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My Top 10 Hits – Week 187

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date September 14, 2020

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back 40+ years. Here it is – for the week ending Sunday September 13TH 2020:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	2	5	God So Loved	We The Kingdom
2	3	4	The Blessing	Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes, Elevation Worship
3	5	2	This Is What We Live For	Big Daddy Weave
4	6	3	Rise Up (Lazarus)	Cain
5	7	2	No Hold On Me	Matty Mullins
6	4	18	No Impossible With You	I AM THEY
7	1	7	Miracles	Colton Dixon
8	8	4	Who Am I	NeedToBreathe
9	9	4	Peace Be Still	Hope Darst
10	10	2	Into The Sea (It’s Gonna Be OK)	Tasha Layton

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West

Well for the first time during this current chart era neither Casting Crowns nor Matthew West are at # 1 on my chart during this middle week of September. We The Kingdom ascend to my top spot to score their 2ND # 1 smash in a row with “God So Loved”. Their debut smash “Holy Water” was my first # 1 smash of 2020.

So this is Week 187 of this current chart era. Week 200’s chart will be posted on Monday December 14TH 2020. The next day – on a special Tuesday blog post – I’ll present a special cumulative chart – My Top 20 Hits Of 200 Weeks. I see a few songs up above that will be on that chart !

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.

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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date September 13, 2020

Greetings my extended church body – my brothers and sisters in Christ worldwide. It’s Sunday September 13TH 2020, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this day and each new day that God grants us on His fantastic journey for us.

Last Sunday morning when I arrived at my church sanctuary about 45 minutes prior to the start of the service I saw this to my surprise:

That’s our Communion table – front-and-center. I wasn’t expecting it there. You see for the past 4 years I’ve been in charge of Communion. I schedule it (usually on the first Sunday of every month). I study for it. I pray about it. I prepare the elements. I place the table. I lead my church body in Holy Communion. I did that every month from August 2016 to March 2020, and then COVID-19 hit.

We resumed regular weekly in-person services on Sunday May 31ST, but Communion was not part of the service due to COVID concerns. In June, July, and August I told my church body that eventually we would return to observing and celebrating Communion at the start of every month – once we figure out how to do it safely.

Well our Lead Pastor figured out a way to do it safely. He actually setup that Communion table, and it looked beautiful too. Once I saw that I had less than 45 minutes to study for it and pray about it. A nicety with modern technology is the fact that I had almost my entire history of Communions on a Cloud – accessible via my iPhone. I went to work to find one that was perfect for the day. Once I found it I updated it for the day. I prayed about it. I enhanced it further. I prayed about it some more. I essentially did what usually takes me much of Saturday to do at my traditional computer at home – in less than 45 minutes on my iPhone.

Our Lead Pastor delivered his message titled, “What Is The Day Of The LORD ?”, and then he called me up to lead Communion. It went rather smoothly, and it actually flowed perfectly as a nice continuation of his sermon. (That was a “God-wink” moment there.)

My Communion was based on 1 John 5:1-6:

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves His children too. We know we love God’s children – if we love God and obey His commandments. Loving God means keeping His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome. For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. And who can win this battle against the world ? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by His baptism in water, and by shedding His blood on the cross. And the Spirit – who is truth – confirms it with His testimony.

EPILOGUE: You know I’m not big into surprises. I prefer the status quo. I prefer the way that it’s always been done. But you know – I’ve come to expect God’s surprises over the past 14 years, and I love them. Our God didn’t create this fantastic journey for us to live a routine – mundane – monotonous life. He created this journey for adventure and excitement. He died for us so that we can live – live the life that He intended us to live when He created us – a life with purpose – a life with potential to change the world. There are surprises with each new curve along the journey. Grab them, and make the most of them !

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My Top 10 Hits – Summer Of 2020

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date September 8, 2020

16 weekly hit music charts and 26 positive and encouraging hits (2 more than last Summer) have created this cumulative hit music chart of my Top 10 hits of the Summer Of 2020 based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay. Here it is – from U.S. Memorial Day Weekend (last Sunday of May) to U.S. Labor Day Weekend (first Sunday of September):

RK	PK	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	16	No Impossible With You	I AM THEY
2	1	15	Keep Me In The Moment	Jeremy Camp
3	2	15	Alive & Breathing	Matt Maher
4	1	9	I Will Fear No More	The Afters
5	2	13	The Father’s House	Cory Asbury
6	2	10	Amadeo (Still My God)	Ryan Stevenson
7	1	11	There Was Jesus	Zach Williams Ft. Dolly Parton
8	3	10	You’ve Always Been	Unspoken
9	1	6	Miracles	Colton Dixon
10	2	4	God So Loved	We The Kingdom

# 1 Summer Of:
2019 – “Raise A Hallelujah” – Bethel Music
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “Wonder” – Hillsong UNITED

I mentioned it 8 days ago here on my blog. A sleeper smash has dominated my chart this summer. I never saw it coming. It’s a song that probably shouldn’t have charted all along. It’s from a 10-song album – “Trial & Triumph” – that was released over 2½ years ago in March of 2018. It’s been on YouTube since before then. It was released as a single in 2019, and it peaked at Christian radio nationwide this past May. It debuted on my chart the week before this summer began, as airplay was ramping-up on K-LOVE. It’s the only song that spent all 16 weeks of summer (from start to finish) on my chart. Congratulations to I AM THEY with their sleeper smash of the summer – “No Impossible With You”.

There were really no other surprises for my summertime chart. Every # 1 smash made it. Every song that spent at least 1 week at # 2 made it. No artist repeated from last summer. It was a solid summer of good music for the Lord based on Good News from the Lord.

Much like all of 2020 (since March) – I’ll remember this unique summer for years to come. It’s the summer that I spent more time at home than anywhere else, and I was doing something strange at home that I had never done before (this year) – work from home. And while I was working from home I was listening to continuous positive and encouraging hits on K-LOVE. I think I’ve listened to more radio this summer than in any previous summer in modern times.

If you’re not familiar with one or any of these songs then use Google, Bing, or YouTube to check them out. Enjoy the music, but especially listen to the words. The words of these songs represent God’s Word. Any one of these songs can change your life forever. God used music to rescue and save me from the darkness during the Summer Of 2006.

He has given me a new song to sing – a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what He has done, and be amazed. They will put their trust in the LORD. (Psalm 40:3 NLT)

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.

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 186

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date September 7, 2020

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	6	Miracles	Colton Dixon
2	3	4	God So Loved	We The Kingdom
3	4	3	The Blessing	Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes, Elevation Worship
4	2	17	No Impossible With You	I AM THEY
5	–	1	This Is What We Live For	Big Daddy Weave
6	8	2	Rise Up (Lazarus)	Cain
7	–	1	No Hold On Me	Matty Mullins
8	9	3	Who Am I	NeedToBreathe
9	10	3	Peace Be Still	Hope Darst
10	–	1	Into The Sea (It’s Gonna Be OK)	Tasha Layton

# 1 This Week In:
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Who You Say I Am” – Hillsong Worship
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West

Colton Dixon remains at # 1 for a 3RD week with my favorite song on the radio. It’s likely his final week at # 1, as both We The Kingdom and the Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes, and Elevation Worship collaboration are making the Top 3 full with glorious new music and lyrics for Christ our Savior.

Debuting high at # 5 is the latest track from one of my favorite bands – Big Daddy Weave. Their 4TH hit since 2017 sounds awesome, and I love to sing along to it whenever I hear it. It’s truly got that trademark Big Daddy Weave sound and melody to it where if you hear it for the first time – you may guess that it’s a Big Daddy Weave song before the deejay tells you so.

I always love debut artists on the radio and on my chart. I love to hear new music from artists who I’ve never heard of before. This week I’m blessed to love new music from Matty Mullins and Tasha Layton. Matty’s been around for about a dozen years as part of the Mainstream and Christian hard rock scene with his band Memphis May Fire. Tasha has sung background vocals for Katy Perry. She was a contestant during the 2010 season of American Idol.

Well normally this is the end of another weekend of blogging, but I’m not done yet. I’ll have a special Tuesday blog post tomorrow. It’s my annual end-of-summer chart. I’ll #CountUp my Top 10 hits of the Summer of 2020 (from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend).