AWARD-WINNING CHART TOPPER TRAVIS GREENE RELEASES NEW SINGLE “YOU WAITED”

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Travis Greene – You Waited

AWARD-WINNING CHART TOPPER TRAVIS GREENE RELEASES NEW SINGLE “YOU WAITED”

“You Waited” Marks Lead Single from Highly-Anticipated New Album

NASHVILLE, TN – May 12, 2017 – Chart-topper Travis Greene releases his new single “You Waited” – via live performance and interactive social experience.  The acclaimed recording artist – who jump-started the year with worldwide buzz and career accolades including 2 GRAMMY^® nominations, and winning a leading 7 awards at the 2017 Stellar Awards – now marks “You Waited” as the lead single from his highly-anticipated upcoming album Crossover: Live from Music City. 

Check out Travis Greene’s new video for “You Waited”: smarturl.it/YouWaited-Y

Buy N“You Waited” is available now via digital service providers and begins impacting radio on May 15^th.  The video for “You Waited”, captured at Greene’s sold-out live album recording in Nashville, precedes the launch of Crossover Radio, an interactive game-themed platform allowing fans to engage with their local radio stations to petition for airplay

Greene’s release of “You Waited” comes just before the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, where he is nominated for all 3 awards within the Gospel categories.  Greene continues to perform both domestically and internationally, with upcoming appearances in Accra, Ghana (May 20^th), JoyFest in Charlotte, NC (May 27^th), Glow Fest in Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago (June 15^th), Warri, Nigeria (June 21^st), MegaFest 2017 in Dallas, TX (June 30^th–July 1^st), and more.  

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LYRICS: “You Waited” by Travis Greene

You came out of your way

You sat down to speak to me
What amazing grace
That you’ve shown
So patiently

And you
Waited
For me
Just for me
Oh…

You called out my name
Knew my past, covered my shame
This amazing grace
You’ve shown
So patiently
You’ve shown
So patiently

And you
You waited
For me
Just for me
Oh…
You
You waited
For me
Just for me

Where would I be
If you left me there
Where would I be
If you left me there
Whete would I be
If you left me there
Where would I be
If you left me there

But you waited, waited
You waited, waited
You waited, waited
You waited, waited

Where would I be
If you left me there
Where would I be
If you left me there
Where would I be
If you left me there
Where would I be
If you left me there

You waited, waited
You waited, waited
You waited, waited
You waited, waited
You waited, waited
You waited, waited

Where would I be
If you left me there
Where would I be
If you left me there
Where would I be
If you left me there
Where would I be
If you left me there

What amazing grace
You’ve shown
So patiently
You’ve shown
So patiently

And you, you waited
For me
(Just for me)
You, you waited
For me
(Just for me)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JEKALYN CARR PREPARES FOR JUNE 22nd LIVE RECORDING

Jekalyn Carr Prepares For June 22nd Live Recording | @JekalynCarr

Grammy Award-Nominee, Billboard Music Award-Nominee, and Stellar Award-Winner, Jekalyn Carr, is in the throes of preparing for her second live recording, which will take place on June 22nd. The recording will take place at Brown Baptist Church in Southaven, MS, which is just a stone’s throw away from her native hometown of Memphis, TN.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD is a call for all of God’s people to unite as just that, removing the limitations of race, religion, denomination, organization, locale, gender, or class. With this new release, Carr addresses how God desires to see His people, and how we should see ourselves – as one united body of believers. God’s love for us all is consistent. The same love, grace, and mercy that He extends to one, He extends to all. From America to Africa, to Russia, to Asia, and all around the world – God’s love is able to reach all and cover all.

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ONE NATION UNDER GOD will be Carr’s second live recording, and comes on the heels of its sole predecessor, the popular and widely celebrated The Life Project, which has been considered by many as Carr’s coming-of-age release. The live setting set the perfect stage upon which Carr could seamlessly blend her music and her inimitable, dynamic ministry. The powerful scenario resulted in The Life Project becoming her first #1 album, and producing her first #1 single (“You’re Greater”), garnering multiple nominations for The Stellar Awards, and her first nominations for both the Grammy Awards and the Billboard Music Awards.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD will, once again, place Carr in a live setting, surrounded by worshippers and people after God’s own heart, as she presents her new music and creates an atmosphere of unity and solidarity among the people of God.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD is more than a recording – it is a movement; a call to action.
All roads lead to Brown Baptist Church in Southaven, MS on June 22nd as Carr presents ONE NATION UNDER GOD. Doors open at 5:30 and attendees are encouraged to arrive early to insure their place in this room which is guaranteed to release a sound and a charge that will shift the mindsets of separation and designation, and restore an atmosphere of unity and inclusion.

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I vow to serve God for the rest of my life – Davido gives testimony in church [VIDEO]

I vow to serve God for the rest of my life – Davido gives testimony in church [VIDEO]

Renowned Nigerian music star, born David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido was pictured at a church in Lagos State on Sunday sharing testimonies.

He stood before the congregation at the Redeemed Christian Church of God parish, RCCG, City of David, Victoria Island.

“Praise the Lord,” he screamed.

“I normally wake up late but I woke up this morning and my friend beckoned on me, ‘OBO, let’s go to church.’

“God has been blessing me so much I never really have time to come and thank Him.

“So I decided to come and thank Him.”

Also, on his Instagram page @davidoofficial, he wrote: “Happy Sunday peeps. Come and see the Lord is good.

“I vow to serve you for the rest of my life. Everlasting father.

“2017 will be great for all of us.”

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Donnie McClurkin Tells Christians to Stop Protesting Donald

Donnie McClurkin Tells Christians to Stop Protesting Donald
   

Pastor Donnie McClurkin believes Christians should leave protesting President Donald Trump to the world and shift their focus.

"We need to know what our vote really means and how to utilize it. But I don't want us to get caught up in this protest," the gospel singer and pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, New York, said on syndicated radio show Get Up! Mornings With Erica Campbell. "The protests do nothing but rile [people] up. It causes people's anger to rise up and it gives us a false sense of involvement."

For McClurkin, "the true sense of involvement is at the voting booth."

However, Campbell disagreed with the sentiments that protesting is meaningless. The syndicated radio host who got her start singing in Mary Mary insisted protesting captures the attention of the necessary people.

"It stops their progress. It makes the police have to respond and they have to spend money, they have to clear the streets and they have to organize," she said. "So it makes them pay a little more attention..."

However, McClurkin insisted that the only money being spent in those situations were taxpayer dollars. While the pastor and "We Fall Down" singer insisted that he didn't vote for Trump because of his "lack of policy, misogynistic ideals, [and] racism," he called for Christians to deal with Trump's presidency with prayer instead of protest.

"Now is our time to pray for him. This is the job of the church," he said. "Let the world protest but the job of the church now is to go into prayer and pray that, number one, he succeeds, because if he fails, we have to deal with the consequences as a nation," he said before quoting 2 Chronicles 7:14. "America is in a place that it has never been before and the Christian has got to be who God has called us to be."

While Campbell didn't totally agree with her friend McClurkin, her sister, fellow gospel singer Tina Campbell, sang a different tune by writing an open letter to Trump that she shared on social media last week.

Citing Ephesians 3:20, Campbell revealed why she is choosing to publicly show compassion for the president even though she disagrees with him.

"I believe that understanding and compassion is absolutely necessary for the progress of all people. So, although I don't always understand or agree with Mr. Donald Trump's politics, perspective, and approach, I believe that the same God that created all of us has deposited greatness inside of him that goes far beyond what many of us have seen and what many of us could imagine," she wrote on social media. "I believe that God can do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power that works in us. I believe that the power that works in us is our ability to love, and unify, and humble ourselves, and forgive, and hope, and pray, and educate ourselves, and apply wisdom and hard work to knowledge."

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Kari Jobe Talks of Healing Birthed From New Album After Family Tragedy

Kari Jobe Talks of Healing Birthed From New Album After Family Tragedy

   

Grammy-nominated worship leader Kari Jobe shared with The Christian Post the intimate details surrounding the tragedy and healing that led to the release of her new album, The Garden.

Two years before Jobe's new album release, she found herself in a season of celebration. She had just gotten married to her husband, Cody Carnes, and shortly after got pregnant and moved to Nashville. Both she and her sister were pregnant at the same time and she said everything was really "fun" and exciting, until tragedy struck.

Toward the end of her pregnancy, Jobe's sister had to give birth to what Jobe calls a "sleeping angel." Her sister's baby did not survive and it devastated the family.

"She was already back with Jesus before we got to meet her," Jobe told The Christian Post. "Just navigating those emotions in that difficult season, while being pregnant and also still having life growing inside of me was uncharted waters. So it took me a season to get the air back in my lungs."

Jobe remembered being so overwhelmed with sorrow and filled with disappointment and questions.

Jobe and her family, being people of faith, were praying that the outcome would be different but when their prayers weren't answered the singer said it forced her to take a minute and ask God what His plan was in all of it.

"You have to turn your why into something. You can't just sit in those questions because it just causes more questions," Jobe explained. "I just began to pour my heart out in song. Praying that God would meet us in that place of pain and speak to us."

The 35-year-old said she had to fight a lot of fear before the birth of her son because the cause of her sister's loss was not determined. She took extra precaution and put herself on bed rest. She stopped flying, changed her diet, and quit working out.

"I think I went to the ER about three or four times out of fear. I just wanted to hear his heartbeat," Jobe explained.

While writing and creating The Garden, Jobe went on to give birth to a healthy baby boy named Canyon.

"Canyon has brought a lot of joy and a lot of healing to our family through it all," she said. "It's just one of those things that's uncharted but God walked us through it."

She turned every step of her journey into songs on The Garden and the music is built to reach the heart of God and the souls of people who are willing to surrender their pain to Him, as Jobe did.

Although the pain was intense, Jobe said God was with them every step of the way.

"At the same time there was such a sense of God's presence, of His goodness surrounding us. Looking back, I sensed His presence so strong and my sister was just so gorgeous walking through it. She would call me and just tell me, 'I can't wait to meet your baby, I'm so excited,'" Jobe shared.

As Jobe turned to prayer and her album to cry out to God, she offered advice to the many people in her generation that are hurting over the current condition of the world.

"Honestly, if I was sitting in a room with millennials, people of my same age and younger, I would just say, 'OK, stop whining and stop being fearful and get on your face and pray. We have to pray. We have to take it to prayer before we take it to social media," she advised.

"We're so surrounded with sharing our feelings and making sure our opinions are put out there because we know people are listening and watching so we feel like there's a responsibility to say something, but I'm trying to be careful to not say something before I've prayed it."

She admitted that like others she can also find herself being fearful and not praying at all if she stays on social media and watches the news all day.

But then she asks herself, "'What's the perspective of God?' It comes back to some of the stuff that I just wrote for this album. God, you knew this was gonna happen before it happened, nothing surprises Him."

She said instead of stressing out she just decides to walk in peace and pray Scripture over her life.

The Texas Native echoes the posture she hopes for people to be in with hit single "Heal Our Land." Jobe referenced 2 Chronicles 7:14, which instructs people to humble themselves and pray.

"It's pretty strong language from God. Pray, but not just pray - Seek Him as well! That means taking time to really hear the heart of God," the songstress stated. "I think it would really change what people are saying. I think people would be talking a little bit more out of faith than fear."

Jobe said her song "Speak to Me" is her favorite on the album.

"That's one my favorites, and I think I love it because sometimes we just need to sit and wait," she explained. "Because of social media and the way that our culture is now we're so quick to share everything. Sometimes I think we just need to create space again to wait on God and not be in a hurry."

She challenged people to examine whether or not they make space for God.

Now married and a mother, Jobe said she has to make space for God and her family in the midst of her busy tour schedule.

"I have learned to put my phone down and be fully present, take deep breaths and not be in a hurry," she said of spending time with her son. "I don't want to look back and regret missing anything because I was busy."

The worship leader ended the interview by talking about the importance of praise.

"We all are created to worship and we all worship something even if we're not worshiping God. The fruit of our lives will speak for what we are worshiping," she maintained. "For me personally, worship music is something that helps me pray and say things to God that I haven't been saying. Or it helps me connect to Him."

Jobe doesn't believe that worship should be put in a box and said sometimes she finds herself worshiping to songs that aren't what standard "worship music" might sound like.

"There's some Lecrae songs that I'm like, 'That's incredible. I wouldn't have thought to say that in that way.' But if it catches something that you've been needing to say to God, I think that's worship," she concluded.

Her album, The Garden, is now available and Jobe will be touring for the record on "The Garden Tour." She will also be offering worship workshops in certain cities specifically for people who feel called to lead in worship.

To get the album or for more information, visit her webs

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Is Donald Trump 'the Last Trump' Before Jesus Christ's Return?

Is Donald Trump 'the Last Trump' Before Jesus Christ's Return?

   

Is Donald Trump specifically named in the New Testament prophecies about the end times? Some are speculating that the new U.S. president is "the last trump" that is mentioned in the Bible and that his geopolitical moves are heralding the end times. But one biblical expert says not so fast.

Dr. Samuel Lamerson, professor of New Testament and president of Florida's Knox Theological Seminary, told The Christian Post that such analysis is "ridiculous."

"First of all, it only works in the English language. The New Testament was written in Greek. Second of all, it only works in the King James Version and some other older translations. Many other translations will have 'trumpet' instead of 'trump,'" Lamerson explained.

Historian David Montaigne, who has written End Times and 2019, Antichrist 2016-2019, and The Two Witnesses of Revelation, pointed to two Bible passages in an online post last year that refer to "trump:"

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1 Thessalonians 4:16 reads: "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first."

I Corinthians 15:52 states: "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

Montaigne noted that it is possible to look into such verses and explore what they might be saying about God's plans concerning Trump.

"I am not suggesting that Donald Trump absolutely *IS* the last trump – but since the LAST TRUMP is one of the most clear and final signs in end times prophecy, can we overlook the possibility that a presidential candidate named Trump is being used as a sign by God?" he posed.

Rejecting the argument, Lamerson told CP that he doubts that any New Testament scholar with legitimate credentials would give weight to such reading of prophecy.

"It's a textbook example of how not to read the text," Lamerson stressed. "It's what we would call an exegetical fallacy.

"These ideas that somehow the current president is named in the New Testament is the sort of thing that I teach my students to avoid at all costs."

Lamerson pointed out that this kind of discussion took place from Barack Obama's presidency all the way back to Abraham Lincoln.

"I think that often people forget that the book of Revelation was written 2,000 years ago," he said. The notion that what the Scripture says applies to the shape of the political world today "is to totally misunderstand what exactly is going on there," he added.

Other end times prophets have focused on the wider impact of Trump's presidency so far, such ashis criticism of the European Union, particularly when it comes to allowing millions of refugees to enter its territory.

Author and commentator Erika Grey, who analyzes Israel, the U.S., Russia, and other major players in geopolitics today and their role in biblical prophecy, has linked Trump's opposition to the EU to factors that could bring about the end times.

While previous U.S. administrations all embraced the EU, Trump has taken the opposite stance, Grey noted, and aligned himself with Britain's Nigel Farage of the UKIP party, who successfully oversaw Brexit, or Britain voting to leave the EU.

"In end time Bible Prophecy we know that the EU is going to become the greatest most powerful world empire to have ever existed and it is going to be an economic powerhouse," she wrote on her website.

"Despite BREXIT and Donald Trump in Bible Prophecy the EU is still going to move forward despite taking these bumps. With Donald Trump as president there is a new sheriff in town and the era of EU, US relations has come to an end, but with the new president will come a geopolitical shift and the EU will continue to move forward even to the surprise of some EU officials."

People have long been making predictions about U.S. presidents playing a part in end times prophecy, Lamerson noted, and they have all turned out to be wrong.

"I suppose sooner or later, just by pure luck, somebody is going to be right," the Knox Theological Seminary president commented. "But it will not be because they have carefully understood the text. One of the things about biblical prophecy is that often, it needs to be fulfilled before we can really understand it. It's intentionally vague. And often the fulfillment is much better than what we could have ever expected."

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Morgan Freeman Hears 'Extraordinary' 9/11 Survival Story As He Searches For Proof Of God

Morgan Freeman Hears 'Extraordinary' 9/11 Survival Story As He Searches For Proof Of God

Academy award winning actor Morgan Freeman has met with a 9/11 survivor in a search for "proof of God", calling the survivor's story "extraordinary".

Concluding season two of the National Geographic's The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, the actor this time visited New York City to explore the possibility of the proof of God, the Christian Post reports.

Freeman reflected on how distracting life in the city can be, and how in contrast to previous generations, many today are consumed with looking down at their screens.

Freeman said in his introduction: "But even in our modern world we still share something with our ancestors, that is the desire to find proof that God exists. Have we cut God out of our modern lives? Or are there special moments when God breaks through and makes his presence known?"

Freeman then met with Sujo John, a committed Christian who claims that he felt God's presence with him on September 11, 2001, and that it saved his life.

John and his preganant wife both worked at the Twin Towers at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. John was on the 81^st floor of the north tower when the planes hit the towers, but managed to make it out alive. John immediately ran for the south tower to find his wife, but it was then that the towers collapsed.

"As the building is collapsing there is people with me and I'm huddled with them. I felt God speak to me in a very still voice, I felt God say, 'It's going to be OK,'" John told Freeman.

Freeman then asked, "You heard the voice of God? [He] spoke to you?"

John responds, "I did not hear God speak to me in an audible way but I felt God's inner voice speak to me and ask people to pray with me."

John said that he then called on the name of Jesus and he and others prayed as falling debris came down on them. John was stuck beneath the rubble, until he saw a red light which then enabled him to crawl out from beneath the wreckage. Those he has been with did not survive, and John expected the same of his pregnant wife.

Yet John suddenly received a phone call, from his wife. She asked: "Babe, are you alive?"

"So we're looking at a miracle right here," said Freeman.

"Yes, and it was God that preserved and saved my life. It's proof that there is a God," said John, who tells more of his story in the video below.

Freeman then asked why God hadn't saved everyone on that day.

John said: "Life on earth is such that no one is guaranteed today or tomorrow. Every human being on this earth will face death.

"But here's what I know from my experience. When you walk with God and go through the storms of life you have this peace in the presence of God. So if you carry the presence of God, even if it's going to be death, it's going to be ok."

Concluding, Freeman reflected on his meeting with John: "Sujo John's survival is extraordinary. Some say it's miraculous. What's most remarkable to me is that Sujo felt the unmistakable presence of God even while death and destruction were all around him."

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