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The Unfolding

Page 68: Jordan St. Cyr

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9868 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Jordan St. Cyr had always believed the way to your dreams was through grit and hard work. He knew God had called him to be a songwriter, so he was determined to make it happen. But what if the way to your dreams isn't through determination, but through surrender? Jordan is the co-writer of the song, "Fires," – a song that has become their family's anthem as they walk through pain and suffering.

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Page 68 of the unfolding is the story of Jordan St. Cyr.

0:04.4

You know, Jordan, you've been dancing around for so long.

0:07.7

Would you like to see what happens if you put both feet in?

0:11.0

To really believe that what God wants for me could actually be greater than my plans for myself.

0:17.8

God's story has been unfolding.

0:26.5

Since the beginning of time. He invites you to be a part of it.

0:44.5

Another page in the unfolding. Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

0:47.6

Work hard, and you'll achieve your dreams.

0:51.7

It may not be a universal truth, but we sure want to believe that it is.

0:54.1

Jordan St. Cyr is a hard worker. He's a guy who found

0:55.2

part of his identity and his grit, hustle, his ability to make his own way. He understood that

1:00.9

if he was going to achieve his goals, he would have to give everything he had to be successful.

1:05.7

And his dreams were good. He wanted to be a singer and songwriter and share songs about Jesus.

1:10.9

So he was surprised, maybe even skeptical, when God asked him to stop striving and lay it all down.

1:18.5

Can you tell me a little bit about where you were in your faith when you first started your journey in music?

1:24.4

That is really a big question.

1:26.1

You know, as a kid, God always had my heart.

1:29.3

You know, since I was, I don't know, as young as I can remember, my earliest memories of three and

1:34.0

four, my dad was a worship pastor and my mom always helped out in church and the children's

1:40.7

programming and stuff like that. And music was always just my way to connect with

1:46.5

God, even as a little kid. And as I grew up into my, let's say, 1415, I started just being

1:54.2

able to express that with lyrics and with different melodies. And I never went through this big

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