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We want to hear how you or a loved one has been impacted by Natalie's new single, "Our Hope Endures"
"This very honest lyric was written for a woman who was struggling greatly with her battle of cancer. Life so often doesn't make sense and I can so relate with the Psalmist when he wonders why the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. But our hope endures the worst of conditions. We serve an everlasting, all-knowing, all-sufficient God, our El-Shaddai, our Emmanuel, our only Hope in this life."
Natalie Grant
It’s a beautiful song, Natalie, and shares a message that is so important to people when they’re struggling or ill or going through something rough.
I’ve gone through my brother’s murder trial {he was the murderer} and my Mom’s suicide attempt in the recent years and the love of God and the hope that brings got me through it all.
I was lifted up and loved through it all — only He deserves the credit. Only He is the one that got me through it and past it and to the point where I can write about it, talk about it, learn from it.
Keep singing God’s praises. You’re gifted with something special.
Janelle
Lost my job because of budget cuts. Played this song a lot in the wee hours of the morning when I couldn’t sleep because of worries about the future. It helped me refocus on God rather than my situation. God is faithful and I have a new and better job now.
Hi Natalie,
I love your music …
you could tell me if you will launch
a new cd?
sell it in Brazil!
always continue to bless
people with your music!
thanks!
I did not know of the struggles God would allow me to experience when I posted my first comment in January of 2009 about how this song has touched my life. I spoke of dealing with family issues and a bi-polar Mother… Since then, my dear mom has experienced many many hard times and has been hospitalized two different times in the summer of 2009 for her illness. In July, right before her two hospitalizations, my parents went through a very unexpected and especially terrible divorce that has torn our family apart piece by piece. Trying to be strong for my younger brother and attending my freshman year of college has definitely been possible only by the strength of Jesus Christ – but Our Hope Endures has always been the extra encouragement I need to push through that especially hard day or week. I can never be reminded enough of the faithfulness of God… Even though our circumstances change, our world is shattered… our hope endures, with all glory to God. Thank you Natalie for sharing your God-given abilities, and this song, with the world.
My wife and I are leaders of a Christian based Support Group, My wife also taught the same program in a local women’s shelter. One week after we took over leadership of our support Group my wife was diagnosed with breast and kidney cancer. Shortly after that We went to your concert at 1st Baptist in Euless, TX. That was the first time she heard “Our Hope Endures”. Since then it has become my wife’s favorite song. She has sang it in a few churches, and given her testimony on how God brought her through the surgeries, chemo, radiation, fear, pain. One of the things the enemy tries to convince us is that we are all alone, and no one understands our suffering. I am so grateful for my wife and that God has used this time in her life to touch so many lives. to show them that we do have hope in an Eternal God that loves us more than we can ever imagine.
I know for a Fact that Our Hope Endures because I’m a Christian!! And I had alot of surgeries in the past. I knew that God has some hope in me through that time!! My dad died in February of 2003!! That’s when I started going to church and then in a little awhile my mom and I got saved and Baptize on Easter!!! It was so wonderful knowing all my sins are forgiven!! But if we sin we have to ask for frogiveness!!
My sister has been battling with stage IV colon cancer with multiple metastasis to lungs and abdomin for almost 6 years now. She is only 41 years old and has 2 boys, 12 and 14. She has never been in remission and is on chemotherapy almost continually. This form of colon cancer is hereditary. (I also was treated at the age of 27. Although, I spent over 5 months in the hospital and almost died from mutliple surgeries, on a ventilator, trache, etc., I never had to go through chemo. Praise God!) When I heard your song, I immediately knew I had to sing it in church for my sister. But for some unknown reason to me at the time, I held off. And then, multiple tragedies happened. The same week that I had a miscarriage (19 weeks pregnant), a lady in our church was diagnosed with breast cancer and another lady in our church lost her 45 year old husband after a surgery ( and left behind 4 children). That is when I sang “Our Hope” in church. Thank you for such a beautiful and meaningful song. Our hope is not based on good or bad circumstances but on the power of God and His grace to us through His Son Jesus.
I am a young woman who has Narcopelpsy and Fibromyalgia to name a few of my diagnoses. You learn to live with them and not let them dominate your life. But there are those days or even weeks when your body makes it known that it isn’t going to cooperate with you. The first time I heard this song and the part when Natalie sings about walking a mile with a woman whose body is torn I cried. I connected with it on a personal level because I march on and Hope is my guide. God is so good to me and is my lover and sustainer.
Did you watch the MSNbC on sex slaves in America. They did a segment on San Antonio (exclusive downpart area). There is so much human trafficking going on!! And the cops or whoever has power to shut down these so called
“massage pallors” cannot keep up with the pimps. Every time they stop them, the crooks discover new and more “sophisticated” avenues to traffick humans. Do you think it’s a loosing battle ?? The cops admit that they cannot erradicate it. The crooks just get more vigilant and device better methods of staying under the radar as long as they can.
MSNBC addmitted that attacking the demand( the men asking for the services) is the only solution. the reported that human trafficking is a multi billion industry in the us alone.
I know you are involved with this kind of organization to help those who are victimized and enslaved. they also reported that a large number of missing children in the us are being trafficked somewhere in a surburb in each state. I watched this documentary and it was scary to say the least.
Even though it may seem that what you are doing is not making such a difference, just know that even one person rescued is a HUGE difference and God does notice.
I am a teacher at Neptune Middle School coordinating the AVID program ( Advancement Via Individual Determination). We would like to make a video of our students doing a cardobard testimonial for before and after AVID. We chose Natalie Grant’s Song ” What are we waiting for” However, to use this song as a sound clip for the whole song as the music behind the video I have to have permission to use it.
Could you Natalie Grant and or Producer hubby Bernie Hems authorize myself, Sarah Butler at Neptune Middle School Kissimmee, Florida, to use this song for this purpose. We are not selling the video. We are creating it for a school purpose and to recruit new students into AVID. It will be used to show the student body and recuit interested parents. I was planning to have this all completed by March 15, 2010. So I need a quick permission to not break copyright law.
thanks Sarah Butler
My life has been storybook all my life until I moved away from my parents at age 18…from there I began a destructive downhill battle with life. I chose the wrong directions… I picked the wrong friends… I moved away from God…. The day I found myself sitting in jail at 31 years of age… I saw my life flash in front of me…I could lose my child, I could never see my family again…when and how did I get myself here…it is a cold, hard life inside a jail cell when you have been handed everything and never took time to learn the real meaning of life and living….That day sitting in jail a lady spoke to me and she had my grandmother eyes, who had just passed away…she was brought to me in jail to save me from this horrible path I had chosen…from that day I chose to put God first… I have now turned my life around. I turn 35 next week and I have my beautiful daughter, an amazing man who saw through all the bad past and loves me for the person I am now, and two beautiful step daughters. Every time I hear any of your songs it reminds me how amazing and strong I am. My life is fantastic all because I chose the Lord!! Our Hope Endures!! You bring such hope to so many lives through your voice!! You truly are a blessing!
ps…it did the auto thing and removed my spaces between verses
by lines 4-5-5-9 smile moderator, smile saints, smile Natalie, smile Jesus
ever thought of that? Make Jesus smile today!!!
Beautiful song Natalie: I actually came here in a deep struggle with health. Thought so much of it was from 30+ years as an alcoholic with a drug problem! Now I am convinced that it is from a little cut I got while working in dirty, standing water; 16 years ago. Can they kill this infection after so long a time, why did God not heal me according to my faith??? So glad He keeps me sober though!
Then, your blog is about drunk drivers, yeah I was one of them and I did the trash (without the vest). Then “Our hope endures” made so much sense because I still know God can! Hope those babies are fine. and I actually came here to try and share something I wrote… before I try another doctor. I wrote it as a pop song for Leslie Phillips, she is now Sam and Holy gave me these words for her…Natalie, maybe sing it as those babies sleep, maybe sing it for me, maybe for Sam
Foundable
not among the great winners
nor the forgotten losers
don’t claim to have been lookin’
He reached down for I was foundable
through a gathering of broken promises
never intended to be lies
lost memories and dusty dreams
still shine in the corners of your eyes
foundable you are
carried by Spirit as wings
dancers on stars
we dare not name
being foundable…found you
nothing tame, nothing lame by shame
tomorrow is for those
desiring to own today
twisting grace into an excuse
creating newer shades of grey
foundable me found you
lost memories and dusty dreams
never intended to be lies
foundable
in the corners of your eyes
a pop song for les
rwb 12-20-09
We have a good friend who just found out after 5 years of remission that she has another spot of cancer on her brain. This makes the third time with brain cancer and she has also had breast and skin cancer. She is only 38 years old. Through everything though she has remained so optimistic and positive. It is more than that though…she knows where her hope lies and that is in Christ’s hands. She helps all of us have a better attitude, one more like Christ. She helps anyone she can all with a smile even though she has so much to deal with in her own life. She is such an example for me as a woman and mother but also to everyone else that she comes into contact with because she lets God shine through her to reach others. God is always faithful! Thank you for this song and for letting God use you to speak to others and let them know that He is always right beside us.
We have a good friend who just found out after 5 years of remission that she has another spot of cancer on her brain. This makes the third time with brain cancer and she has also had breast and skin cancer. She is only 38 years old. Through everything though she has remained so optimistic and positive. She helps all of us have a better attitude, one more like Christ. She helps anyone she can all with a smile even though she has so much to deal with in her own life. She is such an example for me as a woman and mother but also to everyone else that she comes into contact with because she lets God shine through her to reach others. God is always faithful!
2 years ago me and my husband and our 2 kids, josie our daughter and corbin our son moved to elizabeth west virginia. It was difficult getting used to not seeing my family everyday. GOD has been so good to me and my family,i found a wonderful relationship with him through this. This is as close to him as i have ever been and it started with our hope endures.One day i was listening to channel 975 on direct tv and heard this song ,and at that moment i realized i had to give my family to GOD, you know what i did and i have helped them and they have helped me. I want to say thank you for allowing GOD to use you so wonderfully.I pray that GOD bless you as much as you have blessed me. love and prayers be with you. SHIRLEY KNOWLES
In February 2008 I traveled to Leon, Nicaragua to do medical missions. When I came home I heard the song “My hope endures” and felt that it described the people I saw there. Many came to us by foot, with numerous ailments to receive whatever care we could provide. But on their faces were smiles and they were thankful to God. I felt they were relying on God who gives them “hope.”
This helps me so much with issues that I am struggling with at the moment . It is always comforting to know God is in control of EVERYTHING!!
My hope comes from GOD and God alone!
I love you NAtalie thanks for writing this & thanks for being just the same & so humble when i met you at ALC Bradford at Cherish ! Love you XX
In March of 2008, an 18 year old girl from the church I attended was in a tragic car wreck. She was a beautiful, talented young woman that you couldn’t help but like. Since we are from a small area, it broke the heart of the entire community. I had already heard Natalie’s song, Our Hope Endures, but it took on a different meaning after the accident. Because she was so young, it was hard to understand why this tragic event occured. Her mother lost not only a daughter, but her best friend. Natalie’s lyrics lifted my spirit and helped my heart heal. In spite of the darkness around us, God is always with us and hope does indeed endure.
We learned a few months ago that my husband, Craig, has Stage IV colon cancer that has traveled to his liver and lungs. There are so many tumors in his liver that surgical removal is not an option, and the tumors are growing quite rapidly. The oncologist says that chemotherapy may slow the growth of the tumors, but it will not cure him. The doctor has painted a very bleak picture. She says Craig will probably be dead in three years, more likely within the year.
Craig is 55 years old. We have four children. Our two youngest are just 12 and 13 years old.
I cannot tell you how many times I have heard “Our Hope Endures” on the radio since we learned of Craig’s diagnosis. God has used it repeatedly to show me that our only hope is in God Himself. Our hope is not in God’s power to heal, although that of course is our prayer (and the prayer of countless other people around the world). Our hope is in GOD HIMSELF. The song has reassured me that, whatever happens, God is and will be all-sufficient and ever-present as we follow this path to wherever it leads.
Thank you for writing honestly about the challenges we face in this fallen world, and the sufficiency of God Himself as we endure them.