Marvin Sapp “Thirsty” In Stores Now!

“The Lord said to me, ‘Marvin, there’s something you need to understand. Although your father isn’t with you physically, I will never leave you nor will I forsake you. I will be with you always even until the end of the earth’. Then I walked into the pulpit with my Bible. When God began to assure me that He was there for me, I stood up. I grabbed the microphone and started singing, ‘Never Would Have Made It’”,” he recalls. The song happened prophetically, right on the spot and is destined to be one of the album’s favorites.

The title track is also a byproduct of Sapp discerning God’s voice in his life, especially when he was faced with challenges. Whatever Sapp was going through, the voice of God would instruct him to “thirst for me,” and when Sapp’s focused shifted from the issue at hand to the everpresent Father, inevitably the burden was lifted. Written by Jason Nelson, “Thirsty” is a sweet, reverential track that cleanses the soul.

Throughout the twelve tracks of Thirsty, Sapp shows that his five-year hiatus from recording – and the fire of adversity – has given him even more experiences to minister from. During his recording hiatus, Sapp has been “focusing on the church and building up the membership.” The Lighthouse Full Life Center Church began with 24 members and now –between its two church sites – has grown to 1500 members in just four years. Although he’s thrilled with the physical growth of the church, he’s more concerned with the building up of his members, as individuals. “We deal with the mind, the body and the spirit. We teach people to elevate their thoughts and to change their outlook on life. We encourage people to empower, not enable. We want to be a church that’s a 21st century in its application. Not just being a place that grandma used to say was ‘a wheel in the middle of a wheel’, but being a church that’s relevant to 21st century believers,” explains Sapp – who keeps his heart close to home no matter where his ministry takes him. “I’ve been focused on being a good father and a good husband. My wife and I have been married for 15 years now.” With almost 200 preaching and singing engagements per year, Sapp has hardly been resting on his laurels.