The Story of Tenth Avenue North

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• Diane
  January 11th, 6:05 pm

  I have been wanting to thank you all so much for your obedience to the Lord and following His plan for your lives. God used your songs to help save my life! I was stuck in an extremely dangerous, abusive relationship (my heart has been out of that relationship for 2 years!! Praise GOD!). I heard By your Side back when I was still in this relationship, and I just remember crying so much. I had turned away from God at this point in my life and I really do not know how I first heard this song. This song touched me so much I actually dared to go somewhere I used to go all the time, but hadn't been in so long and just felt I did not belong there, The Christian Book Store in my town. I bought your CD and put it in my CD player in my car, it was just something I had to do I had to hear the rest of your songs. Times stood out to me instantly. It was like God put this song into my life and I cannot imagine my life if I had never heard that song. Times literally touched my heart. I played it for the man who I thought used to be a "Christian" and who claimed to love me. I just thought ok HE HAS TO HAVE THE SAME REACTION AS ME TO THIS SONG! He has to get the goosebumps and cry and really really love this song and it will bring us back to God this is it. I just know it will speak to his heart just like it spoke to mine. The instant I learned it didn't is the instant I started to learn that this "man" is not the right person for me, he is destroying me and I need to get out of his trap. It was a 2 year struggle for me to get out of that abusive relationship but God gave me the strength, He stood by my side and picked me up when I fell and wrapped his arms around me when I needed someone to hold me, and He dried my tears. My Gram always told be God waits patiently for us to come back to Him, I will never forget the day I came back to our wonderful Savior! I thank God so much for bringing your music into my life. You are my angels.

• Kaja
  March 29th, 5:29 pm

  Hi! I got to meet you guys at Winter Jam in Normal,IL. I had never heard of you guys but you really touch me. To sum it up I have had a pretty tough lif with a mom who has an addiction and divorce between my parent that last 6 years. Even with God in my life since I was four had lost that connection that a four year- old can get with something. Hearing "BY YOUR SIDE" made me get that I needed to make me relationship with God stronger. Thank you for inspiring me! Kaja (Faja)!

• Anonymous
  March 1st, 7:24 pm

  God brought this song to me, along with many of your others from this album, the very weekend I found out that my husband had had an affair. The lines, "Why are lookin' for love? Why are you still searchin', as if I'm not enough? To where will you go, child? Tell me to where will you run?" spoke oceans to me. All these years, I'd put so much stock in my husband's love as if he were capable of satisfying my soul. And here the very love I thought was perfect had let me down and crushed me. But God is always by my side, even when I've had my feet pulled out from under me. His love is unconditional and everlasting, never wavering. God used this song to pull me to Himself, enabling me to forgive. This song and several of your others were instruments in God's hand to bring healing in our marriage, as my husband received God's full forgiveness and His restorative, conquering power at his lowest moment, and as I grappled to put my trust in God and to genuinely love my husband with a love that covers a multitude of sins. Thank you for letting God speak through you. Because of it, my husband and I have a stronger marriage than many even deem possible. Keep singing HIS words!

• Amanda
  February 13th, 11:18 am

  Just saw y'all at winter jam last night and y'all were rockin! I was really glad when y'all played this song though. I had heard it a couple of nights before when I was feeling really down and depressed and was at a point where I wasn't sure if walking with Christ was entirely worth it. But I turned on the radio and the first line I completely heard was "just don't turn away". This song brought me to tears as God just displayed through this song that He is always with us and there is no place I could go that He won't follow. Thanks for this beautiful song and for awesome lyrics. Hope y'all had a great time in Mobile and good luck in the rest of your tour.

• Gloria
  January 28th, 9:18 pm

  Hi guys! I just saw you on Winter Jam at Champaign, IL. The concert was great! When you were singing "By your side" I was in tears, it always remembers me of God's faithfulness and no matter what He is always there for me and will always love me. Thanks for a great performance at IL. Blessings!! :)

• kathy
  January 27th, 12:51 pm

  Tenth avenve north is great, I love this song because I think of someone very special to me. He lost his mother to cancer about a year ago and I really wanted to be with him so bad to help though it all but i couldn't, so one day I called him and played this song for him and told him I would always BE BY YOUR SIDE. and i will for now and always. I love him alot. Never forget that.

• Steve Gonzalez
  January 27th, 1:35 am

  Hey Guys just wanted to thank you for putting out such a beautiful album. Like others say the song by your side brings tears to my eyes, cause losing my mother to cancer last June & my not speaking or seeing my youngest daughter for more than one year now just hurts so much! when i hear by your side i know my mother is watching me by my side & I will always be by my daughters side.

• Emily Rose
  January 26th, 5:26 pm

  I thought I'd share with everyone the story of how I really got in to Tenth Avenue North. And it all starts with this song...my family goes to Edisto Island on the coast of South Carolina every year for vacation. So that's where this story starts. Firstly, you should know that in the Summer of 2009, my faith was dying and I was almost ready to give up Christianity. When we went to Edisto, I was at my wits end. I had a bad attitude and a lazy spirit. I was bitter and angry. One night, after looking back and seeing how much I had struggled with sexual sin recently, I was overcome with grief and remorse and I sat on the upstairs deck of our beach house sobbing my heart out. As I watched the shooting stars fall freely out of the sky, I continued to cry in the pitch-black darkness of Edisto nights. As I sat there, sobbing as if the world would end, I screamed out, "God, do you even CARE? Am I still loved? Will you have me back?!!!!" I also just happened to be flipping through the recently purchased section of my IPod and I came across this song. Lyrics such as "And I'll be by your side whenever you call" and "My hands are holding you" and "Cause I--I love you!" rang out louder than the waves below me. To this day I remember that time as a sacred and tender moment with me and my savior. That was a turning point for me--I am finally beginning to overcome the chains of sexual sin and I feel as if I owe just a bit of this to all of you. Thank you for great, touching songs and for reading this LOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNG comment (if you ever got around to it!!!). Love you all!!! -Emily (Gaffney, SC)

• Emily Rose
  January 26th, 5:23 pm

  Every time I hear this song I cry. Somehow. I dont know why; I just do. And so soon I'll have my "By Your Side" story up here...in a couple of minutes actually! But thanks for this song, guys...its really touching. I love you all in Christ Jeseus! -Emily Rose (Gaffney SC)

• Angie
  December 4th, 10:34 pm

  I just wanted to share how much this song has meant to me.I was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time in three years in February while my youngest child was in rehab.I was really struggling.She actually got me listening to klove and this ong has been such a source of encouragement for both of us.For the moment I am cancer free and my daughter is "a new creature" in Christ! I have been loving your band and praying for your ministry ever since.God bless you and the ministry.

• Anne
  November 18th, 10:30 am

  I have struggled with things that not even my closest friends and family know about. There have been times when I felt so utterly hopeless and broken. I couldn't bear the thought of coming back to Him and asking for His forgiveness yet again. This song showed me that I don't have to come back to Him...there is nothing I can do to prepare myself for forgiveness. He has been right there with me the whole time. Thank you guys so much!

• Cathryn
  November 3rd, 7:02 pm

  I had known about the bible, and God for my entire life but I always struggled to believe that he actually existed, so I turned away and got into a dark life. When I was saved I was worried about becoming a Sunday Christian as I tend to go through a lot of fads. I was so worried that it was hurting my relationship with God. Then I heard this song specifically the lyrics "Why are you looking for love, Why are you still searching as if I am not enough" and "Please don't fight these hands that are holding you" Something just hit me that I was still relying on myself but God was holding on to me so I need to stop fighting him, and that the desire to get a boyfriend or whatever it's not important because God love's me, he is my Father, and I don't need some guy to tell me I'm loved. Thanks Tenth Avenue North for that song :)

• Stacy
  October 18th, 11:34 pm

  Almost a year and a half ago my mom went into the hospital suddenly and unexpectedly. She was there for three days before she passed away. On one of those days I was driving home from being at the hospital. I was all by myself in the car, taking the long way, listening to your CD. This song came on and I pulled over and just cried. God is truly by your side, no matter where you are. He was by mine during those difficult days, and He still is. Thank you for following God's call, Tenth Avenue North.

• Herb Thom
  October 12th, 7:36 pm

  I'm coming off one of the worst years of my life and your song was and still is a constant reminder that God was always there for me and still is. Thank you for this beautiful song!

• Kathy
  October 12th, 3:25 pm

  I grew up just as modern Christian music was "taking off," so I have the uncanny ability to enjoy all the old hymns and the new songs, too. "By Your Side" is such an inspiration to me and some of my family members who are going through some upheaval right now. If you ever wonder if God is using you and your ministry, the answer in Yes!

• Bailey
  October 11th, 2:34 pm

  Goodness, I don't even know how to describe how this song has affected me. It's funny how God suddenly puts a song into the context of your life, and you realize He is working behind the scenes through you and the lives of others. That is pretty cool. Right now By Your Side calls me to pray for a new non-Christian friend of mine whose life- I know- God is pursuing. Each day I pray he soon ackowledges the God and Savior who is "by his side" no matter what. Thanks for the inspiration, Tenth Avenue North! God bless you guys. I look forward to meeting you all in heaven! :)

• Natalie Wan
  October 11th, 7:06 am

  its awesome you guys are doing this promo! its awesome!! but im having the same problem and can't seem to download the song =(. can you guys help!! much apprectiated! will be praying for your ministry

• Don Luna
  October 11th, 12:39 am

  A couple of weeks ago i was listening to K love , and i caught the end of by your side . and I liked it but then i heard it again today while i was on lunch at work and thats when i found out who sings it so i went and bought the cdand its been in my cd player all afternoon and its what ill be playing as loud as i possibly can tomorrow as i pull up in the church parking lot. i really really like the message behind it sometimes i need alil reminder that god truly is by my side adn all i have to do to feel his presence is call out his name. by your side is one of the most powerful songs ive heard the best thing is the whole cd is really good adn if you don't have it by now , you should go out and get it youll be blessed just as i have been

• Melissa Zinke
  October 8th, 11:18 pm

  i want to thank you guys for this song!!! I'm going through a really difficult time right now. I'm sort of homeless, parents mad at me and I feel very alone... but i know that God is still there and that He loves me. I don't know what he wants me to learn from this or what my next step in life is, but He knows and He has always known!! I thank you guys! You have helped me through sooo much and i pray that you will be able to come to IL soon and that you will be close to me so I can come see you guys! Please keep up the good work and GOD BLESS YOU!!

• Chris
  October 8th, 10:29 am

  i cant download it...do you have any idea why?

• Ashley McIlwain
  October 7th, 3:04 pm

  Hey guys! I actually used to watch Mike D at the coffeehouses at PBA. I went there from 2002-2005. I actually fell in love with Tenth Avenue North without realizing who was even in the band. When I found out, I was so excited and ecstatic! I am so happy for you guys and thrilled with how God is using you! This offer is really cool of you! I wanted to let you know that I am a Marriage & Family Therapist and actually have started a website as a free resources to help promote healthy marriages & relationships. It's a blog right now, but I am working on the website, which will be launched in a matter of weeks. I have listed some of your music in my playlist on the website, and right now I am going to post a link to these amazing offers! You can check it out yourself under "For My Readers" with today's date at www.thelittlewifey.blogspot.com. Thanks for your ministry and incredible music!!!

• Robin Spurlock
  October 4th, 7:38 pm

  I just want to say that the first time I heard this song, it hit home really hard. I had been going through a lot of struggles & I hadn't really felt God w/ me all that much. Then K-Love played "By Your Side" on the radio & I felt so overwhelmed w/ God's love for me that I just started crying like a baby driving down the road. I began pouring my heart out too Him & I felt like He was listening to little ole me. It was like I actually mattered to Him. I still find it amazing at how God works through others to encourage people when we need it the most. I can't thank you guys enough for singing this song. Praise be to God & may He bless you all more than your hearts, souls, & minds could ever imagine!

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