Marvin Sapp new album “Thirsty” debuted at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Charts. This is Marvin Sapp’s seventh solo project, which is a powerful follow-up to his 2005 album, “Be Exalted” (that gave us the urban jam “Do You Know Him”).

The energy of this live concert (captured live at Grandville, Michigan’s Resurrection Life Church,) pulsates feverishly. The stand out cut, “Never Would Have Made It” is a compelling vocal meditation that coerces listeners to bow down and reverence God as their Keeper, then “Praise Him in Advance” raises them to their feet to sway to the assuring words “praise will confuse the enemy.” More musically varied than projects of the past there is a touch of smooth jazz on “Worshipper in Me” on which the keyboard glistens, while the peaceful string orchestration on “Rivers Flow” emits a contemporary Christian twist. A church friendly, praise and worship banner “Shout Unto God” bursts into extolment. “Thirsty” is more worship than praise, more slow than fast, even more personal than the last.

The accompanying DVD for the project also had an outstanding first week of sales, debuting at #2 on the Christian Soundscan Music Video Chart. “Thirsty” is a tall glass full of spiritual replenishment when your life is lingering in dry places.

In the sheer spirit of a psalmist Marvin Sapp bares his soul with unabashed emotive resolve. When asked about his worship style Marvin Sapp likens his experience to David running from Absalom in the Psalms. “I go to a very desolate place in my existence and think about things that most people don’t think about and when I get there–that’s where I find sanctuary. When you go to a place where you can’t depend on anybody around you then and only then can you call on God and when God shows up, where ever you are becomes your sanctuary.”

Marvin Sapp’s ability to unveil his private sanctuary encounters in the presence of others is the signature of “Thirsty.”

The words of “Never Would Have Made It” transpired when Marvin Sapp was left barren in his personal life. Back to back he experienced the deaths of the three most influential men in his life: his father, his musical mentor, and his spiritual father. The lyrics of the empowering song were spoken to Marvin Sapp prophetically on the spot the date of his recording and were truly the only way he could have performed on the night that became a critical turning point for him.

The concert took place a day after burying his father and his spiritual father had passed away just days earlier. He recalled having to go preach while the pain of his father’s earthly departure was still fresh. “The Lord said to me, ‘Marvin, there’s something you need to understand. Although your father isn’t with you physically, I will never leave you nor will I forsake you. I will be with you always even until the end of the earth’. This measure of assurance is what he needed before he could utter a note at the recording of “Thirsty.” I grabbed the microphone and started singing, ‘Never Would Have Made It‘”,” says Sapp. For assurance that God is right by your side-right at this very minute, listen to this advance recording of “Never Would Have Made It.”

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