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Salvation is a free gift of God’s grace that no one can earn or buy

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TEXAS GOSPEL VOLUNTEER

There is nothing you can do to purchase your salvation, and nothing in your own effort or goodness that could ever settle the debt your sin has created before God. The entire message of scripture on this point is consistent and clear: we are saved by God’s grace alone, which means it is completely unearned and entirely undeserved.

The greatest expression of that grace was God sending his Son Jesus Christ into the world to die in our place at Calvary, shedding his blood so that our sins could be forgiven. Because of what Christ did there, God can now pour out his grace on those who believe, since the full debt of sin has already been paid. Nothing else and no one else can clear that debt. Only the righteousness of Christ and his sacrifice make it possible for any person to stand forgiven before God.

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

Texas Gospel Canada Top 30 – June 2026

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Welcome to the Texas Gospel Canada Top 30 Songs of June 2026! This list is based on the actual number of plays each song received in the previous month. The Texas Gospel Top 30 is proudly submitted to top Southern Gospel publications including The Singing News and SGNScoops.

This chart is generated by AI using a scan of our actual airplay numbers for each song and verified by one of our human volunteers.

This MonthLast MonthSong TitleArtistLabel
12God Gives Good AnswersKaren Peck & New RiverDaywind/New Day
218Beyond The StormJustified QuartetBig Picture Records/New Day
36That’s Who He Is11th HourSonlite/Crossroads
417Three Nails InsteadNelonsDaywind/New Day
58Preach JesusDown East BoysStowTown/Provident-Sony
6—The Anthem (Psalms 98)Phillips & BanksARS/New Day
712Preacher ManMaster’s VoiceIndependent
810What Victory?Paid In FullStowTown/Provident-Sony
95That’s What Love IsHigh RoadNew Day Records/New Day
1011I’m Persuaded To BelieveBinionsStowTown/Provident-Sony
117Didn’t Feel Like FaithTodd TilghmanStowTown/Provident-Sony
1213I Know The Sweet Voice Of The ShepherdLegacy FiveStowTown/Provident-Sony
131Expecting A MountainPeach GoldmanStowTown/Provident-Sony
1414My God Is Still GodKelly GarnerIndependent
1522Morning For The MourningJordan Family BandARS/New Day
16—My Oil Ain’t CheapRivenbark MinistriesIndependent
17—I Know YouGuardiansDaywind/New Day
18—For What Earthly ReasonMark Trammell QuartetCrimson Road
193Just One Drop Of BloodRight Road QuartetBig Picture Records/New Day
20—And ThenTribute QuartetDaywind/New Day
21—In The FireJanet PaschalStowTown/Provident-Sony
22—There’s No Better Time Than NowJeff Tolbert & Primitive RoadIndependent
2327Life Hurts, God HealsKingdom HeirsSonlite/Crossroads
24—The King Did This For MeExodusIndependent
25—It’s Alright, It’s OkayShepherdsDove Music
26—Better Days AheadBrownsStowTown/Provident-Sony
2730Here Comes The Promise8th StreetARS/New Day
28—There Is A LoveFerguson FamilyARS/New Day
29—Things that never changeShirah BrothersHeritage
30—the battle belongs to the KingBlake & Jenna BolerjackHeritage

What should be and what is will one day be made right in Christ

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TEXAS GOSPEL VOLUNTEER

There is a tension that most of us live with every day, even if we have never put it into words. We know that things are not the way they should be, in our own lives and in the world around us, and no matter how hard we try, we cannot make everything right. At the same time, we feel strongly that things ought to be better, that justice and peace and love should win out. Paul points to this tension and to its resolution in 1 Corinthians 15:28, looking ahead to the day when the Son himself will hand over all things to God the Father, so that God may be all in all.

The resurrection of Jesus is God’s answer to that tension. It is his promise that what is broken will be restored, that what is wrong will be made right, that the longing we carry for things to be as they should is not a longing that will go unanswered forever. Jesus is not just the one who saves us from what was. He is the one who is leading all of creation toward what will be. Restoration will be the final word, and God himself will be all in all.

and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

Revelation 21:4

Christ living in you brings eternal life and a close relationship with God

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TEXAS GOSPEL VOLUNTEER

When a person puts their trust in Jesus Christ, something remarkable happens on the inside, and it changes everything about who they are and where they are headed. Christ comes to live within every believer through the Holy Spirit, and with him comes the gift of eternal life.

The Bible speaks of believers living in Christ and Christ living in them, which points to a deeply personal relationship rather than a distant or formal one. This is not something a person earns or achieves on their own; it is given freely the moment someone places their faith in him. Because of this, every believer carries within them the very presence of the living God, which is the foundation of all the hope and peace that following Christ can bring.

I am not implying Christians suddenly become “good people.” I am saying they no longer see sin as a good thing, but something from which to be delivered.

On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you.

John 14:20

God has a real plan for your life and wants you to seek him to discover what it is

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TEXAS GOSPEL VOLUNTEER

God has not left people to figure life out on their own; he has a plan, a purpose, and a will for every person, and he has chosen to carry that out by living in and through those who belong to him. That is not a vague promise but a direct invitation to seek him with everything you have, trusting that he will make himself known.

The reason anyone is able to find God when they seek him is not because they are good enough or smart enough to track him down; it is because he chooses to reveal himself to those who call on him. When God says he has plans for you, that is worth paying attention to and worth pursuing. The practical step is to call on him, seek him genuinely, and then be willing to follow wherever that leads, knowing that his plans for your life are better than any you could come up with on your own.

And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13