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Texas Gospel Canada Top 30 – September 2025

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DAVID INGRAM

Welcome to the Texas Gospel Canada Top 30 Songs of September 2025! This list is meticulously compiled based on the actual number of plays each song received in the previous month (August.) The Texas Gospel Top 30 is proudly submitted to top Southern Gospel publications including The Singing News and SGNScoops.

  1. More Than A Hollow Hallelujah — Isaacs (House of Isaacs)
  2. Kick Up My Heels and Sing — Guardians (Daywind/New Day)
  3. Free — Brian Free & Assurance (Daywind/New Day)
  4. Motel Bible — Scotty Inman (Daywind/New Day)
  5. Hold On to Hope — Southbound (Daywind/New Day)
  6. He Will Hold You Through It All — Endless Highway (StowTown/Provident-Sony)
  7. I Know What Jesus Can Do — Browns (StowTown/Provident-Sony)
  8. Standing With You — The Sound (New Day Records/New Day)
  9. So Many Reasons — Tribute Quartet (Daywind/New Day)
  10. 99 1/2 — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (StowTown/Provident-Sony)
  11. Just to Know You — Heart 2 Heart (ARS/New Day)
  12. Door Wide Open — Gordon Mote (New Haven/Provident-Sony)
  13. Troubled — LeFevre Quartet (with Joseph Habedank) (Daywind/New Day)
  14. Stepping Stone — Tim Livingston (Diamond Mill Music)
  15. I Will Sing — Hoppers (Gaither Music/Capitol Christian)
  16. Still Faithful — 11th Hour (Sonlite/Crossroads)
  17. A Million Reasons — Perrys (StowTown/Provident-Sony)
  18. More — Allens (ARS/New Day)
  19. Satisfied — Jonathan Wilburn (Daywind/New Day)
  20. God Has Heard Your Cry — Taylors (StowTown/Provident-Sony)
  21. All Is Well — Exodus (Independent)
  22. Rise Up — Gold City (New Haven/Provident-Sony)
  23. Prove ‘Em Wrong — Lauren, Amber & Kenna (Horizon/Crossroads)
  24. Deep Waters — Triumphant Quartet (StowTown/Provident-Sony)
  25. Up Above the World So High — Inspirations (Horizon/Crossroads)
  26. Tell the Devil — Joseph Habedank (Daywind/New Day)
  27. Goodness and Mercy — Lee Park Worship (Vital Records/New Day)
  28. So Much to Thank Him For — Mylon Hayes Family (Independent)
  29. Never Been Another — Whisnants (Independent)
  30. The Other Side — Craguns (ARS/New Day)

Finding Rest in the Shepherd’s Care

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AMY TURNER

Psalm 23 speaks of lying in green pastures and walking beside still waters. While this may seem to describe food and drink, its deeper meaning is peace for the soul. Just as sheep are fed and watered under a shepherd’s care, they are also kept safe and calm. Their rest comes not from what they eat, but from knowing they are protected.

A lot of people today live under constant pressure, always trying to meet their own needs. In doing so, they miss the peace that comes from trusting God. When the Lord is our Shepherd, as David says, we “shall not want” (Psalm 23:1). We can stop worrying and rest in His care.

Trusting in God’s guidance brings the quiet confidence that our needs are known and will be met. In that trust, we can truly find rest.

“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28

Joseph’s Faith in God’s Promise

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JEFF TURNER

Joseph faced many hardships in his life. He was betrayed by his own brothers, sold into slavery, wrongly accused by his master, and left in prison. Through all of this, he held onto his trust in God. Yet, when the New Testament speaks of Joseph’s faith, it does not focus on these events. Instead, Hebrews 11:22 highlights something he did at the end of his life. He gave instructions about his burial.

Before he died, Joseph asked that his bones be taken to Canaan when God’s people eventually left Egypt. At the time, Canaan was not in their hands. But Joseph believed it would be, because God had promised it to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Joseph’s request showed his deep confidence that God would keep His word, even if the fulfilment was far off.

Joseph had no way of knowing when or how this would happen. Many years would pass before the Israelites left Egypt and even more before they entered the promised land. But Joseph was so sure of God’s promise that he wanted to be buried there.

This quiet act, asking to be buried in a land not yet theirs, shows us a faith that looked far into the future. It was not based on what he could see, but on what God had promised.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

2 Corinthians 5:7

Preparing for the Final Judgement of God

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AMY TURNER

The Bible describes a time when all people, regardless of their status in life, will stand before God’s final judgement. Revelation 20:11-12 speaks of a great white throne, where the earth and sky will disappear, and the dead will be gathered. At that moment, books will be opened, and every person will face God’s judgement.

This event will not be based on how people viewed their own actions or how others measured them. Personal feelings and human opinions will have no influence. What matters will be God’s righteous standards. His judgement will be fair and absolute.

Because of this, it is important for each person to seek understanding of what God expects. More than anything, we should pursue his mercy, which is available now.

One who conceals his wrongdoings will not prosper,
But one who confesses and abandons them will find compassion.

Proverbs 28:13

Eighteen Mile releases debut single,”Above The Clouds”

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SPECIAL: MOUNTAIN HOME MUSIC COMPANY

August 29, 2025 — Newly signed to Mountain Home Music Company, bluegrass gospel quintet Eighteen Mile took shape when young musicians performing in the ministry-supporting Steve Pettit Band felt called to seek their own professional path after wrapping up an album with producer Andy Leftwich, who recommended them to the label’s attention. For their debut Mountain Home single, the group presents “Above the Clouds,” a gently flowing meditation on the blessing of assurance.

“I wrote ‘Above the Clouds’ during a season when I was wrestling with uncertainty and learning to trust God more deeply,” says the song’s lead vocalist and Eighteen Mile bassist, Hallie Ritter. “The song became a reminder to myself that no matter what we face — doubt, anxiety, or pain — God is steady and present above it all. I wanted the music to feel hopeful, something that lifts listeners up and reminds them that the sun still shines above every storm.”

Bandmates Carson Aaron (guitar, mandolin) and Emily Guy complement Ritter’s confident voice on the chorus’s elegantly phrased simplicity:

This old world can’t hold me down, I’ve got another life I’ve found
And a greater God
This old man can’t change my mind, I know the sun will always shine
Above the clouds

Eighteen Mile’s other multi-instrumentalist, Jack Ritter, offers some delicate guitar picking that underlines the tranquillity of that other life, while fiddler Savannah Aaron delivers the arrangement’s signature figure that punctuates the song from beginning to end. The combination of vocal strength, sympathetic instrumental work and well-crafted writing exemplified by “Above the Clouds” make Eighteen Mile artists to watch — and to listen to.

Says the group, “We hope this song is an encouragement to listeners in all areas of life who may be dealing with clouds of doubt, pain, and anxieties. The sun will always shine above the clouds.”

“Above the Clouds” is streaming in Dolby Atmos spatial audio on Apple Music, Amazon Music and TIDAL. Listen to it HERE.