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Let The Church Sing Tauren Wells
“I’m so excited about this song, Let The Church Sing! The genesis of this idea was really me with my eyes closed, dreaming about one day planting and pastoring a church in Austin, TX, and what that would sound like. When I started to think about what it would sound like to hear God’s people coming together, I was thinking of these core tendons of our faith, one God, one Family, one sound. The fact that this mission that we all live for the Gospel spreads far beyond just a singular city or church if flows all over the world. So this song is an anthem of God’s people singing of His glory and goodness.” ~Tauren
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Life 97.9 Music Team Top 5
# 1 Unashamed Matthew West
# 2 a’lil’Church TobyMac
# 3 Up + Up Colton Dixon
# 4 A Thousand Times We Are Messengers
# 5 Jesus Loves Zach Williams
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Hey, it’s Jeremy from the Bright Side with Jeremy and Elaina. One of the songs I’m really loving right now is Rend Collective’s “Fight of My Life.” It specifically speaks to me because I have battled anxiety attacks, and it’s a great reminder that God is with me and that He gives me tools and people to help me have victory over the enemy. It’s a great reminder that when you are in the fight of your life, Jesus is right there, present and with you in every moment. ~Jeremy
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Survivors Jeremy Camp
Can’t Steal My Joy Josiah Queen feat. Brandon Lake
Outrun You Band Reeves
Flowers Samantha Ebert feat. Seph Schlueter
Where Would I Be Peter Burton
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Still Crowder
“I don’t know what you are going through today, but I want you to know this: God is continually and relentlessly in pursuit of you. He is active, He is present, and He is working! He is working, He is still working, and thank God, He is STILL working!” ~ Crowder
Be Kind Jason Gray
“Have you ever had this happen, where you hear somebody say something or you read a quote and the Holy Spirit goes “Psst, hey, pay attention to this!” That’s what happened to me when I read this quote from a Scottish preacher from the 1890s named Ian Maclaren. He wrote, “Be kind, because everyone you meet is in a hard battle.” It wasn’t long after I read that quote and I was at the supermarket and the guy behind the counter was being rude to me for no reason. I was tempted to judge him and to react the rudeness, but then the Holy Spirit brought those words to mind and then I thought, maybe he is having a hard day and there is no reason for me to make it any harder. In fact, Holy Spirit, in this brief moment that we have with each other, is there anything I can do to make it better? I do believe that acts of kindness are like the trail of breadcrumbs that we leave behind to lead people to the heart of God, and that’s why I wrote this song.” ~Jason
Turn Ben Fuller
“My heart never broke sober before and I had just gotten out of a relationship. I wanted to go back to the old ways. I wanted to go back to the places I used to go for comfort, the things that I used to do for comfort, but after everything Jesus has done for me I couldn’t go back. I found myself in a song writing room a couple days later and I swore I wasn’t going to talk about it, I wasn’t ready to talk about it. But within a few moments of being there it all came out. And what we realized was I had no where to turn but to Jesus.” ~Ben
Mighty Name of Jesus Hope Darst
“I’m so excited for you to hear my new song Mighty Name of Jesus! I hope this song really encourages you, especially if you’re fighting with fear or worry, or you feel like you just can’t see a way out, or the enemy is coming against you. This song is a prayer for you to sing over your life, over your heart, over your mind and remind yourself that everything you need is in the mighty name of Jesus.” ~ Hope
Thank You Isn’t Enough Tasha Layton
“1 John 3 we read, “See what great love The Father has lavished on us. That we should be called children of God.” And that is who we are! I don’t know about you, but I’m not who I used to be, and that’s thanks to the grace of God! He has lavished His love on me and I feel freer than I evet thought I could feel. I want to write songs that capture the joy I have in my life now that I didn’t have before. I believe with all my heart that if God can do such a crazy powerful work in my life, that He can do it for you too.” ~ Tasha
Living God John Allan
“It centers on the themes of worship and wonder. The course is an opportunity for all believers to declare that there is one Living God and His name is Jesus. Living God, there is no other beside you. Living God, there is no other I bow to. The wonder section lives in the verses stating “I want to touch the robe that heals the sick. I want the voice that speaks deliverance. I want to rest my head on Jesus’s chest.” As a child of God I never want to stop reaching to the sea splitting God!” ~John
Get Behind Me Emerson Day
“I wrote this song to remind myself of the power and authority we have in Jesus Christ. I felt under attack and felt things like anxiety and worry, and fear. I know those things are not from my heavenly Father; those can only come from the enemy. If you feel under attack, if you feel like the ground has been lost, this is the moment to take it back! We have power and authority through Jesus Christ, the blood that saved us. He has the final victory and the final say. The Bible says, “No weapon formed against us shall prosper,” and I believe it! I hope you will praise today and allow this to be your fight song.” ~Emerson
What An Awesome God Phil Wickham
“I want to remind you today that our God is an awesome God! He fills oceans and forms mountains. He speaks and stars burst into light. He commands the armies of Heaven. He is so huge and transcendent and eternal and yet He knows you and loves you! He wants you so badly to be a part of His family that He sent His Son on a rescue mission and to save you. He is not just awesome and powerful majesty, He is awesome in love. May we turn and worship Him in response for all that He has done, all that He is, and all that He has promised. Our God is an awesome God!” ~ Phil