About “Thank You Jesus for the Blood”
Charity Gayle wrote the song at a songwriting retreat with her husband Ryan Kennedy and friends Steven Musso, David Gentiles, and Bryan McCleery, where the session began with each writer sharing what God had done in their lives. "We started by sharing what God has done for us and could truly say we were all lost but now we're found and we just HAVE to thank Him for it," Gayle recalled. As the melody took shape she was transported back to the church she grew up in in Buffalo, New York, where her dad sang and her grandmother played the organ. The song appeared on her album Endless Praise, released September 10, 2021.
Written by Charity Gayle, Ryan Kennedy, Steven Musso, David Gentiles and Bryan McCleery · Released 2021 on Endless Praise · CCLI #7172456
- Co-written with her husband, Ryan Kennedy, at a songwriting retreat
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Frequently asked
Who wrote “Thank You Jesus for the Blood”?
Charity Gayle, Ryan Kennedy, Steven Musso, David Gentiles and Bryan McCleery. It was first released in 2021 on Endless Praise.
What is “Thank You Jesus for the Blood” about?
Charity Gayle wrote the song at a songwriting retreat with her husband Ryan Kennedy and friends Steven Musso, David Gentiles, and Bryan McCleery, where the session began with each writer sharing what God had done in their lives. "We started by sharing what God has done for us and could truly say we were all lost but now we're found and we just HAVE to thank Him for it," Gayle recalled. As the melody took shape she was transported back to the church she grew up in in Buffalo, New York, where her dad sang and her grandmother played the organ. The song appeared on her album Endless Praise, released September 10, 2021.
How many churches sing “Thank You Jesus for the Blood”?
74 churches in the playlist.church map have it in their worship playlists, most often for Gratitude, Redemption, the Cross — one of the most-adopted worship songs today.