Today I went to the Evangelical Church of Bangkok. During the service we sang God of This City which you may know (as I did) as a song written by Chris Tomlin. The choir director, however, shared the true story of its origin:
God of This City was written by an Irish worship team called Blue Tree that went to Pattaya, Thailand to pray and worship over the city for 48 hrs. Pattaya is a city southeast of Bangkok that has the world's largest sex industry. While in Pattaya they were asked to play in a bar/brothel. When they were playing the Spirit of God gave them the words to God of This City, and they played it for the first time then and there as it was given to them.
I was surprised that I had never heard this if it were really true. So I checked it on YouTube, and it checked out. Chris Tomlin was performing in Ireland and one of the intro bands to his concert was Blue Tree. When he heard the song he asked them if he could play it. They agreed and the rest is history. Here are some YouTube clips telling the story:
This one is of Chris Tomlin telling the story behind God of This City:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co-RP2isqZY
This one is of Louie Giglio telling the story behind God of This City. I must warn you, however, that this contains explicit images from Pattaya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClODquEcYs8&feature=related
This one is of the lead singer for Blue Tree telling the story behind God of This City:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXh_tgjnYJw&NR=1
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