Leeland: Artists Blogs

Brazil

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:24:00 -0500

I'll never forget what God did for me in Brazil. I had really high expectations when we were on the plane headed there, but when we played the first night, it was far greater than what I expected. It wasn't the big lights...it wasn't the awesome sound system...or the cool media videos they played, but it was people's hunger for the glory of God that literally drew me into an encounter with Jesus. They didn't care what we sang, they just wanted to touch Jesus. As a matter of a fact, the power went out for a couple minutes the 2nd night and I just started singing the hymn "Alleluia". As soon as they caught on, the entire room filled with worship that could've gone on for hours and I wouldn't have cared. I was encountering Jesus without even playing one note. Those three days were not only fun and exiting but I was reminded that God doesn't care about how cool I sound or look, He just cares about how desperate I am for His love. I left Brazil not just with goose bumps but I left with a radical desperation for the love of Jesus that I've never felt before. Thanks Brazil!

Leeland

POLL: What Song(s) Do You Want To Hear On Tour?

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:23:27 -0500

We're getting ready to hit the road with Phil Wickham & Matt Maher for the Night of Worship Tour in April and as we're putting the setlist together, we thought we'd see what you want to hear. What song(s) do you most want to hear live on the Night of Worship Tour?

Follow You
Holy Spirit Have Your Way
Beautiful Lord
May Our Praise
Enter This Temple
Majesty
How He Loves
Healer
Lead Me To the Cross
Glorious
Other (write-in your answer)

Chime in by leaving a comment here or replying to the band on Twitter (@leelandofficial).

VIDEO: Behind The Song - "My Jesus"

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:15:01 -0500

Crowder's Fantastical Church Music Conference

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:28:07 -0500

Leeland will be at Crowder's Fantastical Church Music Conference at Baylor University in Waco, TX, Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2010, along with lots of other artists and speakers including David Crowder Band, Hillsong London, Jars of Clay, and Matt Maher. Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 12th at 8am CST. Buy yours before May 1st and save! For details go to http://www.davidcrowderband.com/fantastical/

"Majesty" on WOW Worship

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:55:22 -0600

Leeland's cover of "Majesty (Here I Am)" is now available on WOW Worship. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like you can buy just the song, but there are 30 songs on the album. iTunes is selling the album for for $14.99. Amazon has the physical CD for $13.99 and the digital version for $12.99. It's also available at most Christian retailers. Check it out!

Free Sheet Music from WorshipTogether.com

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:28:07 -0500

Attention worship leaders and musicians! WorshipTogether.com is featuring "My Jesus" as their free song of the week along with "Follow You" and "Holy Spirit Have Your Way." Also, you can watch the "My Jesus" New Song Cafe video where Leeland and Jack talk about the inspiration behind the song, perform it, and teach you how to play it, too!

Follow You Tour Entry #1

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:50:00 -0500

In February we sat down for lunch with Brandon Heath and started dreaming about touring together one day. We said, what if we put together a tour that's less about the artist, and more about the God we worship. We wanted to break down the whole hierarchy of "opening bands" and "headliners". And most of all we wanted the world to be impacted by these nights of worship. We wanted to inspire action that's birthed from an experience with God.

A couple months later we found ourselves in Japan, Cambodia, and Bangladesh (Brandon joing us for the first two) and God truly spoke to us while we were abroad. For me it was an unexpected lesson. I learned that poverty is complex, but the God we serve is truly omniscient and all-powerful. He knows the solution even when we don't. He is more than capable of healing broken lives, cities, & nations. Here's the amazing thing though... He's wanting US to play a vital role in this process.

I'm God's child, but so is the poor kid in Cambodia, as well as their mom & dad, and so is the investment banker in Manhattan. God's love is for EVERYONE, and as followers of Christ we CAN show this love in very tangible ways. Just try it.

This tour is about following God into the hard places, whether it be Cambodia or Cleveland... London or Little Rock. People are hurting, and they need the healer. His name is Jesus.

We're four shows into this tour and God has already done great things. We're expecting more, and we would like to ask two things of you:

1) Would you pray for us? That we would keep our hearts aflame for God. That we would speak with boldness on behalf of the forgotten. For safety as we bus across America, and for our families while we're away.

2) Would you commit to falling more and more in love with Jesus? If we're not doing this first, everything else is for naught. Let simple intimacy with God overflow into your actions so that justice, love & righteousness can be known in the world.

Please come to a show and partner with our ministry and we'll see God's kingdom come!

Much love.

-jack

Video: Street Week Texas Style

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:57:14 -0500

As promised, here's a peek into all the shows we did August 24-27. Thanks again to everyone who came out and worshipped with us. See if you can find yourself in some of the shots!

Can't wait to see some of you back out on the Follow You Tour starting September 23rd!

Summer Pix #1

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0600

A flawless day in Colorado Springs. Beautiful weather!

And the mountains in the background, this means one thing...

... we play soccer! It had been a while since the last band soccer match. So we hooked up with our friends in Desperation Band and had quite the match!

The kids at the Desperation Conference were so hungry for God!

That night we teamed up with the Dband for an amazing night of worship! We had tons of people on stage. God was so evident in the room. And we sought after God with all our hearts. So fun!

Wonder of Your Love

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0600

Hey. Wanted you guys to hear this song that me and Leeland wrote with Marty Sampson. It's on the new live Hillsong record "Faith Love Hope". It's comes out Aug 5th, so please go buy it!

Vlog 16 - "Take Me Away"

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0600

Hey bloggers,

These are a few clips from our day in Tulsa, OK. We played at an Aquire the Fire event with a few thousand teenagers. God showed up. Later in the video we went into a spontaneous worship song.. "I love You, I love You Lord! ... Take me away!! Take me away!!"

Has God swept you off your feet? Has he "taken you away"? We're living on Earth, but our hearts must be captured by the God of Heaven. This is how we can change the world around us! By BEING changed ourselves. How have you been changed by God? Let us know.

Much love.

-the leeland boys

Vlog 10 - A Chat With Leeland

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 -0600

Vlog 1

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Leeland-RoadVlog1 from Jack Mooring on Vimeo.

Live Webcast

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Tonight we're playing at Capital Christian Center in Boise, ID. We'll be streaming the worship service live, right here on our blog!

Be here at 7PM Central to watch.

-the leeland boys

The Power of the Gospel is Love

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:49:05 -0500

Knowing God is this simple. Love God with everything and love people (Matt:22:37-39). When we seek God in prayer and studying his word, we build up our spirit man and the fleshly desires pass away. Not only can we draw close to God by prayer, but by actions of love to others around you (1 John 3:18-19). Love is the power of the Gospel because God is love and when we love others we fill ourselves up with more of God.(1 John 4:16)

We are called to love others because we're in love with God. You notice Jesus said first love the Lord God with all your heart then love your neighbor. Loving people should be a reaction to the action of Jesus dying for you and your sins. It's not a chore or a duty, but it's realizing God loved and forgave me, so that I might love and forgive others, and when I have hate for others I have hate for God and God does not dwell in me because love does not dwell in my heart. You can't separate people and God. Your actions to people are also actions to God. Jesus said "if you've done it to the lease of these, you've done it to me"(Matthew 25:40)

It's not easy to love others. It's easy to love God because God's love isn't conditional and will never fail us, but Jesus said even sinners love people who love them (Matthew 5:43-48). The true demonstration of God's love is loving everyone, even your enemies. The only way that you and I can effectively walk in love is realizing that your life is no longer to be lived for you and your desires, but it's for God. My life is not my own. Once we truly turn our whole self over to God, we set our hearts at rest in his presence and life.(1 John 3:18-19, Matthew 16:24).

Thanks for reading and know that I love you guys.

-leeland

I love worship... I don

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:50:07 -0500

So... we just got back from the Hillsong Conference here in Houston. It was amazing worship tonight! I was crying like a baby while we were singing "Hosanna". And "With Everything" was off the charts... God was off the charts. He totally overwhelmed me tonight with His love and His goodness. I love those moments when God sweeps you off your feet and just surprises you once again with how great his love is. Then when I feel the reality of that love all I can do is tilt my head up until my neck hurts... open my eyes and sing through the ceiling and just shout to heaven. This is worship people!

Any of you guys had an awesome worship experience lately? If so... tell us about it. If not, stop what you're doing right now and just tell God how amazing He is. Then begin to live for this incredible God. That's worship.

I've got to pack now and then go to sleep. We've got a 5am call time and that means I have to wake up around 4am. Fun!

Later gaterz.

-jack

Pix from Malawi

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:52:54 -0500

Sorry it's been so long since the last post. We just got home yesterday. It was another thrity something hours of travel! We flew from Malawi to South Africa then to London... then we ran to our plane in Heathrow and almost missed our flight. After that it was another 10 hour flight home... and eventually we made it back to good old Baytown. I'm not going to lie; it was nice eating some Texas food! I definitely missed it. Here's some pictures from our trip! It was absolutely amazing.

A snapshot on the drive from the airport to the hotel. It's so dry... they haven't had one drop of rain since March!

The stage. The Fire Fox choir from Lilongwe was singing. Imagine the most jubilant and celebratory African music ever! It was so fun.

We went to the market and bought tons of little trinkets and such.

Leeland kind of stood out... so he's about to get bumrushed by some aggressive salesman. haha...

Marcus is making deals here.

The next day we went to the Village of Hope Orphanage in Lilongwe.

The kids sang for us.

We met some of the children and heard their stories. This beautiful girl is Esther. She's six months old, and her mother died in child birth. Her father wasn't alive either so the village chief asked one of the elders to kill her. The Village of Hope found out about it and rescued her.

The little girl in the green is Potso. Her parents aren't alive, so her uncle took her in. He couldn't afford to take care of her so he put her out in the trash. But God knew her name and made sure she would be taken care of at the Village of Hope.

We got to give the boys some soccer balls. Mike said it was the best game of soccer he'd ever played.

In just three days we fell in love with the nation of Malawi and the continent of Africa. We can't wait to go back and stay longer. Please be praying for the nation of Malawi. The church is strong and thriving amidst hunger, poverty and devastation. There are over a million orphans roaming the streets. We believe that God will give them a home.

-jack

Australia

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:22 -0500

So it was our first time to the beautiful nation/continent of Australia. The long flight was totally worth it as we arrived in Sydney. We were there for the Hillsong conference. A lot of our friends have been to the conference and said that it was incredible. They weren't lying. God totally shook us up as a band in a really good way. We played twice in five days, so we really had a lot of time to dig in and go the sessions. The worship was so genuine and inspiring. But most of all God reminded us that this is more than singing songs to Him. That for every note we play and ever lyric we sing, there should be an action behind it. Worshiping God with music is amazing, but it means nothing unless it's flows out into rivers of evangelism and justice.

It reminded us that the Opposite Way is simply doing what Jesus was brave enough to do. Fighting for the poor. Standing up for those that can't stand up for themselves. Actually doing what we talk about all the time. Living what we're singing.

These are just a few of the things that God challenged us about in Australia.

Matthew 25:35-40
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

Here are some pix from the trip. We'll post a video soon.

This picture sums up our entire summer. :-)

The sound o' melodies...

The view of Olympic Park from our hotel.

Not really sure what's happening here...

Hanging with the boyz.

And this is the reason we go to Australia. Tim Tams will change your life.

I have to soundcheck now. Much love!

-jack

PS. If you haven't gone over to www.theoppositeway.com yet, go check it out. Share your story about what God is doing in your life. About how your living the Opposite Way.