Music for the Christian Warrior
Original music by James A. Hronchek & Chandra L. Hronchek
Album: Wake Up Ye Mighty
Song Title: (Go Forth) To The Battle
Composer: James A. Hronchek
©1995 James A. Hronchek & Chandra L. Hronchek
CCLI Address: 1933738
Album Back-Story
A warrior has many sides. There is the fierce side, ready to do battle, but there is also the resting warrior, the warrior who is praying because, after all, there is no guarantee that you will come back alive, the warrior who is relaxing with friends, and many others. So, just because Wake Up Ye Mighty is aimed at the warrior does not mean that all of the music is for battle.
We were attending a class one mid-week evening, when suddenly Jim had a vision for this album. He excused himself, then sat nearby writing in his notebook what God was showing him about how this album was to be. I believe he wrote two of the songs at that time also.
The cover art, while not exceptionally sophisticated, was designed this way in order to save on printing costs (this was before the days of digital printing). The cover was created with only two negatives rather than four that would be used for full color, so there were only two passes through the press rather than four. Each negative was assigned either the blue or the green color.
Why a Donkey?
We adopted the donkey image as a visual representation of Music for the Christian Warrior for an earlier album. Why a donkey? In the book of Numbers, chapter 22, God reprimands Balaam by allowing a donkey to speak to him prophetically because he ignored the warning of the prophet that God sent. We simply wanted to remind ourselves that, while God prefers to use His people, He can use any method He desires to get His message across. This was our semi-humorous way of constantly reminding ourselves that HE is the Creator and we are the created.
(Go Forth) To The Battle
LYRICS
Verse
I will go forth in the power of the Lord
All of His word to obey
And I can be sure as I follow after Him
That He will guide me every day
For I will watch very closely
That I see which way He goes
And I will exercise the gifts
that He gave
For it is He who empowers me
and orders every step
It is His voice I will obey
Chorus
Go forth to the battle
Go forth in Jesus’ name
Go forth with His living word
To set the captive free
Go forth with His Rhema
Go forth in Jesus’ name
Go forth
Every word will spoil principalities
Go forth
Go forth
Go forth
Go forth
Verse
We will go forth in the power of the Lord
All of His word to obey
And we can be sure as we follow after Him
That He will guide us every day
For we will watch very closely
That we see which way He goes
And we will exercise the gifts
that He gave
For it is He who empowers us
and orders every step
It is His voice we will obey
Chorus
Go forth to the battle
Go forth in Jesus’ name
Go forth with His living word
To set the captive free
Go forth with His Rhema
Go forth in Jesus’ name
Go forth
Every word will spoil principalities
Go forth
Go forth
Go forth
Go forth