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sider that I think it depends… I
suppose there are people out
there who are pursuing their own
dream more than they are pursuing God’s dream. I suppose in
any given day all of us do both,
and maybe even that God uses
all of it. I do, however, know for
sure that seeking God is beneficial. From my own personal
experience, ministry is such a
monumental effort that requires
so much energy that if I didn’t
have the power of the indwelling
Christ in my life to draw from, I
would not last very long. Exhaustion is often an indicator to me
that I’ve been relying on my own
strength rather than a strength
beyond me.
The songs on this album
are filled with a message of
hope in times of despair and,
unquenchable faith in God.
Songs such as the upbeat
tempo of “Glow In The Dark”
and “Celebrate” and the powerful words to the title, how
has your music impacted the
lives of others? Can you share
“one story” of how your music
minsters the grace and love of
God? In other words, how is it

making a difference?
Oh gosh. That is the greatest gift
of my vocation that people allow
my music into their lives and that
it does something far more than
I could have hoped or imagined.
Being a songwriter is a lot like
being the little boy who brought
the handful of loaves and fishes
to Jesus, who then fed the crowd
of 5,000 with it. What I bring
seems so small compared to
what God accomplishes with it.
There are many stories in my
ministry like this but the one that
sticks out in my mind today is
from a police officer who sought
me out after one of my shows.
He told me that earlier that week
he had used one of my songs to
talk a man off a ledge who was
threatening to jump. It’s very
humbling, as I feel like I have so
very little to do with a story like
that, but I’m grateful that I somehow get to be a part of it.
Your songs have propelled
your recent successes—multiple ASCAP Performance
Awards, an album hailed by
critics as “Album of the Year,”
five top 5 radio singles including #1 for 9 weeks straight,

how do you remain humble
with such accolades and
achievements? Why should
any Christian Artist, whether
a singer, author, dancer, etc.;
r emain humble and sensitive to the heart of God and
humanity?
I can’t speak for anyone else, but
I know in my own story I am intimately aware of how ridiculously
flawed I am and in constant need
of the unfailing love of God. So
any “success” is very humbling
because I know it is grace, a gift
I don’t deserve. I know that who
I am and what comes out of me
could not possibly produce all
that much in the world unless
God was somehow breathing life
into it and through it. Any accolades or recognition that comes
my way only reminds me of how
it’s so much more than I deserve,
so it’s actually very humbling.
Romans 2:4 reminds us that it’s
God’s kindness that leads us to
repentance.
What project(s) is next on the
horizon for Jason Gray? How
can you be contacted for a
concert? Where can we purchase your albums? And, for