The Jesus I Know Now

Album: released as a single (2026)
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  • I was told He was angry
    And He hated the music up too loud
    I was told He would save me
    If I showed up to church and I shut my mouth
    If I smoked, if I drank, if I cussed, I'd think
    I was on a long black train to Hell
    Yeah, I thought I knew Him
    'Til I met Him for myself

    But the Jesus I know now
    Ain't shakin' a fist, ain't raisin' a brow
    Yeah, the Jesus I know now
    Ain't runnin' away from a party crowd
    I found a friend
    Who hangs with the misfits
    Listens, forgives, then forgives again
    Can't believe I was missin' out
    On the Jesus I know now, mm

    I'm learnin' He likes me
    Even when I take a joke a little too far
    Yeah, I'm learnin' He knows me
    Every hair on my head, every story behind my scars
    And He says who I am and it ain't what I do
    His grace takes some gettin' used to
    I'm learnin' He loves me
    (Yeah, the boy in a bar) and the kid in a pew

    Yeah, the Jesus I know now
    Ain't shakin' a fist, ain't raisin' a brow
    Yeah, the Jesus I know now
    Ain't runnin' away from a party crowd
    I found a friend
    Who hangs with the misfits
    Listens, forgives, then forgives again
    Can't believe I was missin' out
    On the Jesus I know now

    On the Jesus I know now (the Jesus I know now)

    Yeah, I got what I wanted
    I heard my song on the radio
    Let me longin' and lonely, yeah
    Top of the world with an empty heart
    And nowhere left to go
    But back into the arms

    Of the Jesus I know now
    Ain't just a voice up there in the clouds
    Yeah, the Jesus I know now
    Ain't lookin' for trophies to make Him proud
    I found a friend
    Who hangs with the misfits
    Listens, forgives, then forgives again
    Can't believe I was missin' out
    On the Jesus I know now

    On the Jesus I know now, the Jesus I know now Writer/s: Brandon Lake, Emily Weisband, Lainey Wilson, Luke Laird
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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