{"id":7723,"date":"2016-06-28T23:51:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T06:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7723"},"modified":"2016-06-28T23:51:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T06:51:38","slug":"five-favourites-christian-music-that-i-need-to-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7723","title":{"rendered":"{five favourites}: Christian Music That I Need to Hear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/fivefavorites.jpg\" alt=\"#5Faves\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I was all ready to do a miscellanea post and was having a hard time coming up with things until I was searching for YouTube videos for &#8220;No Longer Slaves&#8221;.  My search convinced me that I needed to do another post of my favorite Christian songs that I&#8217;ve heard on the radio lately or that speak to some part of me.<\/p>\n<p><center><strong>One<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Diamonds&#8221; by Hawk Nelson.<\/strong>  I was switching between radio stations on my drive north from San Jose to northern Washington and this one kept coming on.  Pretty soon, I was driving up I-5 singing it.  \ud83d\ude42  (Why yes, I *DO* sing along to the radio while I drive.)<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hawk Nelson - Diamonds (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yf1ARbpB0gA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><center><strong>Two<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;My Lighthouse&#8221; by Rend Collective.<\/strong>  I love the metaphor of God as a lighthouse that I look to for guidance of what lies on the shoreline and how to get to a place of safety in a storm.  Them filming the video on a working fishing boat was also pretty cool.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rend Collective - My Lighthouse (Official Video)\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/reAlJKv7ptU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><center><strong>Three<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Build Your Kingdom Here&#8221; by Rend Collective.<\/strong>  I seem to share this one every few months but I seriously love the video for it. I mean, incorporating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salvationarmy.org\/\">Salvation Army<\/a> trumpeters and fire jugglers into the same video is pretty creative. Not to mention, they&#8217;re from Belfast and I love their accents.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rend Collective - Build Your Kingdom Here OFFICIAL\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sbdJXKqVgtg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><center><strong>Four<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;To Live is Christ&#8221; by Sidewalk Prophets.<\/strong> With the amount of life changes I&#8217;ve faced this year, I can always use a reminder that I need to be focusing on Jesus in all of this and that my suffering is not something that He doesn&#8217;t know.  One of the things drawing me closer to Catholicism on my faith journey is their understanding of suffering and how it is a part of life but can be redeemed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sidewalk Prophets - To Live Is Christ (Official Audio)\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/obyCBevabGk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><center><strong>Five<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;No Longer Slaves&#8221; from Bethel Music.<\/strong> The song has been out for awhile but it came on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.praise1065.com\/\">the local Christian radio station<\/a> this weekend and I fell in love with it yet again.  It&#8217;s one that I need to listen to often to remind me that I don&#8217;t have to be afraid and that I am a beloved child of the Most High.  It can bring me to tears, y&#8217;all.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No Longer Slaves (LIVE) - Jonathan and Melissa Helser | We Will Not Be Shaken\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XxkNj5hcy5E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The radio version is here:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xMdI1uiUIwc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xMdI1uiUIwc<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Go love up <a href=\"http:\/\/thekoalamom.com\/\" title=\"Bonnie\">Bonnie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.babystylista.com\/\">babystylista<\/a>, and <a href=\"\" title=\"http:\/\/thekoalamom.com\/2016\/06\/5-favourite-household-management-hacks\/\">the others<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was all ready to do a miscellanea post and was having a hard time coming up with things until I was searching for YouTube videos for &#8220;No Longer Slaves&#8221;. 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