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"Try Church (Radio Edit)" by Greg Rider Farrell: Finding Grace at Rock Bottom


Ever felt too proud to ask for help?

Greg Rider Farrell wrote “Try Church (Radio Edit)” during a season when he was really lost and decided that he needed to try church. He once believed the world sat in the palm of his hand. Empty shows and one-night plans filled the space where real connections should have lived. He didn’t know a Friend was sitting on the nightstand — waiting, patient, unnoticed.
Pride kept him stuck. Greg sings: “Too damn proud to give in and realize I’m the one who needed help this time.” Have you ever felt that same resistance? The urge to fix everything on your own, even while everything is falling apart? Too proud to ask (Him) for help…

Greg Rider Farrell - Try Church (Radio Edit)The chorus names the struggle. “I’ve been a sinner, I’ve been lost, I’ve been thrown around without a cause.” There is no pretending here, no performance. Just honesty sitting at the bottom of a bottle, listening for something — Someone — to answer back.

That’s where Jeremiah 29:13 shows how to break the downward spiral… “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” God isn’t hiding behind a locked door waiting for perfect people to knock. He’s waiting for the honest ones to open their door for Him.

Seeking with your whole heart doesn’t mean that you first need to have it all figured out. It means that you show up broken and trust Him enough to stay anyway. Bring your unresolved anger. Bring your bottle-bottom honesty. Bring the version of you that’s too proud to ask — and ask Him anyway. Also realize that His help may come in many shapes and ways, including people that He places on your path.

What have you got to lose? Greg asks the same question in the bridge of the song: “What do I have to lose by bringing Him on my side?” Nothing, really. You have everything to gain.

Give this Radio Edit version of “Try Church” a listen today. Let its message loosen whatever pride you’re carrying. “I think that it’s time. Time that I try church.”

(Related scripture: Jeremiah 29:13; Psalm 34:18; Matthew 11:28)

Background:

This song is dear to my heart, and I wrote this at a time when I was really lost and decided that I needed to try church. I feel a lot of people can resonate with this song and be at a time in their life when they are willing to try anything to help them get back to feeling happy again.

Release date: September 16, 2026

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