“on these lips” by phil king

the story and the study
from phil king

I love basketball—a lot. I played in high school and was pretty good. Many of my friends and teammates continued to play in college and even became professional athletes. While I love sports in general, basketball holds a special place in my heart. God knew what He was doing when He had me born in June, just as the NBA season reaches its climax with playoff finals and championship time! My sister was also born in June a couple of years later, and there's a photo of me holding her in the hospital while watching Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls take on Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers during the 1991 NBA Finals!

In high school, we would prep for home games by coming out to a loud and energetic pump-up intro song as we took the court. This often intimidated the opposing team and helped us secure home victories. Similarly, Heaven is the home court for every Christian, where the atmosphere is filled with the high praises of our God and King Jesus.

David demonstrated this home-court advantage by boldly praising the Lord, as he said in Psalm 34:1, "I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips!” When we sing praises like in the song “On These Lips,” we shift the battle to our home floor and challenge the enemy on our terms. Praising God is a powerful weapon when found on our lips. I hope you embrace this as you listen to the song.

On These Lips Lyrics

Verse 1
Every morning mercies rise
Faithful with the dawn
Through every day and darkest night
This shall be my song
In the valleys up the hills
As seasons come and go
Put confidence in Him alone
Peace be still my soul

Chorus 1
I will bless the Lord at all times
His praises will be found
Right here on these lips

Verse 2
I will bring my offering
Though sorrows come in waves
Even then let worship rise
I’ll trust Him, come what may

Bridge
He’ll be with us in the fire
Bread when we are weak and hungry
Ever present help in time of need
He is our Provider
When our labor leaves us weary
He’s enough to be our rest and strength

Phil King Bio

Phil King is fervent about leading and writing songs that bring many people to Jesus. Over the course of his life Phil has used his genre fluid sound, soulful voice, love for God, and heart for the Church to invite a diverse people to experience God.

King is the launch artist for newly formed label, Euphonic City, co-founded by two of his long-time mentors and friends, Paul Wright and Jennie Lee Riddle. He has been working on his fifth record which is a timely and rich gathering of songs for his Euphonic City debut. This release of Phil King will begin with 5 singles, culminating with a 14 track album featuring many of his family friends.

In his early 20’s he became the worship leader at Christ for the Nations in Dallas, TX before taking a position as a worship pastor at Gateway Church. Most recently, King moved he and his wife to Amarillo, Texas to join Trinity Fellowship Church where they have started their family and are now raising their young twins.

Phil has written multilingual anthems such as “So Worthy'' that have traveled far and wide. And notably, for the pro-life movement, “Not Forgotten” was performed by Phil and Francesca Battistelli at a Focus on the Family event, “Alive From New York” in Times Square attended by 20,000. King often leads at conferences and worship experiences. He has sung and played on records and live events for artists that include Michael W. Smith, Danny Gokey, Charity Gayle, Lauren Daigle, and others. His songwriting credits include Leeland, Matt Redman, Micah Tyler, Christine D’Clario, Rita Springer, and more. But most of all, Phil’s favorite thing is to be available to the men and women of God who carry the Gospel to the furthermost regions of the earth. In Phil’s own words, “I love the harvest field!”

CREDITS:

Produced and Mixed by Seth Talley

Mastered by Bob Boyd at Ambient Digital

Executive Producer: Jennie Lee Riddle

Label: Euphonic City in cooperation with people & Songs

Drums: tim buell

Bass: Jacob Lowery

EL Guitars: Seth Talley, gideon boley

Acoustic Guitars: Seth Talley

Keys: jason webb

B3: Lindell Cooley

"On These Lips" by Phil King