Hebrews 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
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4 songs meet this passage
Rage your dream · m.o.v.e
resonates with Hebrews 12:1
Both picture relentless forward motion, though the song's race is for self-glory while this verse calls for perseverance toward a higher calling.
Higher · Ally Brooke & Matoma
strains against Hebrews 12:1
Scripture pictures the departed as a 'cloud of witnesses' testifying to faith, not as guardians watching over the living, a comforting but theologically loose idea here.
“It's a full time job to not lose my faith”
These Worries (feat. Mary J. Blige) · Kid Cudi & Mary J. Blige
resonates with Hebrews 12:1-2
The exhausting labor of holding onto faith amid struggle is exactly the endurance this passage calls believers toward.
“tame my flesh and fix my eyes”
I Will Wait · Mumford & Sons
resonates with Hebrews 12:1-2
Fixing one's eyes while disciplining the flesh is nearly a direct echo of the call to run the race looking to Jesus.