Sunday Sermons

Album: My Jesus (2022)
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Songfacts®:

  • In the follow-up single to her breakout hit, "My Jesus," Christian singer Anne Wilson shares how the Sunday sermons of her youth shaped her faith as an adult. Wilson grew up attending a Presbyterian church in her native Kentucky, but it took a long time for the lessons she learned to sink in.

    "I grew up in church, but I did not know the Lord at all," she explained in a 2022 Songfacts interview. "I was not someone who was excited to go to church. Honestly, I would count the minutes until we would leave. I didn't want to be there. I just didn't know the Lord. That's really what the whole concept is about. Growing up in church, but not knowing the Lord until much later in life but having those Sunday sermons to look back on. And I remember having a moment after I became a Christian and reflecting and realizing that God didn't waste those Sunday sermons and those church services, but He was planting seeds in me to really have a firm foundation and relationship with Him. So, that's really where the inspiration came from."
  • The song's message was especially important to Wilson, who clung to her faith after her older brother died in a car accident in 2017. "No matter what happens in life - even losing a loved one, I can always go back to that foundation of truth that the Lord planted in me through each of those sermons," she said upon the single's release. "This song is to remind you to cling to the One who's consistent and faithful. Jesus loves you more than you could ever imagine."
  • Wilson wrote this with CCM hitmakers Ben Glover ("Overcomer") and Jeff Sojka ("Good God Almighty"), who also produced the track.
  • In the first verse, Wilson recalls how her faith was sparked by John 3:16, a Bible passage from the New Testament that promises eternal life through belief in Jesus as the Son of God. The "red letters coming off the page" refer to popular editions of the Bible that print Jesus' words in a red font.
  • This peaked at #15 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart.

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