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Singer Kim Walker-Smith never dreamed she\u2019d be a professional musician.<\/p>\n

Though today she’s one of the worship leaders for the international ministry Jesus Culture– a music group that has sold one million albums worldwide since their debut in 2005–after college, Smith had begun a career in banking.<\/p>\n

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During the day, she’d help people get loans, and in her free time, Smith became the events coordinator for the youth group at her local church. That’s when she learned that God might have a different vision for her life than the one she had imagined.<\/p>\n

In 1999, the singer, along with worship pastor Chris Quilala and worship leader Melissa How, lead a summer youth conference that her church had dubbed Jesus Culture. Having seen the effect popular Christian music could have on the young people there, Smith and Quilala decided to record some covers of worship hits to send home with teens attending the conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted all of these young people that were coming and encountering God to have this thing to take home [so they could] keep encountering God,\u201d Smith tells Guideposts.org. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want them to go home and lose that momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n

That next summer, Smith saw the fruits of her team\u2019s labor. The kids coming back seemed to have an even deeper relationship with God and were able to build more upon that strong foundation.<\/p>\n

So Jesus Culture recorded another album. And another. They uploaded live worship videos to YouTube, they even started writing some original music to mix with their popular covers.<\/p>\n

Still for Smith, who continued her work in banking, the idea that she should be leading others to Jesus through music didn\u2019t start to sink in until a video of her singing suddenly went viral.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody put the \u2018How He Loves\u2019 video on YouTube and my little brother \u2013 probably 12 at the time \u2013called me and was like \u2018You\u2019re on YouTube.\u2019 And I said, \u2018What\u2019s YouTube?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith went on to do another conference and tour with Jesus Culture before she found herself at a crossroads. The band had gotten big, adding more members and amassing thousands of fans. With a schedule that had her on the road more and more, Smith had to choose: stick with the safe plan she had made for her life, or take a risk and see where God was leading her.<\/p>\n

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She chose Jesus Culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like I was making a decision to trust God completely with my life, my finances, my dreams, my successes, and my future,\u201d Smith says.<\/p>\n

Just eleven years later, Smith has seen that decision pay off with the band\u2019s latest record Let It Echo<\/em> \u2013 their 16th \u2013 debuting at No. 2 on Billboard\u2019s Christian Albums chart. The 12-track project marks a departure for the group \u2013 instead of covers, they\u2019re now singing only original material and doing it live in front of their home church in Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n

It also features songs that show Smith and her bandmates at their most vulnerable. Just a year and a half ago, Quilala and his wife gave birth to a stillborn baby boy. Three weeks later, Smith gave birth to a son, her second with husband and fellow worship leader Skyler Smith. Five months after that, Smith suffered the loss of her father. It was a rough season for the band, one they channeled into their new music.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like God really taught me this past year, \u2018You\u2019re not alone in the fire. It\u2019s hard, it\u2019s tough but it\u2019s not meant to destroy you and I\u2019m not going to let it either,\u2019\u201d Smith says. \u201cIt\u2019s meant to refine us and make us stronger and to come out of the other side with this renewed trust in the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n

She hopes songs like \u201cAlive In You\u201d \u2013 which was written from that difficult time \u2013 will inspire others struggling with hardships. It\u2019s opening lyrics “From beginning to the end\/All my life is in Your hands\/This whole world may hold me down\/But it can never drown You out” speak to the power the singer has found in trusting God through good times and bad.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s also grateful that God moved her toward singing all those years ago, allowing her a platform that lets her connect with others wanting to strengthen their faith and live a more fulfilled life.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a part of Jesus Culture has brought fulfillment to my life in many ways. The most important way is in knowing that I\u2019m doing what God has called me to do in this time in my life. I feel the most fulfilled when I\u2019m at the center of His will for my life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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