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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2004

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 14, 2019

Every Friday night I post the Top 5 of one of my classic hit music charts based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from either 10, 15, 20, or 30 years ago this weekend (rotating each week).

It’s the 2ND Friday of the month, so I go back 15 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday June 13TH 2004:

“The Reason” – Hoobastank
“Meant To Live” – Switchfoot
“Don’t Tell Me” – Avril Lavigne
“Naughty Girl” – Beyoncé
“This Love” – Maroon 5

This is the debut edition of my look back at my chart from exactly 15 years ago. I’ll do this every 2ND Friday of the month.

So 15 years ago this weekend I had just turned 37 years old. I was listening to Top 40 music on South Florida’s WHYI / Y-100. (It’s the longest-running continuously-operated Top 40 radio station in North America – almost 46 years.)

Back in 2004 I did not know Jesus Christ, and I wasn’t really paying attention to the lyrics of the songs. But check it out – Switchfoot’s “Meant To Live” is at # 2. It was a crossover pop smash. It spent 31 weeks on my personal hit music chart in 2004, and it was the # 1 smash of the entire year for me.

You see God was getting ready for something big in my life a full two years before salvation commenced for me. I was listening to the music back then, and God had His Word set to the music. I didn’t know what the song meant at the time:

♫ We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves ?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves ?
Somewhere we live inside ♫

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday afternoon and Monday night with two more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going RETRO with me !

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 121

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 10, 2019

Every Monday night I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday June 09TH 2019:

“Born Again” – Austin French [# 1 last week / 15TH week on chart]
“Church (Take Me Back)” – Cochren & Co. [2 / 16TH]
“Resurrecting” – Elevation Worship [3 / 9TH]
“Prize Worth Fighting For” – Jamie Kimmett [6 / 9TH]
“Is He Worthy ?” – Chris Tomlin [7 / 10TH]
“Greater Things” – Mack Brock [8 / 4TH]
“Raise A Hallelujah” – Bethel Music [- / 1ST]
”Build My Life” – Pat Barrett [9 / 6TH]
“Till I Found You” – Phil Wickham [- / 1ST]
“Symphony” – Switch Ft. Dillon Chase [- / 1ST]

# 1 One Year Ago This Week:
“The Way (New Horizon)” – Pat Barrett

# 1 Two Years Ago This Week:
“Live Like You’re Loved” – Hawk Nelson

Last night was a fun night of multitasking – watching the K-LOVE Fan Awards on TBN – and live-tweeting from start to finish. If you missed it – or if you want to watch it again (or DVR it) – then TBN will be re-airing it this upcoming Saturday night at 9 PM PDT / 12 AM (Midnight) EDT.

I cranked-out 27 tweets @ChrisMDay during the 2-hour telecast, and those 27 tweets generated over 3,300 impressions. The tweet with the most impressions (by far – not even close) was the one I did on “The Breakup Song” from Francesca Battistelli as she performed it on the show. The tweet in 2ND place was the one I did on Coach Joe Gibbs. (He won the Sports Impact Award.)

As tweeted last night only 1 of my 8 votes cast actually won. Lauren Daigle won Female Artist Of The Year, and I voted for her for that award. She also won Artist Of The Year. (I voted for MercyMe.)

I wonder if K-LOVE would give me a 3-night package for next year’s Fan Awards in Nashville if I offered my blogging and tweeting services for the duration of the weekend extravaganza ? I shall ponder on that for awhile.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again next weekend – 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. Enjoy this week my friends. I’m on Twitter @ChrisMDay, and I’m also the man behind the tweets for my church @LivingWatersHFL. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. AMEN.

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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 9, 2019

Last night I started writing a brand new sermon. It’s my 26TH sermon over the past 3 years of preaching. As soon as I sat down and decided that I wanted to read, study, and learn more about a character in the Bible that I knew nothing about – God led me on a journey online where I discovered Josiah – King of Judah – from the 2ND Book of Kings.

My goal is to do more teaching in my preaching and expand my sermons into the Old Testament. There’s a lot of great material in the Old Testament – types and shadows. Our Praise & Worship Pastor preached today back-and-forth from both the Old and the New Testaments. You’ve probably heard it said before, and I’ve preached it before – The New is in the Old concealed, and the Old is in the New revealed. Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ is in the Old Testament concealed. In the New Testament He is revealed.

If you will obey Me and keep My covenant – you will be My own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth – for all the earth belongs to Me. And you will be My kingdom of priests – My holy nation. This is the message you must give to the people of Israel. (Exodus 19:5-6)

You are a chosen people. You are royal priests – a holy nation – God’s very own possession. As a result – you can show others the goodness of God, for He called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light. “Once you had no identity as a people. Now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy. Now you have received God’s mercy.” (1 Peter 2:9-10)

P.S. Wanna see and hear some great Christian music tonight ? Tune-in to TBN (either nationally or a local affiliate or stream it online) tonight from 9 PM to 11 PM EDT (U.S. East Coast Time) for the K-LOVE Fan Awards. I’ll be live-tweeting during the show @ChrisMDay using the hashtags #KLOVE, #FanAwards, and #TBN. Join in on all of the fun on Twitter !

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My Top 5 Hits RETRO – 2009

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 7, 2019

It’s the 1ST Friday of the month, so I go back 10 years ago. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday June 07TH 2009:

“Open Season” – Air Five
“Mock The Music” – Children 18:3
“The Difference” – Philmont
“Control” – Clemency
“The Unavoidable Battle Of Feeling On The Outside” – FM Static

4 of the 5 songs above were actually the Top 4 songs of all of 2009 on my personal hit music chart. The one lone song that wasn’t was Children 18:3’s “Mock The Music” – which was the # 19 song of the year. 62 songs made my chart in 2009, and that was the final full year of the “Salvation Era” of my chart. It was also the final full year that I listened to Christian music on the radio. Starting in 2010 I “flipped” to classic pop hits of the ’60s and ’70s. That “flip” also ended this personal hit music chart, and it began a 7-year hiatus.

I saw “Weird Al” Yankovic LIVE in concert at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale last night. The near sellout crowd of over 2,500 sang along and applauded as “Weird Al” plowed through over 20 of his hits over the past 36 years during his 90-minute show. He was backed by a full orchestra, and they were also his opening act for about 15 minutes.

Perhaps the most interesting (and longest) song he performed was an awesome track titled, “The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota”. It’s an original song – written by Al himself – but it sounds like a breezy ’70s pop song. (Think Gordon Lightfoot.) I had never heard it before. After the show (and back at the hotel) I went online, and I realized that the song was on his “UHF” movie soundtrack album from 1989 ! It also clocks-in at an amazing 6:50.

“Weird Al” always puts on a great show. I’ve been a fan of him since I was 16 years old in 1983, and WJOK-AM (“All Comedy Radio”) out of Gaithersburg Maryland stunted one night with his debut song “Ricky”. This was only my 2ND “Weird Al” concert. I saw him in 2015 too. I’ll keep seeing him as he keeps performing.

It’s halftime my friends. I’ll be back on Sunday afternoon and Monday night with two more blog posts for this weekend. Enjoy your Saturday. Thanks for going RETRO with me !

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