Enjoy this day my friends. Make it a good one. Make it a day that you can look back at fondly in the future.
May the LORD richly bless you today and every day.
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Category: Christian
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 40+ years. Here’s this week’s chart:
| COUNTUP MINISTRIES | FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY MARCH 14TH 2021 | WEEK 213 |
|---|
| TW | LW | WKS | SONG TITLE | ARTIST / SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 9 | Say I Won’t [3RD week @ # 1] |
MercyMe |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Good God Almighty | Crowder |
| 3 | 5 | 8 | Fires | Jordan St. Cyr |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Less Like Me | Zach Williams |
| 5 | 2 | 16 | Every Step Of The Way | Cade Thompson |
| 6 | 10 | 2 | Amen | for King & Country |
| 7 | 7 | 23 | Truth Be Told | Matthew West |
| 8 | 6 | 18 | Out Of My Hands | Jeremy Camp |
| 9 | 8 | 12 | Another In The Fire | Hillsong United |
| 10 | – | 1 | Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight) | TobyMac |
# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Confidence” – Sanctus Real
2018 – “No One Like Our God” – Lincoln Brewster
2017 – “I Have This Hope” – Tenth Avenue North
MercyMe spend their 3RD week at # 1 with “Say I Won’t”. It’s the band’s 19TH week at # 1 on my chart during this current era (since February 2017), and that surpasses the 18 weeks at # 1 for Casting Crowns.
Both Crowder and Jordan St. Cyr have a chance at # 1 next week. Crowder’s been at # 1 twice before (with “Forgiven” in 2017 and “Red Letters” in 2019).
TobyMac is back with his 8TH hit on my chart since 2017. That’s more than any other artist. He also scored with an additional 3 hits from 2007 to 2009 during the salvation era of my chart. His “Help Is On The Way” is the 200TH chart hit of this era. The 1ST chart hit ? – TobyMac’s “Love Broke Thru”.
This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again this upcoming weekend – with 5 new entries on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. I don’t blog on Saturdays. That’s my day of rest.
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 the 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) 2021 Christopher M. Day, CountUp Ministries
Jesus answered – “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were – My followers would fight to keep Me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But My Kingdom is not of this world.”
Pilate said – “So You are a King ?”
Jesus responded – “You say I am a king. Actually – I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”
In Part 7 of my continuing sermon leading-up to Resurrection Sunday I continue from the Gospel of John – Chapter 18. Today I’m preaching on just those 2 verses – 36 and 37.
The Roman Governor – Pontius Pilate – asked Jesus if He was the King of the Jews. He asked Jesus this in order to determine if He was a threat to the Roman empire. Jesus answered that His Kingdom is not of this world. While He was a “King” – He was certainly not a King of an earthly Kingdom. He was no threat to Rome or any other existing or emerging empire. His Kingdom was spiritual. He was a ruler through the devotion and obedience of those who follow Him. He was born and came into this world to testify the truth – God’s Truth.
Christ said “Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God.” (John 8:47a)
In John’s first letter he states that he and the apostles belong to God, and those who know God listen to them and agree with their teachings. If they do not belong to God – then they do not listen to them. That is how they know if someone has the Holy Spirit living within – or the spirit of the antichrist. You either have one – or the other.
Last Sunday I preached a unique sermon to my church family. It was a sermon that was entirely unrehearsed and unscripted. It was based on about 30 social media memes. I presented each meme on our screens, and then I spoke on them. That’s it. I had no idea what I was going to say until I actually said it. Dangerous ? Perhaps. Honest ? Definitely. It’s a different way for me to branch out to be a more effective Preacher of God’s Word. It was the second such sermon that I’ve preached over the past 14 months. This meme was not part of it, but it seems to fit right in with my message today:
I’ll continue this journey through John Chapter 18 – next Sunday Scripture.
Missed the first 6 parts of this sermon ? Check them out – PART 1 / PART 2 / PART 3 / PART 4 / PART 5 / PART 6
All rights reserved (c) 2021 Christopher M. Day, CountUp Ministries
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 40+ years. Here’s this week’s chart:
| COUNTUP MINISTRIES | FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY MARCH 07TH 2021 | WEEK 212 |
|---|
| TW | LW | WKS | SONG TITLE | ARTIST / SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8 | Say I Won’t [2ND week @ # 1] |
MercyMe |
| 2 | 2 | 15 | Every Step Of The Way | Cade Thompson |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | Less Like Me | Zach Williams |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Good God Almighty | Crowder |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | Fires | Jordan St. Cyr |
| 6 | 3 | 17 | Out Of My Hands | Jeremy Camp |
| 7 | 7 | 22 | Truth Be Told | Matthew West |
| 8 | 10 | 11 | Another In The Fire | Hillsong United |
| 9 | 8 | 5 | Battle Belongs | Phil Wickham |
| 10 | – | 1 | Amen | for King & Country |
# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Red Letters” – Crowder
2018 – “No One Like Our God” – Lincoln Brewster
2017 – “I Have This Hope” – Tenth Avenue North
for King & Country return to my chart for the first time since the middle of December of 2019. “Amen” is their new radio single, and it’s their 5TH hit on my chart since 2017. It’s actually not such a new single. It’s from their 2018 album “Burn The Ships”, and it’s the 4TH single from that album.
“Amen” is all about that breathtaking and life-changing moment during baptism when the new body rises up from the water, and a new life in Christ has begun publicly.
I’m comin’ alive with You !
Here’s the official music video for “Amen”. You can watch it here, or link here on YouTube.
This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again this upcoming weekend – with 4 new entries on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday. I don’t blog on Saturdays. That’s my day of rest.
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 the 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) 2021 Christopher M. Day, CountUp Ministries
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