“I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever.” – Psalm 145:1
Marty Sampson tells the story behind the praise song “O Praise The Name (Anástasis).” “One day, Dean Ussher, Ben Hastings, and myself were writing and trying to come up with a song that really resonated, and we got stuck. We took a break and grabbed a bite to eat at a place called ‘The Trinity’ (ironically). While we were there, we began talking about the hymns and their timelessness and how powerful many of those older songs are. How Great Thou Art and Amazing Grace (among others) were mentioned, and we set out to write something that would be (as we say) ‘a tip of the hat’ to those inspirational songs.
We crafted the melody almost line by line and tried to pay attention to the nuances of what the melody was doing as a whole once the lines were placed together as one stanza. We looked at the clock after what seemed like only minutes, and our time was up. One whole day, one verse melody. Not the greatest output for three competent songwriters!”
It would take two more days and the pressure to come up with a fresh Easter song to finish the song.
We need to disregard the clock when we enter into praising our Lord. Today, in prayer, praise Jesus and know that we will be praising Him throughout eternity.
“O praise the Name of the Lord our God
O praise His Name forevermore
For endless days we will sing Your praise
Oh Lord oh Lord our God” – Marty Sampson
God’s Word: Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever.” - Psalm 145:2
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