After over a decade of making music with the David Crowder Band, David Crowder is now embarking on a new musical journey as a solo artist, under the name Crowder. “I am thrilled to announce a new album coming out under the name Crowder,” the singer explains. “I’ve never been more excited about a batch of songs!”
His first single, "I Am," off his upcoming album Neon Steeple (February 18, 2014), is a great reminder of how we are always in the presence of God- no matter where our lives have taken us. “The name of God when it’s revealed is a big moment in history." David explains. “That evokes the idea of the presence, of being in his name. For me, that is one of the greatest hopes of the Christian faith. That no matter where you are in life, that you live and breathe in the presence of God. So many times I forget about that, and I need to be realigned to that reality."
The album Neon Steeple, is described by David as “Folktronica-” porch music and computer music combined. "It's been a couple years since the David Crowder Band has made music, but there was more to be written," he says. "I collected some players that could all fit on a porch and have instruments that you wouldn't have to put on a wall, like- banjos, fiddles, that type of thing. The point is to feel like we were on a porch together."
In addition to the "porch music" sound, David said it was important to him to add an electronic element as well. "I love computer music," he says. "Growing up around the video games I loved the sounds. It makes my heart happy."
Crowder will joining artists such as Newsboys, Tenth Avenue North and Thousand Foot Krutch, on the Winter Jam Tour this fall. He will also be headlining a nationwide tour in 2014, with All Sons & Daughters, and Capital Kings. "It's gonna be a 'Folktronica' night," he says of the tour. "I cannot wait for you to hear it!"
All My Hope
Crowder Lyrics
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I've felt fire from above
I've been down to the river
I ain't the same, a prodigal returned
All my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday's gone
All my sins are forgiven
I'm no stranger to prison
I've worn shackles and chains
But I've been freed and forgiven
And I'm not going back, I'll never be the same
That's why I sing
All my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday's gone
All my sins are forgiven
I've been washed by the blood
There's a kind of thing that just breaks a man
Break him down to his knees
God, I've been broken more than a time or two
Yes, Lord then
Then He picked me up and showed me What it means to be a man
Come on and sing all my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday's gone
Yes, all my sins are forgiven
I've been washed by the blood
Come on and sing all my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday's gone
Yes, all my sins are forgiven
Oh I've been washed by the blood, oh oh
The lyrics of Crowder ft. Tauren Wells's song All My Hope paint a picture of a person who had once been lost and was now found. The song speaks to the power of redemption and how it changes people. The opening line, "I've been held by the Savior" suggests that the person singing the song has had a personal encounter with Jesus and has felt the comfort and love that comes with that encounter. The line "I've felt fire from above," speaks to a spiritual experience that has brought the songwriter a sense of clarity and focus.
The next few lines describe the songwriter's journey to redemption. "I've been down to the river, I ain't the same, a prodigal returned," suggests that the person singing the song has gone through a period of introspection and has come out the other side with a renewed sense of purpose. The chorus of the song, "All my hope is in Jesus, Thank God that yesterday's gone, All my sins are forgiven, And I've been washed by the blood," drives home the central message of the song - that redemption is possible and that it brings with it a sense of hope, forgiveness, and a new beginning.
The next few lines speak to the songwriter's past struggles. "I'm no stranger to prison, I've worn shackles and chains," suggest a history of imprisonment and bondage - perhaps a reference to a life of addiction or crime. The line "But I've been freed and forgiven, And I'm not going back, I'll never be the same," is a declaration of the songwriter's newfound freedom and determination to avoid falling back into old habits. The final verses of the song speak to the songwriter's gratitude and joy. "There's a kind of thing that just breaks a man, Break him down to his knees," is a reference to the power of redemption to transform even the most broken people.
Line by Line Meaning
I've been held by the Savior
I have experienced the love and protection of Jesus Christ in my life.
I've felt fire from above
I have felt the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in my life.
I've been down to the river
I have been baptized, symbolizing my surrender to God's will.
I ain't the same, a prodigal returned
I have realized my mistakes and returned to God's embrace, transformed for the better.
All my hope is in Jesus
My trust and faith are solely in Jesus Christ.
Thank God that yesterday's gone
I am grateful that my past mistakes and sins are behind me.
All my sins are forgiven
Through Jesus' sacrifice, I have been forgiven and am free from the burden of my sins.
And I've been washed by the blood
The blood of Jesus has cleansed me of my sins, making me pure and new.
I'm no stranger to prison
I have experienced the pain and consequences of my actions, sometimes leading to imprisonment.
I've worn shackles and chains
I have been bound by my mistakes and sins, unable to escape from their hold.
But I've been freed and forgiven
Through Jesus' sacrifice, I have been released from the chains of my sins and given a chance to start anew.
And I'm not going back, I'll never be the same
I am committed to living a transformed life for God and will not let my past mistakes define me.
There's a kind of thing that just breaks a man
There are experiences that can shatter a person's spirit and leave them feeling broken and defeated.
Break him down to his knees
These experiences can humble and weaken a person, leaving them in a position of needing help and guidance from God.
God, I've been broken more than a time or two
I have personally experienced multiple instances of such situations that have tested my faith and resolve.
Yes, Lord then
Despite these trials and hardships, I continue to put my faith and trust in God.
Then He picked me up and showed me What it means to be a man
God has shown me and taught me what it truly means to be a strong, faithful and upright individual.
Come on and sing all my hope is in Jesus
I invite you to join me in praising Jesus Christ, the foundation of my hope.
Oh I've been washed by the blood, oh oh
The blood of Jesus has cleansed me and given me a new life, free from my past sins.
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
Written by: David Crowder, Ed Cash
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A prayer using caps as emphasis for GOD THROUGH THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST TO BLESS those who are seekers of HIS HEART.
On a balcony of space STEPPED A PURE AND HOLY GOD. IN AWESOME SOLITUDE YOU STOOD ALONE. Not one faint star to give YOU light; just endless darkness, it was blackest night. But somehow in the darkness YOU COULD SEE.
YOU SAW mountains high and lofty, YOU SAW valleys lush and green. YOU SAW babbling brooks, and wildflowers grow, YOU EVEN HEARD a robin sing. Then through YOUR COMPASSION STANDING OUT THERE IN YOUR TOMORROW, YOU SAW forum's visitors, their families and friends. 🥰
YOU SAW them as sinners (missing the mark resulting in their weaknesses prevailing causing guilt of wrong doing) because there is no intrinsic righteousness in any of us due to Adam’s sin. YOU SAW them as they grew from a baby into adulthood due to YOUR HANDS OF MERCY. 🥰 YOU SAW them pursuing a career path for the purpose of obtaining the gains of the world not realizing that it is a loss compared to what YOU DID on the cross. YOU SAW them working long and laboring hard to receive the grace by justification even though YOU stated, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."(John 6:29 KJV) YOU SAW the unwillingness to accept YOUR PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST. YOU SAW them living with the guilt of committing crimes to the heart. YOU SAW them enduring personal crisis. YOU SAW the weight of the burden on their hearts with each tribulation. YOU SAW them seeking comfort from the above mentioned topography, ONE OF THE MANY MARVELS YOUR PERFECT HANDS HAVE MADE. 👏👏🏾👏👏🏾👏👏🏾 YOU SAW their worries about tomorrow.
If their hearts were a window that they could look through, oh the pains and scars they would see. What a cruel fate the skin gives as a mask to the inward pain. But the skin couldn’t cover THE SUFFERING YOUR ONE AND ONLY SON BORED on the cross as PAYMENT for all our sins because HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ALONE HAD THE MERIT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR HOLINESS. Indeed, ONLY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SUFFICIENT TO SAVE us from this present evil world as evidenced by Mary's song of praise. "And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." (Luke 1:46-47 KJV) Awesome thanks to YOUR GREAT PARDON for being easy on the heart. 🥰
They have seen a lot of crazy things done in YOUR NAME. For example, the father of lies futile attempts to make crooked the right ways of the LORD to turn people away from faith in the WORKS OF JESUS CHRIST ALONE. How can anyone bear the thought of his or her life story detracting from the GLORY AND HONOR KNOWN TO BELONG TO CHRIST ALONE? As a consequence, YOU ARE A MYSTERY OF GREAT MYSTERY to them. Despite this conviction, YOU ARE MINDFUL of them as evidenced by the fact that YOUR JUDGEMENT is not speedy, allowing them to pursue the desires of the flesh.
They are aware of hypocrisy in religious assemblies that like to be seen and heard. In addition, secular education teaches that there is no right and wrong, if GOD exists there is no way of relating to HIM, and moral standards shift according to the whims of fashion. Therefore, their minds are conditioned to question everything this world has to offer including “THY POWER THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE DISPLAYED.” They have accepted the heavy burden of dealing with the troubles of this life and seek to know another way, YOU THE GREAT COMFORTER TO ALL who did receive YOU as their personal SAVIOR. Still, YOU have shown them NEW MERCY every day with each thought they make and each breath they take.
Unfortunately, like the prodigal son, we are all guilty of wandering far from YOU LORD because the negative experiences of our lives tend to build roadblocks to the TRUTH. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST HELP them to identify the way, truth, and eternal life (that is YOU). Since to know and follow your SPIRIT is more exciting than any 007 movies, and YOU DELIGHT MAKING the ordinary into extraordinary. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST MAKE them understand that there is no way around YOUR TRUTH, and that there is something about YOUR NAME. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST HELP them defeat in their minds what is false in YOUR EYES.
LORD GUIDE their thoughts to know that the path of sin is hard on their hearts for the purpose of crying out to YOU to know the joy, peace of having the heavy burden LIFTED by THE GOD OF PEACE I AM, and ANCHOR their souls in THE HAVEN OF REST. In other words, LORD use the storms in their lives to get a hold of them to trust YOU and believe. In truth, YOU ARE THE JOY that seekest them through pain.
LORD HELP their fainting hearts to believe that YOU, who was slain on the cross over 2000 years ago has the POWER TO CHANGE lives today through the INSTANTANEOUS GREAT FAVOR from GOD to the house of Israel made known in believers by YOU to make YOUR NAME EVERLASTING. 🥰 For as the statue liberates the citizens so the cross liberates the soul. ONLY YOU can calm the trouble waters of the mind when one admits to wanting salvation from one’s sinful nature, JESUS IS LORD, and believes in the heart that GOD RAISED HIM from the dead TO LIFT the heavy burden of sin's guilt away from the heart in accordance to YOUR WORD found in Psalm 51:1-10 KJV. 👏👏🏾👏👏🏾👏👏🏾 O, the wonder of it all to experience within the flesh the feeling of a tree being cut back/pruned inorder for it to grow stronger and more beautiful after meditating on the words of said Psalm. 🥰🙌🙌🏾
LORD MAKE them know that ONLY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, through the experience of a new birth within believers, can prevent the family circle from being broken because THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE YOU HAVE GRANTED means a chapter of their lives is decided. Creation sings the rebirth song for them yearly, through YOUR PROMISE of springtime, giving rise to the idea that by the mention of YOUR NAME flowers grow, and the desert blooms again. 🥰
LORD GUIDE their understanding of words to use to come into YOUR PRESENCE with an honest reverence of WHO YOU ARE to experience the beauty that time can't erase YOUR WISDOM resting on their faces. LORD STRENGTHEN their determination to never waiver in efforts to search for YOU because the wages of sin is too high for anyone to pay. Additionally, THE KING OF KINGS is needed in their hearts to learn how to expand their capacity to love for YOU are LOVE in any language. 🥰 Once they learn to speak it with boldness through YOUR WONDERFUL COUNSELING all the world will hear, and know that LOVE is the language of their hearts. So LORD, KEEP KNOCKING on their door until they let YOU in to know hardships and struggles will end with a GREAT CELEBRATION WITH YOU. 🥰🙌🙌🏾
If one believes faith cannot be forced, YOU WILL GIVE that individual over to the stubborn heart to follow own counsel which will surely fail him or her to the extent that the punishment will last forever found in Psalms 81 NIV. Given this, I pray that YOU WILL MAKE that person see that this feeling is wasted for a world in which we become strangers as we age, gives us thrills instead of peace, aims to solve a problem but creates another, and unrest surges with each passing generation. Shed some light into their broken hearts for YOU ARE THE GREAT JEHOVAH, THE GOD THAT HEALETH thee.
Lastly, LORD when they call on YOU in earnest prayer to come into their hearts to be born again (repentance manifesting itself in a changed life), I pray that YOU WILL GIVE them the blessed assurance of their salvation because nothing breaks YOUR HEART, or tears YOU apart like when they cry from the trials of the devil who comes to slander, falsely accuse, steal, kill & destroy. Only by drawing nearer to YOU LORD will put them on a path to a glorious one way trip winding upward to YOU where pain is not welcome because the heart will never break anymore. For ONLY YOU UNDERSTANDS our tears since YOU LOOK at the heart, while humans look at the flesh.
O LOVE that will not let them go. When they don't have the strength to try, and have cried all they can cry hear their hearts that need YOU more today than yesterday. Many thanks LORD for speaking TRUTH in our lives TO BLESS those who are not offended by THEE. LET YOUR WILL BE DONE because YOUR LOVE ALONE CONQUERS everything by WAITING for them to cease struggling, and finally surrender to YOUR EMBRACE to learn about YOUR LOVE AND PROMISE TO TAKE CARE of your children exquisitely. 🥰 Since... "at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore"... (Psalms 16:11 KJV), and the nail print for them to know YOU by answering the following question. How did CHRIST LOVE people into a relationship with HIM? 🥰
@lindaanderson3570
I lost everything in my life.
My son, my parents.
,my sister and my husband.
Also my home and everything i worked for for all my years.
( lawsuit based on lies caused the material loss)
I have nothing left in this life.
But the greatest gift ever is Jesus Christ.
Jesus is my hope.
This song inspires me to still get up in the morning.
@rachelnewmaster8046
If anyone brings up your past, tell em Jesus dropped the charges
@lynneanthony168
I love that!!
@wendyehredt9224
Truth, couldn't have said it better!! Praise the Lord!!
@rachelnewmaster8046
@@wendyehredt9224 Amen! Thank God for 2nd 3rd and 4th chances..he's faithful
@davidbagley1783
Aloha
@shannonsizemore6641
Thanks for sharing 🙂😊😊.. I'mma use the Saying=Statement.
@coleenmcgee5715
I was a meth addict for 25 years and Jesus Christ set me free! almost four years now. All my hope is in Jesus!
@gabrielasmith7120
Amen!
@BeatrizOgden
Amen! ME TOO!
@tvlrj08
Yes! 🙌🏼