Song
My God and King
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Behind the song
The story behind My God and King
Written by
Terry MacAlmon and Shauna Chanda
Terry MacAlmon context
Recorded on The Sound of Heaven
My God and King, co-written by Terry MacAlmon and Shauna Chanda, is one of the most intimate songs on The Sound of Heaven. Rather than beginning with the grandeur of heavenly worship, it begins with personal focus: God is the One Terry wants to sing to, the face he wants to seek, the One he wants to see with undivided eyes. Even when the song acknowledges the storms of life, its direction does not change. The worshipper remains under God's covering and continues to bring Him a song of love.
That makes My God and King an important companion to Terry's larger vision of God's presence. Presence is not merely a powerful corporate atmosphere. It is the nearness of a Person. The longing to "seek His face" is therefore not religious poetry added to the music; it is the center of the song. The deepest reward of worship is God Himself.
The song also carries a theme that appears throughout Terry's ministry: worship reorders vision. When the heart has eyes for the Lord, circumstances no longer have the final word. The storm may still be real, but it is no longer the only thing in view.
On an album called The Sound of Heaven, My God and King brings the heavenly theme into deeply personal territory. The sound of heaven is not only multitudes around a throne. It is also one heart saying, "You are the One I seek." For Terry, true corporate worship begins there - with individual hearts captivated by the King.
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My God and King
Official release audio · Terry MacAlmon YouTube channel
The Sound of Heaven grew out of the expanding worship gatherings that followed the World Prayer Center years and the first Pikes Peak Worship Festival in Colorado Springs. By 2004 Terry MacAlmon's live recordings were reaching people far beyond the room in which they were recorded, yet the heart of the ministry remained unchanged: gather people, exalt Jesus and allow worship to rise freely.
The title expresses Terry's vision for the album. The sound of heaven is the sound of the redeemed giving worship back to their Savior. That idea is heard throughout the recording. For the Lord Is Good begins with celebration, followed by Here I Am to Worship and I Stand in Awe. Then the title track opens into a broader picture of worship rising from God's people. Dwelling Places and So Beautiful move into intimacy, while The Lamb Is Worthy and O the Glory turn the focus again toward the majesty and holiness of God.
My God and King carries that same devotion into a personal confession before How We Need the River closes the album as a prayer for the renewing flow of God's Spirit. The journey is deliberate: praise becomes adoration, adoration becomes hunger, and hunger becomes prayer.
The Sound of Heaven also reflects the freedom Terry has always valued in live worship. Songs are not rushed simply to reach the next track. There is room for response, for the congregation to sing and for worship to develop beyond a strict performance structure. The album captures hundreds of voices becoming one voice - a picture of people from different backgrounds turning together toward the same Savior and offering Him their worship.
