Sarah Reeves 'Sweet Sweet Sound' album

Sarah Reeves will release her debut "Sweet, Sweet Sound" on April 21. The six-song set reveals a tapestry of worship-inducing pop distinguished by her sweet vocals and unashamedly vulnerable lyrics.

Written in conjunction with Nashville's most sought-after songwriters, including Jason Ingram, Ed Cash, Matt Bronleewe and Marc Byrd, the album was produced by Ian Eskelin and Matt Bronleewe. The result is a song collection which speaks to the heart of who Reeves is and her earnest desire for an effective ministry. "I have one goal and one true destiny, and that is to bring people to the heart of God, to help them understand his love, his mercy, and the freedom and power of worship," she says. "My goal is to lead the nations into his arms. That's my calling."

Sarah Reeves biography
Worship leader. Song writer. Gifted artist. Prayer warrior. Prayer needer. Advocate for her generation. Intercessor for her generation. Next big thing.

Sarah Reeves has been called all these things, and with good reason – the 19 year-old Alabama native is a complex composite of each of these traits and so much more. She is fashionable, she's commonplace, she's demure, she's shy, she's outspoken, she's sensitive, she's bubbly, she's pensive, she's completely engaging – and that's before her first cup of coffee.

Born into a family of musicians, Sarah knew from an early age that music would be her career. With a father who was well-respected in the mainstream music business, she naturally assumed she would follow in his footsteps. But a radical encounter with God at a youth camp when she was 15 years old forever changed Sarah's focus.

"For the first time in my life I saw people excited about worshiping God, people who were pursuing God with all their hearts," Sarah declares. "I longed for that kind of relationship with God. During that week, God messed up my whole perspective on worship. He humbled me. He filled me with the Holy Spirit. He called me to be a worship leader. He told me, 'Life is not about you, Sarah. Life is about Me. From this point on you will live to glorify My name, to reach people, and lead them into My arms.' My life has not been the same since that day."

The wide-eyed ingénue immediately joined the youth worship band and started leading worship at her church youth group. A combination of hard work, natural talent, finger-on-the-pulse songwriting, and an obvious sense of calling resulted in the band's expanding regional reputation for inspiring teens to respond to the call to worship.

Although Sarah was content to lead worship out of the limelight, anonymity was not to be her lot in life. After performing an opening set for Plumb, a demo of her songs found their way into Tiffany Lee's hands. "The next day she called the house," Sarah's sapphire eyes sparkle at the memory. "She and her husband introduced me to Sparrow Records and the rest, as they say, is history."

What Sarah doesn't say is that history has involved writing sessions with some of Nashville's most sought after songwriters including Jason Ingram, Ed Cash, Mia Fields, Scott Davis, Ben Glover, Cindy Morgan, and Marc Byrd, which resulted in more than 70 finished songs from which to assemble her debut CD, Sweet, Sweet Sound. Nor does she mention recording sessions with powerhouse producers Ian Eskelin and Matt Bronleewe, or the whirlwind radio and promotional tours that are part and parcel of the music industry. It's enough to turn a girl's head if she doesn't have her feet firmly planted on the ground and her faith firmly rooted in the Word.

"Sweet, Sweet Sound," the title cut, serves as an excellent primer for Sarah's music and ministry. The breezy, lilting, worship-inducing track is distinguished by Sarah's sweet vocals. There is an abandonment in her songs that compels listeners to dive deep into worship with her. Scripturally grounded songs like the rock-inflected, "Fresh Anointing," and yearning prayer songs like the sweetly melancholy piano ballad, "Come Save," flow in a seamless warp and weave to produce a beautiful tapestry of praise and adoration. The latter, a stand-out track inspired by 2 Chronicles 7:14, is a fervent plea for God's intervention in a broken world. As Sarah explains, "I want this world to know the unconditional love of Jesus. This is a cry of desperation that God would come save our land." Drawing on the grounding influences of family and friends where she is 'just Sarah,' and buoyed by the mentoring of Tiffany Lee, whom she credits with helping her avoid the pitfalls inherent to the music industry, Sarah is ready to expose her heart for worship to a broader platform.

"I have one goal and one true destiny," Sarah Reeves declares with an urgency that is palpable, "and that is to bring people to the heart of God, to help them understand His love, His mercy, and the freedom and power of worship. My goal is to lead the nations into His arms. That's my calling."

If such a bold declaration from one so young makes you fold your arms and paste a skeptical smirk across your face, Sarah's sweet, dimpled smile will immediately disarm you. A sampling of her music will convince you of her sincerity, and an examination of her lyrics will reveal a heart far older and wiser than her years.

"God called me to be a worship leader when I was 15 years old," Sarah insists. "I've stood on that calling ever since. It takes a lot of prayer to lead worship. It means being the same off-stage as I am on-stage. I realize I'm still a little girl in a great big world. I understand that I am still naïve. But I believe the Bible is true when it says to let no man despise your youth. I have made mistakes and learned from those mistakes. The important thing is to keep my mind on the Word of God, to be true to who I am, and to keep growing."

Sarah Reeves 'Sweet Sweet Sound' song by song
These Words of Mine
This is my prayer for this record. My words are clumsy and small compared to how great my God is, but somehow may He take my words and truly hear my heart. May I make him smile.

Fresh Anointing
Isaiah 43:18-19
Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.
I see God rising up a new generation. I see change in our culture and in our churches. I believe that God is doing a new thing in and through us as the body of Christ. The message of God will always be the same, but I pray for a fresh anointing, and a fresh wind of God's holy spirit to sweep across the nations like we have never seen before.

Awaken
I once read something in a book that will forever stay in my mind, it read, "If you are ever bored, you're not truly walking in the footsteps of Christ." Sometimes we forget how crazy and awesome our God really is. He walked on water. He healed the sick. He raised the dead. He calls us to do even greater things than these! We can be in church every Sunday and memorize every verse in the bible and still not be awakened to the fullness of God's power and glory. This is a cry that He would open up our eyes so that we can live our lives in the power of His presence.

Sweet Sweet Sound
This is a special song to me because it was one that was truly birthed out of spontaneous praise. This song simply sings the true definition of worship. All my life, I thought worship was just going to church and singing songs. Now I know that it is truly a lifestyle. No matter if I'm in my room, at the mall, or in my car, my heart can continually be worshiping my Savior in everything that I do. As a musician, I like to look at my life as a song. I ask that God would make me His instrument and that my life would be a sweet sweet sound in His ears.

Come Save
2 Chronicles 7:14
"If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
Over the past few years I have been praying a prayer that has absolutely been wrecking my life. I have prayed that God would give me His heart, that I would cry when He cries and smile when He smiles. As I was flipping through channels on the television one day, a deep sadness came over me. All I saw was immorality, horror, violence, you name it. I came in my room and started weeping over how God's heart must be torn. All I could pray was Lord, come save. My heart not only breaks for how He must feel, but how badly I want this world to know the unconditional love of Jesus. This is a cry of desperation that God would come save our land.

Let Us Rise
John 17:21
"That they may all be one, just as You Father, are in me, and I in You, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that You have sent me."
A big passion of mine is unity. As the church, we are the body of Christ. While I know we all have our opinions and our arguments about God. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter the denomination of church I go to or the song I sing on Sunday morning. What matters is that I'm a lover of Jesus Christ. As believers, we are all on the same team. We all go by the same book. We all worship the same God. If we can't get it together in the church, how do we ever expect to get in right in this world? Let us rise together as one in Jesus Christ. Can we lay down our pride and look at the calling on our lives. Our mission is to be love and share truth with this lost and dying world.

My Savior
This song comes from Matthew 14:22-32. It is the story of Peter walking on the water to Jesus. As long as He kept His eyes on Jesus, He was fine. As soon as he realized that the stormy sea was underneath His feet, he began to sink. So Jesus reached out His hand and saved Him from the raging ocean. I can relate to this story because so many times I magnify my problems over God. I forget how big He really is. My biggest ocean is like a puddle to Him. He is always there to reach out His hand and rescue us no matter what. He went all the way for me. He died on a cross so that I could live. He truly is my hero, my best friend, and my Savior.

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