Breath Spirit & Life – Tremble

Based out of San Antonio Texas, Breath Spirit & Life (BSL), is a multi-genre, faith-based band, with musicianship to inspire and bring a new sound to audiences worldwide.  

Rich Spremich, the founder/songwriter has combined his love for Rock, Latin Rock, Funk and Jazz influences to bring a variety of powerful, uplifting, original songs. With the help of 14-time Grammy award winner Gilbert Velasquez from San Antonio with engineering, producing and on guitar.  

Rich Spremich, launched Breath, Spirit and Life in 2010. He is one of the founding members/drummer of the 70’s group Malo, along with Jorge Santana and had renowned success with “Suavecito” and “Nena.”

Source: https://www.breathspiritlife.com/home.

They released two albums and one EP, including:

• Flame On (2016)
• Fuego (Spanish version of Flame On, EP, 2016)
• Heart’s Cry (2019)

Side Note: For the remainder of this review, I’ll refer to this artist as BSL.

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1. What message does the song communicate?

BSL makes several points about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and themselves:

Father/Son/Spirit

• Came to rescue BSL
• Ruler
• Light
• Calls
• Lord of lords
• Creator
• Trinitarian
• Lives in believers
• Powerful
• Truthful
• Loving

Themselves

• Could not seek God by themselves
• Reveres and worships God
• Might comes from God

Score: 10/10

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

This song oozes Scriptural goodness.

This song does not contain a Verse/Chorus/Bridge structure.  Therefore, I assigned stanzas to each paragraph.

I have direct permission from the artist to post these lyrics.

[Stanza 1]

You come to me, my King You are

Left to our own devices, BSL would not seek God (Psalm 14:2).  Yet, much like God saught for Adam (Genesis 3:9), He comes to BSL.  He is also BSL’s King (Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:11, 1 Chronicles 29:11, 2 Chronicles 20:6, Psalm 24:10, Psalm 93:1, Psalm 110:2-3, Psalm 104:1, Psalm 145:5, Psalm 145:12, Job 37:22, Isaiah 24:14, Isaiah 26:10, Hebrews 1:3-4, Hebrews 8:1, Revelation 4:1-11, and Revelation 19:7-16).

Spirit so bright, You’re my Morning Star

While Jesus is called “morning star” in Revelation 22:16, and the King of Babylon was given the same (former) title in Isaiah 14:12, Scripture doesn’t specifically say that the Holy Spirit is the Morning Star.  Yet, John 15:26 tells us that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and Son, and Acts 5:3-4 indicates that He is called God.  We also know that God is light, according to Psalm 27:1, Psalm 119:105, Psalm 119:130, Matthew 4:16, John 1:1-8, John 8:12, Ephesians 5:14, James 1:17, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 John 1:5-7, and Revelation 21:23.  Therefore, it is appropriate for BSL to call Him their Morning Star.

Your Spirit calls, I go down to my knees

The Spirit convicts BSL of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:7-8), causing them to prostrate themselves (1 Kings 8:54, 2 Chronicles 6:13, Ezra 9:5, Psalm 95:6, Isaiah 45:23, Daniel 6:10, Luke 22:41, Acts 7:60, Acts 21:5, Ephesians 3:14-19, and Philippians 2:10-11).

My soul Cries out in worship to Thee

BSL responds by worshipping God (Psalm 86:12, Psalm 103:1-2, Psalm 103:22, Psalm 119:10, and Psalm 138:1).

[Stanza 2]

I come to you my King You are

This is a direct result of events in Stanza 1.  BSL comes to God because He first loved them (1 John 4:19).

Lord of lords, You’re the source of all

The title “Lord of lords” is a title attributed to Jesus in 1 Timothy 6:15 and Revelation 19:16.  He is the ultimate Creator (Genesis 1:1, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalm 8:3-8, Psalm 33:6, Psalm 96:5, Proverbs 3:19, Isaiah 37:16, Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 45:18, Isaiah 66:1-2, John 1:1-3, Ephesians 3:9, Colossians 1:16, and Revelation 4:11).

Your Holy Spirit lives inside of me

As stated in Acts 6:5, Romans 8:9-11, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 6:16-19, Galatians 4:6, Ephesians 5:18, and 2 Timothy 1:14.

My soul cries out in worship to Thee

Repeats Stanza 1, line 4.

[Stanza 3]

As I tremble, Lord, before Your truth
I tremble, Lord, before Your love
I tremble, Lord, before Your Majesty

While I initially thought that the word “tremble” was inappropriate in the way that BSL used it.  Merriam-webster defines it as “involuntary shaking” or “great fear or anxiety”.  Deuteronomy 28:65-66 seems to confirm this definition, as it connects “trembling heart” with “terror” and “hanging in doubt”.  However, Psalms 2:11 calls us to serve God with fear and trembling, pointing to deep reverence and respect for God (e.g.; the “Fear of the Lord”).  Thus, “tremble” in this context is more about respect than what we consider “fear”.

BSL deeply reveres God’s truth (2 Samuel 7:25-28, Psalm 119:142, Psalm 119:151, Psalm 119:160, and John 17:17-19), love (Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 17:7, Psalm 36:5-7, Psalm 63:3, Psalm 69:16, Psalm 117:2, Isaiah 54:8, John 3:16, John 13:34, John 15:13, Romans 5:6-8, Romans 8:37-39, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 2:4-5, Ephesians 5:25, Titus 3:4, 1 John 4:8-10, and 1 John 4:16-19 ), and Kingship (see Stanza 1, line 1).

My soul cries out in worship to Thee

Repeats Stanza 1, line 4.

[Stanza 4]

I love you Lord, for all You’ve done

Summarizes all of God’s acts stated in this song, with BSL stating that they love God.  According to Jesus, this is one of the two most important commandments (Matthew 22:37 and Luke 10:27).  This is also part of the Shema in Deuteronomy 6:4-9.

Father, Son, Spirit You’re three in one

That is, the trinity.

In Jesus’ name, Your power flows through me

There is power in the name of Jesus (Mark 16:17, Luke 10:17, Acts 3:6, Acts 3:12-16, Acts 4:30, Romans 10:13, and Philippians 2:9-11), whose strength resides in BSL (2 Corinthians 12:9-10 and Philippians 4:13).

My soul cries out in worship to Thee

Repeats Stanza 1, line 4.

[Stanza 5]

As I tremble, Lord, before Your truth
I tremble, Lord, before Your love
I tremble, Lord, before Your majesty
My soul cries out in worship to Thee

Repeats Stanza 3.

[Stanza 6]

As I tremble, Lord, before Your truth
I tremble, Lord, before Your love
I tremble, Lord, before Your majesty
My soul cries out in worship to Thee

Repeats Stanza 3.

Score: 10/10

3. How would an outsider interpret the song?

Unbelievers will likely think it’s Christian given this song’s references to the Spirit, Jesus, and three persons of the trinity. BSL lists several attributes of God that are easy for those outside Christianity to comprehend.  However, they are more likely to interpret “tremble” based on my initial thinking: to be afraid of God.

Score: 7/10

4. What does this song glorify?

It glorifies all three persons of the Trinity as the ruling Lord whose power resides within BSL, leading BSL to worship, deeply respect, and love God.

Score: 10/10

Closing Comments

Breath Spirit & Life’s Tremble is wonderful.  It describes God as a trinitarian deity, who is our Creator, King, Lord, and power.  In response, BSL deeply reveres and worships Him, bringing Him glory.  Unbelievers should interpret similarly, though will likely think “tremble” is more about fear than reverence.

I highly recommend this song for corporate worship.  Seeker-sensitive churches should explain the meaning of “tremble” before worshipping with it.

Final Score: 9.5/10

Artist Info

Track: Tremble (listen to the song)

Artist: Breath Spirit & Life

Album: Heart’s Cry

Genre: Jazz

Release Year: 2019

Duration: 5:38

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