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My Top 10 Hits – Week 476

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date March 30, 2026
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Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back almost 50 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday March 29TH 2026 – the 476TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	11	Where Would I Be [9TH week @ # 1]	Peter Burton
2	2	13	Heaven On My Mind	TobyMac X Forrest Frank
3	3	5	I’ve Got A Fire	Pat Barrett
4	5	11	Finished	Caleb & John
5	4	11	Homesick For Heaven	Phil Wickham
6	6	24	How Good It Is	Chris Tomlin
7	8	8	Good	Matthew West
8	9	9	Make It Well	MercyMe
9	7	10	The Love I Have For You	Colton Dixon
10	–	1	Everything Is Better	Hopeful.

# 1 This Week In:
2025 – “Money Can’t Buy” – Cochren & Co.
2024 – “Lead On Good Shepherd” – Patrick Mayberry
2023 – “The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)” – Matt Maher
2022 – “Brighter Days” – Blessing Offor
2021 – “Say I Won’t” – MercyMe
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Confidence” – Sanctus Real
2018 – “No One Like Our God” – Lincoln Brewster
2017 – “I Have This Hope” – Tenth Avenue North

HOPEFUL. – I love a debut artist, and here we have one from the surf of Southern California. They are 5 guys who love God and are hopeful of His promises. “Everything Is Better” is their debut hit that’s starting to make waves on the radio. It’s my first new entry on my chart in 4 weeks – since Pat Barrett entered at # 10 with “I’ve Got A Fire”.

ONE-HIT WONDER – Jamie MacDonald spent 2 weeks at # 10 on my chart in February 2025 with “Desperate”. It was a big hit nationally that simply underperformed on my chart. Her follow-up was a # 1 smash nationwide – “Left It In The River” – but it never made it onto my chart. It’s actually still in the Top 10 nationally, and there’s a small chance that it could still enter my chart. If that happens – then Jamie MacDonald will no longer be a one-hit wonder.

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime by accessing my CountUp playlist on Spotify. All 10 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 10, or you can shuffle them. My playlist will be updated every weekend (usually before the actual chart is presented here on Mondays). You can link to it here.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. God used loud music on the radio in South Florida to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

Be blessed my friends ! May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Greetings my friends. It is Sunday March 29TH 2026, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

Volume 9, Number 5, Edition 405
“Palm Sunday”

The next day – the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors took palm branches and went down the road to meet Him. They shouted, “Praise God ! Blessings on the One who comes in the name of the Lord ! Hail to the King of Israel !” Jesus found a young donkey and rode on it – fulfilling the prophecy that said: “Don’t be afraid – people of Jerusalem. Look – your King is coming – riding on a donkey’s colt.” His disciples didn’t understand at the time that this was a fulfillment of prophecy. But after Jesus entered into His glory – they remembered what had happened and realized that these things had been written about Him. Many in the crowd had seen Jesus call Lazarus from the tomb – raising him from the dead, and they were telling others about it. That was the reason so many went out to meet Him – because they had heard about this miraculous sign. Then the Pharisees said to each other, “There’s nothing we can do. Look – everyone has gone after Him !”

The triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem appears in all 4 Gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The Scripture above is from John 12:12-19, and that’s the New Living Translation (NLT).

I greet you each Sunday with the words of Psalm 118:24 – This is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it.

The next 2 verses right after that are quoted in John’s Gospel:

Please – LORD – please save us. Please – LORD – please give us success. Bless the One who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless You from the house of the LORD.

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

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Ag Tour

Welcome back to #TravelThursday. Last week I wrote about the middle 3 hours of my 9-hour “ag tour” that I went on 4 Thursdays ago – hosted by UF IFAS Extension – which stands for University Of Florida Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences. They have Extension offices in all 67 of Florida’s counties. (I’m in Highlands County.)

After our steak lunch at the Avon Park Community Center – we headed west for a very short drive (exactly one mile) to Classic Caladiums. Our group was greeted out front by Clay for a talk about their company – the world’s largest caladium grower. Created in 2000 – they produce about 30 million bulbs annually of about 100 varieties. Clay led us on an extensive tour of their very busy working warehouse. It was very interesting. They have a well-run operation there with about 25 full-time employees and over 100 workers during peak harvest and grading season (October to March).

Our 5TH stop of the day was right across the street from Classic Caladiums at the Barben Blueberry Farm. We stayed on the bus for this stop, and Bobby Barben came on to tell us all about his family’s farm and their long history (4TH-generation / over 100 years) in the citrus business.

Our final stop of the day was 23½ miles away at Lake Istokpoga Park. This stop fulfilled the “Natural Resources” portion of our day-long tour of the region. A young guy led the talk. I think maybe he’s a Highlands County Parks & Recreation employee. His talk was mostly a geology and geography lesson of the County, and most of his facts were accurate. I didn’t really learn much from this segment, as I’ve previously studied it.

We returned back to the Bert J. Harris, Jr. Agricultural Center Highlands County at about 5:10 PM, and our 9-hour tour / 10-hour experience was complete. I enjoyed it all. All 6 stops were places that I had never been to before (aside from driving by). The first two stops before lunch at the citrus farms were the most interesting. Lunch was good. And the first stop after lunch at the caladium warehouse was educational and informative. The last two stops were the least interesting.

TODAY – Thursday March 26TH 2026 – is actually the final UF IFAS Extension “ag tour” of the season, and I am not on it. They are on a tour of 6 different stops – including a steak lunch. I’ll try to get on 1 of the 3 tours next winter season. As for today – I’m returning home from South Florida. I was down there for the first time in nearly 9 months. I’ll write all about it – next – #TravelThursday. Let’s keep traveling together.

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 475

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date March 23, 2026
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Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back almost 50 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday March 22ND 2026 – the 475TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	10	Where Would I Be [8TH week @ # 1]	Peter Burton
2	3	12	Heaven On My Mind	TobyMac X Forrest Frank
3	4	4	I’ve Got A Fire	Pat Barrett
4	2	10	Homesick For Heaven	Phil Wickham
5	5	10	Finished	Caleb & John
6	6	23	How Good It Is	Chris Tomlin
7	7	9	The Love I Have For You	Colton Dixon
8	10	7	Good	Matthew West
9	9	8	Make It Well	MercyMe
10	8	4	Keep Holding On	Jeremy Rosado

# 1 This Week In:
2025 – “Never Get Used To This” – Forrest Frank Ft. JVKE
2024 – “Lead On Good Shepherd” – Patrick Mayberry
2023 – “The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)” – Matt Maher
2022 – “Brighter Days” – Blessing Offor
2021 – “Say I Won’t” – MercyMe
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Confidence” – Sanctus Real
2018 – “No One Like Our God” – Lincoln Brewster
2017 – “I Have This Hope” – Tenth Avenue North

PHIL, CHRIS, & TOBY – It’s always good to have new artists on the radio and on the charts, but it’s also great to see what I like to call “The Veterans” still singing for their Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. High atop the national charts this week are 3 such Veterans – Phil Wickham, Chris Tomlin, and TobyMac. Almost-42-year-old Phil continues his recent resurgence that started in 2021 with “Homesick For Heaven”. It’s the 3RD big hit from his album “Song Of The Saints”. Almost-54-year-old Chris Tomlin has one of his biggest hits in years with the energetic “How Good It Is”. And then there’s 61-year-old TobyMac – originally from Fairfax County Virginia (same as me). He’s been doing this for almost 40 years. He was on my chart 30 years ago in 1996 with “Between You And Me” – DC Talk’s only hit on the secular pop charts. Thank You Phil, Chris, and Toby for your songs of Praise + Worship through the years.

ONE-HIT WONDER – Megan Woods sang “The Truth”, and it was her only hit on my chart (so far) at the end of 2024 – peaking at # 9. It was a # 2 hit nationwide, and it’s considered to be one of the biggest debut hits on the Christian music charts during the 2020s. She’s getting ready to tour the country with current hitmakers Caleb & John and Jeremy Rosado.

Be blessed my friends ! May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.