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My Top 10 Hits – Week 411

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 30, 2024

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 over 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday December 29TH 2024 – the 411TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	20	Do It Again [5TH week @ # 1]	Steven Curtis Chapman
2	2	13	Love’s Got A Way	Andrew Ripp
3	3	16	That’s Who I Praise	Brandon Lake
4	4	5	In The Name Of Jesus	JWLKRS Worship Ft. Maverick City Music
5	5	6	Praise God For That	Jordan Feliz
6	6	2	Running Back To You	Seph Schlueter
7	7	11	Place In This World	for King + Country Ft. Michael W. Smith
8	8	15	Worship Through It	Tasha Layton Ft. Chris Brown
9	9	3	Still Waters (Psalm 23)	Leanna Crawford
10	10	5	The Truth	Megan Woods

# 1 This Week In:
2023 – “I Thank God” – Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
2022 – “Who I Am” – Ben Fuller
2021 – “Weary Traveler” – Jordan St. Cyr
2020 – “Every Step Of The Way” – Cade Thompson
2019 – “Unstoppable God” – Sanctus Real
2018 – “Well Done” – The Afters
2017 – “Lions” – Skillet

SKILLET – Well – it’s a typical last chart of the year – with no change anywhere from the previous week. With K-LOVE and The Joy FM heavy into their continuous Christmas music – I listened to a little bit of The Message on SiriusXM, and even that was available via streaming only (not in the car). Even my # 1 smash hits from previous years are the same – save one – and that’s 2017 – when Skillet ascended to the top of my last chart of the year with “Lions”.

TOP 24 OF 2024 – Tomorrow at 3 AM U.S. East Coast time I’ll publish my Top 24 hits of 2024. Spoiler: One artist in particular is not on my year-end chart for the first time in this era.

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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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 29, 2024

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday December 29TH 2024, 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.

It’s my 52ND and final #SundayScripture of 2024. It’s my 340TH edition since 2018. I enjoy writing this feature each week, and I’ll continue to do so in 2025. Thank You for coming back here every Sunday to read what I’ve written about our Glorious God Almighty !

Personally – 2024 was a great year for me. It was a year of transition – life-changing transition. I retired from the USAF after nearly 39 years of military and civil service. For the first time since the age of 13 – I’m no longer working for money.

I became a full-time resident of my dream home in my dream neighborhood in my dream part of Florida – spending 88.5% of 2024 at home in Sebring (up from 54% in 2023).

I chose a new home church in September 2023, and in 2024 I assimilated myself into my church – not just on Sunday mornings, but also during the week. In November I was secretly selected to be part of the Directional Board of Highlands Community Church. In December I was publicly affirmed at our annual business meeting. I officially begin serving in that role as the new year starts.

God has blessed me with a physically and socially active life here in Sebring – complemented by a strong family of friends and neighbors at home, at church, and at the Museum (Sebring Historical Society). I’m far busier now than I ever was back at my previous place of residence.

I’m in my 19TH year of salvation here on this fantastic journey. (Salvation started during the 3RD week of August of 2006, and it continues to this day.) I did not want my 19TH year to be like my 18TH year. My 18TH year was great, but I wanted my 19TH year to be greater. You can’t get greater if you keep doing the same old things that you previously did. God created a new thing for you to do, and He wants you to trust Him as you move forth. Do that in 2025. Do something new. Move in a different direction. God wants your 2025 to be greater than your 2024 – no matter how great (or not) your 2024 was.

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.
Behold – I am doing a new thing. Now it springs forth. Do you not perceive it ?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
(Isaiah 43:18-19 ESV)

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 410

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 23, 2024

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 over 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday December 22ND 2024 – the 410TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	19	Do It Again [4TH week @ # 1]	Steven Curtis Chapman
2	2	12	Love’s Got A Way	Andrew Ripp
3	3	15	That’s Who I Praise	Brandon Lake
4	4	4	In The Name Of Jesus	JWLKRS Worship Ft. Maverick City Music
5	5	5	Praise God For That	Jordan Feliz
6	–	1	Running Back To You	Seph Schlueter
7	6	10	Place In This World	for King + Country Ft. Michael W. Smith
8	8	14	Worship Through It	Tasha Layton Ft. Chris Brown
9	10	2	Still Waters (Psalm 23)	Leanna Crawford
10	9	4	The Truth	Megan Woods

CHRISTMAS # 1 – So – as it turns out – my Christmas # 1 was already on my chart in the middle of August. Steven Curtis Chapman’s “Do It Again” spends its 19TH non-consecutive week on my chart – and 4TH week in a row at # 1. It’s my 106TH # 1 smash since this current era began 410 weeks ago. Here’s that fun vintage music video again that looks back at Steven’s life and career thus far.

TOP 24 OF 2024 – Next Monday I’ll publish my 52ND and final Top 10 chart of 2024, and then – the next day – I’ll publish my Top 24 hits of 2024. Spoiler: It appears that “Do It Again” has clinched the #6 spot for the year.

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.

Tags Blog, Chart, Christian, God, Jesus, KLOVE, Music, Radio, Spotify, TheJoyFM, WayFM, WGTS, Z883

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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date December 22, 2024

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday December 22ND 2024, 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.

It’s another frigid morning in the low-40s here in Sebring. It feels like Christmas. It also looks like Christmas – with all of the beautiful trees, and decorations, and lights everywhere I go.

I’m looking forward to celebrating the season with my Highlands Community Church family this morning at 10 AM. (Service starts at 10:30 AM.) We’re also hosting our “Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship Gathering” at 7 PM this Tuesday night. If you’re in the local #SebringFL / #HighlandsCountyFL area, and you don’t already have a home church (or they don’t have a Christmas Eve service) – then I invite you to come join us. We are a no judgment “come as you are” church. No need to dress up. Be yourself. Wear what’s comfortable. But remember – it’s cool outside, and it may be cool inside too.

We’re also on YouTube, and all of our services are presented LIVE and forever at – https://www.youtube.com/@HighlandsCommunityChurch-bw5yi

Finally – our Senior Pastor Tim recently did a podcast titled “Christmas: Jesus The Light”. It’s a little less than 6 minutes long, and you can hear it at – https://sebring.com/?p=podcasts_listen&pid=226

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.