Danny Gokey - Tell Your Heart To Beat Again (Live)

When I first heard "Tell Your Heart to Beat Again"

It had such an amazing impact on my heart.

You know, not only in its lyrical content,

but then when I heard the story behind it,

it really changed the way I looked at the song.

There was a pastor in Ohio

who had a heart surgeon that went to his church.

And one of the things that this pastor

wanted to do

was he wanted to see a heart surgery take place.

And when the day of the surgery came,

they rolled the patient in,

and they began to cut her chest cavity open.

They took her heart out,

and they began to repair it.

One of the things they do,

is-is they have to restart the heart again

before they close the chest cavity.

And as they begin to do the procedures,

to start the heart,

the heart won't start.

And finally, the doctor did something

so out of textbook not written down,

it's just something that

you really don't do.

And he got down on his knees,

and he said, "Mrs. Johnson,

this is your doctor."

He said,

"We have fixed your heart.

We have repaired it.

There's nothing wrong with your heart.

Mrs. Johnson, if you can hear me,

I need you to tell your heart to beat again."

And her heart began to beat.

And why do share this story with you?

Because the Great Physician,

has fixed your heart

and my heart.

But I find it interesting that sometimes

we allow the voice of the enemy

to whisper louder than

the voice of our Father.

And it seems like some of these voices

tell us that, you know what,

that situation-we'll never recover from.

Or what that person did

we can never forgive him again.

But I'm here to let you know

that you can forgive again,

you can get back up again,

you can move forward with your life.

And you don't have to walk with a limb

It's simply like this doctor said to this lady

This lady had to come into agreement.

The heart was repaired.

God has fixed your problem.

Your heart is fixed.

But you have to come into agreement with God.

You gotta look at my story.

Now look at how I went through loss

and how I get myself back up

Now when I look at the pain of my past

It doesn't stink like they used to.

But I look back and I see it,

Look at what Lord has done.

And I know God wants to do the same for you

I want you to begin to hope again.

He wants you to believe again.

He wants you to trust again.

The Great Physician, our Father,

through Jesus, wants you to tell your heart to beat again.