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My Top 10 Hits – Week 230

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 JULY 11TH 2021 WEEK 230
TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 3 7 Be Alright
[1ST week @ # 1]		 Evan Craft X Danny Gokey X Redimi2
2 1 10 Yes He Can Cain
3 2 25 Fires Jordan St. Cyr
4 4 6 Until Grace Tauren Wells Ft. Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts
5 5 7 When We Fall Apart Ryan Stevenson Ft. Vince Gill & Amy Grant
6 7 14 Gospel Song Rhett Walker
7 8 5 Rattle ! Elevation Worship
8 6 18 Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight) TobyMac
9 10 2 Sunday Morning Feeling Apollo LTD Ft. Ryan Stevenson
10 – 1 My Jesus Anne Wilson

# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “Keep Me In The Moment” – Jeremy Camp
2019 – “Prize Worth Fighting For” – Jamie Kimmett
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “The Comeback” – Danny Gokey

SURPRISE at # 1, as debut artist Evan Craft rises to the top of my chart, and he returns Danny Gokey to the top spot for the first time since his debut hit “The Comeback” (which was # 1 on my chart exactly 4 years ago). “Be Alright” is my 486TH # 1 smash overall since 1985, 62ND # 1 smash of this current era since 2017, and 7TH # 1 smash of 2021. Thank You Evan for this catchy track that I can’t get out of my mind – because – ♫ He’s got the whole world in His hands – He’s got the whole world in His hands – He’s got the whole wide world in His hands. ♫

CHART BUSTING just outside of my Top 10 this week is the next big hit from my # 1 artist overall since 2017 – Matthew West. His first 5 hits have a spent a combined 109 weeks on my chart – more than any other artist. “What If” will be his 6TH big hit. It should still be on my chart 15 weeks from now when I’m singing it – with him – in front of him – LIVE in concert.

This blog is # 45 worldwide on the Top 60 Christian Music Blogs and Websites in 2021 chart. Thank You for including us Feedspot !

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again this upcoming weekend – with 5 new entries on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and a special presentation on Tuesday July 20TH. 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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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday July 11TH 2021, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.

This day – July 11TH – was not such a good day in my professional career history. It was the start of a new era of my USAF career on this day in 1994. When I went in to work on the morning of that day I had no idea what would happen to me just an hour later. I was completely blindsided. It forever changed my career – temporarily for the worst (for 13 years), but then for the best (for the next 14 years and continuing today).

I truly believe that if it weren’t for the career-changing event of the morning of Monday July 11TH 1994 – I wouldn’t know Christ today. I was in a valley for 13 years. There were occasional ripples and bubbles and mounds and slopes along the valley floor that was my career (and life), but it was mostly a 13-year abyss. A little more than a month after the start of the 13TH year my LORD lifted me out of the pit of despair – out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground, and steadied me as I walked along. (Psalm 40:2)

I don’t know where my USAF career could have or would have gone if it weren’t for my July 11TH 1994. I don’t need to know – because I know what happened early on the week of August 20TH 2006. Less than a year later by the end of July of 2007 – I was in a much better place at work – and at home. The abyss met its demise.

My next sermon that I’ll preach to my church family will be all about the start of my “Salvation & Hope”. It’ll mark the start of my extended message series from the two letters of Peter. Later this year I may post an entire sermon (in multiple parts) here on Sunday Scripture. I’m currently working on a new sermon that follows-up “Salvation & Hope” titled “Holy & Redeemed”.

Here’s an excerpt of that new sermon:

… Let’s jump-in to Scripture – starting with the Apostle Peter’s first letter – the first chapter and verse 13:

So think clearly, and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.

When I last spoke from Peter’s first letter – it was about “Salvation & Hope”. Without God’s salvation – there is no hope, for hope comes from God. And so this message picks-up where that message left-off.

You know once God rescues and saves us from the darkness that we came from – we can’t think like we used to think – back before we had “Salvation & Hope” – back before we were “Holy & Redeemed”. We used to think and act differently when the world owned and operated us – before we knew God. But now our God is in control. We believe Him. We follow Him. We trust Him. He’s within us. And so the Bible says “think clearly” – “prepare your minds for action”. The King James Version puts it this way – “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind” …

A little “behind-the-scenes” information here. I usually write each Sunday Scripture on the Friday night or Saturday morning before it’s published online at 3 AM (U.S. East Coast time) on Sunday. I spend much of the day each Saturday reading, studying, and learning from the Bible. I write sermons, and I prepare material for Sunday morning service. I generally stay inside and off social media on Saturdays. (That’s why I don’t blog on Saturdays.)

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) 2021 Christopher M. Day, CountUp Ministries

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Blogging Christian God Ministry Music Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 229

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 JULY 04TH 2021 WEEK 229
TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 9 Yes He Can
[3RD week @ # 1]		 Cain
2 3 24 Fires Jordan St. Cyr
3 6 6 Be Alright Evan Craft X Danny Gokey X Redimi2
4 4 5 Until Grace Tauren Wells Ft. Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts
5 5 6 When We Fall Apart Ryan Stevenson Ft. Vince Gill & Amy Grant
6 2 17 Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight) TobyMac
7 7 13 Gospel Song Rhett Walker
8 8 4 Rattle ! Elevation Worship
9 10 3 Believe For It CeCe Winans
10 – 1 Sunday Morning Feeling Apollo LTD Ft. Ryan Stevenson

# 1 This Week In:
2020 – “Keep Me In The Moment” – Jeremy Camp
2019 – “Church (Take Me Back)” – Cochren & Co.
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “The Comeback” – Danny Gokey

Logan, Madison, and Taylor Cain remain atop my chart for a 3RD week in a row with “Yes He Can”. It’s currently # 7 at U.S. Christian radio (both large market and small market). Cain are currently on a nationwide tour that continues until Thanksgiving here in the U.S. Later this week they are in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio. Strangely there are no Florida dates on the tour. Come on Cain. Florida is nice in December. Come down before Christmas. Bring Zach Williams and We The Kingdom with you.

BRAND NEW at # 10 is the debut hit from Apollo LTD – a Nashville Tennessee based duo. They’ve had a couple of hits at U.S. Christian radio over the past few years – mostly at stations that serve a younger demographic. This appears to be their breakthrough hit nationwide at all formats, and chart veteran Ryan Stevenson helps them out with “Sunday Morning Feeling”. It serves as Ryan’s 7TH hit on my chart.

CHART BUSTING just outside of my Top 10 this week is the debut hit from 19-year-old Anne Wilson. She sings all about her Jesus. It also serves as a dedication to her older brother Jacob Kent Wilson who tragically died in a vehicular accident in Lexington Kentucky 4 years ago at the age of 23. Here’s the official music video for “My Jesus”:

This blog is # 42 worldwide on the Top 60 Christian Music Blogs and Websites in 2021 chart. Thank You for including us Feedspot !

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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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday July 04TH 2021, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate our freedom on this day – our first Independence Day here in the U.S.A. on a Sunday since 2010. Happy 245TH Birthday America !

On this 4TH Of July holiday we celebrate this great nation of ours – this free nation that we call The United States Of America. We are free today because of our Founding Fathers – great Americans like John Hancock, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Let us never forget all of those great Americans who fought – and who continue to fight to this day – for the independence and the freedom that we continue to enjoy today.

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is – there is freedom.
(2 Corinthians 3:17)

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) 2021 Christopher M. Day, CountUp Ministries