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Can you trust God with your future love?  Jonny Wynns started praying for his future wife at the age of fourteen. (!!) He didn’t have a face to picture or a name to whisper. He just had faith that she was out there, somewhere, and that God was already writing her story alongside his. That kind of patience doesn’t come naturally. It gets built, one prayer at a time, and it requires a precious level of trust and diligence. “Someday” is a heartfelt pop single that Jonny wrote for his future wife. He sings, “I know that I don’t know you now, but I know someday I will.” Now, he’s not pretending that the unknown is comfortable. He admits that he’s “obsessed with what I don’t know,” but still he still chooses trust over anxiety. Notice what he does with any feelings of discomfort that this could create: “For now I’ll trust the Maker, cause I know that He made you.” He changes his focus from the empty space to the One who fills it.  Grab your Bible and let’s read about Habakkuk. Ha...

God feeds the sparrows. Will He forget you? (by Jasper Tan) “No Worries” by Keara is an uplifting, faith-inspiring song that focuses on finding peace and freedom from anxiety by turning to the Lord and trusting him to bring grace and relief to us. The song brings a reflective and natural imagery to establish a sense of being grounded before we are built into a more impassioned chorus. This subtle and atmospheric approach allows the lyrics to take center stage, reminding us that ultimately it is through God’s provision and divine grace that frees us from our worldly worries and cares. Drawing inspiration from Matthew 6:26, where it says —  “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them,” the song illustrates the idea that as God provides and takes care of the nature that surrounds us, we should also learn to trust God that we will be cared for as well. All we need to do is to surrender our worries and anxieties to...

Joy can be your strength, even in pain.  Chronic pain has a way of making faith feel like a question mark. Kate Stanford is very familiar with that. She wrote “Stand on Your Promises” while struggling with chronic pain and emotional times, asking God the same question over and over: “Is there anything too hard for you?” That question is what this song starts with, raw and unresolved. The song doesn’t stay there. Kate describes seeing “the morning light break after midnight,” quietly reminding us that darkness has limits. Somewhere in her waiting she heard a whisper: “child just hold on… child just be strong.” That whisper became the chorus of the song, and the chorus became an anchor: “The joy of the Lord is my strength through the battle.”   Read Nehemiah 8:10. The Israelites had just returned from exile. Their city was completely in ruins, their hearts were heavy with grief over a past that they couldn’t undo. They even wept when they heard God’s laws and realized how far...

Are you standing firm, or blown by the wind?  Matt Rees didn’t set out to write a blues rock anthem. Matt shares: “This Psalm has always been something of a meditation for me, to keep me centered on Christ, who is the fulfillment of the law of God. It was sort of a happy accident that it became a blues rock piece. I wanted to find a fresh way to write the whole Psalm, and I found that the pattern and building themes of the Psalm, with its chiastic (repeated and restated phrase) structure fit so well with this feel.”   He started “Blessed is the Man (Psalm 1)” back in 2020, tucked away in a voice note on his phone, tweaking a line here and there over the years. Then in 2024 his life was turned upside down, and he found himself returning to it. “The Lord knows the way that the righteous man will follow” stopped being a nice lyric. It became a source of comfort and strength. Think about the last time your life became confusing. Maybe you’re in that place right now. Matt found th...

Can a summer day point you straight to God?  Picture a day that feels different, exciting, a summer vibe that makes you feel alive. The windows are down, you’ve got nothing on the calendar, the whole neighborhood is coming outside as if summer just gave everyone permission to breathe. That’s the setting of “This Is What ALIVE Feels Like” by Thief Redeemed. It’s an upbeat pop-punk anthem, and the vibe is contagious! “Don’t overthink it just go,” the song insists, over and over, like a friend pulling you off the couch and dragging you outside into the golden hour of light.  There is a surprise in the song, an unexpected twist. Right when the energy peaks, hands up, worries gone, it turns and gives credit where the credit belongs: “And I know who put this joy in me // And I’m grateful as I’ll ever be // Every good thing comes from above // Every good thing born of love.” This song is not just a celebration; it’s also worship!  Scripture backs up the message of the song. Ja...

What are you holding onto that keeps on slipping?  Some songs come from a melody. “Nothing Left But Jesus” by Gospel Protocol came from the loss of an artist name that was designed to resemble his own, followed by a spinal fracture, a broken rib, and a bank account running dry. The artist behind Gospel Protocol shares: “What felt like theft became the beginning of a deeper confrontation with God. Christ used that loss to expose where I had placed my identity, draw me into repentance, and show me that He was more valuable than anything I was trying to recover or protect.” With all of his physical issues, no income, and no stability, there was no way for him to perform his way out of the situation or pretend that he was even partially in control. He couldn’t fix it, but could still seek God. And somewhere in that stillness, prayers became songs: “Every wall I trusted slowly // Showed the cracks I’d never known.”   Here’s the strange mercy in that line. What looks like collapse i...

Waiting on God isn’t wasted time.  Cindy Clark sat with a handful of piano bars for months. No lyrics came. No verse followed. She played that same little melody over and over, loving the vibe, and waiting for something to happen that she couldn’t rush. Until one day, desperate and praying, she heard that inner whisper: “go and sing Psalm 130.” Within ten minutes, “Out Of The Depths (Psalm 130)” poured out. “Out of the depths I cry out to you Lord, Lord hear my voice.”   Have you ever waited on something that you couldn’t force into existence? Waiting feels passive, but it isn’t. It takes real strength and character to keep showing up empty-handed, trusting God that the missing piece will come.  Psalm 130 describes that tension. The psalmist writes, “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning” (Psalm 130:5–6, ESV). A watchman doesn’t guess when it will be dawn. He knows it’s comin...