i'm a sixteen y/o, It's 12:30 at night and I'm struggling with depression and fear; i was just looking through youtube and this came up on my feed. What a blessing, Josiah. Thank you so much. This gave me hope.
Hey dude, don’t ever give up hope. In fact, there is a hope that never will leave. So don’t fear losing Him. Idk what your relationship with God is like, but I would recommend just running straight into His arms first before ever looking toward the world to answer your problems or depression. He cares about you, I really hope you know that. The world will never be able to give the peace that the arms of Christ do. ❤️
@@RabekaMuthukumarI understood it as everything we do we feel prideful of. For example, when I score a goal I feel proud, even though God gave me that skill to share the Good News, I still get distracted by human things like winning or scoring.
@@RabekaMuthukumar Hi! Based on my understanding of the Bible, as long as we're in fallen bodies here on this fallen world, we will sin; and pride is sin, therefore, we have it all our lives. We will only be freed from this fallen world through our glorification (Romans 8:18-30) or when we are already in our resurrected bodies (1 Corinthians 15:35-58). I think this is what Josiah is trying to say 😊
A friend sent me “The Prodigal” and asked me to sing it at her wedding. Josiah, what an amazing song. I’ve only listened to it once, but man it is fantastic. Great job my friend.
This song is such a great sign of maturity with growing popularity, continuing not to let the attention of so many others distract you from our awesome God ❤
"Even angels in the sky can fall down to the depths Clip their wings with their pride, and rot what's in their chest The funny thing about pride is that you have it all your life But the moment you think you don't, it's gotten in your eyes" - these words are so true and powerful!
hey am sorry to bother you , can you explain what those words means bcz am not really sure that i understand them but that part really take my attention
@@me-so4wk The way I interpret it is that the part talking about pride clipping angel's wings is referring to when Satan was prideful and rebelled against God and it caused him to be thrown out of Heaven. I don't believe the Bible says his wings were cut or if he even had wings in the first place, but is more of a metaphor. The part about pride in our lives more so talks about how as sinful humans, we fall subject to pride, which the Bible calls out as a sin as it gives credit to us instead of God who gives us our gifts. We pretty much have this our whole lives since sin has corrupted the world, but we will be free of it in Heaven. He also talks about when we think we don't have pride, then it really has gotten to us because we pretty much all fall subject to it, and denying it in a sense shows how prideful we are about not being prideful. Sorry if any of this was confusing but I hope it helped. If you have any other questions, just ask and I will do my best to answer. :)
Oh, man...gah....This song over and over again. This has been the hardest and probably the best lesson I've learned in ministry in 20 years. Oh man...this song...
I'm from Brazilian 🇧🇷 Your songs touch me deeply, Josiah, you have been an instrument of God in my life to speak to me through your songs! #Josiahinternational
I don’t have any social media so I don’t know if you had announced this song. But yesterday I was talking to someone about how much I love your music and said that I wished you would post a new song. The way God works is amazing!
I have loved coming back to this song over the past few months, especially when he cries out “Has it gotten in my eyes?” ..Never so much as this morning while I’m sitting here reading Jesus’s words in Matthew 7, and realizing that the only way we can get the plank out of our eye is by asking our Father, and then asking for bread..We can’t do it..not before, during, or after. Never so much does pride vanish as the moments we realize our desperate need!
this song was like the word of God according to the book of Hebrews, it literally pierced through me! so true, though it might be hard to accept when God makes you a silhouette, but I accept it! a lot of gospel musicians where like this before, but now, they fell away once God decided to bring them out of the shadows, I pray you will never end up like that in the name of Jesus! amen!
Fell in love with this song. Such a good reminder to not fall into the sin of fame. When life puts you in a better position kneel down and turn back to God. This truth is so true. This song is my reminder that i dont need the world to know exactly who i am, i only need that recognition from God
Choosing God over everything is the best decision that one can take in a lifetime. Coz, rather than searching for success around the world with your efforts, it is better to surrender and be with God, who is the creator, conqueror, Savior, and at the same time a loving father and closest friend. A great song Brother! God Bless You!
I love this song because it demonstrates and says that EVERYTHING is vanity, fame, money and everything that makes human beings go crazy to achieve. Josiah is anointed, and he is a servant who is greatly used by God and I'm sure he has big plans for Josiah's life. May God continue to bless you, servant of God!
The first line is powerful…I think he was referring to the story of John the Baptist when he was asked that his followers have all gone to Jesus and John responded that “he must become greater and I less” John 3 vs 30… read the whole passage, he poetically turned the passage into the song
I literally love this song!!!! I love Christ, His church and your music so much!!!!!❤❤ I heard the Prodigal on the radio, I am so so proud of u! All glory be to Christ Jesus our Lord🥹🫶🏻
Hi Josiah, this song really has been ministering to me. The creative struggle to find an avenue for our passion but not let it become what keeps us distant from God. Always got to be ok with letting go of the spotlight. Love it and thank you
Lyrics (absolutely love you Josiah Queen ty for everything) "Altars Over Stages" "Sir they've all gone off to him" I said to that baptizer We sat and watched his friends Leave him in the dust "It's a cold world And we all just need the son" He said with a smile I chose Altars over stages Cause heaven is my wages I don't need the spotlight So make me a silhouette I won't fret I don't care You can take me anywhere Heaven is my wages I chose Altars over stages Even angels in the sky Can fall down to the depths Clip their wings with their pride And rot what's in their chest The funny thing about pride Is that you have it all your life But the moment you think you don't Its gotten in your eyes Has it gotten in my eyes? I chose Altars over stages Cause heaven is my wages I don't need the spotlight So make me a silhouette I won't fret I don't care You can take me anywhere Heaven is my wages I chose Altars over stages I chose Altars over stages Cause heaven is my wages I don't need the spotlight So make me a silhouette I won't fret I don't care You can take me anywhere Heaven is my wages I chose Altars over stages 💗💗✝️✝️🕊️🕊️
I love your every single song. Your songs became the basic for car trips with family or friends. I can’t wait for next one. This is awesome. Wait for tour in WA🔥🔥🔥
i'm a sixteen y/o, It's 12:30 at night and I'm struggling with depression and fear; i was just looking through youtube and this came up on my feed. What a blessing, Josiah. Thank you so much. This gave me hope.
I struggle with these things as well. Praying for you❤
God bless you and keep you friend.
I feel u
Jesus will never give up on u!!!
So don't give up on your self ❤
Hey dude, don’t ever give up hope. In fact, there is a hope that never will leave. So don’t fear losing Him. Idk what your relationship with God is like, but I would recommend just running straight into His arms first before ever looking toward the world to answer your problems or depression. He cares about you, I really hope you know that. The world will never be able to give the peace that the arms of Christ do. ❤️
Hang in there. Listen to praise music and read the book of John. Focus on good things and not social media. It will get better!
“It’s a cold cold world. And we all just need the SON” That couldn’t be more true
literally
“The funny thing about pride is that you have it all your life but, the moment you think you don't, it's gotten in your eyes” 🥹🔥
I couldn't understand this line.
How come he says that we have pride all our lives?
@@RabekaMuthukumarI understood it as everything we do we feel prideful of. For example, when I score a goal I feel proud, even though God gave me that skill to share the Good News, I still get distracted by human things like winning or scoring.
@@RabekaMuthukumar Hi! Based on my understanding of the Bible, as long as we're in fallen bodies here on this fallen world, we will sin; and pride is sin, therefore, we have it all our lives. We will only be freed from this fallen world through our glorification (Romans 8:18-30) or when we are already in our resurrected bodies (1 Corinthians 15:35-58). I think this is what Josiah is trying to say 😊
Josiah gave the definition of pride way better than any dictionary could
A friend sent me “The Prodigal” and asked me to sing it at her wedding. Josiah, what an amazing song. I’ve only listened to it once, but man it is fantastic. Great job my friend.
This song is such a great sign of maturity with growing popularity, continuing not to let the attention of so many others distract you from our awesome God ❤
So deep 🔥
Keep singing for His glory Josiah Queen 🙏
God bless youuu❤
My new favorite song, keep it up Josiah, I love all of your music and I can’t stop listening to it!
"Even angels in the sky can fall down to the depths
Clip their wings with their pride, and rot what's in their chest
The funny thing about pride is that you have it all your life
But the moment you think you don't, it's gotten in your eyes" - these words are so true and powerful!
hey am sorry to bother you , can you explain what those words means bcz am not really sure that i understand them but that part really take my attention
@@me-so4wk The way I interpret it is that the part talking about pride clipping angel's wings is referring to when Satan was prideful and rebelled against God and it caused him to be thrown out of Heaven. I don't believe the Bible says his wings were cut or if he even had wings in the first place, but is more of a metaphor. The part about pride in our lives more so talks about how as sinful humans, we fall subject to pride, which the Bible calls out as a sin as it gives credit to us instead of God who gives us our gifts. We pretty much have this our whole lives since sin has corrupted the world, but we will be free of it in Heaven. He also talks about when we think we don't have pride, then it really has gotten to us because we pretty much all fall subject to it, and denying it in a sense shows how prideful we are about not being prideful. Sorry if any of this was confusing but I hope it helped. If you have any other questions, just ask and I will do my best to answer. :)
@@Bloxy_Blasterthanks for explaining this 😊
Oh, man...gah....This song over and over again. This has been the hardest and probably the best lesson I've learned in ministry in 20 years.
Oh man...this song...
I'm from Brazilian 🇧🇷
Your songs touch me deeply, Josiah, you have been an instrument of God in my life to speak to me through your songs!
#Josiahinternational
I choose altar over stages cause heaven is my wages. may you keep the work you are doing brother you are a true blessing
I'm speechless, it just catched me. ♥ That simple, nothing bigger or higher than laying your life down in front of our Father.
I don’t have any social media so I don’t know if you had announced this song. But yesterday I was talking to someone about how much I love your music and said that I wished you would post a new song. The way God works is amazing!
Every time I feel like I'm stuck
Jesus seems to send me one of your songs ❤
Thank u
Ahhhh SO good!! Sometimes we forget to put God above ourselves and this sis I h a good song to remind us to put altars before stages! 🥰
Awesome song Josiah. I thank Jesus for you.
All the way to Nigeria, I'm blessed by this song❤
Great new song Josiah❤️🙌 So peaceful and shows how good God is! Jesus is king amen❤️🩹
I have loved coming back to this song over the past few months, especially when he cries out “Has it gotten in my eyes?” ..Never so much as this morning while I’m sitting here reading Jesus’s words in Matthew 7, and realizing that the only way we can get the plank out of our eye is by asking our Father, and then asking for bread..We can’t do it..not before, during, or after. Never so much does pride vanish as the moments we realize our desperate need!
this song was like the word of God according to the book of Hebrews, it literally pierced through me! so true, though it might be hard to accept when God makes you a silhouette, but I accept it! a lot of gospel musicians where like this before, but now, they fell away once God decided to bring them out of the shadows, I pray you will never end up like that in the name of Jesus! amen!
I love your music..God be glorified
Been on repeat since I found this last night ❤ amazing. Sent it to many people
Fell in love with this song. Such a good reminder to not fall into the sin of fame. When life puts you in a better position kneel down and turn back to God. This truth is so true. This song is my reminder that i dont need the world to know exactly who i am, i only need that recognition from God
Your music is biblical and anointed brother Josiah
Keep up the good work for the Lord 🙏🏻
Choosing God over everything is the best decision that one can take in a lifetime. Coz, rather than searching for success around the world with your efforts, it is better to surrender and be with God, who is the creator, conqueror, Savior, and at the same time a loving father and closest friend.
A great song Brother!
God Bless You!
The song is a prayer, my prayer! Amen and amen
As a young teen super focused on social life, this song really hits home. Please keep writing, your songs are amazing and impact so many people. ❤❤
I love this song because it demonstrates and says that EVERYTHING is vanity, fame, money and everything that makes human beings go crazy to achieve. Josiah is anointed, and he is a servant who is greatly used by God and I'm sure he has big plans for Josiah's life. May God continue to bless you, servant of God!
This is a really awesome song...Love from Kenya 🇰🇪❤️
Listening this song in Africa, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
Big up Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare..Lovely Cities!! Love from Kigali, Rwanda. 🇷🇼
Beautiful song with an amazing lesson woven into it. We should always choose alters over stages! Love it so much, thank you Josiah.❤
Absolutely beautiful.
The first line is powerful…I think he was referring to the story of John the Baptist when he was asked that his followers have all gone to Jesus and John responded that “he must become greater and I less” John 3 vs 30… read the whole passage, he poetically turned the passage into the song
I think your right it's so beautiful written❤
Amen. I love this music! 🇧🇷💙
altars over stages 🙌🙌🙌 I don't need a spotlight just my JESUS😭
Wow- this one touched me in so many ways
I literally love this song!!!! I love Christ, His church and your music so much!!!!!❤❤ I heard the Prodigal on the radio, I am so so proud of u! All glory be to Christ Jesus our Lord🥹🫶🏻
I love your work! Great job on spreading the truth,brother. Love you!❤
I love your Music!!!! Please come to Oklahoma!!!!
Yea oklahoma people like this we need him to come
To everyone out there this world could be a scary place but with god anything is possible i love you all 🫶🏻🫶🏻 have a good year
Can’t stop listening to it! 🥰 Thanks Josiah
Amazing song♥♥♥ so deep, a beautiful prayer... I love your songs! May God bless you!
Beautiful❤Happy Good Friday everyone!!!
Great song Josiah, keep it up.
Hi Josiah, this song really has been ministering to me. The creative struggle to find an avenue for our passion but not let it become what keeps us distant from God. Always got to be ok with letting go of the spotlight. Love it and thank you
🔥🔥 Yes Abba; make me a silhouette. I choose Altars over Stages.
I panicked cause i dont have spotify premium so it wouldnt play lol
Me too!! Then RUclips wasn't loading the song, so I was freaking out cause I couldn't find the song. Lol
@@OliviaVittitoe lol yeah
Same😂
Me toooo
😂❤
I love it Josiah!
This song is so good and it haves such powerful lyrics. love it!
Amazing keep it up!!!🔥🔥
This is just wow. I'm in love with the new song, so thank you
May God bless your life 🙌🏽❤️
For the first time i hear your song, i can feel that you'll gonna be popular one day. 😊.
God bless you
Absolutely love every song you release!
3 John 1:2 - Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.🌹✝️AMEN
Lyrics (absolutely love you Josiah Queen ty for everything)
"Altars Over Stages"
"Sir they've all gone off to him"
I said to that baptizer
We sat and watched his friends
Leave him in the dust
"It's a cold world
And we all just need the son"
He said with a smile
I chose Altars over stages
Cause heaven is my wages
I don't need the spotlight
So make me a silhouette
I won't fret
I don't care
You can take me anywhere
Heaven is my wages
I chose
Altars over stages
Even angels in the sky
Can fall down to the depths
Clip their wings with their pride
And rot what's in their chest
The funny thing about pride
Is that you have it all your life
But the moment you think you don't
Its gotten in your eyes
Has it gotten in my eyes?
I chose Altars over stages
Cause heaven is my wages
I don't need the spotlight
So make me a silhouette
I won't fret
I don't care
You can take me anywhere
Heaven is my wages
I chose
Altars over stages
I chose Altars over stages
Cause heaven is my wages
I don't need the spotlight
So make me a silhouette
I won't fret
I don't care
You can take me anywhere
Heaven is my wages
I chose
Altars over stages
💗💗✝️✝️🕊️🕊️
God bless you, thank you I was looking for this.
Wooow, this song is so awesome… I love it
We love the song😆✨
Powerful! I recently discovered your songs and I’m following your music in Apple Music. God bless!
So powerful 🔥🔥
Your songs hit different. Praise God for such a gift! 🙏🏻🙌🏻
OMG amazing!!!!! 😍😍😍
This is awesome🔥
I love your every single song. Your songs became the basic for car trips with family or friends. I can’t wait for next one. This is awesome. Wait for tour in WA🔥🔥🔥
Love this humble song!
Amazing, saludos desde 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
So happy I ran into your music so beautiful ❤
I love all of your songs and God loves you so munch
Love from India ❤❤❤
So hard to find this song😂Keep preaching bro, glory to God, may God bless you.😇🙏
Greetings from Indonesia🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩
This is sooo good!
Thank you for the great song and lyrics! Love from South Korea!
Been added to the playlist ❤
I love this song !!!!
This song has my whole heart.😭😭❤️❤️❤️
You are truly a blessing Josiah!
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful
I love this song
God Bless You
Great music!
Altars over stages 🔥❤
Thank you God has been telling me this .
This touched my heart ❤❤❤
Man, this is a great song! I love how well thought out the lyrics are. Great job!
When ever you create a new song I love it!! :D
Such a good message!
LOVE IT!!!!
What a lovely song.
Much love from Ghana❤
congrats bro❤ God bless you🙏 John 15:18 (UKJV) If the world hate you, all of you know that it hated me before it hated you.
When I was listening I thought it said "altars over sages"... i like this message as well as the real lyric :)
I love the new album me and my famliy went to go see you in texas
Here from the live stream 😆
I am so in love with your music.
1:31 yup 🔥🔥
I love this song
Get this on the radio!!
1st!!!❤
Actually I was
Like if you’re here from the livestream
Preciosa canción ~
"I choose altar over stages 'cause Haven is my wages"❤😢