P.O.D. - "Alive"

YOU TUBE ^ | 09 OCTOBER 2020 | RHINO

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Here's a 2000s rock jam for you! Enjoy.

[Don W]

I remember the song, and like the sentiment, but the video...

Well, not to be rude, but the imagery other than the band was unpleasant in places.

Having been in every one of the scenes (IRL, not the video), yeah, some bad vibes in there. But damn, that blonde!

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Nice to have generally popular music band focused around their Christian faith.

[ponygirl]

I remember this song so well. Having been directly impacted by 9/11, I was having a lot of problems for years afterwards. Anxiety leading to physical issues. One day I was in my car on the 405 listening to KROQ and started feeling a panic attack coming on, so I flipped the radio to a Christian music station and this song came on. I remember thinking, "This is Christian rock? Where have I been?" I love that lyric: "It's beyond my control sometimes it's best to let go / Whatever happens in this lifetime / So I trust in love (So I trust in love) / You have given me peace of mind. " It became my anthem for several years.

That song was a turning point because I realized I had to turn off all mainstream news, all television, all music... all of it because it generated a negative physical reaction. When I switched to listening only to Christian Alt Rock or Classical, I could literally feel the change in my energy. If you recall, at that time there was a lot of dark music in the landscape. (That song by Staind... I still can't listen to it. It hurts my soul.)

[sauropod]

bkmk

[PigRigger]

When we are weak we are strong... rejoice in your trials and afflictions... for in them you will find a peace that surpasses all human understanding... for He will work all things for good for those who love Him and our called according to His purpose!

Have been a Christian my whole life... but never understood how the above could be true... until I saw my daughter struggling against paralysis, blindness and death... and raised back to life...

Once you come to the end of you... and turn to Him... and truly lay it at His feet... you experience another reality... you are reborn with a life having a different perspective... it changes your being... It changes everything...

Sing it... I’m So Alive For The Very First Time!!!

[Rebelbase]

Thanks for the blast from the past. I recall when P.O.D. was a favorite of the kids at church who are all in their 30s and 40s now; some with kids of their own.