True Grit Gospel — What It Is and Why I’m Doing It

[bdavidc]

I want to share something God has placed on my heart. It’s a new ministry I’ve started called True Grit Gospel. It’s me taking the Word of God and packaging it in gritty, real-life, authentic, Christian country music.

What it is: I create the lyrics. The words come from my daily devotional time and the Scripture I’m learning that day. I input the lyrics into Artificial Intelligence tools to compose the music and vocals. The end result is rugged, honest, real country gospel that drives people back to the Word and the truth of Jesus Christ.



Why I’m doing it: People can listen for free, post them in their web pages, etc. I use these songs on my daily Bible reading website “Know the Bible” because I want people to hear the gospel in a way that will pierce the heart and stay with them. Music speaks to places normal conversation can’t. And time is running out. Scripture tells us our life is a vapor ~James 4:14, and I want to point people to Christ.

What you’ll find: Real country music. No sissy stuff. No compromise. Just Scripture-anchored truth put to music with grit, heart, and purpose. I am going to try and post them in this thread when I make them.

Let me know your thoughts.

 

[bdavidc]

Gritty Christian Country song with a raw, reflective tone that leans on real life experience. The lyrics draw from Scripture to show how time slips by faster as we age and how God calls us to live wisely while the clock is still running. The mood is rugged, honest, and heartfelt, mixing country storytelling with clear biblical truth like ~James 4:14 and ~Psalm 90:12. The message is simple: life is short, so finish faithful. From: truegritgospel.com

GRITTY CHRISTIAN COUNTRY
“When the Clock Starts Running Faster”

Verse 1
I used to think I had forever
Like the sunrise would slow for me
Chasin dreams like wide open highways
Livin wild and runnin free
But the years rolled on like a freight train
And the mirror tells the truth real loud
Life’s a mist in the morning sunlight
Here a moment then it’s gone somehow
James said life is just a vapor ~James 4:14
Now I feel that verse hit deep

Chorus
When the clock starts runnin faster
And the scoreboard starts to fade
You learn to number every heartbeat
Like the Psalmist said ~Psalm 90:12
Every day is God’s own mercy
Every breath a chance to choose
To walk with Him with sober wisdom
Before your time on earth is through

Verse 2
When you’re young time crawls like molasses
But it sprints when the hair turns gray
You wake up countin years not moments
And you feel the truth you used to delay
We keep thinkin we have forever
To fix the messes we made inside
But time is not a warm invitation
It is a test that God designed
He calls us now to walk with purpose
While the sun is still above

Chorus
When the clock starts runnin faster
And the scoreboard starts to fade
You learn to number every heartbeat
Like the Psalmist said ~Psalm 90:12
Every day is God’s own mercy
Every breath a chance to choose
To walk with Him with sober wisdom
Before your time on earth is through

Bridge
We are not promised one more quarter
Not another season’s start
So I lay my pride down at His altar
And give the Lord my weary heart
Gonna love well and serve harder
Gonna run like the finish is near
Gonna keep my eyes on Jesus
Till the final whistle clears

Final Chorus
When the clock starts runnin faster
And the nights cut cold and thin
I will stand in the grace He gave me
And finish faithful to the end
Every step is God’s own kindness
Every breath is grace on loan
Life is short but Christ is forever
He will carry His children home

 

[bdavidc]

That song came from this post on my website:

When the Clock Starts Running Faster​

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. ~ James 4:14

Ever notice when your team is playing and ahead by a lot of points, time seems to go real slow? And the same clock you just can’t wait to see flip on when you are hanging onto a 1-point lead. Now when your team is getting blown out, that clock starts running real fast as if it is just trying to hurry up and quit torturing you. Life is like that. The older you get the faster that clock starts running. You wake up one day and realize those many years you always thought you had all the time in the world are now dwindling away much quicker than you could ever imagine.

It’s not an optical illusion. It’s a change of perspective. When we are young, we think we have all the time in the world. So much time we waste it or never even think about it. We have all the time in the world to get life figured out. Time to chase dreams. Time to make a difference. Time to clean up our messes. Time to make things right with God. But after a while you start to count in years instead of days and you start to see what the Psalmist was talking about in Psalm 90:12. “Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” God does not give us this charge to number our days so that we will sit around in fear and panic. He gives us this charge so we will know to number our days so that we may be about His business with all the wisdom He provides.

God’s speed of time is His way of waking us up. When we are young, we always think that we have all the time in the world. But time is never a luxury. Time is always a test. Each and every day is an opportunity. An opportunity to be right with God. An opportunity to love well. An opportunity to serve hard. An opportunity to finish well. We don’t get to choose the time on the clock. We get to choose what we do with the time that we have left on the clock. James said it this way: “For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away” ~James 4:14.

Play like it matters while the clock is still running because it does matter. You are never guaranteed another quarter. You are never guaranteed another season. And you are never guaranteed another tomorrow. Don’t waste your time running around the sideline looking at someone else’s scoreboard. Live out the time you have remaining in such a way that will bring Him glory. The game of life is not won by those who start the game the fastest, but by who finishes faithful.

 

[Moontan13]

I want to share something God has placed on my heart. It’s a new ministry I’ve started called True Grit Gospel. It’s me taking the Word of God and packaging it in gritty, real-life, authentic, Christian country music.

What it is: I create the lyrics. The words come from my daily devotional time and the Scripture I’m learning that day. I input the lyrics into Artificial Intelligence tools to compose the music and vocals. The end result is rugged, honest, real country gospel that drives people back to the Word and the truth of Jesus Christ.

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Why I’m doing it: People can listen for free, post them in their web pages, etc. I use these songs on my daily Bible reading website “Know the Bible” because I want people to hear the gospel in a way that will pierce the heart and stay with them. Music speaks to places normal conversation can’t. And time is running out. Scripture tells us our life is a vapor ~James 4:14, and I want to point people to Christ.

What you’ll find: Real country music. No sissy stuff. No compromise. Just Scripture-anchored truth put to music with grit, heart, and purpose. I am going to try and post them in this thread when I make them.

Let me know your thoughts.

Though I'm not really a fan of country music

Gritty Christian Country song with a raw, reflective tone that leans on real life experience. The lyrics draw from Scripture to show how time slips by faster as we age and how God calls us to live wisely while the clock is still running. The mood is rugged, honest, and heartfelt, mixing country storytelling with clear biblical truth like ~James 4:14 and ~Psalm 90:12. The message is simple: life is short, so finish faithful. From: truegritgospel.com

GRITTY CHRISTIAN COUNTRY
“When the Clock Starts Running Faster”

Verse 1
I used to think I had forever
Like the sunrise would slow for me
Chasin dreams like wide open highways
Livin wild and runnin free
But the years rolled on like a freight train
And the mirror tells the truth real loud
Life’s a mist in the morning sunlight
Here a moment then it’s gone somehow
James said life is just a vapor ~James 4:14
Now I feel that verse hit deep

Chorus
When the clock starts runnin faster
And the scoreboard starts to fade
You learn to number every heartbeat
Like the Psalmist said ~Psalm 90:12
Every day is God’s own mercy
Every breath a chance to choose
To walk with Him with sober wisdom
Before your time on earth is through

Verse 2
When you’re young time crawls like molasses
But it sprints when the hair turns gray
You wake up countin years not moments
And you feel the truth you used to delay
We keep thinkin we have forever
To fix the messes we made inside
But time is not a warm invitation
It is a test that God designed
He calls us now to walk with purpose
While the sun is still above

Chorus
When the clock starts runnin faster
And the scoreboard starts to fade
You learn to number every heartbeat
Like the Psalmist said ~Psalm 90:12
Every day is God’s own mercy
Every breath a chance to choose
To walk with Him with sober wisdom
Before your time on earth is through

Bridge
We are not promised one more quarter
Not another season’s start
So I lay my pride down at His altar
And give the Lord my weary heart
Gonna love well and serve harder
Gonna run like the finish is near
Gonna keep my eyes on Jesus
Till the final whistle clears

Final Chorus
When the clock starts runnin faster
And the nights cut cold and thin
I will stand in the grace He gave me
And finish faithful to the end
Every step is God’s own kindness
Every breath is grace on loan
Life is short but Christ is forever
He will carry His children home.