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My Top 10 Hits – Week 458

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date November 24, 2025

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 November 23RD 2025 – the 458TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	17	Can’t Steal My Joy [8TH week @ # 1]	Josiah Queen X Brandon Lake
2	3	6	How Good It Is	Chris Tomlin
3	2	7	Dusty Bibles	Josiah Queen
4	6	4	Lift Me Up	Blessing Offor
5	4	23	What An Awesome God	Phil Wickham
6	5	24	Breakdown	Andrew Ripp
7	9	3	World On Fire	for King + Country Ft. Taylor Hill
8	7	12	Still	Crowder
9	8	5	Won’t Start Now	Seph Schlueter
10	10	6	God Story	Anne Wilson

# 1 This Week In:
2024 – “Place In This World” – for King + Country Ft. Michael W. Smith
2023 – “I Thank God” – Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
2022 – “Ain’t Nobody” – Cody Carnes
2021 – “On Our Way” – MercyMe Ft. Sam Wesley
2020 – “No Hold On Me” – Matty Mullins
2019 – “Dead Man Walking” – Jeremy Camp
2018 – “Even Then” – Mic a h Tyler
2017 – “Different” – Micah Tyler

CHRIS TOMLIN – His 11TH hit on my chart is on the verge of becoming his 4TH # 1 smash, as the anthemic “How Good It Is” rises another notch to # 2. It’s the first single off his 18TH studio album – “The King Is Still The King”. It’s a ready-made Praise + Worship song for church bands with lyrics taken straight from Psalms 92, 98, 100, and 113.

ONE-HIT WONDER – Bethel Music are based out of Redding California with Brian Johnson as its Cofounder and Jenn Johnson as its President. Both have appeared on my chart before. And they appeared together on “God Of Revival” – a # 2 hit in May 2021. But the Bethel Music collective of artists appeared just once on my chart – and it was for a # 1 smash during the Summer Of 2019. In fact – “Raise A Hallelujah” was my # 1 song of the entire summer.

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 November 23RD 2025, 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’m looking forward to another Sunday morning gathering at my home church here in Sebring. Our gatherings start before 10 AM with arrivals and greetings at the doors, and fellowship all throughout. At 10:30 AM we start 4 songs of Praise + Worship. After that our Senior Pastor comes up and brings us his 35-to-40-minute message – straight from the Bible.

Next Sunday morning I’ll have the honor of attending a church service with my younger brother, sister-in-law, and two nieces at their new home church in Sachse Texas. I’ve actually been watching their services on YouTube on those Sundays when my family is in attendance (not every week). It’ll be nice to be there LIVE and in-person. I think that my family is part of a very good church body right now. I hope that they stay with it and get more involved.

4 weeks ago I began transcribing my sermon titled “Apostle & Elder”. I preached it to my second church family on Sunday October 18TH 2020.

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

Here’s Part 5:

I’m teaching out of John’s 2ND Letter, but in John’s 1ST Letter he writes about the false prophets that were in the new church at the time – as well as out in the world. He writes that we need to test them. In 2020 we should “fact-check” them. We must determine whether or not someone talking to us about God – actually has the Spirit that comes from God. Or – is their “Spirit” manmade ?

You know I watch a lot of TBN these days. Billy Graham’s classic crusades are on there each week. That’s what got me watching TBN in the first place several years ago. They’re a few other preachers and shows I watch on a regular basis. I’m always looking for new preachers and new shows. Sometimes I stumble across a new one, and I watch it for an episode or two or more, and I think to myself, “No – no – there’s something that’s not quite right with that. That goes against my learning. That goes against my Bible studying. I need to verify or refute that.”

They’re some preachers on TV who are in it for the entertainment value. They are putting on a show. They wanna be stars. They wanna be rock stars. I’ve visited a few churches like that – in-person – here in South Florida and over in Southwest Florida. It seems to me that they are elevating themselves above the people that they are speaking to. I’m turned-off by those types of preachers. When it comes to God – I don’t want to be entertained. I want to be educated. On Sundays I want to walk out of here smarter – and closer to God – than I was when I walked in here, and I do.

So John knows a thing or two about Jesus. He was with Jesus. He was one of the first to follow Jesus. John is called “the one whom Jesus loved”. He was 1 of the 12 disciples. He was a close personal friend of Jesus. He was there !

[TO BE CONTINUED – NEXT WEEK]

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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My Top 10 Hits – Week 457

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date November 17, 2025

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 November 16TH 2025 – the 457TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	16	Can’t Steal My Joy [7TH week @ # 1]	Josiah Queen X Brandon Lake
2	2	6	Dusty Bibles	Josiah Queen
3	6	5	How Good It Is	Chris Tomlin
4	4	22	What An Awesome God	Phil Wickham
5	5	23	Breakdown	Andrew Ripp
6	7	3	Lift Me Up	Blessing Offor
7	3	11	Still	Crowder
8	8	4	Won’t Start Now	Seph Schlueter
9	10	2	World On Fire	for King + Country Ft. Taylor Hill
10	9	5	God Story	Anne Wilson

# 1 This Week In:
2024 – “Place In This World” – for King + Country Ft. Michael W. Smith
2023 – “I Thank God” – Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
2022 – “Ain’t Nobody” – Cody Carnes
2021 – “On Our Way” – MercyMe Ft. Sam Wesley
2020 – “No Hold On Me” – Matty Mullins
2019 – “Fear No More” – Building 429
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Different” – Micah Tyler

JOSIAH X BRANDON – Josiah Queen and Brandon Lake remain at the pinnacle of my chart for a 7TH week in a row. It’s now my longest-running # 1 smash since last December and January when Steven Curtis Chapman spent 7 weeks at # 1 with “Do It Again”. If it can hold on at the top for another 2 weeks then it’ll tie the 9 weeks at # 1 that Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship spent with “I Thank God”.

ONE-HIT WONDER – You may not remember the band Switch – but you probably remember their big hit “Symphony”. It was all over U.S. Christian Radio during the Summer Of 2019, and it still receives recurrent airplay 6 years later. It spent 15 weeks on my chart – peaking at # 2. The band that sang “Symphony” came out of the high school ministry of the multi-campus LIFE.CHURCH.

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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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday November 16TH 2025, 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.

Today after our Sunday morning gathering – we’ll be enjoying our potluck luncheon. We usually have it on the 5TH Sunday of the month, and that occurs 4 (sometimes 5) times a year.

That’s something that we rarely did at my first two churches in Homestead – gather together at the church after service to enjoy food and fellowship together as a family. I really like that we do it at my current home church. It’s a great time to sit and connect with brothers and sisters who you don’t get to talk with much on typical Sundays. It’s a great time to learn more about each other. The more you know about each other – the more you care and pray for each other.

3 weeks ago I began transcribing my sermon titled “Apostle & Elder”. I preached it to my second church family on Sunday October 18TH 2020.

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

Here’s Part 4:

John continues – on why the truth and love is so important to him, and why it must be important to us as well:

I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist. (2 John 1:7)

Sounds like a lot of people today in this world and of this world. There are false teachers everywhere. They deny that Christ came in a real body. They mislead believers. They distract believers. They try to pull them away from God and His Kingdom.

There are even false teachers inside church buildings today. You must verify what you hear from a teacher – from a preacher – from a pastor – from a televangelist. You must verify what you hear with God’s Truth. If it doesn’t sound right to you – then verify it with God’s Truth. God’s Truth is flawless. God’s Truth is the Word.

In the latter portion of the Gospel Of Matthew Jesus predicts future events. In red letters:

Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in My name – claiming – ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many. (24:4-5)

Don’t be deceived by the imposters who pretend to know Christ – when they don’t. Or if they do know Him they intentionally say things that aren’t the Truth.

In the next few verses of Matthew – in red letters – Christ speaks of wars and threats of wars and famines and earthquakes. Sounds like 2020. Don’t be overwhelmed by these events. They will come and go. This is not the end, but the end is near.

Don’t follow the false prophets and the miracle workers who claim they are the Messiah. Jesus Christ is the One and Only Messiah !

[TO BE CONTINUED – NEXT WEEK]

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.