Brad Arnold, the lead singer of 2000s rock band 3 Doors Down, recently interrupted a concert to share the gospel with thousands of fans and remind them of their worth as children of God.
During their Aug. 23 show in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where the “Here with Out You” hitmakers performed alongside Creed, Arnold wore a T-shirt that read “YESHUA,” according to footage of the concert shared on YouTube.
Before singing “Away from the Sun,” he addressed the audience and said, “I think I can identify with this song more than most of our songs. … This world is surrounded by the message that we’ll never be good enough, we’ll never be strong enough, we’ll never be beautiful enough, we’ll never be rich enough.”
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My friends, I just want to take a moment to tell you that that is an absolute lie. You are loved. You are enough and you will win. Not only can you win, but you will win. You will always be enough for one reason. And that is because Jesus Christ loves you.”
“Jesus Christ loves you so much that he made you exactly as you are, exactly as you stand right now,” the 45-year-old singer continued. “He also loves you to let you know that you are not complete. I promise you, there is more, and you will win.”
“I failed all day today. You failed today. But you are still the one Jesus loves,” Arnold said. “Repeat after me: I am the one Jesus loves. Amen, my friends. Thank you.”
He then had the crowd of tens of thousands sing and said, “I am the one Jesus loves.”
Formed in 1996, 3 Doors Down is known for hits such as “Kryptonite,” “Be Like That,” and “Not My Time.” The group has sold 16 million albums worldwide, received three Grammy nominations, and won two American Music Awards and five BMI Pop Awards for their songwriting.
Although the band is not openly Christian, Arnold often shares his faith on social media, along with prayers and Bible verses.
On the National Day of Prayer, Arnold urged his followers to pray for the country’s leaders.
“Today is our National Day of Prayer. Let us put aside our political considerations of who we voted for and who we want as our next leaders and pray for our country as it is right now. Our nation will not change at the ballot box, it will change in our hearts first. God bless America and the world,” he wrote under the photo of a long prayer.
In January, the singer attributed his abstinence to his faith, sharing a photo of his AA sobriety medallion, which has the words “Be true to yourself” and “Unity, service and recovery” engraved around the Roman numeral for the number eight.
“January 19th is a special day for me every year,” he wrote on Instagram.
“It marks the beginning of a new year of a new life, a life without a bottle in my hand. I feel like a different person than I was eight years ago… and it feels so good. Without question, God has lifted that burden from me. I was so tired of carrying it. I couldn’t carry it anymore, so I gave it to God and I’m not taking it back! If you’re struggling with something, give it to Him. He will gladly take your burden and you’ll never have to carry it again.”
In 2018, Arnold told the New Hampshire Union Leader about his decision to quit drinking, attributing his continued abstinence to the “grace of God.”
“The worst part was that I could trace almost every problem in my life back to alcohol, even while I was drinking. Eventually I got to the point where I knew I was drinking too much and I needed to stop. And our guitarist – he’s on the road to recovery and has been through his own addictions, and Greg (Upchurch), our drummer, has had drinking problems too. I sit there all the time miserable and feeling like crap all day, every day (…) I always started drinking earlier,” he said.
“So many of the guys I was treating there had lost everything – I mean, their families, their jobs, everything they had. And by the grace of God, I didn’t have to do that. You don’t have to lose everything, you need that moment,” he added.
Leah M. Klett is a reporter for The Christian Post. You can reach her at: [email protected]
