STEVE GREEN BIOGRAPHY
August 14, 1983. Steve recounts his
spiritual transformation:
“The Lord used my older brother,
Randy to lovingly confront me. That August afternoon, he and his wife, our
mother and my younger brother, David, rode together on the way to visit a
hospitalized relative.
David was driving, Randy was in the
front seat, and I was in the back. Randy was exorting us in the Lord, stressing
the importance of submission and communion with the Lord throughout every
moment of the day. I kept interrupting with wisecracks, and finally told him,
‘I don’t want to talk about this. Let’s talk about something else.’ When he
didn’t, my irritation grew into anger, and I told him to be quiet.
My family was shocked, and tears came
into Randy’s eyes as he turned and looked at me. ‘You’re not resisting me,
Steve, you’re resisting the Holy Spirit,’ he said.
I felt exposed and humiliated in
front of my family as a host of emotions surged through me. One was, ‘What’s
going on here?’ Another was self-righteous. ‘God can look at me right now and
see there’s nothing wrong with me.’ I said defensively. But along with the
anger was a gnawing thought that maybe Randy was right.
As we rode along, that thought began
to gain the upper hand, and I became more and more quiet. I felt like a kid
caught with his hand in the cookie jar – only this time I’d been caught by God.
That night I got on my knees and
confessed I really love Him. I began to confess my sins, things only he and I
knew about. Finally I said, ‘Lord, whatever it takes to be fully Yours, please
do it in my life.
No bells went off, no lightning bolts
struck. But the next day, August 14, I woke up and knew God was changing my
desires.”
At that time, Steve had wanted to be
with the mainstream Professions. He dreamed of becoming a doctor or lawyer and
enjoying what every American idealized as the “American Dream.” Of the five
Green children, he was the only one who did not enroll in Bible College and
enter Full-time Christian work. He wanted a taste of the good life and luxury
that this professions had to give and offer. “I had no desire for the level of
commitment that I saw in my parents. I had seen what God’s control on a life
did in their case, and I didn’t want that. I was outwardly compliant, yet there
was a subtle rebellion against God’s hand on me.” He recalled.
Steve’s spiritual remolding ushered
in a fresh outlook on his life and career. He met with friends Bill and Gloria
Gaither to share his newfound experience and life, telling them at one point that
he altogether lost his desire to sing. It was Gloria who encouraged him to go
on and continue his music ministry. “Now is when you are to sing… now you have
something to sing about. God has gifted you – don’t throw it away. See if He
will use it.” She countered.
With a new direction and renewed
vigor to sing for the Lord, Steve’s music has since soared the heavenly
airwaves. In 1983, he signed up with Sparrow records for his first solo album,
STEVE GREEN. Released in 1984, it was so well received that his peers in the
music ministry presented him with a Dove Award for being the best “Male
Vocalist of the Year” in 1985. His second album, HE HOLDS THE KEYS was likewise
nominated both for Grammy and Dove Awards. In early 1986, he teamed up with two
other writers, Dwight Liles and Niles Borop, to write and record a musical for
the Church called A MIGHTY FORTRESS. It was also toward the latter part of the
year that his best-selling album for GOD AND GOD ALONE was released.
Steve had not forgotten his spiritual
and musical roots after having spent almost 8 years in Argentina. In 1987, he
took a trip to Venezuela, Ecuador and Argentina to proclaim the Good News
through music. Steve has two Spanish albums: TIENEN QUE SABER, recorded in
1987, and TOMA LA CRUZ, recorded in 1990.
Steve always had a special place in
his heart for children. Deeply inspired by his two children, he recorded and
released a children’s album HIDE ‘EM IN YOUR HEART in 1990. This album received
a DOVE for children’s Music Album of the year.
At present, Steve has just come out
with his tenth album entitled, WE BELIEVE.
PEOPLE NEED THE LORD
By Steve Green
Everyday they pass me by,
I can see it in their eyes.
Empty people filled with care,
Headed who knows where?
On they go through private pain,
Living fear to fear.
Laughter hides their silent cries,
Only Jesus hears.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
When will we realize, people need the Lord?
We are called to take His light
To a world where wrong seems right.
What could be too great a cost
For sharing Life with one who's lost?
Through His love our hearts can feel
All the grief they bear.
They must hear the Words of Life
Only we can share.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord
At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
When will we realize that we must give our lives,
For peo-ple need the Lord.
People need the Lord.
THE MISSION
By Steve Green
There’s a call going out
Across the land in every nation
A call to those who swear allegiance to the cross of Christ
A call to true humility, to live our lives responsibly
To deepen our devotion to the cross at any price
Let us then be sober, moving only in the Spirit
As aliens and strangers in a hostile foreign land
The message we’re proclaiming is repentance and forgiveness
The offer of salvation to a dying race of man
Chorus:
To love the Lord our God
Is the heartbeat of our mission
The spring from which our service overflows
Across the street
Or around the world
The mission’s still the same
Proclaim and live the Truth
In Jesus’ name
As a candle is consumed by the passion of the flame
Spilling light unsparingly throughout a darkened room
Let us burn to know Him deeper
Then our service flaming bright
Will radiate his passions
And blaze with holy light
GOD AND GOD ALONE
By Steve Green
God and God alone created all these things we call our own
From the mighty to the small the Glory in them all is God's and God's alone
God and God alone is fit to take the universe's throne
Let everything that lives reserve it's truest praise for God and God alone
God and God alone reveals the truth of all we call unknown
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And the best and worst of man wont change the Master's plan it's God's and God's alone
God and God alone will be the joy of our eternal home
He will be our one desire Our hearts will never tire of God's and God's alone
