Rock Singer Shares Faith With Concert Audience: ‘Jesus Christ Loves You’
By Movieguide® Contributor
3 Doors Down lead singer Brad Arnold recently paused the band’s show to speak about his faith.
Before singing “Away From The Sun,” Arnold told the audience, “I feel like I can identify with this song more than most of our songs.”
“This world surrounds us with the message we’ll never be good enough, we’ll never be strong enough, we’ll never be beautiful enough, we’ll never be rich enough,” he continued. “Whatever the case may be. Social media surrounds us with those messages all the time. It’s driven down our throats every day, that we’ll never be good enough and nobody really, really loves us.”
Arnold continued, “My friends, I just want to take a second to tell you, that’s an absolute lie. You are loved. You are enough, and you will win. Not only can you win, but you will win. You’ll always be enough for one reason. And that’s because Jesus Christ loves you.”
“Jesus Christ loves you so much that he made you just the way you are, just the way you’re standing there right now,” the singer said.
He then invited the audience to repeat this phrase with him: “I am the one that Jesus loves.”
Arnold frequently speaks about his faith and how it helped him overcome addiction.
“January 19 is a special day for me every year,” he posted on Instagram earlier this year. “It marks the start of a new year of a new life, a life without a bottle in my hand. I feel like a different person than I did eight years ago…..and it feels so good. Without question, God took that burden from me. I was so tired of carrying it. I couldn’t carry it any more so I gave it to God and I’m not taking it back! If you’re struggling with something, give it to Him. He’ll gladly take your burden and you’ll never have to carry it again.”
In another recent post, Arnold shared a prayer for all the children going back to school this fall.
“Many prayers for all the kids headed back [to] school,” he wrote under an image that included Deuteronomy 31:6: “The Lord your God goes with you.”