The Nehemiah Band

Healing

This past weekend at Young Nak’s Journey retreat, I’ve received healing in my left hand. Right above my risk on the back of my hand, I have some nerve pain that kept bothering me when I lifted things. Thank God it didn’t affect my drumming. The guest speaker, Pastor Joe was talking to Mike, and Mike told me that he was super charismatic (healing, prophesy, yada yada yada). I asked him to pray for my hand. I tried doing the lifting motion with the stage, and pain came through my hand. We prayed one more time, and this time, my nerve pain disappeared! It’s been a week, and the pain is still gone. Praise God. Just wanted to share it with you all.

-johnCHONG

I Fell in Love Lyrics

I Fell in Love
Michael Whang (2004)

Saw on the movie screen husband and wife
Hollywood made it seem it’d be so easy to get it right
I never dreamed romantic mysteries for my life
I’ve never been one to believe in love at first sight
Till I saw Your eyes
Ablaze with fire

You saw me first with Your heavenly gaze
Your voice sweet and thunderous like the ocean’s mighty waves
Your countenance spoke stories of Holy Jealousy
How for so many years You had been yearning to meet with me
And You danced with me
By Your streams of peace

And I fell in love
With the One for forever I’d been dreaming of.
You won my heart
Not with flowers or diamonds but with Your precious blood

See Him there blood running down His face, water by His side
His flesh ripped apart, His heart torn up on the inside
How gruesome, how ugly, how lovely is our love scene
Where I kiss His feet
He was pierced for me
And my iniquity

I’m so in love…
With Jesus

I love the way You talk to me, I love the way You hold me close
When I’m with You I feel like I could fly
I love the way You hold my, I love the way that we relax
When I’m with You I always feel the sun rise
I love the way You share Your secrets, You whisper in my ear
I love the way You bring me close, my heart overflows in tears

“I’m excited”

I’m excited for what is going to happen in the next month or two. We’re going to go in for finishing our second record. This time around, I plan on being more detailed with my drumming. Especially on the production side. Usually, I let the producer/mixer/engineer do whatever they want to do. I usually focus on how my drums sound before it hits the boards. This time around, I’m going to try out different things. And they’ll all be listed in our liner notes.

Also, for the past couple of months, our buddy, Tae Kim, has filmed and editted the videos that you see on youtube. So we personally would like to give a big shout out for that. With minimal gear, he’s allowed to do whatever he wants, and I think he’s done a good job.

Just can’t wait til we get in the studio. But before I get in there, I need to tighten up my parts. Must be over prepared. -johnCHONG

Our Next Show: Saturday, December 17th in Downtown Los Angeles

Album Update

we finished up our final pre-production session with chad today.
we begin tracking mid-january.

i can’t wait for you to hear our newest song “Let Love”
it is my humble attempt at preparing the way of the Kingdom of God via lyric and song. here is a sample lyric from the first verse:

“let the lion roar, let the fire grow / this is not a revival, it’s the kingdom of God, and it’s coming / and it’s not held down by the walls of a church / it spreads over all, it covers the earth / where the orphans are fed / and religion is dead / and the people of God stand up and instead / of marketing church / start preaching the word / with boldness and love / back up by the works / of a spirit who is jealous for the revelation of the beauty of Christ / let the bride come alive”

musically, it’s got this funky uptempo motown-ish groove. it’s going to be pure gold. john goes nuts on this song. so does gilbert. oh and so does kevin and descry. and i’m rapping on every possible 16th note on each verse. our producer loved it from the moment he heard it. we will most likely open the record with this track. you have to hear it. i’m telling you.

here is the tentative tracklist for the lp:

The Nehemiah Band - The Morning Came To Me LP

1. Let Love
2. Breakthrough
3. Champion
4. The Morning Came to Me
5. I Thought of You
6. New Mexico
7. There Lies My Scandal Exposed in the Light
8. Hey
9. Yours
10. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

-Mike