It is truly a "New Day" for Avalon.  We have gone through so much as a family -- 8 years and we're still going strong.  I believe this song is a true reflection of where we are going as a group.  God has been so faithful to us and I am excited about our future.  We are also evolving musically, hoping to constantly give our fans the very best of our talents.  We desire to continue making great music while being a consistent witness for Christ.  That's what we've always been about and will continue to be. -- Janna.


Give It Up

This was Avalon's first song.  "Give it Up" is a song that underlines the essence of the Christian life...to trust the Lord and give Him all the things we find so hard to relinquish control of. -- Michael.


Testify to Love

This song has become our mission statement...to live Jesus Christ and not just sing of Him.


Everything to Me

We are so privileged to have a personal God.  Yet one of our biggest challenges spiritually is to let Him to Lord of all of our lives.  Let us not just talk about Him, let us show the world He is our Everything!  It's a very poignant song, very direct.  And that's the kind of song I like to sing.  -- Melissa.


Knockin' On Heaven's Door

I remember when I first heard this song.  Avalon was pushing the envelope with their fresh, new music.  Now it is the Avalon classic sound! -- Melissa.


Adonai

I think this is my favorite song.  Some songs you just love to sing because of the way they feel and because the message is incredible.  The song is very universal.  Who hasn't at the same time felt like they were overwhelmed by circumstances, completely beaten down - even thinking that God's so big you're not important to Him.  But this song says that the exact opposite is true.  He's Adonai, King of Kings, but no matter what, you are still significant to Him and He still cares about you.  When you sing a song like that, you can look right into the audience's faces and see that they get it. -- Jody.


Take You At Your Word

Some say talk is cheap, but it really depends on who's talking.  As we live, we learn that God's Word is more true than we first realized. -- Michael


Always Have, Always Will

Who hasn't wrestled with "the prodigal son" in all of us?  A great Grant Cunningham song about God's love and the power it has to draw us back to him again and again.


Can't Live a Day

"Can't Live a Day" is perhaps my favorite song to sing with Avalon.  It is such an honest declaration unto God of how much I need Him in my life.  There have been moment I have felt I couldn't go on and this song has reminded me God is my true reason for existing.  May things in life can make us happy for the moment but the love and peace Christ brings is tie only lasting happiness in life.  God has used the message of this song to change someone from wanting to end their life to feeling like they have something to live for again.  It's truly a blessing for me to hear these stories of how God uses a simple song to save someone. -- Janna.


In Not Of

I can remember the first time we heard this song.  This message just blew us all away.  It represented what we felt our ministry was all about.  To be in this world, to live and work everyday next to people who may not believe in Christ and be an example of Christ's love to them.  The great commission, Mark 16:15 says, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation."  "In Not Of" is a challenge for us to love the world as Christ does.  One of the lines in the chorus of the song says "We are not like the world, but we can love them."  The final line of the song then says, "Wait a minute, if we say we love them, why are we not in it?"  If we truly love as Christ loved we must step outside of our comfort zones and reach the lost on their level.  We cannot wait for them to come to ours. -- Jody.


The Glory

"The Glory" was one of those "no brainer" songs for us.  The first time we heard it we knew we has to record it.  The message was so straightforward and powerful.  Isaiah 53:5 says, "But He was pierced for our transgressions.  He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed."  He paid the ultimate price so that we might be free.  It's the very reason we make records, travel all over the world and sing just about every night.  So that people will know about the price Christ paid, about the Glory of the blood of Jesus Christ and the freedom and forgiveness that is found in that blood. -- Jody.


Wonder Why

This song is all about being a living testimony for God.  The Bible has said we'd be known by our love for one another, and that's what the world needs to see.  When the love of Christ is shown, people see a difference, and they want to know what that difference is. -- Janna.


I Don't Wanna Go

The first time I heard "I Don't Wanna Go" I was blown away.  It was a simple piano/vocal demo tape and yet I was so moved.  Following God's will isn't always easy and yet I have found it's the only way I can live and be at peace.  God doesn't always call us to comfortable places but when we obey and follow Him, there is nothing like the rest that comes with that. -- Janna.


Don't Save it All For Christmas Day

I can remember having a Christmas record song meeting one day in Southern California.  Brown Bannister (producer), Grant Cunningham (executive producer) and the four of us sat around a couch and shared our Christmas memories with each other as well as tried to decide what songs we felt should go on the record.  We all listened to this song and knew immediately that it was one that should go on Joy.  Since that time, Brown has lost both of his parents, Michael and I both lost our fathers and Grant Cunningham passed away in 2002.  Nothing can prepare anyone for that kind of loss.  It's never easy.  But, the love that all of these people shared with us lives on in us after they've gone.  That's what "Don't Save it All" is talking about -- making the most of every opportunity to let your friend and family know ho w much you love them.  We are not promised tomorrow.  Don't wait for some special occasion or holiday to say "I Love You"; say it in some way everyday.  Leave a legacy of love for those closest to you to treasure forever. -- Jody.