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The fun chord progression for this song came from a song my brother Scott wrote more than five years ago for a band we were in together at the time.  The song wasn’t (lyrically) congregation-friendly, but we used to have so much fun with this song when we played it as a band. I kept saying I wanted to change the lyrics and turn it into a worship song – because I felt it needed to be sung by the church!  When we were choosing songs for the album, I asked Scott if I could have a crack at it, and he definitely wanted me to go for it.   The new lyrics went through several different versions as I tried to tighten up the purpose and message of the song.  I wanted a “Call to Worship” and also something evangelistic – since the idea was to “tell the nations” of His love.  I also wanted to be sure to sing about the resurrection since it seems like we don’t seem to sing about that enough!  A lot of the inspiration came from 1st Chronicles 16: 8 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. 9 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. 10 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.   23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day. 24 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.