Jesus Wants My Heart by Daniel Renstrom

I'm listening to Daniel Renstrom's new album, Jesus Wants My Heart. It's a family worship album of songs that kids and parents will both enjoy. enjoy singing together. I can tell you that right off the bat I was singing along. A wonderful balance of Gospel and theology in song.

Here are five things Daniel hopes this album will do. Go Read more at Daniel's blog. 

1. I hope that families will have rich theological discussions because of the songs on JWMH.  
2. I hope that families have fun listening to these songs.
3. I hope that these songs give your kids good categories to love God and fight sin.
4. I hope that these songs help parents fulfill Deuteronomy 6:6-7.
5. I hope these songs will have evangelistic fruit.

There are songs Renstrom wrote and some hymns. I think you will love it.

Comments

[the Old Adam]

I bet the music is great.

But Jesus doesn't want 'my' heart. (what would He want with that?)

But rather, He wants to give me His own.

Thanks.

(sorry...us persnickety Lutheran types just can't help but being theologically precise(

[Steve McCoy]

Steve, sorry, I'm not a Lutheran. I've also read the Bible.

"I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart." Jer 24:7

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." Jn 7:38

"...if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved." Rom 10:9-10

I don't know about you, Steve, but I'm telling my kids that Jesus wants their hearts, that they need to believe with their hearts. Sounds pretty biblical to me. It's the language of Scripture. Don't theologize your way out of Scriptural language.

[the Old Adam]

I'm just saying what the Bible says. Jesus told us himself what is in the hearts of men (people)...and it ain't pretty.

It is good news, though, that He takes us, anyway.

Thanks, Steve.

[Steve McCoy]

Steve, you are pointing to only one way Scripture speaks of the heart. The album title points to another way, which I quoted above. If you aren't ok with someone using the way you don't seem to like, your problem is with the Bible. Thanks.