Charity Gayle, Thank You Jesus for the Blood | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋

In the 40th edition of Music Lifts (2024), we’re uplifted by Charity Gayle performing, “Thank You Jesus for the Blood.”

Welcome to Music Lifts 🎶 🏋, a column highlighting songs that encourage, inspire, and uplift the spirit; songs exuding 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 40^th edition of Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 (2024), we highlight “Thank You Jesus for the Blood” as performed by Charity Gayle.

“I was a wretch / I remember who I was / I was lost, I was blind / I was running out of time,” Charity Gayle sings in the first verse of the uplifting, CCM song, “Thank You Jesus for the Blood”. “Thank You Jesus for the Blood” is the third track on Gayle’s 2021 album, Endless Praise.  She penned it with Bryan McCleery, David Gentiles, Ryan Kennedy, and Steven Musso. Kyle Lee produced. In the first verse, she adds, “But from the far side of the chasm / You held me in Your sight.” That You, of course, was J-E-S-U-S 🙌.

Gayle goes on to laud and magnify His holy name.  In the second verse, she sings with conviction, “And there, at the cross / You paid the debt I owed / Broke my chains, freed my soul / For the first time, I had hope.” Amen, Amen, AMEN 🙏! In the third verse, she expounds on the sacrifice made by Jesus. It is so impactful that Charity proclaims, “For I have been transformed / By the blood of the Lamb.” In the chorus, she gives all the praise and glory to Him, who “saved my life / Brought me from the darkness / Into glorious light.” All the while, Charity sings beautifully and powerfully.  She’s supported by a reverent backdrop filled with spiritual vibes.  There are keys, a warm organ, rhythm guitars, and percussion. In the second chorus, background vocals add to the power, making “Thank You Jesus for the Blood” more dynamic.  The bridge also ups the ante, with Charity showing off the sheer power of her pipes, touting “the wonder-working power / Of the blood.”  This song is the perfect way to say thank you 👏 🙌!

Charity Gayle // Endless Praise // Charity Gayle / The Fuel Music // 2021

Charity Gayle, Thank You Jesus for the Blood: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 40 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Charity Gayle / The Fuel Music; Monstera Production, Qamar Rehman, RDNE Stock Project, Thomas Ronveaux, Wolrider YURTSEVEN from Pexels; OpenClipart-Vectors, Quốc Hùng Hầu from Pixabay]