Songs About Breathing, Vol. 2

This is the other half of that post I promised you earlier – I don't feel like rewriting the intro. It's a bunch of songs about breathing. It's self-explanatory. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Berlin  ~  "Take My Breath Away"

2)  The Prodigy  ~  "Breathe"

3)  Delilah  ~  "Breathe"

4)  Modest Mouse  ~  "Ocean Breathes Salty"

5)  Metric  ~  "Breathing Underwater"

6)  Mat Kearney  ~  "Breathe In, Breathe Out"

7)  Tich  ~  "Breathe In, Breathe Out"

8)  Creed  ~  "One Last Breath"

9)  Milk Inc.  ~  "Breathe Without You"

10)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "Every Time I Breathe"

11)  Of Eyes That See  ~  "Breathe Again"

12)  Switchfoot  ~  "Learning To Breathe"

13)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  "Keep Breathing"

14)  Babyface  ~  "Reason For Breathing"

15)  Garbage  ~  "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing"

16)  Duncan Sheik  ~  "Barely Breathing"

17)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  "Catch My Breath"

18)  The Police  ~  "Every Breath You Take"

19)  Nicole Scherzinger  ~  "Don't Hold Your Breath"

20)  Shania Twain  ~  "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing"

Fruits Of The Spirit Songs: "Humility"

This entry in my "Fruits of the Spirit" series was one of the hardest of all of them. Various Bible translations use the words "gentleness," "meekness," or "humility" to describe this "fruit." Well, there almost no songs that directly speak of gentleness and very few that cover meekness – shocking, I know. But I found that there are quite a few songs that – in their lyrics or merely in their themes – deal with the subject of "Humility." So that was the tack I took with this one. And a fine set of songs it is, too! I truly hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Graham Kendrick  ~  "Meekness & Majesty"

2)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "Audience Of One"

3)  Colton Dixon  ~  "More Of You"

4)  Jennifer Knapp  ~   "Martyrs & Thieves"  (BLOGGER'S NOTE: Yes, I DO know she identifies as a lesbian now. But that fact does not lessen the truth or the message of this song, which Jennifer wrote several years ago when she was then identifying as a Christian musician.)

5)  Kutless  ~  "Give Us Clean Hands"

6)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Unending Love"

7)  Christafari  ~  "Here I Am To Worship"

8)  Israel Houghton  ~  "I Surrender All"

9)  Austin Chamberlin & Lauren Zielenski  ~  "All I Am"  (This is a lovely cover version of a Phil Wickham song, for which I couldn't find a music video.)

10)  Hillsong Live  ~  "To Be Like You"

11)  Planetshakers  ~  "Surrender"

12)  Flame ft. J.R.  ~  "Tonight (All Of Me)"

13)  Hillsong United  ~  "Like An Avalanche"

14)  Jimmy Needham  ~  "Being Small"

15)  Chris Sligh  ~  "Empty Me"

16)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Narrow Road"

17)  Leeland  ~  "Holy Spirit, Have Your Way"

18)  Flame ft. V. Rose  ~  "Surrender"

19)  Chris Tomlin  ~  "Lay Me Down"

20)  Hillsong Live  ~  "You"

21)  Deitrick Haddon  ~  "Have Your Way"

22)  FFH  ~  "Wholly To You"

23)  Seventh Day Slumber  ~  "Surrender"

24)  Rend Collective  ~  "All That I Am"

25)  Hillsong Live  ~  "I Surrender"

Songs About Grace, Vol. 2

Here's the second part of what ended up being a 40-tune collection of songs about Grace. I love so many of these songs – even the ones I heard for the first time while compiling these posts. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Phillips, Craig, & Dean  ~  "Your Grace Still Amazes Me"

2)  Larry Ford  ~  "He Giveth More Grace"

3)  Krystal Meyers  ~  "The Beauty Of Grace"

4)  Dustin Kensrue  ~  "Grace Alone"

5)  B-SHOC  ~  "Grace Grace Grace"

6)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "Fields Of Grace"  (No, there's nothing wrong with your headphones or earbuds. This video is simply not in stereo for some reason.)

7)  Christy Nockels  ~  "Grace Flows Down"  (Sorry, no real video of this one. But this song needed to be here!)

8)  The Martins  ~  "Grace"

9)  Matt Redman  ~  "Your Grace Finds Me"

10)  Hillsong United  ~  "Rhythms Of Grace"

11)  Fred Hammond  ~  "Lord, Your Grace"

12)  Matthew West  ~  "Only Grace"

13)  Ernie Haase & Signature Sound  ~  "Wonderful Grace Of Jesus"

14)  Todd Agnew  ~  "Grace Like Rain"

15)  KIDD ft. Sevin  ~  "Grace"

16)  Hillsong Live  ~  "Grace Abounds"

17)  Triumphant Quartet  ~  "Saved By Grace"

18)  Ashmont Hill   ~  "Grace Like A Flood"

19)  Passion ft. Kristian Stanfill  ~  "This Grace"

20)  Josh Wilson  ~  "Amazing Grace"  (I know I've already included one rendition of this iconic song, but Josh Wilson performs it like no other. I've seen him do the one-man band thing live in concert, and it's no less impressive here than it was there. What a talent!)

Songs About Redemption

Here's the first installment in what will hopefully be a long and ongoing series of posts consisting entirely of faith-based songs centered around a single theme. First up, songs about redemption. With the first priority being to feature high-quality songs, I also made a special effort to explore a wide variety of genres here, including gospel, pop, Christian contemporary, Southern gospel, rock, praise and worship, and even one rap song. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  JJ Heller  ~  "Redemption"

2)  Johnny Cash  ~  "Redemption"

3)  Israel Houghton ft. Michael Gungor & Aaron Lindsey  ~  "Sing Redemption's Song"

4)  The Hoppers  ~  "Let The Redeemed Say So"

5)  Nicole C. Mullen  ~  "Redeemer"

6)  Charlotte Church  ~  "Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer"

7)  Hannah McClure ft. William Matthews  ~  "God Of The Redeemed"

8)  Hezekiah Walker  ~  "Let The Redeemed"

9)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Squire Parsons, Karen Peck, & Guy Penrod  ~  "Redeemed"

10)  Casting Crowns  ~  "Blessed Redeemer"

11)  Planetshakers  ~  "Redeemer"

12)  Hillsong Live  ~  "We The Redeemed"

13)  Bushwick Bill  ~  "Testimony Of Redemption"

14)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "My Redeemer Is Faithful And True"

15)  Michael English  ~  "Feels Like Redemption"

16)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Allison Durham Speer  ~  "He's Worthy (Song Of The Redeemed)"

17)  Matthew Smith  ~  "Redeemed, Restored, Forgiven"

18)  Myron Butler & Levi  ~  "Redeemed"

19)  Greater Vision  ~  "Since I Have Been Redeemed"

20)  Parachute Band  ~  "The Redeemed"

21)  Jessy Dixon  ~  "I Am Redeemed"

22)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "Redeemed"

23)  Legacy Five  ~  "I Stand Redeemed"

24)  Hillsong Church  ~  "My Redeemer Lives"

25)  The Cathedrals  ~  "Redemption Draweth Nigh"

BONUS TRACK:  Gaither Homecoming ft. Vestal Goodman  ~  "There Is A Fountain"  (This one doesn't have any form of the word "redemption" in its title, but was one of the first to come to mind for me when I thought about the theme of redemption.)