Citipointe Live

Its 4am about two hours from leaving the gold coast airport, our destination: Cambodia. I’m sitting next to my good friend Jake and have been since about midnight as he finalizes the artwork and trailer for the new special edition album “commission my soul” past and present, can’t wait for the release. Also really can’t wait to see our eyes opened as we visit our rescue home in Cambodia and move on to worship with our soon to be friends all throughout the Philippines. It really is time to be commissioned, to light up the darkness and be the answer this hurting world needs

Joel+

Commission My Soul: Trailer from Citipointe Live on Vimeo.

Commission My Soul – Released 27.09.09 – www.citipointelive.com

If you can’t see this trailer, try here or here.

Hey everyone, just want to give props to THE RED FROG crew! Andy Gourley and his Froggers are hittin’ up Uni’s and ‘Schoolies’ (school leaver’s celebrations) being somebody’s answer by just hanging out or blessing them with free stuff, yew!!! Both locally and globally, they are showing God’s love wherever they can. They are truly being a light in the darkness and we totally 100% love’em and believe in all that they are doing. If you haven’t been involved in any way you should defs give some time helping out, it’s all about being God’s love to a love robbed world! Checkout the youtube doco below or visit www.redfrogs.com.au

Love mucho
Aaron & Beck

Sometimes I reflect inwardly (as we all do sometimes) and ask myself the question…. “Why am I doing this?”  What’s my purpose, my reasoning, my motive behind what I’m doing right now?  We’re sitting here at Andrew Cochrane’s studio mixing the latest Citipointe Live tracks and I’m asking myself, “Why spend so many hours in the studio creating music?”

I know it seems like a pretty simple question to answer, but asking yourself the question “WHY” can ultimately define and direct where your life and more so, where your heart is heading.  I think it’s a habitual question we should be asking ourselves.  Because life hits you hard, fast, and constant.  And if we can’t help guide this ship, especially what’s happening on the inside, then I think it’s fair enough to ask ourselves are we doing “all that we do” for God or for ourselves.

Making music is fantastic. Yes, a huge blessing. Yes, for me it is dreams becoming reality. However, there has to be more than just the music. More than just creating another song amongst the thousands upon thousands of songs that blast the airwaves.  There must be a core God-given purpose. A God-breathed calling attached to what we do in life.  Music can bring incredible hope, passion and a persuasion to live for a higher purpose. It can unite differences. Best of all, it can open the Heavens for God to flood the earth.  So passionate to see His Kingdom come upon our earth as it is in Heaven.

In a way, this blog is me just spilling my heart and thoughts. I’m actually answering the question “Why”, right now. So, whatever you’re doing right now, it very well may be chillin in a studio producing music, working your 9-5 job or pursuing the dream that wakes you up in the morning… Take some time and check yourself. Check your heart and make sure your motives line up with His.

Nothin but love!
Aaron

Hey Everyone!

Well we are very excited and looking forward to our touch down in the beautiful regions of Cambodia and the Philippines!
Fanning this flame of excitement is our belief that there will be such an opportunity for our team to impart something unique and fresh into the minds, hearts and lives of all those who are to fellowship with us. It truly will be such a time of precious worship moments and revelation as God’s presence can not help but come as His Church and His people choose to sacrifice their time to meet and love Him.

So just to give you all the run down, we will be holding a series of Masterclass workshops called the Ultimate Worshipper which will highlight the spiritual and practical elements of what is needed to effectively fulfill our call as worshippers in the modern day church. The classes range from insightful topics that depict what it means to have true worship in our hearts through to streamlined electives options that aim to refine your practical giftings in the areas of the Vocalist, the Musician and the Production Technician.
Along with this, Citipointe Live will be leading worship at various events across the Philippines and areas of Cambodia.
Let us encourage you all to be there as we believe it will be a time of Heaven meeting Earth and we do not want you to miss out on this!

So take a look at the dates below and locate your nearest venue so you can be a part of this exciting time.

5th September – New Life Fellowship
Contact for more details: karen@nlfcambodia.org

6th September – New Life Fellowship
Contact for more details: karen@nlfcambodia.org

7th September – Heartland Ministry
Kampong Cham
Contact: www.heartlandinternational.org.au

8th September – Heartland Ministry
Kampong Cham
Contact: www.heartlandinternational.org.au

9th September – SHE Rescue Home
Contact: www.sherescuehome.org

12th September – The Ultimate Worshipper Masterclass
Cebu, Philippines
PM : Worship Event
Cebu, Philippines
Contact: www.beccamusic.com

13th September – 10 a.m. GCF Church
Cebu, Philippines
4:30 p.m. Citichurch
Cebu, Philippines
Contact: www.beccamusic.com

15th September – Worship Event
Bacolod
Contact: www.beccamusic.com

16th September – Worship Event
Dumaguete
Contact: www.beccamusic.com

20th September – 9 a.m. VCF Church – The Fort
Manila
11 a.m. VCF Church – The Fort
Manila
3 p.m VCF Church  – Greenhills
6 p.m. VCF Church – Venue TBC
Contact: www.beccamusic.com

So make sure you pre register to be a part of our Ultimate Worshipper Master Class which has been designed for the sole purpose of growing and inspiring YOU as a follower and worshipper of our God. Tickets are also becoming limited for the concerts in the Phillipines so get in quick, tell your friends, and let’s make these meetings an encounter in His presence that will be forever remembered.

Now for those who have already set aside the time for an amazing few days of deep communion and teaching, we genuinely can not wait for our time together to begin and pray your hearts be opened with anticipation for His glory to move in and through your lives.

Can’t wait to see you very soon!

Love to you all,

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+

Beck and I have a huge opportunity this week!

We have been invited to lead worship for the International COC Pastor’s conference in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia. First of all the invite is such an honor.

Secondly, it‘s gonna be an incredible experience worshiping with Senior Pastors/leaders from all around the world!

It‘s so good! The underground current of what God is doing in the world is so strong. The gathering of His people, in truth, in love, marching for the answer!

We live in a new era. A new time the world has never seen… and what’s flowing out of our hearts in song, we can’t wait to share with the COC movement this week!

Love it…the best days are yet to come for COC church’s across the globe!

So exciting! Pray with us that God would pour out His spirit this week upon the leaders of this movement!

Much Love,

Aaron and Becky Lucas

Beautiful peeps,

If you love Jesus, he calls you to worship him. No matter your situation, no matter your past, no matter your success.

He has called us to honor and adore Him with all our hearts, mind, and soul. We are spirit beings, and for our spirit to connect with the spirit of God we must approach his throne room with reverence.

John 4: 23 – 24

23: But the time is coming; indeed it is here now, when true worshipers will worship the father in spirit and in truth. The father is looking for those who will worship him that way.

24: For God is spirit, so those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.

The beautiful, God breathed, God destined, YOU, is responsible to uphold God’s worship, love Him enough to worship him wholly. God’s throne room should be irresistible to us!

Perfect Love to you all xxx