Hillsong United in Nashville

This past Saturday night my wife and I had the pleasure of worshiping with Hillsong United in Nashville thanks to a good friend at Integrity Music.  We could not had asked for better seats…it was almost like sitting backstage and watching stage side.

I don’t have a lot of words for this concert….1st…it wasn’t a concert; it was worship.  I’ve seen a lot of “worship” concerts….this was so much more.   Hillsong United knows how to get after it!  They have a pretty simple strategy.  They play songs for Jesus.  That’s it.

The opening was amazing, as you’ll see in the video below…the anticipation…the crowd…the light piercing the darkness and the sound of the drums filling the arena….

I’m not sure the video does him justice, but JD is crazy on stage!  I would love to see more people lead worship with their hearts like that.  Uninhibated and passionate.

The song selection was amazing and vast as well as long.  I think they played for about 3 hours.  No opening band…just worship.  The way it should be.  They played some oldies like Salvation is Here and Take It All, Look To You, What The World Will Never Take, From The Inside Out, Tell The World, some recent ones like My Future Decided, Solution, and Hosanna, some new ones like You Hold Me Now and Tear Down The Walls and some Hillsong songs like Desert Song and Your Name High.

There were some amazing moments in the set that are hard to put into words.  Moments like the crowd pumping their fist to Take It All…JD going crazy dancing on stage…the anthem of Shout Unto God where the crowd just went for it!  They played Shout Unto God and the place just went nuts!

I’ll Stand was a powerful moment.  However the one moment that just replays in my mind over and over was when they played With Everything and Tear Down The Walls.  With Everything has been on repeat in my truck for days now.