Song Stories with Jenn Johnson

Song Stories With Jenn Johnson

“Chasing You”
* A friend sent her a few musical backdrops to sing from.
* The vision behind the song came from Jenns desire to be after God’s heart. She wanted to pursue His heart.
* She wanted to capture His heart in a “what do you love Jesus” perspective.
* “This life, this love, was always meant to be a wild crazy adventure” Jenn feels that line is a message in its self.

“I can feel you”
* This was a personal song to Jenn.
* Jenn had just come out of a really rough season.
* She stood before the Lord and cried out to Him saying “do what you want to do Lord” He then lifted off this weight that felt like a blanket off of her.
* She then started to feel Him again.
* She felt very clear headed.
* This is when the Lord started to give her lines to the song.

“For the Cross”
* Jenn co-wrote this song.
* The idea of this song came from a moment when Jenn was on an airplane and the chorus came to her while they were landing.
* Jenn wanted to write a song that looked into the Father's heart.
* The looking at the cross from the perspective of a parent.
* The sorrow of Mary and God the Father always captured her.
* She wanted this song to come from that perspective.

“Joy of the Lord” spontaneous moment on “you make me brave”
* At that moment Jenn felt the need of joy to be released in the room.
* She felt that the Lord wanted to break depression.
* She professed the opposite of what depression is.
* After that moment Jenn went back into that and decide to add “You break depression” to the song because that is what she is feeling in that moment.
* A great wisdom is to record yourself when you are singing/playing prophetically.

“A Little Longer”
* This song is on one of the first albums she had made.
* Jenn was getting ready for a conference about to leave and was passing her piano on the way out.
* She heard the Lord say “Sit down and worship”.
* She started to sing about what He was wanting and then heard Him say “I didn't want you to do anything I just wanted to be with you”.
* God just wanted quality time with her.
* Jenn then lead the conference with the lyrics that had just come to her at the piano.
* It became a powerful moment in the conference.

“Come to Me”
* They decided to redo this song because she this song became her prophetic song to herself.
* She led the song the same weekend she had a massive breakthrough in her life.
* When they first wrote the song there was a lot of distress happening in the world.
* She had an encounter with the Lord about how He was A powerful God who loves us.

“Who you are”
* Jenn had it on her heart to write about God the Father
**** Advice from Jenn: Find time to just lay down on the floor and write about who God is.
* This song came out of many moments like that