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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 7, 2024

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday January 07TH 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 first #SundayScripture of this great new year – a year that I pray will be greater for you than the old.

I’ll be with my longtime church family in Homestead this morning, and I’ll be leading Communion. After service and fellowship at a local area restaurant – I’ll be on my way back home to Sebring for the next 2 weeks.

Later this week I’ll immerse myself further into my new church family in Sebring by adding Bible Study to my Friday evening schedule each week. I’m looking forward to spending more time getting to know my new brothers and sisters in Christ as we get closer to Him together.

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works – not neglecting to meet together – as is the habit of some – but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. (Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV)

Being an active part of a church family is integral to getting closer to Christ with each new day. This month marks 17 years of being an active part of a church family – from my first church of 8 years – to my longtime Homestead church of almost 9 years – to my new Sebring church of now 4 months.

A little over a month ago I preached a 2-sermon message series based on Jude’s letter near the end of the New Testament. Later this month I’ll begin transcribing that message series – a little at a time – over the course of about 12 to 16 weeks. (I’ll maintain my pledge to keep all of my blog posts to an under 4-minute read.)

My testimony is featured here each week on #SundayScripture whether it’s part of a sermon, 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 23 Hits – 2023

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 2, 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. And now – it’s a special based on all of my weekly charts of last year – My Top 23 Hits of 2023:

RK	PK	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	23	Praise You Anywhere	Brandon Lake
2	1	21	The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)	Matt Maher
3	2	24	I See Grace	Micah Tyler
4	1	24	This Is Our God	Phil Wickham
5	2	20	Hallelujah Feeling	Caleb & John
6	1	21	Praise The Lord	Micah Tyler
7	1	20	My Story Your Glory	Matthew West
8	2	22	Fingerprints	Dan Bremnes
9	2	21	To Not Worship You	MercyMe
10	1	11	I Thank God	Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
11	1	18	Cornerstone	TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams
12	1	16	Big God	Terrian
13	2	13	First Things First	Consumed By Fire
14	3	18	Parking Lot	Cochren & Co.
15	2	12	The King Is Alive	Jordan Feliz
16	1	8	Who I Am	Ben Fuller
17	2	14	I Believe It (The Life Of Jesus)	Jon Reddick
18	2	9	Running Home	Cochren & Co.
19	5	15	Every Hour	David Leonard Ft. Josh Baldwin
20	3	9	Love Me Like I Am	for King + Country Ft. Jordin Sparks
21	4	12	Heaven Changes Everything	Big Daddy Weave
22	1	7	Holy Forever	Chris Tomlin
23	5	13	Jesus Does	We The Kingdom

# 1 For The Year In:
2022 – “See Me Through It” – Brandon Heath
2021 – “Fires” – Jordan St. Cyr
2020 – “Almost Home” – MercyMe
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West

BRANDON LAKE – In 2022 it was Brandon Heath, and in 2023 it’s Brandon Lake. After 5 minor hits on my chart (mostly collaborations with other artists) – Brandon Lake broke out in a big way with a long-running # 1 solo smash that is my # 1 smash of the entire year. In fact – it wasn’t until its 23RD and final week on my chart (last weekend) – that “Praise You Anywhere” clinched the # 1 spot for the year – over Matt Maher’s “The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)”. It entered my chart in the middle of July, and it stayed on through Christmas Eve. And it even had a fun music video to watch:

MATT MAHER – His 3RD hit on my chart – “The Lord’s Prayer (It’s Yours)” – was his 2ND # 1 smash. It was my longest-running chart-topper of the year at 12 weeks. It was also my longest-running chart-topper in over 2 years – since Cade Thompson’s “Every Step Of The Way”. I thought for sure that it would be my # 1 smash of the year. I thought it clinched back in June, but that was before Brandon Lake arrived on the radio scene. Nevertheless – it was an instant add into Praise + Worship at church services on Sunday mornings. (We already knew the words from Matthew 6.)

REPEATING ARTISTS – Matthew West, Dan Bremnes, Cochren & Co., Jordan Feliz, Ben Fuller, for King + Country, and We The Kingdom are the 7 artists who were also on My Top 22 Of 2022 chart a year ago. In fact – Ben Fuller and for King + Country charted with the same songs, as their respective chart life spanned the end of 2022 and the start of 2023.

MATTHEW WEST – My # 1 artist of the past 359 weeks with 8 songs and 165 weeks on my chart – Matthew West – makes it a perfect 7 out of 7 years in a row on my year-end chart. This year he did it with “My Story Your Glory” – which was already on my chart (in its 3RD week) when 2023 began.

CONCLUSION – My Top 23 Of 2023 chart was compiled by awarding 10 points for each week at # 1, 9 points for # 2, and so forth and so on down to 1 point for # 10. The points were then added, and the hits were ranked. 55 songs charted in 2023. There were 10 # 1 hits, and they all made it onto my chart above. It was a great year for positive and encouraging music on the radio that told the story of God and gave Him all of the glory. What a great chart to represent His music. Let’s continue to praise and worship Him as we go forth into 2024.

SPOTIFY – You can hear My Top 23 Of 2023 anytime simply by heading over to my playlist on Spotify. All 23 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 23, or you can shuffle them. You can link to it here. It’s 1 hour and 21 minutes of the greatest hits of 2023 !

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 3 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday.

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 Spotify, X, and Flickr.

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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My Top 10 Hits – Week 359

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date January 1, 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 31ST 2023 – the 359TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	11	I Thank God [9TH week @ # 1]	Housefires Ft. JWLKRS Worship
2	2	20	Hallelujah Feeling	Caleb & John
3	4	8	I Believe	Phil Wickham
4	3	21	Praise The Lord	Micah Tyler
5	8	4	Strong	Anne Wilson
6	5	18	Parking Lot	Cochren & Co.
7	6	5	Grave Robber	Crowder
8	–	1	Hallelujah Anyway	Rend Collective
9	9	4	Trust In God	Elevation Worship
10	10	4	Lead On Good Shepherd	Patrick Mayberry

# 1 This Week In:
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

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime simply by heading over to 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.

TOP 23 OF 2023 – Happy New Year 2024 ! Tomorrow’s the day that I publish my Top 23 Of 2023. And it will also have its very own Spotify playlist.

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 31, 2023

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday December 31ST 2023, 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 is the last day of 2023, and this is my 186TH and final blog post of the year. That’s actually the least amount of blog posts in a year since 2018. It’s down because I eliminated my #RetroFriday posts in May. I’ll be back in 2024 (starting tomorrow) for my regularly-scheduled #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday posts – with occasional special Tuesday and Wednesday posts.

I thank you all for reading my blog each week. I’ll continue writing it as long as you continue reading it. And I’ll continue to respect your time. Each of my blog posts can be read in less than 4 minutes.

The old – 2023 – has passed on. It’s behind us. We can’t do anything about it. What’s said is said. What’s done is done. But behold – the new creation – 2024 – has come. The Lord said, “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold – I am doing a new thing.” Our God said, “I am making all things new.”

2023 was a great and life-changing year for me. Miracles occurred. Dreams came true. But I know that God will lead me to an even greater 2024, as I continue to move closer to Him. I pray that 2024 is a greater year for you as well.

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.