Citipointe Live

We had a real challenge put on us last night at Creative rehearsal.  The challenge was to “trash our idols.” The night started with some worship, moved into listening to a Jason Upton song called “Dying Star,” (which, if you haven’t got Jason Upton’s music, it’s a must buy), then we as a team wrote down on a piece of paper the thing or things that were taking God’s place in our hearts. Each person then walked up to an old wooden cross on the stage, ripped up the pieces of paper and laid them at the foot of the Cross.
The thing is, there will always be the toys that our cowardly heart doesn’t want to give up.  There will always be idols in this life whether idolatry, man pleasing, our own dream chasing or whatever it is that will want to steal our thunder – our passion for Him.  It’s this selfish, sinful nature that has been passed down generation to generation because of a choice in the Garden of Eden, that we won’t get away from until that day, when Jesus takes our hand and leads us into eternity.
But reality is, the more we want of God, the more we have to die to ourselves, our own selfish ambition and dreams, and lay down the toys that we allow our heart to play with.
In order for this to happen, there’s going to be some pain involved.  We must, in our hearts, experience some bitter pain just like Abraham experienced if we want to see the blessing follow.
We need to be a generation with a never satisfying hunger for intimacy with God.  This hunger drives us to not  bargain with ourselves to give in to temptation in any way.
A life lived with Jesus shining brighter than anything else is what’s going to change the direction of our world.  It’s a choice. It’s gonna hurt only for a bit, but let’s choose to trash our idols and be a generation that shines our loving, graceful, and beautiful God.

Believin’ in Ya,
Aaron

Hey ya’ll!

In da studio tonight, kickin it with Bretty J. and Stu.
Doing some bass recording, stu by the way is killin’ it.
It’s incredible to hear songs come to life bit by bit.  These
Songs are really pulling on my heart at the moment.  They carry a real touch
of God, we’re so excited to release them to ya’ll, check the website for
details www.citipiontelive.com
For those that don’t know, we’re recording a 7 song studio EP this year.
It’s incredible when you go to choose which songs are going to go on the
album.  Some songs are no brainers and you know for sure they will go on,
but others seem to fall out of the sky and get onto the list.  There is one
song in particular that wasn’t even in our first discussion when we chose
the songs, then one night in the studio we scrolled down and found this long
lost demo that we did a few months previous.  Somehow it made it on the
album, crazy.
Keep praying for us hey, we’ve still have a few months left to go recording,
mixing etc.  Any and all prayers help BIG TIME!!!

Love ya’s mucho!

Aaron

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Hello. I  have just been sitting in the studio with Mr. Brett our engineer, and Mr. Stuart Bolger recording some serious bass guitar parts. It’s going really well. We have 3 of the seven songs completed for bass. The songs are sounding fantastic! All I can say is move over Flea ( Red hot chilly peppers)!!

So far, my favourite part from this album are the moments we have captured. Not just good music but amazing worship. I really believe that it is the heart behind these songs that is going to change and affect peoples lives. I believe that songwriting is a gift from above that we can work on and increase our skill level just like any other gift that we have. Meaning these songs could sound great just by the skill of our muso’s and from the fantastic song writing of Azza. But…. to have His presence all over it come from deep within our heart and motives is what makes it what it is!

Be good. Love you all.t’s time for the heart of Jesus Christ to be shown in this earth.

All my love

Joel +

So our worship team at the moment is talking about fasting!  It’s the most powerful spiritual discipline that is kind of missed in a lot of Christians lives.
We believe that fasting should be a lifestyle, something we live out every week of our lives.  It’s defs good for shedding a few pounds, which we all like to do at times, but inside of us all, is a yearning to be so much closer to God.  To be intimate with our God, to hear His voice clearly, to enjoy His company, to know His thoughts, to share in His glory.  For us to have such access to the All Mighty God is really a privilege and an honor.  It’s a responsibility not to take lightly.
So many things in our world need fixing, need to be rebuilt, transformed, thoughts need to be reshaped, lives need to be helped, and prayer and action only get us halfway there.  If we can embrace the spiritual discipline of fasting again, there is no stopping God from revolutionizing humanity as we know it.

1 Chronicles 7:14 says “Then if my people would humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.”

The best days for the Church of Jesus Christ are definitely RIGHT NOW.  God can heal lives, churches, communities, nations and the world.  That same transforming power lives within us, and when we fast, humble ourselves before God, deny our self, our soul, and pray and seek God, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

So we encourage you guys, seek God wholeheartedly, try it out, pray and fast and see God radically change your life.

Here’s just a little info on fasting for ya!
Be blessed.

What is Fasting:
Fasting is “afflict soul or self,” is to practice self-denial.

Why do we Fast:
To humble ourselves before God and seek His face!

Psalm 35:13 David said, “I put on a sackcloth and HUMBLED myself with fasting.”

The 5 ways of Fasting.

1-Normal Fast – No food, water only
Produces greater humility and deeper repentance.
2-Total Fast – No food, No water
Only if God is really leading you to do it and you have spoken to a pastor to help walk you through it.
3-Daniel Fast – Daniel 2:10; Fruits, Vegetables, and water.  No bread, no juices, no meats or desserts.
4-Partial Fast – This is about cutting flesh addictions (especially for those that cannot fast food).  Ex. T.V., Movies, Facebook/Twitter, anything that matters a lot to you and could be taking time away from God.
5-Corporate Fast – A normal fast with a corporate group.  Brings power and unity within a group.

So much love

Aaron

Were at the Grove recording this years EP! We decided to do a studio EP this year and were pumped with how its sounding so far.
I think this is what “Heaven” is like! Wake up to an awesome wife, coffee..pancakes..then hit the studio, pick up my guitar and just go for it for 12 hours! This is defs bliss.
Were walking out a dream and creating music that God has put on our hearts. Its an experience to remember in a lifetime and such an honour for us to be given the responsibility.
These songs carry the heart of the church today, pushing down walls and stepping into clarity with what Jesus has commissioned us to do, “go out into all the world and make disciples of all men!” (Matt. 28:18-20)
Its our turn, were ready for all that He has and willing to lay down everything, we are His disciples.
With love
Aaron

Ok so we arrive and I’m freaking out, this place is insane. Love it hey, our studio is in a mexican looking cottage home in the middle of bushlands surrounded by lakes and its crazy inspiring for writing. I love Grove Studios. Looking forward to the quality music that we are about to create for our God its so fun. Latas peeps. Love Chubs (Chardon).

The world as we know it is beautiful, but damaged. The words and melodies of the songs are God inspired and have the power to change hearts and direct them toward a life called by God. When we change – the world changes, that’s why we need the songs of heaven to be written and released. We don’t take lightly the responsibilty, importance, and opportunity to record Gods worship, we thank u God.

Love God and love people.
Forever His
Beck xxx

Hello, hello, hello. After a very long 10-hour drive from Brisbane to Sydney, while witnessing an infant duck being crushed by a motor vehicle and having the mother duck collide with our windshield we have arrived at grove studios. Our engineer josh is a legend and we feel he will really help us capture what we are looking for. This morning our wonderful manager Cathy cooked us up a feast for breakfast, Bacon, eggs, fruit, yoghurt and these fantastic muffins. Its good to eat like kings when trying to record. We finished the drums for two songs today and it’s sounding sick. Tonight we are having another amazing meal cook again by Cathy (THANK YOU CATHY) We are just about to head back into the studio to put down the album intro. It has a bit of oriental influence, I kind of like it. I really believe we are going to capture something special this year as we record this 7-track studio EP. We can feel the presence of God all over it. All right I got to jump back into the studio all our love

Joel+