Darlene Zschech releases new album with songs inspired by her battle with cancer

Darlene Zschech

Multi-talented worship leader, singer, and author and Hope Unlimited Church Senior Pastor Darlene Zschech will release a new album called In Jesus' Name: A Legacy of Worship and Faith on February 10, featuring songs she wrote during her recent battle with breast cancer.

The 14-song album will be released in partnership with Integrity Music and Provident Distribution. It contains popular worship songs such as "Shout to the Lord," "Worthy is the Lamb," "The Potter's Hand," and "In Jesus' Name."

The song "My Highest Hope," which Zschech wrote when she was battling cancer will also be included in the album and is expected to hit radio waves this month. The lyrics of the song express Zschech's unflinching hope in God during her most tumultuous times, and she sang that God is her "Lord over every fear."

"As I put my hope in Him, His love will engulf me, and I will be stolen away to a place no one else can go, because it's a place reserved for Him and me. There is a place in Christ designed just for you too. I know that by His grace I can encourage others to seek first the Kingdom of God, with all they are, for evermore. Every day matters," she wrote in her self-named blog last December 31.

Others songs in the album are "God is Here," "Hear Our Praises," "At the Cross," "Hallelujah," "You Are Love," "In Jesus' Name," "Blessed," "Jesus Lover of My Soul," "Let the Peace of God Reign," and "Amazing Grace."

Zschech first discovered she had breast cancer on December 11, 2013. Even during that difficult period in her life, she expressed faith that more miracles will appear in her life. That miracle materialised late last year when she narrated in her blog that she had no more cancer in her body.

She immediately held a thanksgiving celebration in her church, where she sang new material that she wrote while undergoing treatment and which are now part of her new album.

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