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Includes Sacred Ground, By Lord Redeemed, I Testify

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By Lord Redeemed is a creative sharing ground founded by Shane Pierson to share spiritual inspirations for music and lyrics. Each song is a testimony born from personal encounters with God's miracles, crafted to help listeners both hear and feel the same experiences. All of this music is offered freely to all who seek hope and healing.
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First listen
The clearest doorway into Christ, grace, testimony, and why this catalog exists.
Includes Sacred Ground, By Lord Redeemed, I Testify
Anxiety, grief, nearness
For heavy nights, grief, fear, and the prayer that simply asks the Lord to stay close.
Includes Weak Things Strong, O Lord Wilt Thou Stay With Me, I Smile
Repentance, masks, mercy
Songs for falling short, dropping the false face, and turning back to mercy.
Includes Still He Comes, Here We Go Again, Wrong Faces
Endurance, work, obedience
For the long obedience: Mondays, effort, work, and not quitting in the dark.
Includes Weak Things Strong, Don't You Quit, Working Man
Service, family, charity
Love that moves through hands and feet: show up, feed sheep, give, and stay.
Includes Love Me By Love, If Not You Then Who, Stay
Doubt, seeking, truth
For honest questions, spiritual experiments, and truth that grows slowly but holds.
Includes Weak Things Strong, Is It a Good Seed?, Why Do I Wander

I wrote this song from the feeling of being caught in a spiritual skid. Not just having a bad day, but feeling like I am behind the wheel of my own life and still cannot keep the road from shifting underneath me. I press harder for control, but somehow the harder I grip, the more I slide. That is where the line “Here’s the grip I call control” comes from. Sometimes I mistake control for faith. I tell myself I am trying to be responsible, trying to repent, trying to fix what is broken, trying to find the way forward. But underneath all of that, I can still be holding too tightly to my own fear. I can still be trying to save myself by my own strength. This song is about the mercy of realizing that God does not always show the whole road. Most of the time, He gives the next turn. The next prompting. The next small piece of light. The next place to set my feet. And that has to be enough, because faith is not waiting until the fog is gone. Faith is choosing to move toward Him while the fog still hangs low. A lot of the imagery in this song comes from Lehi’s dream in the Book of Mormon. The mist of darkness, the tree, the path, and the word of God have always felt very real to me. There are seasons when the night seems to draw a circle around what I can see. The fog can make it feel like there is no way out, no sign ahead, no road left. But the fog cannot uproot the tree. Darkness can hide the view, but it cannot move Christ. The doubts in the second verse are the kind that come when you are already tired: “You’ve stalled out before, why try to start once more?” That kind of shame does not always sound loud at first. Sometimes it sounds reasonable. Sometimes it sounds like memory. Sometimes it sounds like proof that you are too far gone or too repetitive in your weakness. But the word of God cuts a clearing through those lies. The heart of the song is this line: “Your hand never moved—it was me lettin’ go.” That is my testimony of repentance. Repentance is not me convincing a reluctant God to come back to me. It is me discovering, again and again, that He was still there. Still reaching. Still calling. Still waiting. Still proving His love. God does not drag me home. He honors my agency. He lets me choose. But He also does not give up on me when I am slow to choose Him. So many times, I have thought He was distant, when really I was the one clutching the wheel, staring at the fog, and letting go of His hand. This song is my reminder that I do not need to see the whole road to trust the Lord. I do not need perfect control to be safe in Him. I can give Him my heart, my hope, and even the grip I have been calling control. And when I turn back to Him, I find He never moved.

This song comes from a dream I had as a missionary that is a miracle. It was a gift. It was centerpiece the Lord places on two years of service as a missionary for His church. This song is seated in doctrine taught by modern day prophets. It can be found in the Doctrine & Covenants, one of the standard works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. But this dream I'm about to share was one of those vivid experiences that when you wake up, you almost don't know where you are because it just felt so real. And so it is. Read on to understand what I believe. Even if you don't believe this doctrine, focus on the emphasis of Jesus Christ as the Redeemer of ALL mankind. Both living and those who have passed. I was standing on a shoreline. A forest behind me. Mountains surrounding a still bay. The water was perfectly flat. Then a crown of light broke the horizon and thousands of souls ran across the surface of the water, passing me with overwhelming energy. I understood what I was seeing. The resurrection. I was pulled into the forest and saw people gathered along a path. Some were vibrant and full of color. Others were frozen in grayscale. Those filled with light spoke to those trapped in stillness. Slowly, color returned. Countenance changed. Acceptance replaced confusion. I knew where I was. Paradise and prison. Souls finally hearing truth. Christ teaching those who never had the chance. This dream came around the time my grandmother passed away. She had always said she would be a missionary after death. This vision gave me peace about where she was and what she was doing. The lyrics follow that experience closely. Chains falling. Captives hearing His voice. Light returning where hope had been absent. This song is a witness of doctrine and of love. Christ reaches everyone willing to receive Him. Grace does not expire. Redemption is patient.

This song was written around Christmas, but it is not limited to a season in my opinion. I had the opportunity to be involved with the Giving Machines in Charlotte. I watched people give quietly. No recognition. No return. Just joy in helping someone they would never meet. I was a part of the logistics team that helps set up and take down the event and experience here in Charlotte. The selfless energy that so many volunteers put forth stayed with me. I wanted to put in writing the beautiful feelings it created being around those incredible people, and let the words also inspire focus on what matters most in this life. This song is about generosity without performance and to give just because it is right. I say in the lyrics that what was put in my hands was not just for me. This is an oversimplification of a blessing I received and a directive to remember why I get blessed with more than just the basics. Serving because someone needs it. Letting kindness move through your hands without needing credit. The style leans warm and familiar pulling in stylings like the best Christmas songs sung by Frankie, Nat King Cole, and Michael Buble. This is the kind of song you want to hear every year. It reflects what Christmas feels like when it is stripped down to its purpose. This is a reminder that small acts done sincerely carry weight. Always have.
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The Study · Seminary 2026
Overcoming Self: Learning to Be Humble Someone corrects you in front of your friends. Maybe it is a parent, a coach, a teacher. Your chest gets tight. Your face goes hot. Something
Read today's thought“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.”
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