Marvin Sapp, Perfect Peace | Music Lifts

In the ninth edition of Music Lifts (2025), we’re uplifted by Grammy-nominated gospel musician Marvin Sapp performing “Perfect Peace.”

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 ninth edition of Music Lifts (2025), we highlight “Perfect Peace” as performed by Marvin Sapp.

“I will keep you in (Perfect Peace) / Perfect Peace / All who’s mind (Stayed on Me).” Amen, Marvin Sapp, amen!  The ‘I’ that the Grammy-nominated, Michigan-based gospel singer touts is God – The Most High! “Perfect Peace” is one of the most moving songs from Sapp’s inspirational catalog. The soulful gospel gem is the sixth track from his 2000 album, Be Exalted. “Perfect Peace” was written by Rudolph Stanfield, Jr.. Lushly produced (rhythm section, horns, and strings) with an ear-catching harmonic progression, this song provides musical and spiritual nourishment.

“Don’t you know that / (God will) / God will / (Make a way out of no way) / Out of no way.” Marvin Sapp shows off the sheer power and versatility vocally on “Perfect Peace.” He speaks to giving all the honor and glory to ‘Him,’ who provides that ‘perfect peace.’ “Stayed on Me / Remember the Earth is the Lord’s,” he sings, continuing, “And the fullness thereof / The whole world and thing that dwell therein.” Hallelujah! Assisted by beautiful choral vocals, Sapp and company sing:

“(He’s lifted all of my burdens

(All away) All away

Said He is

(He is the keeper of my soul)

The keeper, He is the keeper

Of my soul.”

A spirited Sapp ministers, “He’ll open doors no man can shut / He’ll be with you through the thick and thin / Yes He will.” “Perfect Peace” never grows old – it endures, endures, endures! Notably, Sapp performed this classic sensationally at his 2025 NPR Tiny Desk Concert.

Marvin Sapp // Be Exalted // Zomba Recording LLC // 2000

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