“A lot of people have asked why I used the word reckless to describe God. I see the love of God as something wild, insane, crazy—the way that He pursues, the way that He chases us down, the way that He loves, I believe, is reckless. So we were going after that really furious, sort of violent language, to speak of the nature of the love of God. It never backs down; it doesn’t give up. Jesus came to seek and save the lost… The reckless love of God says, ‘I will stop at nothing to have your heart.’” —Cory Asbury “reckless lOve” cOry asbury WRITTEN BY CORY ASBURY, CALEB CULVER AND RAN JACKSON “ ” “Bleed The Same” Mandisa (feat. TobyMac) WRITTEN BY MANDISA, CHRISTOPHER STEVENS, BRYAN FOWLER AND TOBY MCKEEHAN “ ” “One of my favorite Scriptures is where David says, ‘Why so downcast, oh my soul? Put your hope in God.’ And it’s basically David talking to himself. I identify with David in a lot of ways. He would have courage, but then he’d fall on his face. He was real about it. That’s how he prayed. If he was mad, he prayed mad. If he was confused, he prayed confused. He didn’t add anything to it, just talked about life like it was when he was talking to God, and that’s how I’ve always prayed… But there’s a point where the things you feel and fear have to face the God you know. In a storm, you’ve got to go with what you know, more than what you feel. I remember going into the o³ce that night, after [being diagnosed with cancer], and sitting down at the keyboard. The very ¯rst thing that came out of my mouth was, ‘Oh my soul, why are you weary?’” —Mark Hall “oh My sOul” casting crOwns WRITTEN BY MARK HALL AND BERNIE HERMS “ ” “We’ve all had bad days. I’ve had awful days with a child with a chronic illness, and there are times when I just [feel like I] can’t do this anymore. I want to be like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who say, ‘I know that God will deliver me, but if He doesn’t, I’m still not going to bow. I’ll still worship Him. He’s still worthy to be praised.’ I want to be that guy, and that’s what this song talks about. I know what He’s capable of, but even if He doesn’t come through, He’s still my hope because of what He’s already done.” —Bart Millard “Even if” mercyme WRITTEN BY MERCYME, DAVID GARCIA, BEN GLOVER, CRYSTAL LEWIS AND TIM TIMMONS “ ” “I don’t know how it happens, but somehow or another, the world tricks us into thinking it’s going to satisfy us. And it happens to me over and over and over again. The very things I look to that I think will satisfy me, fail me. How can I wake up with a house full of beautiful kids, but still wake up heavy-hearted, wake up lonely? I think it’s cause I’m counting on things that will never satisfy me. I think it’s easy to look to those things to ful¯ll us—even as far as a husband and wife relationship. When we start looking to that to ful¯ll us, sooner or later, it will let us down. Human love falls short of God’s love. That’s why in this song, I just cry out, ‘I just need You.’” —TobyMac “I just need u.” tObymac WRITTEN BY TOBY MCKEEHAN, BRYAN FOWLER AND BLAKE NEESMITH “ ” “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7, NLT) “I feel like a lot of times the devil tries to use my past against me. When I step on stage, I hear that I don’t deserve to be up here and that I don’t belong, but I’m not who the devil says I am. I’m who God says I am.” —Zach Williams “fear is a liar” zach williams WRITTEN BY ZACH WILLIAMS, JONATHAN SMITH AND JASON INGRAM “ ” “We are never going to ¯nd healing for our land by yelling and screaming at one another. We’re not going to ¯nd it by ¯ghting with one another. The only way that we can do that is by coming together and by realizing that we may look dierent on the outside, but we all bleed the same on the inside… My prayer with this song is that people will be able to look at one another and not be colorblind. Let’s actually see color. Let’s celebrate our dierences, but let’s realize that the one thing that unites us and brings us together is the blood of Jesus.” —Mandisa SOng Of the year Nominees SOng Of the year Nominees >> 78 << >> 79 <<
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