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Every return to God begins with one step. “Returning” by Commons Worship was never planned to become a church anthem. Their home church claimed the song almost immediately and sang it as their own cry. Behind it sat a conviction: God is drawing His people back to Himself, and this moment calls for an answer. Who is the song for? The wanderer, certainly. Also the person who has filled a pew for twenty years and quietly lost the thread. You and me, probably. Drifting rarely looks dramatic. It looks like a busy season, a skipped prayer, a Bible gathering dust on the shelf. The lyrics offer a simple way back. “I draw near as I surrender,” the first verse says, and the chorus answers with “We come running.” Notice that verb, “running” . Nobody runs toward a locked door. The song assumes the door is open and a Father is waiting behind it. That is the promise of James 4:8, the verse that inspired the song: “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” Start by taking the first step. Go...

God steps into impossible situations, including a manger. Ever faced a problem so big you stopped praying about it? Most of us have.  “Wild & Wonderful” by Marcus & Jalyn McGill pushes back against that quiet surrender. The lyrics open with a bold claim: “Impossible is possible // And we have the proof.” The proof is a baby. “A King was born in Bethlehem,” and Marcus & Jalyn can barely contain their delight. This joyful, energetic Christmas song is a great way to open a worship service, because it wants you on your feet and amazed. Think about how unlikely that first Christmas looked. A young woman. A virgin birth. A stable. Marcus & Jalyn call it “Heaven in a manger,” and they admit that it’s “Almost unbelievable // Yet we know it’s true.” Mary heard the news from an angel and had every reason to doubt. Gabriel gave her one sentence to hold: “For nothing will be impossible with God” (Luke 1:37). She believed it, and the world changed. What seems to be impossibl...

Failing again doesn't end your story. Some songs skip the small talk. “I Let You Down Again” by A Days Wait says it all in the title. Day Wave produced the song for his upcoming album “Modest.” The narrator stands “in the outside, still looking in.” Someone reaches out to pick him up. He drops the ball anyway. He calls himself “overbearing and under-engaged,” a man who “never cede control” when someone bares their soul. Does that sound familiar? The chorus pushes back: “This time around I could spare the fight.” The wish is sincere, but the follow-through isn’t. Grace lives in that gap. Most of us know that loop. We promise God that we’ll do better, and old habits slip in again before breakfast. There's a question that the song can’t shake: “Does anybody still believe when it starts?” The answer is: "Yes! God does." Lamentations was written in the ruins of Jerusalem by someone who had every reason to quit. He chose to write: “The steadfast love of the LORD never...

Love that stays through the chaos. Seven children. One swing. A dad singing to the baby while the other children are playing in the hall. Destin Dumais wrote “Daddy’s Love” from the middle of that noise. He hears “a laugh,” “a whine,” “a scream,” “a cry,” and admits he could “almost lose my mind.” You know that kind of day. Dishes pile up, schedules collide, and patience runs thin before lunch. In the chorus we hear: “I will catch you when you fall. I will answer when you call.” Dumais sings this as a father, but the song turns on a late-night prayer. On his knees, he hears God answer: “I heard you fuss, I heard you whine.” God stood in the hallway all along. He saw all of the chaos, and He stayed. In Psalm 103:13 we read: “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.” Earthly fatherhood is the sample. God’s love is the full measure. If a worn-out dad keeps showing up for seven children, just imagine the patience of a Heavenl...

Trust God with tomorrow before you understand it. An angel steps into an ordinary day in Mary’s life. She hears that she will carry the Son of God. Her first response isn’t praise, but a question: “How can this be?” Gresha Schuilling’s song, “Let It Be to Me”, stays with that moment. The angel does not scold Mary for asking, and answers with a promise: “No word from God will fail.” Mary’s questions immediately stop. She calls herself His servant, welcomes what He has said, and answers “freely.” Have you ever wanted to see the whole picture before taking the first step? Mary took the step first. Luke records her words: “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” Her “yes” cost her comfort and the plans that she had in mind for her future. Her “yes” also gave the world a Saviour. Your “yes” may look smaller. Maybe it is a hard conversation, a calling you keep dodging, or a person you need to forgive. Don’t delay. Name it, and then surrender your h...

Ever feel lost while chasing your own plans? In the summer of 2025, Frank Valentine sat alone in the Appalachian woods with a chest pain that would not leave. Weeks passed. It grew worse. He began to believe that his days were numbered. That is when “This Love” came to him. While singing it to the Lord, playing it on his guitar, he worried it might die with him, so this became the song that he recorded first. One voice accompanied by an acoustic guitar. The song stood on its own. Listen to where the song starts. “Used to be a vagabond in this life for so long.” Valentine knew that road, and so might you. Plans built, plans fallen apart. “All my mistakes that have hardened my heart.” Changes happen when you invite God in: “This love I found. Or should I say He found me.” Read what Jesus said in Luke 19:10: “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” You are not the hunter in His bigger plan. You are the one who is being sought. So what are you still trying to fix on your ...

When did you last count God’s faithfulness? Look back at your past week and name all of the ways that God carried you. That’s the place where “Abba Father” by Joel Aderinto starts. A place of thankfulness. “My life is a testimony of Your love and Your grace,” he sings, “I have seen how You come through for me each day and in every way.” Joel writes from Newcastle upon Tyne. He leads J.O.E.L. Ministries and hosts The Comforter’s Communion, worship gatherings held in small rooms from Lagos to Ottawa to Rheinfelden. Small rooms, big Father. The song carries that same closeness. The lyrics move from quiet reflection into a joyful shout, and Pidgin lines like “na you be God” sound like a believer talking to someone he knows well. Joel sings with confidence. “Abba” is a name used by children, a name you call out to someone who has never left you waiting at the school gate. Paul says in Romans 8:15: “you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’” You ar...