The new studio album, Into The Light, was released last September featuring 12 tracks inspired by 10,000 new letters. We're going to continue to see thousands of lives changed."Īfter receiving over 10,000 personal stories from all over the globe for his 2010 album, The Story of Your Life, West felt as though there was even more for others to say during this season of his music. And that's what Teen Challenge does and will continue to do, by God's grace and blessing. Hope that no matter how deep a person goes into the pit of sin and addiction, that God can bring them out, that Jesus Christ can set them free. The one thing that Jordan's testimony and Matthew's song is about, is hope. "The exciting thing about Jordan's story and Matthew's song is that that is repeated over and over again in Teen Challenge. Teen Challenge USA President Jack Smart was also on hand to share about the life-changing ministry of Teen Challenge. I refer to myself as Jordan, a child of the One True King." I no longer refer to myself as a drug addict. Right? He says we've been set free, that we're a new creation. "The world tells us that we're drug addicts, and that we'll be drug addicts for the rest of our lives. He began to restore, he began to heal," Jeffers added. "Through the twelve months at Teen Challenge, God changed my life. Stories from celebrities are nice, but it’s probably a greater impact if that same story happened to someone you personally knew, or an average joe in the same. You love me too much to leave me at this place.' She said, 'Son, I love you too much to take you home.'" Even though big grandiose stories are comforting, Matthew West’s The Story Of Your Life has shown me that most of the time it’s the small stories that have the greatest impact. I said, 'Mum, there's no way you'll leave me here. Immediately when I failed the drug test, my mum and dad, they entered me into a Teen Challenge. Jeffers said that as a "good Christian kid" and seven-time All-American athlete, addiction wasn't something he struggled with until he began abusing prescription pain pills after a college football injury. Jeffers' story was one of the 25,000 letters that to date have been submitted to West after he invited people to inspire his songs and albums with their stories. West's song was inspired by the real-life story of Jordan Jeffers, who also spoke at the convention to explain how he overcame drug addiction with the help of Teen Challenge.Īccording to a news release from Teen Challenge USA, "Hello My Name Is" illustrates the Biblical message of new life in Christ by depicting the tearing off of old labels and putting on new ones through the power of Jesus Christ. Find chord charts, lead sheets, orchestrations and more Top songs on this album include My Own Little World and Strong Enough.
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As I collect all of your stories, I am spending March and April in a cabin in Tennessee reading your stories and writing The Story of Your Life.Grammy nominated singer songwriter Matthew West appeared at the NRB Convention on Monday to share the story behind his current single "Hello My Name Is" from his current album Into the Light. Download sheet music and audio tracks for songs from the album, The Story Of Your Life, by Matthew West. That vision is about to become a reality. I had a vision that I would be there in the cabin, reading the stories, praying for inspiration, and writing like crazy. Several months ago I had a vision of the inside of a cabin with thousands of stories from people printed out and spread all over the tables and floors and couches and chairs. I excited to see what kinds of songs come out of this experience, and As I collect all of your stories, I am spending March and April in a cabin in Tennessee reading your stories and writing The Story of Your Life. I will be giving you a chance to write to me and submit your story. Every song on this record is going to be inspired by the stories of your lives. The next record is going to be called The Story of your Life. I see now that these lyrics from the last record were pointing the way to where I would be heading with the next album: “Your life is the song that you sing, and the whole wide world is listening.†God has created you to live a life that will tell a story of His love to the world in a unique and amazing way. Something to Say was written in the hopes of encouraging you that you really do have something to say.