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My Top 10 Hits – Week 332

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 nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday June 25TH 2023 – the 332ND week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 13 Cornerstone
[3RD week @ # 1]		 TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams
2 2 17 This Is Our God Phil Wickham
3 3 13 Fingerprints Dan Bremnes
4 – 1 Holy Forever Chris Tomlin
5 6 8 You Will Be Found Natalie Grant Ft. Cory Asbury
6 10 2 Wholehearted We Are Messengers
7 9 2 Every Hour David Leonard Ft. Josh Baldwin
8 7 4 Yes I Am Christian Paul
9 8 5 Big God Terrian
10 – 1 Hold On Katy Nichole

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Me On Your Mind” – Matthew West
2021 – “Yes He Can” – Cain
2020 – “Keep Me In The Moment” – Jeremy Camp
2019 – “Church (Take Me Back)” – Cochren & Co.
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “Home” – Chris Tomlin

SUMMER OF 2023 – It’s Week 5 of 15 of the Summer of ’23. As is tradition I’m tracking the biggest songs of the summer on my chart from U.S. Memorial Day Weekend (last Sunday of May) to U.S. Labor Day Weekend (first Sunday of September). I’ll present a special Top 10 chart on Wednesday September 06TH 2023 of those big summer hits that we’re singing along to for our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ !

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 4 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday – with a special #4THOfJuly post to end the weekend on Tuesday.

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. I’m also on Twitter and Flickr.

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.

All rights reserved (c) 2023 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday June 25TH 2023, 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.

I’ve got an excellent idea for a future sermon that I’m looking forward to researching, praying about, writing, and eventually preaching in multiple venues. It’ll be titled “Sebring & Weigle”, and it’ll explore two neighbors who founded, built, and grew a small South Central Florida town based on a firm foundation of Jesus Christ. Those neighbors are George Eugene Sebring Jr. and Charles Frederick Weigle. That town is my new hometown of Sebring Florida.

And now on #SundayScripture it’s the conclusion of the transcription of my sermon on “Paul & Titus” that I preached to my church family on March 05TH 2023. Here’s Part 9:

[CONCLUSION OF SERMON]

We were saved to do good. You know sometimes we think that we’re doing something good, but it’s not quite so. If we’re glorifying ourselves – then it’s not good. If we’re doing something so that people will see us doing it – then it’s not good. If we’re doing something so that we can tell others that we did it – then it’s not good. We must do good – for our neighbor – to glorify God. We must do good even when nobody is looking.

Our people must learn to do good by meeting the urgent needs of others – then they will not be unproductive. (Titus 3:14)

It’s a final exhortation. What’s an exhortation ?  It’s an urgent command from a church leader. The command is that we must do good by helping others.

Paul to the Romans:

When God’s people are in need – be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality. (12:13)

Paul to the Ephesians:

Use your hands for good hard work, and then give generously to others in need. (4:28b)

You know my sermon today is from Paul’s letter to Titus. I preached from that entire book of the Bible. It’s just 3 chapters and 46 verses. You can read it from start to finish in less than 5 minutes. But – you don’t have to read it that fast.

You know reading the Bible is addictive. Once you start reading it – you just want to keep on reading it. And the slower you read it – the more you’re going to learn – the more you’re going to retain – the more you’re going to comprehend – the more you’re going to get closer to God and His way. It’s the only way.

That’s my message for today. Thank You Lord for giving me the courage, the guidance, the direction, and the wisdom needed to bring forth Your Good News today. And Thank You church family for allowing me to share it with you.

[THE END]

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.

All rights reserved (c) 2023 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Moore Haven Florida

Welcome back to #TravelThursday. There’s an interesting small town along my 185-mile retirement route between my new home and my old home. It’s located roughly two-thirds of the way driving northward to Sebring, and one-third of the way driving southward to Homestead.

Nestled along both banks of the Caloosahatchee Canal (connects its namesake river with Lake Okeechobee) – Moore Haven Florida is an historic small town of just 1 square mile in size and a little over 1,500 residents. It’s the county seat and only incorporated municipality of Glades County. Glades is one of the most rural and least-populous counties in the state of Florida with just over 12,000 residents.

The biggest and most notable landmark in Moore Haven is the Mamie Langdale Memorial Bridge – a modern 4-lane causeway built in 1999 that carries U.S. 27 traffic high atop the Caloosahatchee. Mamie Langdale (1903-1973) was a longtime bridge tender for the old 2-lane drawbridge that formerly crossed the canal.

After climbing the bridge from the south and reaching the top – the sight of the large U.S.A. flag down at the bottom in the center of town is so beautiful to see.

A couple of miles west of town lies the busy Love’s truck stop, gas station, convenience store, and (Arby’s) restaurant. I watched it being built along the north side of U.S. 27 back in 2016-2017 when I was already driving through the area a few times a year to and from my eventual retirement area. Once Love’s opened – I became a regular customer. Well – sort of. I only stopped there to use their spacious and clean bathroom. I felt a little bit guilty back then because that’s all I would do. I wouldn’t buy anything. Just passing through. But nowadays I almost always stop there – in both directions – to fill-up with gas, to use their bathrooms, and to also eat inside at the adjoining Arby’s. It’s my comfort stop, and the employees at the front counter at Love’s usually greet you upon entering and thank you upon exiting.

Next #TravelThursday it’s another milestone on my car’s odometer. Let’s keep traveling together.

All rights reserved (c) 2023 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Blogging Christian God Ministry Music Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 331

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 nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday June 18TH 2023 – the 331ST week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 12 Cornerstone
[2ND week @ # 1]		 TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams
2 2 16 This Is Our God Phil Wickham
3 3 12 Fingerprints Dan Bremnes
4 4 5 Fear Is Not My Future Maverick City Music Ft. Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore
5 5 5 That’s The Thing About Praise Benjamin William Hastings Ft. Blessing Offor
6 6 7 You Will Be Found Natalie Grant Ft. Cory Asbury
7 10 3 Yes I Am Christian Paul
8 9 4 Big God Terrian
9 – 1 Every Hour David Leonard Ft. Josh Baldwin
10 – 1 Wholehearted We Are Messengers

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Sunday Sermons” – Anne Wilson
2021 – “Yes He Can” – Cain
2020 – “I Will Fear No More” – The Afters
2019 – “Church (Take Me Back)” – Cochren & Co.
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “Home” – Chris Tomlin

CHARTBUSTING – Sitting just outside of my Top 10 this week is the new one from Chris Tomlin – “Holy Forever”. It’s the 2ND radio single from his 2022 album “Always”. It will be Chris’s 9TH hit on my chart over the past 331 weeks. His first hit was my # 1 smash exactly 6 years ago. “Holy Forever” is a wonderful song of Praise & Worship to our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ Almighty:

♫ Your name is the highest
Your name is the greatest
Your name stands above them all
All thrones and dominions
All powers and positions
Your name stands above them all

And the angels cry – Holy
All creation cries – Holy
You are lifted high – Holy
Holy forever ♫

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 3 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday.

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. I’m also on Twitter and Flickr.

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.

All rights reserved (c) 2023 Christopher M. Day, CountUp