Thank You Jesus

“I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” – Psalm 9:1

Toward the beginning of 2013, a group of songwriters from Hillsong church put some days aside to spend time collaborating and seeking God for new songs. Across the three days, they had several writing sessions, each with a different combination of people. On the second day, Matty Crocker and Hannah Hobbs started a session; it was the first time the two had ever written together.

On that day, Matt and Hannah both knew they had come across something special – the song “Thank You Jesus”. The idea was sparked from a comment that Hillsong’s Creative Pastor, Cass Langton, made about how it would be great to have a “Thank You” song in church – a song themed around the message of gratitude towards God. From there we began to work on a chorus that simply said:

“Thank You Jesus, You set me free. Christ my Saviour You rescued me.”

Hannah remembers: “There was something about the simplicity of those words that we both instantly loved – thanking Him for setting us free and thanking Him for giving everything to rescue us…

When we introduced this song to our church, we hoped that it would stir people’s hearts to worship God and it seemed to do just that. People stood to their feet and started singing it loud. It was overwhelming to watch people step into the presence of God and embrace this song as their own. It is humbling to see how God can use something as simple as a song to draw people closer to Him.”

Every day, thank the Lord for His love toward you. Remember His goodness and thank Him.

“Thank you for your promise
Thank you for your favour
Thank you for your love
Everything you’ve done for me” – Hannah Hobbs and Matty Crocker

“Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind” – Psalm 107:8