This Is Our God


This Is Our God is the seventeenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. It was recorded live at the Acer Arena on 9 March 2008 by Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston, Darlene Zschech, and the Hillsong Live Worship team with a crowd of over 10,000 worshippers. The album opened at No. 2 on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart in Australia.

Album information

This is Our God is the first Hillsong album since 1996 on which Darlene Zschech has not appeared as worship pastor, since Reuben Morgan officially became the new worship pastor of Hillsong in 2008. It also features a greater variety of singers, as the church's most traditional worship leaders are not as heavily featured.
This is the third album released under their new name 'Hillsong Live'. Even though Hillsong has been using the 'Live' logo on their albums since 2006's Mighty To Save as well as listing these albums under 'Hillsong Live' on their website for some time, This Is Our God is the first album to be officially released with 'Hillsong Live' listed as the artist name on the spine of the CD and DVD.
The Majority of the songs were written by Reuben Morgan, Darlene Zschech, Joel Houston, Michael Guglielmucci, Matt Crocker, Brooke Fraser, and Ben Fielding.
On 21 August 2008, Michael Guglielmucci of Planetshakers, the composer of the track "Healer", a song about his cancer struggle, admitted he had lied about ever having cancer. Representatives of churches with which Guglielmucci had affiliations told the press they were totally unaware of this situation. In an email sent to Hillsong members, the church's general manager, George Aghajanian, said the news was even a shock to Guglielmucci's own family and that the suspended pastor was seeking professional help. The Australian Christian Churches promised that all money donated by listeners inspired by the song will be returned or donated to charity and is currently auditing Guglielmucci's bank accounts to determine the amount of funds raised. The track "Healer" has since then been removed from the track listing in future releases of the album though it has not been removed from the iTunes Store as an individually available track or as part of the album.

Track listing

CD
TrackSongSongwriterWorship leaderLead supporting vocalTime
1"Your Name High"Joel HoustonJoel HoustonAnnie Garratt3:55
2"Run"Joel HoustonJoel HoustonAnnie Garratt3:20
3"Desert Song"Brooke FraserBrooke Fraser, Jill McCloghry—4:11
4"This Is Our God"Reuben Morgan, Jill McCloghryJill McCloghryAnnie Garratt, David Ware5:48
5"He Is Lord"Ben FieldingAnnie GarrattMarcus Temu4:54
6"High and Lifted Up"Darlene Zschech, Mike GuglielmucciDarlene ZschechMarcus Temu, Jill McCloghry4:37
7"Stronger"Reuben Morgan, Ben FieldingJad GilliesDarlene Zschech4:26
8"Healer"Mike GuglielmucciMike Guglielmucci, Darlene ZschechJoel Houston7:05
9"You Are Here "Dave George, Grant PankratzJoel Houston, Darlene ZschechMike Guglielmucci2:51
10"You Deserve"Matt Crocker, James DunlopSam KnockJonathon Douglass, Annie Garratt4:37
11"Across the Earth"Reuben Morgan, Matt CrockerMatt CrockerAnnie Garratt4:29
12"Where We Belong"Reuben Morgan, Joel DaviesJoel Davies5:32
13"Sing to the Lord"Mike Guglielmucci, Matt CrockerMarty SampsonBrooke Fraser6:43
14"You'll Come"Brooke FraserBrooke Fraser, Darlene ZschechJoel Houston5:04
15"Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"Helen Howarth LemmelBrooke Fraser—1:45
16"With Everything"Joel HoustonJoel HoustonDarlene Zschech7:55

DVD
  1. "Bible Reading & Prayer"
  2. "Your Name High"
  3. "Run"
  4. "Across the Earth"
  5. "Bible Reading"
  6. "This Is Our God"
  7. "He Is Lord"
  8. "High and Lifted Up"
  9. "Stronger"
  10. "Bible Reading"
  11. "" '
  12. "You are Here '
  13. "Bible Reading"
  14. "You Deserve"
  15. "Alive In You"
  16. "Bible Reading"
  17. "Desert Song"
  18. "Sing to the Lord"
  19. "Where We Belong"
  20. "Bible Reading"
  21. "You'll Come"
  22. "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"
  23. "With Everything"
  24. "Benediction"
  25. "With Everything"
Note: The DVD sub-menu "Song Selection" contains track listings for songs only. Spoken-word tracks may be accessed directly using navigation buttons while watching the feature
Documentary
  1. "This Is Our God"
  2. "Desert Song"
  3. "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"
  4. "Your Name High"
  5. "With Everything"

    Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic
;Year-end charts
Chart Position
US Billboard Christian Albums50