25 Apr, 2008
GMA Awards!
Did your favorite artist or song win a Dove?
TobyMac, Mark Hall, Casting Crowns win big at Dove Awards
NASHVILLE, TN: TobyMac won artist of the year and Casting Crowns singer Mark Hall collected four trophies at Wednesday's 39th annual Dove Awards, which celebrate the best in gospel music.
"Are you kidding? This is crazy, man. I thought I was Mr. Pre-Televised awards," joked TobyMac, whose real name is Toby McKeehan. "God has been faithful time and again to surround me with people that sharpen me and that make me better."
TobyMac also won artist of the year in 1996 as a member of dc Talk. His latest album, "Portable Sounds," debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart.
Besides artist of the year, he took home Dove Awards for rock/contemporary album for "Portable Sounds" and short-form video for his hit "Boomin."
Hall, who was the night's leading nominee with six, won song of the year and pop/contemporary recorded song of the year for "East to West," which he co-wrote with Bernie Herms.
His participation on the multi-artist worship project "Glory Revealed" brought Hall individual honors for special event album of the year for the CD, as well as inspirational recorded song of the year for "By His Wounds."
His band also had four nominations and won three: group of the year, best pop/contemporary album of the year for "The Altar and the Door" and pop/contemporary recorded song of the year for "East to West."
"I'm so thankful just to get to be part of the songs," Hall said.
photos & story courtesy iht.com, 4/24/08
Psalm 30:11-12 (NLT)
11 You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,
12 that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!
How does today's God's Story scripture teach us that God's music lasts forever?
David, the psalmist, might have given Toby Mac and Casting Crowns some tough competition for artist and song of the year!
David was very messed up at times. Trapped in his own sin and struggles with depression, David often wanted to die. He wrote songs that live on because God's Holy Spirit wrote God's music through David which are recorded forever in God's Word.
In today's scripture, David is praising God for the ultimate hope we have because of God's unconditional love, forgiveness and plan for our lives. He is making a commitment to prolong his praise to God forever.
Here's something really cool to think about - as followers of Christ, we can experience the same hope and deliverance now that David wrote about. Then some day, we will stand next to David in Heaven and sing our worship to God forever!
These songs will last forever. No need for iPods. Just us praising Jesus!
How can we connect today's God's Story scripture to our lives?
- Praise God right now in a prayer of gratitude for the ways He has "turned your mourning into dancing and clothed you with joy."
- In your journal, write a praise every day to God for His faithfulness to you. If you don't keep a journal, write God a note (or a song) that expresses your own "psalm" to Him.
- For one week (don't wait for the weekly church service), spend 30 minutes a day (the same as a TV sitcom) in personal worship of God by singing, dancing, and praising while you listen to some of your favorite worship songs. Get ready for God to change you!
How can we connect today's story and God's Story scripture and our story to others?
Remember the quote from Mark Hall of Casting Crowns, "I'm so thankful just to get to be part of the songs."
You can be part of what God does with music...get together some evening with a bunch of friends just to listen to some of every one's favorite tunes. It should be pretty easy to find some moments when you can use what you learned in today's DAILYBIDE. You can learn more of their story by asking them about their music. It will probably give you the opportunity to share more of your story and maybe even some of God's musical story.
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