Marvin Sapp, “Fresh Wind” | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋

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In the 1^st edition of Music Lifts (2023), we’re uplifted by Grammy-nominated pastor and gospel singer Marvin Sapp performing, “Fresh Wind.”

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 1^st edition of Music Lifts (2023), we highlight “Fresh Wind” as performed by Marvin Sapp.

“I feel the presence of the Lord moving in the atmosphere,” Grammy-nominated gospel singer, Marvin Sapp asserts at the beginning of “Fresh Wind”. He continues singing, “Like on the day of Pentecost, they were all with one accord / And a sound came from heaven like a rushing mighty force.” A rushing might force, huh? Of course, that force is The Holy Spirit, which, if you believe in Trinity, it all comes down to The Most High, GOD. For a new year, 2023, isn’t it great news when we speak of fresh wind?

“Fresh Wind / Fill the house / Fill the house with Your presence.” The Your is key – merciful, all-powerful, and omniscient. On this highlight from his 2010 album, Here I Am, the premise is simple yet requires faith. Sapp speaks about the greatness of God – his abilities to perform miracles. He constantly references The Day of Pentecost, hence why he cites “The Bible as a witness” to “Feel Him in the air.” Sapp did not write this inspiring song – that was Jonathan Dunn – but him, assisted by choir, do a marvelous job of performing and highlighting the importance of the text and message. Long-time Sapp collaborator Aaron Lindsey produces this spiritual affair which sounds just a fresh as it did upon its arrival in 2010. For 2023, we all need a fresh wind!