Evolution of 1980's Worship - A Cappella Medley

[@carolyngerber9034]

It lifted my heart in worship to our precious Lord

[@qienna6677]

Man, now I'm wishing you could do a Keith Green medley. His music changed so many people.

[@becklyn3]

He is my favorite

[@ryanpasmore3676]

My fave too!!

[@becklyn3]

@@ryanpasmore3676 I was born in 89, so after he had already passed, but my mom played his music a lot due to him being instrumental in her coming to Christ. My mom shared the gospel with me at a young age and we listened to Keith and second chapter of acts which was a great influence on me. I am playing his music to my kids now, He truly was a man on fire for Christ.

[@jaimelleigh]

That would be awesome!

[@KevinHalloran]

Co-sign!

[@Deejonamoo]

I grew up in a community and church that was sort of an anachronism in that we got a hold of every thing from technology to worship trends at least a decade later than others did so we thought these were “new-fangled traditions” in the early 2000’s. Watching this video was the first time I knew they were from the 80’s. I spent half my childhood thinking modern music (or at least what was modern back then) was a gateway to sin if not sin itself. I still love the old hymns but this stuff represents my awakening as a young believer, when my faith came alive and distinguished itself from mere family traditions.

[@bunnybachman]

The ones I remember most and bring tears to my eyes are the ones I learned in my home church in my hometown. It was in the early 90's for me. I Exhalt Thee, Lord I Lift Your Name On High, People Need The Lord, I Will Call Upon The Lord, All Hail King Jesus, El Shaddai, There Is A Redeemer, As The Deer, Awesome God. Thank you so much!

[@the_duke_is_luke]

Being born in ‘97, my childhood church was still using these in the early/mid 2000’s. In particular I remembered “I Will Call Upon the Lord,” “Thy Word is a Lamp onto My Feet,” “Shine, Jesus, Shine,” “Our God is an Awesome God” and “Lord I Lift Your Name on High” really brought back those Sunday mornings in church!

[@SpecialAngelArtDolls]

I was a 90s kid (1990), so there were a very few of these I don't recall ever hearing, but most of these songs brought back floods of memories... listening to the choir sing in the first church I can remember attending as a toddler and thinking that was the most beautiful sound I'd ever heard... riding in my dad's truck and later my mom's van with my younger siblings, singing "He Is Exalted" on full volume... Being in a children's choir when I was maybe six years old and learning "King of Kings and Lord of Lords" as our very first round... singing with my parents in church... singing along with so, so many of these songs on the radio... becoming a Christian in 2006 and playing and singing some of these with my beloved Bible study group... visiting some friends' youth group at their church... So many wonderful recollections. Sometimes I heard these songs over and over to the point that they seemed to lose their meaning, were endlessly stuck in my head, and I would groan over whichever one was currently being overplayed. But today I happy cried listening to this beautiful medley. Thank you for the incredibly long and hard work you do. It really does touch lives and hearts. I've loved every medley, just never been brave enough to comment.

[@DavidWesley]

Glad you stepped out of the shadows to provide feedback! I think many people are having similar experiences listening to this.

[@jan_777]

My experience is different. Born in '81 and raised in Germany, it's interesting how many songs have also been sung in Germany, may be because of lack of German Christian musicians/songwriters at that time.

[@tana7256]

Me too!!!

[@Lynnda86]

​@@DavidWesley ❤ how does one join one of your choirs?

[@lorelei9393]

I became a Christian in college and graduated in 1990. These songs take me back to that special time as a baby Christian. They shaped my life and love for the LORD. Thank you for all your hard work

[@karaleone1627]

I was born in ‘85, so these and the 1990s medleys made my childhood!! Love it!!❤

[@MagdalenaLilla]

This will be on repeat for a very long time! So many favorites!! To God be the Glory!

[@Yuquituki]

What a blessing to listen to this medley. Made me realize how blessed we were with these songs that shaped a generation. May God continue anointing songwriters. I was singing along!

[@kmsongbird]

Ahhh, this really takes me back! I knew each and every one of these and it was delightful being reminded of them in such a winsome way. Fun for us, WORK for you! God bless you

[@SleepingSpinet]

Another 90’s kid here- I had no idea most of the songs at church from that era were actually from the 80’s! So many great church & camp memories- more modern worship songs should be rounds! :) Shine Jesus Shine was my favorite worship song as a child (that and Cares Chorus). Thank you for this amazing medley!!

[@WeWrite71]

Sweeet! Praise the Lord! 🙏

[@ChickenPermission617]

Wow. So I just discovered that the song Holy and Anointed One was the song my dad would sing to me as a kid when I had trouble sleeping. We’d sit in the rocking chair and he’d sing it. I never knew the name of it and here it was! Thanks for a great medley!

[@ScottHotWheels]

This is where I started as a Christian. This is a great era of worship.

[@hollycompton6519]

I was a child of the 80's, but I didn't know any of these songs till my teen years in the 90's. I knew almost every song, and that music changed my life in amazing ways. Thank you so much for doing this. I cannot tell you how much it blessed me.

[@mta1864]

Saved by God's grace in 1989 and all these songs were in full rotation! Praise God! Thank you David for this wonderful collection!

[@rridersofrohan]

it made me so happy to hear “as the deer”! i’ve had that on repeat for a while and it’s really spoken to me

[@cg0825]

I did not realize some of these were so old. I didn't grow up Christian but when I became a believer I remember learning many of these

[@carolmccurdy6576]

I didn’t realize how many great songs were written in the 80’s! I knew all of these songs and loved singing along. Thank you once again for another great video.

[@jamieredden554]

Most definitely the sound track of my childhood and many of these songs live rent free in my head even still....but also makes me realize the first songbook I remember using in church wasn't as old as I thought it was and how with the times that church was trying to be

[@marleneamata901]

That’s the soundtrack of my teen years in the Baptist church youth group! Let’s bring some of those songs back in our current worship sets 🎶❤️

[@johnmckeon4498]

I didn't realize most of these songs were from the 80s. I grew up listening to them on CD in the car in the 2000s because of my parents. I'm glad for the exposure to such beautiful Christian music.

[@lindaknight64]

YES! YES! YES! AMEN! God bless you, brother!

[@chuchulainn9275]

That one guy holding up the signs. I hope we hear more of him. His voice is just... so powerful!

[@WayneKitching]

I'm an Afrikaans guy from South Africa. We sang some of those songs at my high school in 1991 and our church started playing more contemporary music in about 1993, and I only only learnt), so it also took my church a few years to catch on.

[@Ransomed77]

Song of my past…still speaking truth today with a great to take! Thanks!

[@belmer73]

I loved El Shadai in the ‘89s! Great song!

[@PVJ1410]

Best worship songs and can be easily learnt and sung. Beautifully done.

[@magicalfruitstudios4162]

I knew most of these songs, because my church mostly played these.

[@JoelNCurry]

That brings me back to stuff my dad used to play. Praise God!

[@kathrynnewhall5687]

The pleasant look on the face holding the dates is hysterical! I can just see the thought process: Again, O Lord?

[@sheilamcphee1737]

The later half of this decade found me pretty well every Sunday either on the piano, organ, or on the 'red mic' in the worship team - the person who would continue leading when the pastor went down to pray for people during the service. I can still play a lot of them, totally by memory. Great job! Loved it. There were only two I didn't know; the rest I have played many, MANY times.

[@ivanj.conway9919]

Thank you for reminding me of ones I had pretty much, forgotten. So much great music throughout the 80s even in worship music as well.

[@sharonsyearofjubilee]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! I remember everyone of these songs! I love everyone of these songs! Thank you for sharing your God given talent!

[@andrewworrall4302]

those were such powerful songs. I miss singing them on a Sunday

[@dorisartman]

This brought back the memories of working at camp 💜

[@SantaFe19484]

I remember almost all of these songs, but they were sung in the 90s for me. I was too young to remember the 80s. You forgot an important one from the 80s, What A Mighty God We Serve.

[@DavidWesley]

No way I could get all of them! Actually, that song wasn’t written in the 80’s…

[@HigherGroundMT]

I wasn’t even alive in the 80’s, but there are several of these that we still sing in my church 40 years later!

[@DW-bc2gl]

Praise the Lord!!! 👏🙌 I remember these precious songs! Thanks for sharing!

[@FiddleKat]

I didn't grow up hearing these until the 90's for most of these. I'm surprised they were from the 80's.

[@TxJanna]

WOW. I'm glad the KZbin machine showed this to me. I loved the memories of retreats and camp, and that little chorus book because it was ok to sign more than hymns in worship. There is so much that I appreciated listening to and seeing this. I didn't realize some of these were 80s songs, for I was doing them in college. I really am glad that we do still do some of them today.

[@engcivilalex001]

I listen and think about my life-music-Christ

[@SmartySkirt]

I may have been born after this decade but I knew a surprising amount of them. Loved this!

[@dawnmichelle4403]

Wow! Brought back sooo many memories! My church was a little behind the times, too, but we eventually caught up, lol. It was great hearing Keith Green followed shortly by Steve Green. And the two Amy Grant songs I just loved in junior high. 🥰

[@fancy8763]

I loved it!! The 80s was the best

[@michaelpaulsministry]

Yeah!!!!! Awesome thems my jams Hallelujah!!!!! 😊💖🙌

[@joankelley5558]

I think you fellows are fantastic. Keep shining for Jesus. ✝️

[@DavidWesley]

Fellows?🤣

[@MomAJ4]

Fantabulous as I knew it would be.....Well done!!! Bonus for me, I knew them all! Makes me wanna put together an 80's Praise & Worship music night. 😍

[@chrisdunn7641]

Wow, what a true gift from God you are. This music takes me back to my Nazarene church I went to in elementary and junior high. I would love to hear an evolution of 1990's worship and or Vineyard worship

[@dazedbitai]

Just lowered the playback speed to 0.85. I'm in love all over again! lol 😍

[@evelynnkechibigazzi8592]

Thank you for your labour of love

[@edwardfarnsworth5915]

I remember so many of these! We have a special name for these in our village church in Appalachia. We call them "90's Worship."

[@claudiacastenir9605]

I so look forward to your videos. Thank you for your faithfulness to the Kingdom.

[@thecomforterhascome2031]

PLEASE DO A 90’s MEDLEY!!! 😂 Thank you so much for this video

[@Polkadot2]

Took a year, but he did it!

[@miteshashtkar]

Miss my Sunday School days!! Thank you Bro. David

[@JimmyCoates18926]

Between private Christian school and church, these were definitely the soundtrack to my childhood!

[@claytonsmith6148]

As an 80's teenager these songs definately resonate with me, and awsome memories worshiping God! My favorite Christian band of all time is Petra, with the powerful lyrics written by Bob Hartman, and dedication to the Lord Jesus Christ. They always had a worship song on their albums, too include a couple of albums dedicated to worship. Most of the songs you did here, they also did in their style of course. It was alway's awsome to see when they did their live concerts, with powerful songs to challenge, and encourage you. Plus a whole set of just worship, it was always an excellent balance. Petra celebrated their 50th Anniversary in 2022, and have been doing a mini-tour the lasr year and a half. It would awsome for you to do a colage of Petra songs in the way you've done these others? God bless you, and your family.

[@billragan8949]

How Marvelous!!

[@preciousonejewel]

so great! i thought the 90s medley would bring back the most memories, since i was born in 85, but i was wrong! this one did.. i knew all of them except 5. thankyou for doing this!

[@rubyfierrorf]

i could listen for worship, CHRISTMAS or anytime i will keep this on SAVE!!!!

[@taaron5595]

I’m going to keep commenting because I can’t even state enough how much I love this!!!❤

[@annihull6373]

Oh the memories. I remember the concern when Mom brought Evie home. "What's this newfangled contemporary Christian music??" Great selection of worship songs.

[@ytcarol]

Just beautiful! Thank you, I am blessed today.

[@julienorfolk3880]

Thank you so much for sharing. I found it and it reminded me of all the songs that I was able to sing as a missionary kid in Africa. It is also helping me through a difficult time with my dad in the dying process. Again I can’t put into words what this is meaning for me at this moment.

[@DavidWesley]

Glad to be of service.🤗

[@callielinn9115]

I wish there was a button to keep the songs going that I like! This was so enjoyable. Thank you

[@debbienorman1308]

David you help me draw neat to God!!! God bless you!!!!!

[@jaybeliever1479]

Talk about bringing back memories! I was the director at a Christian camp during those years and almost all of those songs were regular occurrences there. Thanks!

[@marilynleslie472]

Some of these songs I didn’t recognize, but many others were old favorites.

[@jonbock4853]

I felt like I was back at Youth Camp! Thank you.

[@Tekoa80]

I can't believe Shine, Jesus, Shine came out in 1987! I was sure it was the mid 90s...I'm obviously getting old! 🤣 My mum became a Christian in the early 80s when I was little. We had Christian music on in the house all the time - mostly Maranatha tapes - so these were the songs I grew up singing, and many of them, I still do 😊

[@Texasbarbie777]

Thank you… praise Jesus

[@TheBibleWithTina]

You never fail to impress. God bless you.

[@christianbrydges3620]

Growing up in a main-line church here in Canada I never heard these songs until I started attending the Wesleyan church in the mid 1990's. Didn't know them all - 14 of 25 I could sing though tonight. Thank you David for your ministry in music. Peace. Christian

[@DavidWesley]

Perhaps the songs that survived the culling will be more familiar.

[@christianbrydges3620]

@@DavidWesley my wife grew up on the evangelical church knew them all. I’m in for some education 🤭

[@GrandmasGoneGamingLW]

Fabulous! I think there were only two songs in there that I didn't know. It was so much fun singing along and enjoying the transitions! Again...FABULOUS! Thank you, David! 😀

[@RonaldoBagaRonnie]

Those are my music during my early years of being a Christian. Classic!

[@lisamiller9216]

Oh gosh, talk about worship. Thank you so much.

[@fanofsteveperry]

I grew up in the early 2000s, but I'm familiar with some of these songs. Those songs are El Shaddai, Thy Word, Awesome God, He is Exalted & Lord I lift your name on high. These are some of my favorite gospel songs. The other songs were cool as well.

[@trinitytabernacle2167]

Oh my goodness every song was a favorite of mine! The 1980s were the best time for praise of worship in my opinion. Thank you for doing this project. It was a blessing. God bless you 😇

[@heidigeib2660]

Thank you so much for sharing. I remember almost all of those. I was singing along with the video.

[@PeacefulCompositions7777]

Thank you. This was so appreciated! I had forgotten many of these wnderful songs. I was born again in 1983, so these songs are very precious to me. Good memeories!

[@nehemiahsart9680]

Outstanding, I loved this so much. I grew up during the Jesus movement down at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa. Then I moved up to rural Humboldt County to a smaller church and this is where I remember all of these songs. You did a masterful job. Please continue!

[@martinnystrom1685]

Wow David! That was amazing! Such a sweet reminder of a powerful decade in the flow of contemporary worship. Thank you for including a snippet from As the Deer. You certainly were aptly named. May you always be a "David" and enjoy rich communion with Jesus.

[@DavidWesley]

Wait a minute - are you THE Martin Nystrom? I had toyed with the idea of contacting the songwriters to see if they wanted to be in the video to hold up year cards. I thought I could swing at least one (Brian Doerksen), but I guess this medley is reaching farther than I thought!

[@martinnystrom1685]

@@DavidWesley Yes, I am he. I was song development manager at Integrity Music in the late 80s/early 90s, so most of these songs I have history with. If they were your childhood, they were my 30 somethings. I was blessed to know/meet many of the writers of this collection. Thank you for honoring them with this medley. It is done with such excellence. I have enjoyed many of your videos in the past year. You may know my friend Tom Brooks if you are associated with Saddleback. God's choice blessings on you and your ministry. - Marty

[@DavidWesley]

I’m honoured to “meet” you! My connection with Saddleback was just for the one project two years ago, but it was great to meet some fantastic people there. Feel free to contact me if you’re interested in partnering up for a virtual choir version of As The Deer.

[@blindvision4703]

@@DavidWesley now there’s an idea! Bet this is unique. Not every project you meet one of your songwriting heroes, no?

[@DavidWesley]

@@blindvision4703 Are you forgetting Brian Doerksen?🤣

[@lisawells6051]

These songs were so powerful, simple, but so worshipful!

[@pyroboy417]

Humble Yourself by 2nd Chapter of Acts is still my favorite christian song from the 80’s

[@Cavapoocuteness]

Wow. I honestly wish we still sang most of these. Thank you so much for this.

[@neilmcallister2762]

I grew up in the 80s but I would have guessed some of these were older and some newer. Some we still sing sometimes and some are distant memories.

[@Purity10101]

Got saved in 2008 with no previous church experience except a few traditional hymns. I still knew some of these! Cool to know what decade they came from.

[@lizacabrera2511]

Wow, I was smiling throughout the video. My Christian childhood just flashed before my eyes! I remembered having this playlist on our CD player and my Dad's mp3. How nostalgic. Feels great to be hearing these songs again.

[@barbaracarter8384]

Thank you , thank you. Listening from California. God bless you David.

[@gisaac6837]

Great .Thanks to God

[@jonathanschubert9052]

I did "Thy Word" and "Awesome God" for a voice recital when I was like 8

[@marcasmacleoid8041]

Wow, outstanding work, David, what a gift! I grew up in a sect where we only sang Psalms, so, believe it or not, I didn't hear or learn these songs until the early 2000s.

[@stixng]

Blast from the past! I enjoyed this!

[@janiceandreyka4902]

Praise God !! thank you for this medley !!

[@mrume1122]

Amen and amen! Praise God! Thanks brother :)

[@josephineswamy9118]

Absolutey lovely and solemn❤

[@chuchulainn9275]

I would love to hear Shine Jesus Shine in its entirety.

[@sharonsyearofjubilee]

I shared this video on Facebook! I know there's people who will love this too and have never heard of you! Now they have!

[@danabaillie3948]

Many of these songs were done in praise and worship in the early 90's. The 80's spanned from the second semester of Grade 1 to the first semester of Grade 11 for me. I graduated Grade 12 in 1991. Many of these songs were still done at the churches I attended during my university years.