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    Goodness Of God (LIVE) - Jenn Johnson

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    About Jenn Johnson

    Jenn Johnson is a co-founder and president of Bethel Music and a senior worship pastor at Bethel Church in Redding, California, best known for co-writing the widely sung worship anthem "Goodness of God."

    Faith journey and beliefs

    Johnson is an evangelical worship leader whose ministry, alongside husband Brian Johnson, centres on leading congregational worship; she has spoken publicly about her family's adoption story as informing her songwriting and faith.

    What this song is about

    Jenn Johnson has described "Goodness of God" as emerging from reflection on God's faithfulness throughout her life, including the "miracle" adoption of her son Ryder Moses, which she says reinforced her sense of God's constant goodness and answered prayer.

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    Reflection

    Looking back over a life and tracing God's goodness through it, even the difficult parts, is a practice as old as scripture itself. The Psalmist frequently rehearses history to strengthen present faith, as in Psalm 103:2, 'Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.' Memory matters in faith because it is easy, in a hard present moment, to forget past faithfulness and assume God has changed or disappeared. Live worship recordings of songs celebrating God's goodness often carry an added weight, capturing a congregation collectively remembering and declaring truth together, which can be more powerful than private reflection alone. This kind of communal, sung testimony reinforces belief not through argument but through shared, embodied conviction. Recounting God's goodness is not about denying present pain but about placing it alongside a longer track record of faithfulness, offering a kind of anchor when current circumstances threaten to convince us that goodness has run out.

    Questions to sit with

    • What past evidence of God's goodness do you find yourself forgetting?
    • How does worshipping alongside others strengthen your own faith?
    • What would it look like to actively remember and recount God's faithfulness this week?

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