Dear Friends,
Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am sure we you are aware as I am that we are at war, not only Iraq but a war to save our homes, families, marriages, jobs and the list goes on. We must remind ourselves that as long as we focus on and listen to our commander and chief, Jesus Christ, we will win. God is our source and our prayer has to remain, Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done.
The Lord has graced me to record my 8th solo project entitled “Thy Kingdom Comeâ€. For me with every project there is a purpose and the purpose for this project is to encourage the body of Christ that we cannot be moved by what we see but rather what we know about God and who He is. Prayer, Praise and Worship is your greatest weapon and my prayer is that the music that God has given me will encourage you to stay the course. Be encouraged my brothers and sisters and remember, the Kingdom suffereth violence and the violent take it by force (Matt. 11:12), so let’s proclaim together Thy Kingdom Come and Thy Will Be Done .
Humbly Yours,
CeCe Winans
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Seven-time GRAMMY® winner CeCe Winans is set to once again share with the world her passion, praise-and-worship with her long-awaited eighth career album, Thy Kingdom Come, due April 1 on Winans' own PureSprings Gospel label.
Produced by award-winning hit-makers Tommy Sims, Luther "Mano" Hanes, Percy Bady, Cedric & Victor Caldwell (along with CeCe's son Alvin Love III as co-producer) and new comers Christopher Capehart and Brannon Tunie. The 14-track disc finds the beloved gospel vocalist performing empowering, congregationally accessible songs of praise, intimate worship and inspiration.
"When you're in the throne room, your focus is just God," Winans said. "Nothing's more powerful than that. When you do other music—positive music, gospel, inspirational, whatever you want to name it—you're teaching lessons to other people, which is still very important. But nothing's more powerful than when you're face to face with God."
For Thy Kingdom Come, Winans performs heartfelt, earnest songs for God and His church, reminiscent of her career-defining, RIAA Platinum-and Gold-selling albums Alone in His Presence, Alabaster Box, and Throne Room.
"It's great to sing songs that help us or that encourage us to live right, or to talk right, or to love each other—and those are all powerful messages, things that God smiles upon," Winans said. "But when you just talk about the power of the living God and His awesomeness and His holiness, nothing is more powerful than that. It penetrates the heart more than anything."
Though times of bleakness and recession are being reported and hopelessness is the order of the day, we must continue to invest in what will remind us of the report of the Lord, and that's worship. The selection of tunes were designed to bring joy, encouragement and take you to a place that true worshippers love to dwell. To beat the crowd, avoid standing in lines and keep up with CeCe's appearances just by visiting www.cecewinans.com and ordering THY KINGDOM COME today.
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Multiple GRAMMY®, Dove, Stellar, and Soul Train award winner CeCe Winans is one of the leading female vocalists in pop and Christian/gospel music. In her more than two decades as a performer, she has sold more than 3 million albums as a solo artist and 5 million as part of blockbuster duo BeBe & CeCe Winans, as well as attained a number of smash singles, including the epic "Count on Me," her hit R&B duet with Whitney Houston. Throughout her career, Winans has garnered widespread media coverage, including cover stories for Essence, Jet, Women's World, CCM, and Today's Christian Woman, plus high-profile appearances on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee, Oprah, and countless more. In 1999, Winans launched PureSprings Gospel, a boutique imprint for her own albums and those of new, up-and-coming talent in gospel music and beyond.