so looking to the sky ¡ sing and from my heart to YOU ¡ bring…
🎧 Matthew West & Jesus Culture Covers
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There’s absolutely nothing I can do right now but look up and just sing.
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I look up to the mountains—does my help come from there? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth! — Psalm 121:1–2 NLT
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Hey yall…
Two more great ones this week from Matthew West… (not hidden gems… 2 of his more popular ones)
Broken Things 🎶 Hello, My Name Is
Both are among my favorites of his.
I saw this comment on YouTube and thought it was pretty cool…
“Imagine you have two ceramic pots. One is cracked and missing pieces. The other is perfect. Now put a candle inside both and place a lid on them. Which pot do you see more light coming through? The broken one. That’s what God does. Sometimes you have to be broken to let God’s light shine through.”
Hope you enjoy. 🎧
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2 Corinthians 5:17 🎵
Therefore… if anyone is in Christ… he is a new creation. The old has passed away… behold… the new has come.
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Strong Enough 🎶 Oh Me Of Little Faith
Hey yall… hope everyone is doing good… I’ve been away for a minute… just out here lifing it up… going through some things… no big deal right? We are tough… you and me… we got this… bring on the rain right? Then I can break out my guitar… and we can sing “I’m Still Standing”… make Elton John and Jesus proud of us…
But honestly… sometimes I’m not strong enough…
Still… I find my strength in Him… not Elton… the other One.
Today I have two more Matthew West songs for you…
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Strong Enough… The Story of Your Life 2o1O 🎶
Oh Me Of Little Faith… Live Forever 2o15 🎶
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Also I added two bonus videos…
One is Matthew at a children’s hospital visiting his friend Brooke… he wrote a song for her…
The other is Matthew giving a guitar tutorial for his song Strong Enough 🎸
Hopefully… things in my life have calmed down enough for me to get back to blogging…
Hope yall have a blessed Sunday …t…
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The Lord is my strength and my shield… in Him… my heart trusts… and I am helped. — Psalm 28:7 (ESV) ♩ ♪ ♫
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The Motions 🎶 Stop the World
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Life really flies by… fleeting in a way that makes everything else fade for me… except the things that matter…
and I’ve concluded… these “things” are people…
not just my family and friends… but everyone.
because who am I… if I only care about and love those inside my own little circle?
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Do others not have circles?
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They do.
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Let’s get inside them… you and me.
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The Motions 🎶— Something to Say 2oO8
Stop the World 🎶— Something to Say 2oO8
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Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility, value others above yourselves.
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Happy 🎶 The Turnaround
What’s up yall… just want to say thank you… truly…
I appreciate your faithfulness and the support… always checkin’ my stuff out…
Matthew West is up again this week…
figured I’d dig a little deeper this time… pull out a couple real hidden gems…
I think he’s got a lot of ‘em… you just gotta go lookin’…
especially those early records… man, I really enjoy those…
Seems like most folks go straight to the radio hits…
and I get it… they’re hits for a reason… they’re great songs… I like ‘em too…
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it’s the lesser-known ones that hit me the hardest…
the ones tucked away a little…
those are the ones I keep comin’ back to…
Here’s two of ’em…
Happy 🎵
Happy 2oO3
The Turnaround 🎶
Happy 2oO3
Also… I got a super awesome bonus video of him…
with a couple ladies killin’ it on the background vocals in this song…
just found this one… 🔥
Hope you enjoy… yall be blessed…
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter…
but the glory of kings is to search it out.© 2026 bryanforchrist ✝️
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Something to Say… 🎶 Out of My Hands
Hey yall… Happy Sunday…
more from Matthew West today…
Back in 2oO7…
while working on Something to Say…
Matthew literally had nothing to say…
Doctors found a polyp on his vocal cord—
it hemorrhaged…
surgery… right in the middle of the record…
and for a while—
he didn’t know if he’d ever sing again…
let alone finish it.
After the surgery…
he couldn’t talk for months…
couldn’t sing…
but he couldn’t be silenced.
He came back… strong—
and he’s still going today…
stronger than ever.
I’ve got two great ones for you this day…
🎶 Something to Say + Intro (Something to Say — 2oO8)
🎶 Out of My Hands (Happy — 2oO3)
Also… he’s written many books…
available on Amazon if you ever want to check them out.
I’ve also included a really cool bonus video…
of Matthew meeting some fans at Walmart late one night…
he bought them all copies of his record…
and performed a few songs for them—
right there in Walmart lol 😄
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So he lost his voice…
but not his song.
hope yall enjoy—
and thanks for listening… always.
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History 🎵 Get Away
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Matthew West’s one of those artists where it just feels real. A lot of his songs are pulled from real-life stories—people writing in, sharing what they’ve been through—and he turns that into something honest. He’s been through it himself too… even lost his voice for a season and had to fight his way back. He’s also written for artists like Casting Crowns, Rascal Flatts, and Mandisa—which says a lot about how strong his writing really is. You can hear it in his own music—nothing forced, nothing fake… just faith, struggle, and redemption showing up in the songs.
First up—
🎵 History
History (2o05)
Next—
🎵 Get Away
History (2o05)
Also I’ve included a cool bonus video where Matthew surprises a fan from Twitter with a phone call… a song… and a prayer.
Hope yall enjoy… 🙌🙏t`’
Matthew 11:28
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”© 2026 bryanforchrist. All rights reserved.
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I Know You’re There 🎵 Nothing Else
History (2oO5)
Well, I think I’m overthinking this whole thing… About believing… in something I cannot see
‘Cause when I think about it
I think there’s no doubt about it
I do it every single day
Well, it’s just like the air
No one knows where it comes or where it goes
But when I breathe in I believe again and again
And if they say there’s no such thing
As Heaven or a God who waits for me
I just point to the air
And I know You’re there.
Hope yall enjoy the music and the message and have a blessed Sunday…
📖 Romans 1:20 (NIV)
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
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Only Grace 🎶 Next Thing You Know
Happy Resurrection Day! ✝️
So today I’m starting a new one on Matthew West… I’m a huge fan—especially his earlier stuff. So many songs just put together right… lyrically and musically. His first 3–4 albums are that good.
I saw him live back around 2o08 or ’o9—not exactly sure. It was a wild setup… out in the middle of nowhere… big open field on what felt like someone’s farm in Brooksville, Florida. But man—it was a sweet performance. He’s great live. There were other artists too… might’ve been a 3-day thing—I only went one day… memory’s a little foggy there 😁
Also Matthew is supposedly a super nice dude from what I hear… really loves people and his fans…
Anyway—these two songs are from his second album History (2o05)… super good. Check it out sometime…
🎵 Only Grace — History (2o05)
🎵 Next Thing You Know — History (2o05)
🎥 Also—check this out… i included a great bonus video of Matthew surprising people at Waffle House with a little live performance… awesome moment.
Live Waffle House surprise performance 👇 supercool! 💯
Matthew 28:6
“He is not here… for He is risen… as He said…” ✝️
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Since I was a little boy—with flaming red hair—a face full of freckles—I have always been a dreamer…
As life’s bullet train has sped through my night… my freckles have faded… blended…
my hair has darkened from that fiery red—to something older…
But my dreams…
They have never faded…
They are still alive…
Sleep is not rest for me—
It is assignment…
It is battlefield…
When I close my eyes at night—
I am not drifting off…
I am clocking in…
For a fight…
Since childhood—storms call my name…
Not gently…
But roaring… spinning…
Tearing open my sky…
Hurricanes… tornadoes…
I have stood in both—right in the heart of them—more than once…
They do not push me back…
They pull me in…
I do not run from storms—
I run toward them…
I am a storm chaser…
Yet in my dreams—the rules reverse…
In my dreams—the storms chase me…
For fifty years—I have had the same recurring dream…
Hundreds of times…
Tornado dreams…
Always different… yet always the same…
Tornadoes spinning on every horizon…
Coming for me…
Hunting me…
Running me down…
They never quite catch me—
But they drive me forward…
They harden my legs…
They make me stronger…
Yet…
It would be great just to rest sometimes…
Catch a break in my night…
Lay down my sword…
Take off my armor…
No courage…
No strength…
Just sleep…
Just sleep…
Just sleep…
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In me… songs are alive… soundtracking my dreams… night after night…
While writing this… I listened to the album History by Matthew West… from 2o05… one of my favorites from him…
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