David Delgado’s album You Have Been Faithful is an uplifting a= nd encouraging tribute to God’s faithfulness and love

David Delgado is a worship leader= and songwriter from Las Cruces New Mexico. His album You Have Been Fait= hful is an uplifting and encouraging tribute to God’s faithfulness and love. The 10-song CD, in addi= tion to being a great musical and spiritual pick-me-up, also will prove to be an= excellent resource for worship leaders looking for God-focused congregational songs – especially since the lyric/chord charts for each song are available for free download on David’s website.

Blessing and Honor, Come Let Us Worship= , and You Never Fail are three t= racks which immediately hooked me in, but there are lots of other great songs, so= let me give you are brief survey of the album content:

01.&= nbsp; My Offerin= g – Incurably catchy bass riff drives this prayer of dedication to God. Not as congregational-fr= iendly as some of the other songs.

02.&= nbsp; You Are My Refuge – Listen once and this song will stick in your head (good thing). Immediately sing-able= , with a great chorus. Should be a l= ot of fun to use with a congregation.

03.&= nbsp; Blessing A= nd Honor – Outstanding congregational song featuring gorgeous crystalline piano and a seamlessly looping structure. Once this one gets noticed, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it on some prominent worship albums!

04.&= nbsp; Come Let Us Worship – Another congregational song which should get a lot of use. Very sing-able guitar-dr= iven verses which lift into a powerful chorus.&= nbsp;

05.&= nbsp; Your Love = Is Amazing – Some very tasty guitar carries this song along. Once again, David demonstrates his= knack for writing immediately sing-able tunes.&n= bsp; Should be quite easy to use this one for congregational worship.

06.&= nbsp; You Never = Fail – From the opening bars, I knew I would like this one. Everything in the verses builds to= ward the exuberant chorus. A power= ful expression of trust in God.

07.&= nbsp; You Have B= een Faithful – This song glides along on smooth bed of rhythmic acous= tic guitar. Once again, the focus= is on God’s faithfulness. Bea= utiful song.

08.&= nbsp; If My God = Is For Me – Nice guitar and piano work.= David’s vocals kind or remind of James Taylor on this one.

09.&= nbsp; Your Patient Love – What a great melody and piano work! It rem= inds me of some of Hillsong’s mellow songs. Once again, the lyrics exalt the gracious faithfulness of God’s love.

10.&= nbsp; I Give You Everything – Great closer for the album. The melody is so intuitive, itR= 17;s very easy to jump in and start singing along. Then the choir backing kicks in. Wow! This song will be a great one to c= lose a service with. So uplifting.

Well, I guess by now you = can tell that I like this album. Hones= tly, a lot of albums have a few good songs, stuck between some very forgettable on= es. It’s unusual to find such a concentration of great material on one album. For an independent album, the prod= uction is outstanding. The arrangeme= nts are excellent, as is the audio production.= David’s voice is showcased best when he is singing at full power. Occasionally, his voic= e is a little weak, but this is easily outweighed by the heart of a worshiper that comes through in everything he does. I hope that this review encourages you to pick up a copy of his album and also to use his songs, if you are a worship leader. I know that I will be presenting s= ome of the songs to our worship team for consideration. It was a pleasure to review You Ha= ve Been Faithful!

John Green is a freelance= writer, and songwriter. His works have appeared in Discipleship Journal, Christianity.com, Worship Leader’s = Song Discovery, and Infuze magazine.