CeCe Winans recalls the powerful moment she first heard Chris Tomlin’s “Holy Forever” and its impact on her. The incredibly talented gospel singer explains in great detail the first time she heard the song, mentioning where she was and how she reacted. The tune, which is a favorite of many, moved her deeply.

In contemporary Christian music, there are a handful of tremendously popular and beloved songs that nearly everyone knows, even if they don’t realize it. Tunes like “Goodness of God,” “What a Beautiful Name” and “Firm Foundation (He Won’t)” are in heavy rotation on Christian radio and are regularly heard in many houses of worship.

If you’re familiar with those songs, you understand why they are so beloved. They are all beautiful pieces of music about our loving, faithful and merciful Lord and Savior. As great as those songs are, for one of the biggest names in Christian music, CeCe Winans, one song stands out from among the rest: “Holy Forever.”

In a clip posted on YouTube, CeCe remembers hearing “Holy Forever” for the first time and her immediate reaction to hearing Chris Tomlin perform the classic praise and worship tune.

“The first time I experienced “Holy Forever” was listening to Chris Tomlin sing it for the first time on The Dove Awards,” she said. “I just wanted to just lay out on the floor and worship the rest of the night. I remember turning to my sister, Debbie, who was sitting next to me, and I told her, ‘I don’t think people really understood what we just heard.’ Because for me, the evening was over. I was just that powerful.”

CeCe added that soon after hearing the song, she knew it was one she wanted to cover, calling herself a “kid in a candy store” when she got the OK to record “Holy Forever.”

Ephesians 5:19 “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord.”