If you've found your way here, you may already know that my name is Bill and I enjoy writing songs about God. If you did not know that, well now you do. I hope to be faithful with the songs I write. I'm not sure I know how to do that, but I think this website is a start. It contains the lyrics, chord charts, mp3's, even the stories behind the songs. And it is all free to you. So look around. Enjoy. And thanks for stopping by.
download chord chart // download mp3 (chorus) Here I am I have come To do Your will O, Lord...here I am
(verse 1) Sacrifice, You do not desire Offerings, You do not require…then I say
(chorus) Here I am I have come To do Your will
(verse 2) I do not seal my lips, Oh Lord I do not hide Your righteousness in my heart…then I say (Recorded April 2001 at Central Christian Church in Las Vegas, NV.) -------------------------------------------------------
Back in 2000/2001, I lived in Las Vegas and led worship specifically for Junior Highers. It was during that time that I began to write worship songs. This song is one of my first..
It is a song of dedication and surrender. The imagery comes from Psalm 40:5-10. I was looking for a simple refrain that the Junior Highers could grab on to; something they could sing and pray and mean; lyrics that were not over their heads, but were also not shallow.
See, the students worshiped passionately and expressively. They came together every week and sang their hearts out to God. But I wanted them to know that worship goes beyond music and church services. Worship goes beyond one hour a week. God wanted them to lay down every bit of themselves. His desire was for them to submit everything they had and everything they were to Him and His will.
Its not about empty offerings, or sacrificing just for the sake of sacrificing. According to Psalm 40, God has no desire for any of that. Our songs and our times of corporate worship are our chance to express to God, verbally, the devotion and adoration that already exists within us.
