Life.Church Stories: Episode 19

Even Now: Worship, Testimony, and Everyday Faith

Overview

Life.Church highlights how worship and personal devotion draw people closer to Christ. The segment traces the birth of the new song “Even Now,” born out of a season of family struggle and raw faith, and then shifts to an interview with Grammy-nominated artist Tori Kelly, who shares how Scripture and the Bible App shape her daily walk with God. Throughout, the thread is clear: whether on a church stage or in a tour bus, worship and the Word sustain hope “even now.”

Themes

The story behind “Even Now”

• Pastor Amy’s private sermon notes on her family’s struggle became the seed of the song.
• Writers focused on honest tension: pain and hope held together in worship.
• The key lyric “even now” anchors the message: right where I am, with what I’m facing, I will praise.
• Illustration: The songwriter pictured church members’ individual stories of hardship while crafting lines that people could cling to.
• Life.Church Worship aims to “sing a new song” that rises specifically from their own congregation’s heart.

Worship as connection

• The church exists for relationship with Christ, and worship is a primary way believers draw near.
• God is moving globally, yet the team celebrates seeing His work “right here in our house.”

Tori Kelly’s career milestones

• Highlights include releasing her first album in 2015 (“felt like a little kid again”) and voicing a role in an animated movie she calls a “dream come true.”

Making faith her own

• Raised in church, she reached a point where belief moved from her parents’ faith to her personal encounter with God’s presence.
• Faith is “a daily thing,” sustained by Scripture reading and prayer done intentionally, not mechanically.

Daily disciplines and the Bible App

• She pairs Bible reading with prayer, taking unhurried time to “just sit with God.”
• The Bible App lets her redeem travel moments—reading in the car en route to interviews.
• She sees its global reach and calls it “life-changing,” thanking Life.Church for creating it.

Gratitude for a serving church

• The closing word thanks Life.Church members: it is their giving, serving, and praying that God uses to change lives locally and worldwide.

Key Truths

• Worship still rises “even now” in the middle of pain because Jesus is our hope.
• New songs can spring from honest church life and speak directly to present struggles.
• A childhood in church must mature into personal, firsthand faith.
• Consistent Scripture engagement and prayer require intentionality, not just routine.
• Technology like the Bible App makes God’s Word accessible anywhere, anytime.
• God multiplies the impact of a church through the everyday faithfulness of its people.

Response

• Choose to praise God in the exact circumstances you are facing right now.
• Set intentional, unhurried time to read Scripture and pray each day.
• Use the Bible App to stay in the Word when life is on the go.
• Support your local church through giving, serving, and praying so others encounter Christ.
• Share “Even Now” with someone who needs fresh hope.

Resources

• “Even Now” – single by Life.Church Worship
• YouVersion Bible App
• Interview feature with Tori Kelly