Comments on: Preview: Should I Tell Them

By: Ronnie O'Brien

Ronnie O'Brien — Sun, 06 May 2007 01:26:05 +0000

Hello Shaun.
I really enjoy this song.
It is so true that it is not us but Him who lives in us!
It is so common to hear church people speak to cover the bases so to speak to hide any weakness in the camp. But in reality and contrary to a lot of self help speakers it is excellent to state the obvious. I am weak he is strong. It seems to me that this message of being strong in Christ is true but taken to the wrong extreme where we think we need to pretend to be strong. It is not about pretending but being real. That is, acknowledging our inabilities, our failure to get it all together. That is what heaven is, all together perfect. The way is Jesus Christ. Ironically, there is freedom in knowing our weakness when we have that good news of a future and purpose.
Try telling that to someone who thinks they got to make it in this world.
Just to tell you, I knew Jesus as a little boy and accepted ‘officially’ Jesus as Savior at 15. The thing is, He is now my Lord, however, in many ways I found myself searching for answers and trying to be somebody ‘important’. In reality, I was substituting God for career achievements. Problem was, circumstances seemed to prohibit me from ‘getting ahead’ and I had failure written all over me. I was eating that fruit from Eden and not even realizing it. I was confused and frustrated. If you told me I was not letting Jesus be Lord in my life I would have said otherwise. I was blind, living my past expectations that were taught to me. To accept defeat was not my plan. It got to the point where the Lord showed me in some Literature what I was doing. I was shocked and relieved. I welcomed Jesus as Lord. Sometimes we learn the hard way. It was not until then, that I could really witness about Jesus.
Before that, I felt like Christian failure. Now I know, real success does not come on my own, it is Jesus who gives me peace of heart, it is Him who fills my heart where death once tolled, it is Jesus who gives me Life. When trouble comes to heat up our affairs, we need to hold on to Jesus. He is faithful.
God bless
Ronnie

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:29:34 +0000

I love Should I Tell Them. I know the whole thing off by heart (but I don’t make it sound very good when I attempt to sing it!!). It is beautiful. It’s a favourite of mine.

By: Kevin Knight

Kevin Knight — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:45:48 +0000

This song, should I tell Them, has a wonderful message and expresses feelings many Christians feel. I am convinced that we do not share Christ enough with the people around us. I am aslo convinced that we don’t do this because of a lack of confidence in ourselves. And this is the root of the problem. We are trying to rely on ourselves, imperfect and insecure and weak - when we should be relying on God - the creator and sustainor of the universe - who has not given us a spirit of timidity - but of power and love and self discipline (2 Tim 1:7).

I heard this song while preparing a lesson on just this topic, and plan to mention this song in my sermon in a few hours.

Thanks for sharing the story behind the lyrics. And remember - you can do little. But with God, you can do the unimaginable! (Eph 3:20)

Thanks again

By: Ryan G.

Ryan G. — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:38:44 +0000

Shaun,

Thanks for this. Hearing where songs come from is always cool to read about.

-Ryan

By: shaunfan

shaunfan — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:22:50 +0000

Shaun, I’m so glad you included this song on the live CD as it is my favorite song of yours. Thanks also for the background information on the song. It’s better that Caedmon’s passed on your song as you were meant to sing it. Thanks for all of the encouragement that this song has given me. Kevin

By: shaunfan

shaunfan — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:18:55 +0000

Shaun, I’m so glad you included this song on your CD as it is my favorite song of yours. Also, thanks for the background information about the song. I’m glad Caedmon’s passed on the song as you were meant to sing it. Thanks so much for the encouragement I’ve gotten from your music! Kevin

By: shaunfan

shaunfan — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:40:51 +0000

Shaun, I’m so glad you included this song on your live CD as it is my favorite song of yours. Thanks also for the background information and it’s better that Caedmon’s passed on the song. You were meant to sing this song.

By: Marisa at 89.1 FM in Knoxville

Marisa at 89.1 FM in Knoxville — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:56:37 +0000

I am definitely excited and am one of the MANY who are patiently waiting Shaun! In fact I just got a call in-studio from a listener who was at the live recording and is excited to get her’s as well!
Hope to see you again soon Shaun and thanks for your support of Knoxville and of Love89.1FM

By: Gaetano Buffa

Gaetano Buffa — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:21:19 +0000

Shaun,

You could always include the first show on the special edition version you release after everyone has already bought the first version. And do not forget the gold package that you will sell after the special edition that will also include the video version of 2nd show. And then after you are sure that everyone has those versions, you can bring out the super platinum version with even more stuff including both shows in CD and DVD form and even a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix on the DualDisc that will also be in that package. Well that is what many other artists would do (not mentioning any in particular – mm, bg, etc). LOL. Thanks for serving. Looking forward to the finished product. -G

By: Shaun Groves

Shaun Groves — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:06:32 +0000

I’m uploading the song clips to the store right now so we can start taking orders. Manufacturing begins this week and takes about three weeks they now say. So, we’re looking at the last week in January.