Gospel artist Tasha Cobbs Leonard leads potent time of ...

January 24, 2020 : Jacob sofa and Ryan Klinker/Liberty university news service

On a rainy Friday morning in Lynchburg, Va., Grammy Award-winning gospel song artist Tasha Cobbs Leonard introduced sunshine and joy to Liberty tuition's Vines core along with her inspirational songs of encouragement and peace.

Tasha all started her solo song profession 10 years in the past and has reached many with her ardour for praising the Lord through worship. In 2014, she gained her first Grammy for superior Gospel/contemporary Christian tune efficiency. In 2015, the Georgia native gained Gospel Artist of the yr on the GMA Dove Awards.

Tasha's husband, Kenneth, joined her on stage Friday on the keyboard. Following their opening track, David Nasser, Liberty's senior vp for spiritual construction, stated that Tasha is on her method to the Grammy Awards ceremony again this weekend however graciously stopped in at Liberty to provide encouragement to the scholar body.

all over Convocation, Tasha was inclined about her battle towards depression. The gifted vocalist mentioned how she has fought anxiety and melancholy for years.

"i would go domestic for 3 days at a time and close the curtains and have the comforter over my head," Tasha pointed out.

When Tasha found that the root of her discouragement became rejection, she begun to pray towards the assaults of the enemy by means of taking authority over her mind.

"each morning i might appear in the reflect and say, 'I curse the spirit of rejection and i receive the spirit of adoption,'" Tasha said.

Cobbs inspired Liberty college students to immerse themselves in Scripture while figuring out that reading the Gospel will bring one closer to Jesus.

a question-and-answer session with Tasha was initially deliberate, however Nasser decided to forgo that point and in its place focal point on the religious vigor that they felt was essential. So, all over the the rest of Convocation, Tasha and Nasser led students in a time of worship, sharing some own moments from their lives, inviting college students to share their contemporary hardships, and praising God for His energy and potential to work miracles within the lives of each and every adult there.

They also mirrored on Tasha's remaining time on the Convocation stage in 2018, which came about within the days following a nerve-racking motor vehicle accident that injured three Liberty college students and left one in all them, public health scholar Ruthie Rogers, with accidents that required her to be put on a ventilator. in the equal moments that Tasha was main a prayer for healing and worshipping our God of miracles in the Vines center that day, Rogers begun to reveal important indications of curative on the clinic. This unbelievable moment grew to become a powerful illustration of God's healing, and even these days it continues to be a second that continues to spiritually and emotionally circulation so lots of the individuals con cerned.

Nasser opened up the last minutes to compile an providing for any and all students who got here ahead in need of prayer and support with various struggles, together with finances and scientific considerations. Containers have been positioned throughout the Vines core for students to make a contribution financially to aid their friends, and Convocation resulted in an invitation and encouragement to college students to beginning conversations and locate alternative ways to look after those around them who are in want.