Love You Honestly - Shelly E. Johnson & Concord Worship - LIVE

“Love You Honestly” - Shelly E. Johnson & Concord Worship - LIVE

Recorded + Filmed Live at First Baptist Concord, Knoxville, TN on September 11, 2022, from the GREAT AWAKENING worship album by Shelly E. Johnson, released May 6, 2022

Album Recorded and Produced by Sean Hill at Uphill Studios.
Live Version Recorded + Filmed at First Baptist Concord Knoxville, TN.
Orchestrated + Arranged by Tim Paul

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“LOVE YOU HONESTLY”
Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson & Sean Hill
© 2022 Shelly E. Johnson Music (BMI) / Uphill Creative Publishing (ASCAP) (Both admin. by Music Services).

OFFICIAL LYRICS:

Verse 1
Does Your presence arrive when drums start to build?
Does Your Spirit rely on emotional thrills?
Are You walking out of the church that worships itself?
Oh God, take us back to the place Your holiness dwells

Pre
Help us remember the children we are
Where nothing else matters but pleasing Your heart

Chorus
Oh, let it be simple, let it be pure
Oh, let it be worship, let it be Yours
Break our hearts for what it really means
To love You honestly

Verse 2
Crumble the steeples that stand for any man’s fame
Burn down the walls that are built without You in place
Will You still be the flame of the church where Your remnant remains?
Oh God, touch the coal to our lips if that’s what it takes

Chorus

Bridge
We’re not chasing a moment
God, we’re chasing You only
So much more than a feeling
Just more of You, Jesus
More of You, Jesus

Chorus (2x)

About Shelly E. Johnson:
Worship music is not a career choice, it’s a calling, and it’s one that Worship Artist Shelly E. Johnson has embraced with joyful surrender.  She has a gift for writing songs and a heart for serving God that makes her one of the most anointed worship leaders of her generation.  

Most well-known for writing the powerful worship anthem “Power of the Cross”, which has been recorded by Natalie Grant, Steve Green and is being used in churches worldwide, Shelly has spent the last decade serving the Church by writing songs and traveling the country leading worship for events of all kinds, sharing her heart and ministry.  Shelly has released eight studio albums and written hundreds of songs, many of which have been published by LifeWay, Brentwood Benson, Word, and Prism Music, and has toured North America with renowned Irish hymn-writers Keith & Kristyn Getty.  Shelly has served on staff as a worship leader at Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville, TN (from 2005-2011), First Baptist Church Woodstock GA (from 2012-2015), Woodstock City Church, a campus of North Point Ministries (from 2016 - 2022), and currently serves as worship pastor at Local Church Milton (Aug 2023 - present).

In October 2017, Shelly released a stunning Christmas album, Christmas Is Beautiful, and she and her band partner with churches around the country to present the Christmas Is Beautiful Tour each Christmas season.