Andraé Crouch, Jesus is Lord | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋

In the 59^th edition of Music Lifts (2023), we’re uplifted by the late, great gospel artist, Andraé Crouch performing “Jesus is Lord.”

Welcome to Music Lifts 🎶 🏋, a column that seeks to highlight songs that encourage, inspire, and uplift the spirit; songs that exude fortitude, positivity, and resolve, even in the face of adversity.  Featured songs aren’t genre-specific; songs may or may not be faith-based. The goal is for these songs to make you feel better – be LIFTED to new heights!  So, for the 59^th edition of Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 (2023), we highlight 🎵 “Jesus is Lord” as performed by the late, great gospel artist 🎙 Andraé Crouch.

“Every knee shall bow / Every tongue confess / That Jesus is Lord / That Jesus is Lord.” Amen 👏 🙌! Those spiritual lyrics from the 🎙 Andraé Crouch classic, 🎵 “Jesus is Lord” are Biblical ⛪️.  Specifically, the scripture used in this faith-based song comes from Philippians 2:10-11. The CEB (Common English Bible) version reads: ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus everyone in heaven, on earth, and under the earth might bow ¹¹ and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.  This lively gospel record from the 1979 album, 💿 I’ll Be Thinking of You, penned by Crouch alongside 🎼 ✍ Rev. Patrick Henderson, lauds Jesus, in all His glory.

Andraé Crouch is fired 🔥 up ⬆️ praising The Most High 🙌 🙌 🙌.  “Jesus was / (Wounded) / For my transgressions / … And He was bruised / (Bruised) / For my iniquities.” WOO! Crouch’s vocals are gritty, powerful, and oozing with soul – the soul coming from the black church, of course.  Crouch is accompanied by an anointed rhythm section (piano, organ, bass, and drums), horns 🎺, and an anointed choir.  The choir amplifies Crouch’s magnificent lead, sending on home the TRUTH: “Jesus! / (He was sent from the Father) / Jesus! / (He’s a great Messiah) / Jesus! / (He’s bread for the hungry) / Jesus! / (He’s water for the thirsty).”  Andraé Crouch and his gifted musicians make the praise lit 🔥. Not only is the pastoring uplifting, so is the instrumental – those riffs on 🎵 “Jesus is Lord” are heaven-sent 😇!  Notably, Crouch re-recorded the record on his 2007 album, 💿 Mighty Wind, alongside 🎙 Karen Clark-Sheard.

🎙 Andraé Crouch • 💿 I’ll Be Thinking of You • 🏷 Light • 📅 1979

Andraé Crouch, Jesus is Lord: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 59 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Light; Hamid Tajik, Qamar Rehman, vansh mehta, Viridiana Rivera via Pexels]