“Lord, I Need You”

 Psalm 40:17(NLT)                  

“ As for me, since I am poor and needy, let the Lord keep me in his thoughts. 

You are my helper and my savior.  O my God, do not delay.”

This modern-day hymn was written by the collaboration of four songwriters-Kristian Stanfill, Christy Nockles, Jesse Reeves and Daniel Carson and was sung by Matt Maher at the Passion 2011 Conference. One person would write a line then send it to the group, then someone would add to that line and send it on.

Half-way through, Jesse said it reminded him of the hymn “I Need Thee Every Hour”, so they paid homage to that song by including part of it in their hymn.

But Maher remembers the big moment when they wrote the lyrics “Where You are, I am free, holiness is Christ in me!” This was the songs declaration of the powerful Truth that when God looks at us, since we have been redeemed by Jesus, He sees His Son.

Lord, I need You, Oh, I need You. Every hour I need You.

My one defense, my righteousness, Oh God, how I need You.

The challenge of this hymn is to think about whether or not you believe every word when you sing along!

We need to wake up and acknowledge the fact that we need God every moment of every day and lean into Him.

YOUTUBE:

Lord, I Need You