happy to see his children come home. Stay strong and in the Word so it won't happen again. God Bless.
Speaks to me Beautifully done I’m so blessed to have found your music! I believe you definitely have a new fan! Outstanding Vocals 👏
Thank you
Thank you for this beautiful piece of honesty!
Just what I needed
Steph I would like to apologize for being so harsh a few weeks ago. You have an amazing ability and anointing. Keep on doing what you're doing for God. Much love and prayers ❤
Is this a new song? I enjoyed every note. 5 minute song had a great story, dynamics etc. The whole package.
I love how raw and honest is your testimony through out this song! It is amazing to look behind and see that even in the darkest times, God has been with us through it all! May good keep on using you, specially being his light in Scotland and in the UK! God bless you Brother!
I’m sooo glad I stumbled across your music. Thank you
Thank you for sharing your story. The spirit of religion is a terrible chain. We have freedom only in Jesus and him alone. Amen.
Thanks for being real. That's what it's all about.
The song breaks the stoney heart and reveals the rawness of being shackled and in bondage..........the soul and heart knows the only answer is JESUS, the only healing comes from JESUS and our hope is in JESUS, who is the author and finisher of our faith. Hebrews 12:2
King James Version
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Great song! Thank you.
lets not forget the David danced in a girded linen ephod...2 Samuel 6:14. Psalm 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance, let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. Stop with the negative comments about the dancer. She is praising the Lord with her gifts. What have YOU done to praise the Lord today???
Beautiful
Another super track 🧨🤞🏾🏴
LOVE !!!!!!
We should get this on the radio somehow.
Souls only need saving once, sometimes we get our feet dirty and need cleaning, but Salvation is a one time deal! To say we need saved again puts Christ to an open shame!
Christ clears our sin debt and we then need to continue carrying our cross daily. Being sanctified in the word, washed clean. Those who overcome and endure to the end will be saved.
@@stephmacleod I think the biggest deception of the enemy today is that salvation is a one time event. It is not, we are expected to live in obedience to Christ. Look all through Pauls epistles. He tells us the importance of living right and "remaining in the faith". The unprofitable servant gets thrown in the fire with the hypocrites. It's not a popular message today. Once saved always saved teaches the BROAD way to destruction, the true way is NARROW. We need to live for Christ, not pats on the back from this world. It's hard standing against the social pressure ot conform to this world. But the "church" in the Greek means the "called out ones". We are called out of this world. We can't live like the world, telling them we are Christian. If we have the knowledge of the truth and continue in wilful sin, our end will be worse than that of the unbeliever. We need to put our faith in Christ to break all our chains, he has the power to do so. We just take the first step in faith and Christ strengthens and guides us.
God bless. I love your music, it's helped me on my walk with Christ and I'm sure others are touched by it and also your powerful testimony.
@@stephmacleod I understand brother. I would imagine that if truth be told, most of us believers have gone through this. Our fallen world is constantly calling us back to the darkness and sometimes that is where we go. Not because we want to, but because that is what is familiar. Thank you for sharing. Those of us who have felt His love and forgiveness after a dark season - well, words can barely express our deep gratitude. But your music and the beautiful dance, expressed it wonderfully. I thought the dance paired so well in the expression of that feeling of desperation that causes us to almost demand forgiveness and light from the One who freely gives it. Not that we can demand God to give it to us, but that we are determined to hold onto His hand and receive it yet again...……….
@@stephmacleod Brother, thanks for the context to that song, I get it now. I am always blessed by you music! Saved can have different meanings even in Scripture, all depending on the context. May the LORD continue to bless your Music ministry! Sincerely, Joseph
Beautiful.
Amazingly beautiful! God has truly blessed you, Steph. He certainly blessed the dancer. So touched and so very moved. I would love to hear your band perform live one day. God bless you always, Steph MacLeod! 🌷💜
Lovely song and video man. Much love to one of the best men I've been privileged to know x
AMAZING TESTIMONY!
sublime. ♥