“Your testimony is the greatest story you’ll ever tell.”
Billy Ballenger’s personal story reads like a movie script, and there’s nothing he doesn’t share! He truly believes the greatest story anyone could ever tell is their testimony. Just ask the over half million lives he’s already impacted though his songs and story. His new song Tree and the Nails is soon to be a major hit on Christian radio and beautifully tells the story of God’s love through the power of the cross. https://billyballenger.lnk.to/treeandthenails
Billy’s music is driven by his heart to create a song that speaks for those who can’t, and inspire those who can! He found his passion for music as a young boy growing up in Indiana. Yet as a child, he was troubled and bullied which led to bad decisions and bad outcomes. By eighteen Billy was already a young married father, but still chasing after the party life. Substance abuse, burglaries and violence led to a SWAT team raiding his home which ended with he and his wife being arrested. As a result, their baby girl was taken from them and they were both sentenced to six years in prison. While locked up, Billy made a decision to follow Jesus Christ and his life would be radically changed from that day forward! Billy and his wife were miraculously released early from prison and soon received full custody of their daughter!
Billy followed his heart and began pursuing his dream of becoming a recording artist. Since that day, God has led him around the globe with performances in the United States, China, Russia, Canada, worldwide television, and Christian music’s largest annual tour Winter Jam, where his dream of arena tours and reaching tens of thousands for Christ became a reality! Billy is incredibly grateful for the friendships and collaboration he’s found touring with artist’s like Building 429, Crowder, Andy Mineo, Passion, Hillsong Young and Free, Red, NewSong, and so many more. But Billy’s not done yet…in an effort to continue to impact everyone, everywhere he goes, he continues to accept opportunities to expand his outreach into every community he can. He co-founded a life-changing nonprofit called “Break the Grey, Inc.” Its mission is focused on one thing . . . to bring the hope of Jesus Christ to the lost and hurting through music and speaking!
Here are the lyrics to his song Tree and the Nails:
What do I do with all these scars? How do I move on when they’re with me, dawn to dark I know that I need grace Oh God, meet me in this place You call me chosen, you call me loved, you don’t see broken You see more than enough Whenever I wander, whenever I fail, your love doesn’t falter Your love prevails, through the tree and the nails God I’ve been longing for the day When I’d finally be free, like you promised I would be As I pray, and I seek I know you answer me You call me chosen, you call me loved, you don’t see broken You see more than enough Whenever I wander, whenever I fail, your love doesn’t falter Your love prevails, through the tree and the nails No I’m not who I was when I started this race But I know you’re not done, you’re not finished with me Cause everything broken is coming undone You called us your daughters, you called us your sons Yeah You call me chosen, you call me loved, you don’t see broken You see more than enough Whenever I wander, whenever I fail, your love doesn’t falter Your love prevails, through the tree and the nails Through the tree and the nails.
Master credits: ℗ & © 2021 Break the Grey Inc, released in partnership with Watershed Music Group. All rights reserved.
Awesome interview, he has an amazing testimony!
Thank you for listening Lynn! Billy was such a very genuine person and I loved his song Tree and The Nails. Glory to GOD!