JPCC Worship – More Than Enough

According to their website,

“JPCC Worship is the local worship team of Jakarta Praise Community Church (JPCC). Through every song that they wrote together and through leading worship in services, JPCC Worship hopes to declare the love and truth of Jesus Christ, so that many people will get to know God and experience His life-changing power. Included in the team, JPCC Worship Youth and JPCC Worship Kids hope to build the faith children and teenagers through songs and music arrangement that is relevant for their generation.”

They released eight and two EP’s in English, including:

• Captivated (2006)
• All Things New (2008)
• God Is Our Victory (2009)
• Glory to Glory (2010)
• More Than Enough (2015)
• Made Alive (2017)
• Hope (2019)
• Brighter (2019)
• Found – JPCC Worship Choir (EP) (2020)
• Following Jesus – The Way (EP) (2021)

Lyrics can be found at https://genius.com/Jpcc-worship-more-than-enough-lyrics.

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1. What message does the song communicate?

God’s Word and love stays firm amid life’s turmult.  He is strong and mighty, whose power can break the chains that enslave us.  His justice will shake the whole earth and mercy fill our hearts.  Every knee will bow before Him.  His nature does not change and His existence will never end.  His portion overflows, causing us to yield in worship.

Score: 10/10

2. How much of the lyrics line up with Scripture?

The entire song is Scriptural.

[Verse]

Line 1: That is, when times are tough.

Line 2: God’s Word stands forever (1 Peter 1:25).

Line 3: See line 1.

Line 4: This is so because God is love (1 John 4:8) and love never fails (1 Corinthians 13:8).

[Chorus]

Line 1: Every knee will bow and confess Jesus as Lord (Romans 14:11 and Philippians 2:10-11).

Line 2: God’s love causes Him to shake the world (Hebrews 12:26-27) through righteous judgment (John 3:17-20, John 9:39, Acts 10:42, Acts 17:30-31, Romans 2:5-6, Romans 2:16, Romans 14:10, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Hebrews 9:27, and Revelation 20:11-15).

Line 3: We received God’s underserved favor (Luke 18:9-14, Acts 13:39, Romans 3:20-30, Romans 4:1-7, Romans 8:3, Romans 9:16, Romans 9:31-32, Romans 11:6, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 2:21, Galatians 3:10-12, Galatians 3:21, Galatians 5:2-4, Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 3:3-9, 2 Timothy 1:9, Hebrews 6:1-2, and James 2:10-11).

Line 4: He provides more than we ask 2 Corinthians 9:8).

Line 5: Jesus has the power to set loose all chains that plague us (Psalm 116:16, Mark 5:8, Romans 6:20, and Galatians 5:1).

Line 6: We surrender to God (Psalm 43:5, Isaiah 64:8, Matthew 10:38, Matthew 11:28-30, Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34-38, Mark 10:28, Luke 9:23, Luke 14:27, John 15:1-11, Romans 6:13, Romans 12:1-2, Galatians 2:20, Philippians 2:5-8, Hebrews 11:6, James 4:7-10, and 1 Peter 5:6).

Line 7: See line 3.

Line 8: Repeats line 4.

[Bridge]

Line 1: Combines parts of Verse, line 2, Chorus, line 3, and Chorus, line 1.

Line 2: Combines parts of Verse, line 2 with the depth of God’s love (Ephesians 3:18-19) and His unchanging nature (Numbers 23:19, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8, and James 1:17).

Line 3: Combines God’s glory (Exodus 16:7, Exodus 24:17, Exodus 40:34-35, Leviticus 9:23, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Psalm 3:3, Psalm 8:1, Psalm 19:1-4, Isaiah 6:1-3, Isaiah 40:5, Isaiah 42:8, Isaiah 58:8, Isaiah 60:1, Habakkuk 2:14, John 1:14, John 17:22, Romans 3:23, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Philippians 4:19, Hebrews 1:1-3, Revelation 21:10-14, and Revelation 21:23), faithfulness (Numbers 23:19, Deuteronomy 7:9, Psalm 33:4, Psalm 91:4, Psalms 119:90, Lamentations 3:22-23, 1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, 2 Timothy 2:13, Hebrews 10:23, 2 Peter 3:9, and 1 John 1:9), and eternal existence (Deuteronomy 33:27, 1 Chronicles 16:34, Job 36:26, Psalm 48:14, Psalm 90:2-4, Psalm 102:12, Psalm 102:26-27, Proverbs 8:23, Isaiah 40:28, Isaiah 41:4, Habakkuk 1:12, John 17:5, Romans 1:20, 1 Corinthians 2:7, Ephesians 1:4, Hebrews 1:11-12, 1 Peter 1:20, 2 Peter 3:8, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 11:17, and Revelation 22:13).

Line 4: He is greater than everything else (Deuteronomy 10:17, Psalm 8:3-4, Psalm 147:5, Job 26:14, Isaiah 40:28, and Isaiah 55:8-9).

Lines 5-12: Repeats lines 1-4.

[Outro]

Lines 1-4: Repeats Chorus, lines 7 and 8.

Score: 10/10

3. How would an outsider interpret the song?

JPCC Worship uses everyday language to describe many of God’s properties listed in section 1.  Combined with the word “Jesus”, this helps unbelievers to conclude Christianity.  While I applaud JPCC Worship for describing God’s power to break chains, some might conclude that because God can break all chains that He will break theirs, leading them to walk away when He doesn’t.  It might be helpful to include something like “Even if He doesn’t, I will still worship Him”.

Score: 9/10

4. What does this song glorify?

It glorifies God by describing His attributes, including His might, justice, eternity, and lovingkindness.

Score: 10/10

Closing Comments

JPCC Worship’s More Than Enough is more than adequate.  It proclaims God’s goodness, love, justice, and eternality.  We respond by accepting His grace and surrender to His will, glorifying Him.  Unbelievers should be able to follow along, though perhaps misunderstanding God’s power to end tragedy with His will to do so.

I recommend this song for corporate worship.  Seeker-sensitive churches may consider an explanation to “Jesus, You’re able, to break every chain” before worshipping with this song.

Final Score: 9.5/10

Artist Info

Track: More Than Enough (listen to the song)

Artist: JPCC Worship

Album: More Than Enough

Genre: Rock

Release Year: 2015

Duration: 6:18

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