Hannah Kerr – This Little Light

Specifically, Mark Hall has been a big mentor in my life for the past three years. I feel like if I had to learn from somebody about ministry and music, it would be him. His heart is completely for God’s work in the people that he gets to impact. It’s so cool. Something really big that he has shown me is you never pass up an opportunity to share the gospel with someone, no matter who it is. If you see a security guard at the venue, or someone who’s working at the snack shop, or just anybody that’s around, God has put you there for a reason. You should treat them as such. You don’t just overlook people as you’re going about your busy life. God has a plan for each person that you meet. It was really cool to see him minister to people. It wasn’t just fans. It wasn’t just his family, but he ministers to everyone that he comes into contact with. That was something that I’ll never forget as an artist.

CCM: Where do you go from here? Has God revealed more to His calling for you and your work?
HK: When I first started leading worship, I really just joined the worship team because, like I said, I had moved to Nashville. I was like, “Okay, God, I have no idea what You have for me, so I’m just going to try everything and try leading worship.” As soon as I stepped onto the platform at my church, I just felt like God was saying, “This is who you are. This is what I have for you. This is what I’ve called you to do.” Just over and over in my life I’ve experienced Him confirm that in so many ways. My “dream” for this is obviously whatever God has, but I would love to keep leading worship in my church for as long as I can.

It’s been cool to see how God has put that passion in my heart to write music and to share with others what He has done in my life. You can say all day long, “God is so great, and He’ll show you,” but when you can tell someone that God saved your life, that’s powerful. It’s just really cool to see how God can use that. I think that this opportunity could lead wherever, but I’m just grateful for what He’s doing with it now. It’s cool to see how this plan that God had was so much bigger than the plan that I was forming in my mind. I guess I’ve just learned to surrender our plans to God because His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts.

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