DEBRA BENNETT - Songs by Debra Bennett

WELCOME

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WELCOME

Thrust naturally into the music industry, at the age of three years old, Debra discovered that she had a true love for music and singing. She recalls one night in a local pizza parlor where live music was played nightly. She ran up on the stage and was praised by members of her family to “take it away” and sing for everyone. She sang to her hearts content but as they say, “The show must go on.” It was no longer her turn to sing and with several tugs of the microphone, she wouldn’t budge and began to cry because she knew that this was her love and desire to entertain and bring smiles to the faces of everyone. After all, from the earliest age Debra remembers, she was always lingering around in her father’s recording studio, waiting around for hours, watching all sorts of interesting personalities coming in and going out for their recording sessions and hearing many different genres of music. From birth through to her late teens and beyond, she was constantly surrounded in this and yet, even at such a young age, a light bulb went on within her heart and she knew that music was one of her greatest passions in life.

As the years passed, Debra continued on her journey, not only singing but also taking up the violin on a very regular and rigid basis, with private lessons from a local Professional Symphony musician. Debra says, “I hated the lessons; they were hard and one hour seemed like ten hours, but my reward, if I could manage, was either a Strawberry Sundae or the infamous Happy Meal from McDonald’s…. and it worked every time!”

In addition to violin, she most definitely knew that singing was for her and constantly struggled with which to pursue the most. She sang in church weekly, then eventually went on to performing for weddings, funerals, banquets and numerous talent competitions including several charity events, the National Day of Prayer, participating in the AZ District Fine Arts Festival (of the Assembly of God) winning First Place Award of Merit for the Female Vocal Solo category and also performing our “National Anthem” – “The Star Spangled Banner” at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

With all of this said, Debra still continues to sing and also continues to play violin. She also plays piano, picks up the guitar and a couple of drumsticks from time to time. Debra says, “I can share many different avenues of my life with you, however, one avenue that can be the most difficult for any artist of every type is coming to the realization that as an artist, you will never be able to fully 100% please any person via your rendering of your art, you may not paint your canvas with the exact color that the viewer wants to see or you may not sing that high note perfectly, you will disappoint some, while you will also please others. You truly have to be pleased with yourself and that is an important key in life!

I have struggled in many areas of my life but then I came to a very pivotal point in which as with all of us, we experience hardships and also learning lessons. This point in my life caused me to re-evaluate what was of true value, in my surroundings, the people around me and most of all, caused me to re-evaluate my relationship with Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. I began to experience somewhat of a paradigm shift, a shift in everything that I believed to be true, real and of value, only to have God assist in stripping me of everything or that old nature, everything that I thought that I was, who I thought I was and everything that I believed to be of worth. I then began to ask Him, ‘God, Why are you doing this to me?’ and ‘How long does this have to take?’ ‘Why me?’”

“It was then that I realized He was carving me much like a wood carver’s process to begin and complete his creation will strip the wood layer by layer so that the wood is in its raw form, its nakedness, ready to be made new and fully surrendered to what magnificent creation will be the finished product.’ I said, ‘Ok God, whatever You have to do with me, I have no choice but to fully surrender myself to You. Here I am.’” Within this working in my life I realized that although I will falter through life’s journey and will never arrive while still here on this earth, God had begun a new work in me in that moment, reminding me of how very much He loves me and at the same time, the conviction of the things I needed to change in my own personal life came to light as even more reason to return the love that He gives me and to give Him everything that I’ve got in my efforts, talents and abilities. If we would come to the understanding of how much He really does love us we would then yearn and desire to be more like Him in our actions and our love for eachother. We would carry ourselves differently, we would treat people better, we would not have doubts within our own integrity and this world that we live in would be a much better place for us, only giving all of the glory to Him.

Keeping this in mind, God is beginning a new work in whoever may be reading this synopsis. If you will remember this, write it down and put it where you will see it every day: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11.

There is nothing that God can’t do for you and in your life but you have to take action!

“The more you’re willing to risk, the more God can use you. And if you’re willing to risk everything, then there is nothing God can’t do in you and through you.”

Listen to the Music:

(Click on Titles to hear Songs)

NEW!!! Breathe

NEW!!! Bless the Brpken Road

NEW!!! You are My King (Amazing Love)

NEW!!! There’s Something about that Name

NEW!!! In the Presence of Jehovah

NEW!!! The Lord’s Prayer

NEW!!! I Bowed on my Knees and Cried Holy

There Is a Fountain

NEW!!! As the Deer Medley

NEW!!! Because He Lives