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BEST OF 2022- PART 1: TOP 60 SONGS OF 2022

Hey everyone… guess what! It’s the beginning of 2023… already! The past year of 2022 has been such an eventful and crazy year in and of itself! Severance, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, Willow, House of the Dragon, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Ginny & Georgia, The Peripheral, Outer Range, Paper Girls, Alaska Daily, Wednesday and The Bear; have been the shows that have won the hearts of people around the world over this past year (alongside the fact that plenty of these shows aforementioned have received critical acclaim), while movies like Amsterdam, Spirited, Disenchanted, Black Adam, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, See How They Run, Don’t Worry Darling, She Said, The Woman King, The Lost City, Where the Crawdad’s Sing, Elvis, Me Time, Hustle, Death on the Nile, The Adam Project, Rosaline and Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness (amongst others) have wowed us all in any and every way possible these past 12 months. The world is slowly but surely coming to grips with the reality that COVID-19, especially the Omicron variant of it, is still going to be here to stay (in some shape or form); and through all that…we’ve realised that it’s time for another Best of post. Over the year of 2022, there have been many songs that have touched our soul and have brought us healing and comfort. So let us dive back in through the past year- as we now let you all know our favourite songs of 2022. All 60 of them! So, sit back, be inspired, and let these songs minister to you during this time of uncertainty! Let us remember that even though this upcoming year is uncertain, that music is constant, and that these songs can comfort, inspire, and encourage as we navigate through life.

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BEST OF 2021- PART 1: TOP 50 SONGS OF 2021

Hey everyone… guess what! It’s the beginning of 2022… already! The past year of 2021 has been such an eventful and crazy year in and of itself! The Squid Game, Ted Lasso, Mare Of Easttown, Dopesick, Only Murders In The Building, Loki and Wandavision are the shows that have won all of the awards and critical acclaim; while Spiderman: No Way Home, King Richard, Don’t Look Up, Encanto, CODA, Power Of The Dog, James Bond: No Time To Die and Dune (amongst others) are the films that have wowed us all in any and every way possible. The world is still reeling becomes of the Omicron variant of Covid-19; and through all that, we’ve realised that it’s time for another Best of post. Over the year of 2021, there have been many songs that have touched our soul and have brought us healing and comfort. So let us dive back in through the past year- as we now let you all know our favourite songs of 2021. All 50 of them! So sit back, be inspired, and let these songs minister to you during this time of uncertainty! Let us remember that even though this upcoming year is uncertain, that music is constant, and that these songs can comfort, inspire and encourage as we navigate through life.

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BEST OF 2019- PART 9: TOP 15 ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2020

I know I say this every year, but this time I mean it. 2019 was the year that we were presented with the most hard hitting and poignant songs, as well as the most inspirational albums in recent memory. From songs like “Almost Home” (MercyMe), “Greater Than All My Regrets” (Tenth Avenue North), “Head Above Water” (Avril Lavigne), “The God Who Stays” (Matthew West), “Fear No Mor” (Building 429), “I Don’t Care” (Ed Sheeran), “Sucker” (Jonas Brothers), “If I Can’t Have You” (Shawn Mendes), “Miracle” (Tauren Wells), “Lose You To Love Me” (Selena Gomez), “AMEN” (Micah Tyler), “Unstoppable God” (Sanctus Real), “Rescue Story” (Zach Williams) and “Goodness Of God” (Bethel Music); to albums like No Shame (Tenth Avenue North), Head Above Water (Avril Lavigne), Spectrum (Westlife), People (UNITED), Native Tongue (Switchfoot), Ocean (Lady Antebellum), No. 6 Collaborations Project (Ed Sheeran), UNITED (newsboys), Out Of My Hands (Mallary Hope), Unstoppable God (Sanctus Real), Rescue Story (Zach Williams), Reason (Unspoken), Victory (Bethel Music), GIRL (Maren Morris), Haven’t Seen It Yet (Danny Gokey) and the highly controversial Jesus Is King (Kanye West) – this year had it all. Sweeping ballads, head banging rockers, introspective tear-jerkers and just plain fun pop tunes to dance to. And now that it is nearing 2020, it’s that time again in our best of series. To talk about our most anticipated albums for the upcoming year ahead in 2020. So now without further ado, let me list 15 albums that will release within the next twelve months, of which I am anticipating. So which albums are you looking forward to?

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BEST OF 2019- PART 7: TOP 20 SONGS OF 2019 (OCTOBER – DECEMBER)

So here we are in December, nearing to the end of the year, and what does that mean? Yes, another ‘best of 2019’ post, that’s what! Here below are 20 songs from the period of October to December 2019 that have impacted our walk with Jesus significantly! So without further ado, below are the 20 songs that have inspired us as a site in recent weeks. Happy listening!

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