Song
Blessing and Honor
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Song
Blessing and Honor
From Live Worship from the World Prayer Center · 2000
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Behind the song
The story behind Blessing and Honor
Written by
Terry MacAlmon
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Recorded on Live Worship from the World Prayer Center
Blessing and Honor carries the language of the throne room into a simple congregational declaration. Terry MacAlmon wrote the song around words that echo the worship of Revelation: blessing, honor, glory, power, riches, wisdom and strength are directed to the One who is worthy. The song does not tell a story about the worshipper. It deliberately removes the worshipper from the center.
That made it a natural part of the World Prayer Center years, where Terry's desire was to awaken the congregation as the true worshippers rather than build a platform-centered experience. When hundreds of people sing the same declaration together, the song becomes larger than the voices leading it. Everyone in the room is able to participate in the same upward movement.
The writing is also characteristic of Terry's preference for simplicity. There are not many words, and there is no need for musical complexity to carry the meaning. The strength comes from staying with the truth long enough for the congregation to move from singing words to offering worship. Terry has often spoken about songs that were born around the throne of God. Blessing and Honor is shaped by that very imagery.
Its importance within Terry's catalog is therefore not only historical. It expresses a principle that has remained constant throughout his ministry: worship is first and finally about God. The goal is not to describe how worship makes us feel, but to give the Lord what belongs to Him. In Blessing and Honor, everything points in that direction.
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Live Worship from the World Prayer Center was born out of a remarkable season of worship in Colorado Springs. In 1998 Terry MacAlmon began leading a Wednesday noon gathering at the World Prayer Center that became known as Lunch with the Lord. What started simply as time set apart to worship grew quickly. The chapel filled with people who came not for a concert, but to seek the presence of God together. Testimonies of healing, restored relationships and renewed hope began to follow.
This album became the first major live recording to capture that atmosphere. The songs move from strong corporate praise into deep, unhurried worship. This Is the Time and Blessing and Honor open the gathering before Holy Are You Lord, For the Lord Is Holy and You Deserve the Glory draw the room into reverence. Even So, What a Friend I've Found, Agnus Dei and I Sing Praises continue that movement toward intimacy.
The recording soon traveled far beyond Colorado Springs. One of the stories Terry later shared was that Benny Hinn heard the CD at home after his wife played it. The worship deeply touched him, and Terry was later invited to minister at one of his crusades. It was one of many doors that opened as the album began reaching people Terry had never met.
Live Worship from the World Prayer Center became a defining recording in Terry's ministry. It did not begin as a carefully manufactured attempt to create a worship brand. It grew out of a real gathering where people were already coming week after week to worship. The album simply opened the doors and allowed listeners around the world to enter that room.
