"Coming Back" is a breath of fresh air for the worshiper in this season. It can be so easy to take our first love for granted and to forsake an authentic relationship with God for a “go-through-the-motions,” kind of faith. "Coming Back" is an invitation to lay down our striving and to get back to the wonder and joy of really knowing Jesus and His Love. This song is an embodiment of one of the central themes of Thrive Worship's album, Pour Your Spirit Out: Jesus changes everything and His arms are open wide. We pray you and your listeners find again the wonder of His Presence through this song.

“Rapha,” the impassioned new single from acclaimed singer/songwriter and worship leader Stephen McWhirter and GRAMMY and Stellar Award nominee Jason Clayborn, is now available. Penned by the duo and produced by McWhirter, “Rapha” is an anthemic celebration of the name and nature of God the Healer.  “The heart behind the song was a desire to strengthen our own trust in God as Healer—not just physically, but also emotionally and relationally—in our churches, in this country and in the world,” shares McWhirter. “Having been radically healed from a drug addiction myself, I know God heals. However, my dad died of cancer and didn’t experience healing here on earth, so what do I do with that? We keep believing God, despite what we see with our own eyes. We keep worshipping Him through the trials, because either now or in eternity, He will keep His promise to be Jehovah Rapha, the God who heals.”

“I initially started writing ‘Then Christ Came’ with a dear friend of mine named David Leonard over two years ago.  For two solid days we were just trying to write something…and were coming up with nothing.  At the last minute, we figured out the chorus to this song, and that demo is actually on our most recent album, inhale (exhale).  But the song wasn’t done and sat unfinished for quite a while.  More recently, we decided to finish the thing out with Phil Wickham and Jason Ingram and are just so excited about how it turned out. Sometimes we over complicate things by trying to come up with new creative ways to sing about Jesus.  But the message of this song is simple in that it’s about what I was before and then Jesus showed up and now everything has changed.  We love how it turned out and hope you like it too!” - Bart Millard (MercyMe)

This song is about the process, not the perfection or finished goal, but how it’s a constant journey with the Lord. I’ve walked through storm after storm, fire after fire, but each time God refined me and showed me his faithfulness in my life. We all fall short, and no one is exempt from the trials and the valleys of this life. But with every rock bottom moment the enemy intended to use it as a way to harm us. The Lord in His loving nature used it for our good.