Music Mondays

So much of the Christian life is about desperation, dependance, and recognizing our own weakness. We can make it about so many other things: rules, traditions, organizations, etc. But when all that stuff is stripped away, we are left with a great God and a needy heart.

The classic hymn "I Need Thee Every Hour" captures this well. The back-story described here, offers insight into how this song came about. Recently, it served as the inspiration for a new song written for the Passion worship conference. As we continue the series on new versions of old hymns, I thought I'd highlight this particular song.

Below is an interview and performance with the authors of "Lord I Need You", Kristian Stanfill and Matt Maher. The video isn't only the song, they describe the song-writing process at first and don't play it until 3:40. Afterwards they go through a basic overview of the chords and how to play the song.
While it doesn't totally copy the lyrics of the original hymn, I think you can easily see the similar concepts between the two.