Rend Collective is a prolific worship team from Ireland, about whom I've written in this blog a few times before. While they have another upcoming album, they did recently release a single entitled "Year of Victory." This song connects the end of 2020 with the biblical Year of Jubilee. As reported by The Christian Beat:
"The idea of the ‘Year of Jubilee’ in the Bible really captured our imaginations. That yes, this world will have its struggles, but the vision for God’s kingdom is one of freedom, emancipation, debt forgiven and sin atoned! Even though we’ve been through so much, we can still live prophetically the vision of the kingdom of God – which is good news to ALL people. It’s in HIM we can claim our victory!”
Rend Collective arguably rose to popularity with, arguably, some help from the success of the similarly acoustic and UK-based band Mumford & Sons (who won a Grammy in 2013). Rend Collective's song vary between Celtic-inspired, creative folk pop, and straight-up contemporary worship (Western). "Year of Victory" is arguably creative folk pop, involving strings with an arguable nod to Coldplay's "Viva la Vida," and it could be executed in a church service. Lyrics below:
We have a story of grace
We have an anthem of hope
We have a reason to praise
We are redeemed and restored
You are the great liberator
You ransomed us from our shame
Now by the blood of the Savior
Everything broken will change
Oh, this will be my Year of victory
My chains are gone, now I am free indeed
Every debt is paid by amazing grace
All that’s left is to celebrate
Your love has won
I’m free indeed, my jubilee has come
No longer slaves of the past
This is the year of the Lord
Here at the foot of the cross
We are outsiders no more
You made a way through the darkness
Into Your marvelous light
You broke the bondage that held us
Now we are fully alive
You shook the walls of my prison
You brought me back from the grave
You turned my mourning to dancing
Into the night I proclaim
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