London / New York, NY, October 15, 2008: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) honored the top writer and publisher members of the PRS – the UK's Performing Right Society – at a ceremony held at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Hosted by ASCAP Senior Vice President, International Roger Greenaway and Vice President, Membership Seán Devine, the gala dinner and awards presentation honored those writer and publisher members of the PRS whose repertory is licensed by ASCAP and was among its most performed works in the U.S. during 2007.
Songwriter Ken Riley picked up an award for "Everlasting God" (co-written with Brenton Brown) the first Christian music song to be recognized at the awards ceremony.
All of us in Leeland want to
thank you for your prayers and constant support. We spend a lot of time away
from our families and homes, and it really does make a difference.
I want to take a minute to
share something with you that is very heavy on my heart; something all of us
can do that will truly change the world.
Our new album is called Opposite Way. All of us in Leeland want you to know
that this is so much more than an album title – it is a decision to live each
and every day of your life for Jesus Christ. It is our heart’s desire to help
raise up a new generation of worshippers, who aren’t afraid to live different
from the world; who aren’t afraid to live the opposite way. You aren’t going to
look cool, and you’re not going to fit in when living the opposite way.
However, the peace and contentment in the arms of Jesus, are worth everything,
compared to the nothingness that this passing world will offer.
As you wake up every morning
and choose to live the opposite way, live your life with the understanding that
you do not have to prove anything to
the Lord. He sees you as washed in the blood of the Lamb. Come just as you are.
He cares about the desires of your heart, and the dreams He has placed in you.
There’s not a hurt, there’s not a damage, that can’t be undone. There aren’t
broken pieces that can’t be put back together by the love of Jesus. Jeremiah
29:11 says, “I know the thoughts and the plans that I have for you. Plans to
give you a future, and a hope.” God loves you, you are His child. When you cry
‘Abba, Father,’ God will come.
The opposite way is really
the only way. Make your daily
decisions based around this idea. Be different from the world. Go the opposite
way in love. Go the opposite way in peace. Go the opposite way to make a
difference. Go the opposite way with the understanding that Jesus died a
horrible death so that you could spend eternity with God, the Father.
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