CCM artist who climbed to #1 with successful Who I’m he says that God saved him from drug and alcohol habit and {that a} easy invitation to church could have saved his life.
Ben Fuller Who I’m reached primary on the Billboard Christian Airplay Chart in 2022, whereas his most up-to-date hit, If I may get Jesusis at the moment within the Prime 40.
However 5 years in the past, Fuller was a Nashville nation singer looking for fame and fortune, writing tunes about, as he places it, “roads and ingesting beer.”
“I used to be in a spot of utter despair,” Fuller informed Christian Headlines. “I imply I drank 19 beers an evening.
He additionally took medication. His life modified when a household from the Nashville space, initially from Vermont, invited him over for dinner. Fuller can also be from Vermont.
“I moved down right here [to Nashville] for nation music. And I acquired misplaced on Broadway,” he mentioned of the well-known downtown. “And I used to be singing about all of the fallacious issues and ingesting loads and on medication – and also you identify it.” This household invited me for a meal. And on the finish of the meal they requested me if I might go to church with them the following day. And I simply mentioned, 'Sure.' I mentioned, 'Certain, no matter, I'll go.'”
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That church was the Church of the Metropolis in Franklin, Tenn. Fuller, a music lover, was captivated by the songs he heard.
“God used music and I heard his voice. And He mentioned, 'I gave you yours. And now you're going to sing to me.' And so I gave all of it up.”
Fuller had been ingesting and taking medication for about 14 years, he mentioned. Inside “two months” he stopped.
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“And he took the style of alcohol and swearing—all the pieces—proper out of my mouth. And he simply cleaned me up,” Fuller informed Christian Headlines.
Earlier than he was saved, Fuller mentioned, Jesus “was at all times only a curse in my mouth.”
“I didn't know who he was. And Vermont has 2 %, Christian. And so I used to be by no means invited,” he mentioned of his life within the New England state. “I didn't go to church. I by no means heard the gospel.”
Fuller will start a tour with We Are Messengers and Jonathan Traylor in March. He's not singing about beer anymore.
“Now it's gentle and love and Christ and redemption,” he mentioned. “I give Him all of the credit score. I give Him all of the credit score. And He's simply making it occur.”
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Michael Foust has lined the intersection of religion and information for 20 years. His tales have appeared within the Baptist Press, Christianity At present, Christian PoHoly, and Leaf chronicle, and Toronto Star and and Knoxville Information-Sentinel.
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