dc Talk - I Wish We'd All Been Ready (Live) [with Larry Norman] - 1994

I Wish We'd All Been Ready (Live) [with Larry Norman]
from the 1st Annual American Christian Music Awards ©1994.

[@Figgy_smalls96]

In mid 2024 the song is more prevalent than ever.

[@A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK]

Pretty exciting ! And the thing is a GREAT MULTITUDE will come to Jesus during the Tribulation ! Even an angel flies around giving the Gospel everywhere ! Wow. Isn't the Lord so merciful to give 7 more years for people turn . ☝️🙏✝️💞

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

Here in October of '24. Got saved because of this song in 1978. Still going strong with Jesus!

[@getupandgo100]

It's the last day of September 2024 & this song is more prevelant than ever before.......

[@marlene9764]

48 years ago .... at a Larry Norman concert with Campus Crusade for Christ in SA ... I decided to follow Jesus and not be left behind. This song is very precious to me. God bless Larry Norman..

[@krisk4195]

Amen.

[@russelolson3410]

Amen.

[@ТатьянаВеселова-ю3х]

I am glad that you receive Jesus as personal Saviour,and to me this very awesome song very precious to my heart even i am living in Ukraine where Russian people with that poisoned war are trying kneeling us down before them,they are made a lot of mistakes thinking about us a such way! I think we must bow before the King of kings Jesus! But not before Russia and silly Putin! His next way is hell! Thank you Larry for great song it's really touched my heart! And i can play on my guitar another tune in C or D or G but in F major it's quite difficult for me! But also can play piano and keyboard well

[@anterokaarakka62]

Awesome! Praise the Lord! :-)

[@dmimcg]

yEP, IN 1979, chuck smith predicted Jesus would return. HE LIED!!! I LEFT THE BULLSHIT CHURCH. YOU DIDN'T. LARRY NORMAN WAS EVIL. HE LIED. I WISH I'D BEEN SMARTER.

[@mammaduck3863]

I remember this song from my childhood. Good memories. Great collaboration.

[@cjjohnson5383]

It is now August of 2023 this song is still BLESSING me, my skin is rising on my arms 😇😳

[@JessieB87]

Who's here in 2023? Maranatha!

[@jamedlock83]

you're really pretty!

[@yolandanower722]

I sang this in church as a teenager 50 yrs ago

[@johnp4871]

But this is from 26 years ago.

[@yolandanower722]

@@johnp4871 yes, I'm 62 years old. I knew days like this were coming.

[@MrRockstarboy7]

This is a cover. The original song is from the 60s

[@dianachophy]

Wow

[@JimBischoff1184]

@@johnp4871The song was written in the late sixties / early seventies .

[@debbieklein8737]

All those who call on the name of the Lord (Jesus) will be saved. Acts 2:21. ❤😊❤

[@BeausQuest]

One of the most important songs ever written. Life's ultimate choice - eternal joy, or eternal darkness.

[@Seek_Him]

Lord send forth your laborers in Jesus Name

[@todds.6028]

Unless it's not true. Then what?

[@robertking8585]

@@todds.6028 you sure you want to take that option. Rapture is a one time event. The free will choice is up to you not us

[@chris2fur401]

@@todds.6028 what if it is? Then what? I believe in God with all my heart but if I’m wrong then ok. If I’m right then I’m glad I chose Jesus

[@donsavinsky2251]

@@chris2fur401 Our Master said if we love Him, we will do what He tells us..... so Mark 13:37

[@krissygirl333]

He’s getting closer! Time to share Jesus message ! 🙏🏼

[@vickiannas1202]

I'm ready

[@davilanyer2286]

Amen!!! True !!! Verdade !!!

[@akronrats]

Cant believe this is 30 years old. Timeless....

[@jrocssplashbeats6296]

When I lived with Larry Norman in West Salem Oregon ... it was a blessing he was very good friend to have... I never got to thank him for helping me years ago. He was a good guy. really had a love for Jesus....

[@venabown5962]

Wow, how amazing to have known him. I would have loved to have met him.

[@krisk4195]

What a blessing , that you knew this amazing man. I grew up with him, and Randy Stonehill. I knew Randy Stonehill, and he also changed my life. Always wished I could have seen Larry in concert and thank him as well. God bless you Larry Norman, for never ever been afraid of what people thought of you as you were one of the very first ( and I feel, the last) of your kind. This is such an awesome videi.

[@GaeColt]

I personally knew Larry too. I met him in 1965 when he was in the band People, my mom was good friends with the teen club Sloopy’s owner in Redding CA, half the band stayed at my family’s house every time the People came to play at Sloopy’s which was at least twice a year & maybe more. I was 14 when I met them. Larry, Gene & Johnny stayed at my house the whole weekend every time, until Johnny left the band, then it was Denny who stayed. Larry became like a big brother to me, my brother Danny & my sister Dee. We stayed in contact until the band broke up. About that same time I moved to Reno, NV & lost contact until 1976, I was in San Diego, married with a 2 year old son when I went to see Larry at the Civic Center & was invited back stage. It was like no time had passed at all. We stayed in contact again until Larry started going over seas a lot. We reunited in 1991, then I had two daughters & just went through a bad divorce. My brother Danny saw Larry at a concert & told Larry of what I was going through & Larry gave my brother his contact info had me get in touch with him. Larry was always there for me. He was a wonderful friend & he loved Jesus so much & would always share his love of Jesus & he was truly a minister of the Word & Jesus’s love. He tried to do all he could to help me spiritually. He cared for his friends truly. I know he was misunderstood by the mainstream church & contemporary music business, & some friends, but there was a lot of misunderstanding in all that. Especially after his head injury on the airplane. They just didn’t know the extent of that injury & how it effected him. I lost contact again. I married again & husband was very jealous & felt threatened by the relationship I had with Larry & prohibited me from contact with him in 1997. I didn’t know Larry passed in 2008 until 2 weeks after his passing. It broke my heart to have lost him, & all the years that were lost & wasted because of a man’s jealousy, it was like losing my actual brother & best friend. I felt like I let him down by letting my husband control me to such a degree. I am no longer married to that jealous man. We divorced in 2017. Larry had the gift of discernment & he warned me that the marriage was not right for me & he was right about that. I went through a lot of suffering in that 27 year marriage. I miss Larry so much, I think of him so often. He was my friend, & he was my brother. His music is so special & he certainly served the Lord with it well. I’m looking forward to seeing him again when it’s my time to go home to the Lord.

[@catherinefroese4628]

The church I was attending would not allow me to play This song as an intro to the word God gave me

[@A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK]

Oh my. ! ☝️🙏✝️

[@gordonteats298]

Praise YESHUA

[@markboller4313]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful ❤❤❤

[@foodforthought2374]

My sister and I sang this in church when I was a young teen- Little did I know it was so prophetic...

[@chessbcuz]

My sister, my mother and I sang it at church too.

[@foodforthought2374]

It’s been years since I’ve heard this song. Came back in a flash and I caught myself doing the harmonies to this. What great memories of growing up under the gospel. So thankful for that foundation in this day of unrest. Peace that passes understanding.

[@krisk4195]

Aww. Yes, I sang it as a young girl as well. It impacted who I am today

[@robertking8585]

@@foodforthought2374 God is faithful He knows us by name. It's free for the askin. I made my choice 50 years ago. I'm good for what's comin.

[@brendairby9910]

More today than ever! No stretch of the imagination today! Very realistic and true!

[@jonathancastro3106]

Kevin's voice is amazing!

[@omicron26]

magical

[@candacecasey5222]

These guys are all very talented and they work together well.

[@rocketmanshawn]

He's left the faith 💔😭

[@MichelleHotchkissArt]

I remember this song from my chicks good back in the 70’s. Last night in bed, I was almost asleep when this song came to mind and I had to look it it. It is even more impactful now than it was 50 yrs ago. ✝️✝️✝️

[@pugnaciouspug8133]

First heard this song when I was 9, and it was still playing in my head when I became a Christian almost 3 years later🙏

[@krisk4195]

Yes I was 6, and same for me

[@rudyboettjer3860]

I LOVE CHRISTIAN MUSIC, AND TALK ABOUT JESUS&GOD SINCE I'M IN CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE RIGHT NOW

[@haskinsfamily231]

Dc talk is a great start 🙏🏾

[@Seek_Him]

Also Dave Crowder.. Love Toby Too

[@nojam75]

“A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold.”

[@pizzaman100]

In measured hundredweight and penny pound. When the man comes around. -Johnny Cash

[@jessemetro1891]

The currencies will be useless in another year or two.

[@haskinsfamily231]

Who else remembers seeing this on PRAISE TV??? 🙌🏾

[@anekaye4446]

This song has put a rightful fear of God in myself and many others. I love it. The 90s is when Christian bookstores actually were filled with Jesus merchandise. So many now I call love self stores. Sad

[@betsyhall5094]

Should really take this to heart. The most important decision you will ever make in this life---to accept Christ or reject Him. I choose life--I am a Christ Follower. Take this seriously!!!

[@ThePunnisher29]

I’ve been struggling lately with my faith. I think finding Larry Norman’s music has helped me follow Christ more closely than before. I wish music like this was more accepted in the traditional Christian Church

[@RLaraMoore]

i met Larry once after he performed at my University campus. He smiled so sincerely and said "I'll see you again" meaning eternally together with God. 😊 such a pure personality.

[@brahtrumpwonbigly7309]

That's our forever family, the people we'll spend eternity worshipping God with.

[@stephendunn935]

Love this what a great song and lyrics

[@janellestoermer5479]

This used to play during Christian Skate Night at our local roller rink. Very sobering words.

[@Starf1yer]

😂😂😂 And you know some middle school dude was using the vibe to score a “slow skate “ with a girl.😂😂😂

[@sherraleewoods3668]

I first heard this as a teenager in 1976. His music and lyrics affected me profoundly then and still now. Larry Norman served the God he loved so deeply.

[@deborahhenon1879]

This is the most important of all in life, ..to meet our God. Beautiful song and voices as well who sing it.

[@katmarino4120]

For God so loved the world. That He gave His only Son. That whoever would believe in Him would not perish but have everlasting life.....john chapter 3😊

[@williamcarroll2231]

"Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." " ~ Revelation 1:7-8 (NKJV)

[@kittyson6238]

Amen and Amen!!!

[@bravotwozero8119]

I was a huge fan of Larry Norman and saw him many times in concert. He, and later Love Song, truly changed Christian music and were a tremendous witness for the love of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Here's a funny story that is sort of related to Larry Norman. When I was 18 years old, I was traveling through California with a guy I had just recently met. He told me he had a friend that lived in California that he hadn't seen in many years and he wanted to stop by and say hi. He casually mentioned that this friend of his was Larry Norman's cousin. So we stopped at his friend's house and I was semi in awe because this family was related to Larry Norman(!), and I thought of him as a Christian superstar. So my friend is in the kitchen catching up with his friend's family and I'm sitting by myself in the living room just looking around, minding my own business. Next to my chair is a large book case filled with books. I'm passing the time by reading the titles of each book when I see a large book on an upper shelf with the title, "Famous Nudes of the World" on the spine. Now that title piqued my curiosity big time, but here I was a Christian young man in a home full of other Christians. I resisted the urge for quite a while, but finally my interest got the best of me and I quietly grabbed the book off the shelf. I listened carefully to make sure no-one was coming into the living room from the kitchen. I then slooowly opened the book to see what treasures were inside. All of a sudden, there was an ear splitting shriek coming from inside the book!!! The book was blank inside with a cutout with a loud horn now alerting the neighborhood that another sinner had been tricked again. I can't begin to describe how embarrassed I was. All I heard was laughter coming from the kitchen.

[@Aramis1]

Loved this song for many years. So relevant.

[@RickHawkDavison]

Forever love Larry Norman. He's Home.

[@matthewdavidlandberg91588]

Even though Larry ain't with us anymore his music and testimony of the Risen Savior and Living GOD is still with us.

[@bcshifflett]

We need to ask Jesus to come into our heart and forgive us of all our sins and save us.Believe with all our heart that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for ALL our sins and He LOVES us.Accept Jesus as your LORD and Savior and one day we will be with our Savior for all eternity ♥️

[@beab7569]

My favorite DC Talk song👍 God Bless💙

[@Starf1yer]

This isn’t a dc talk song

[@davidhoff513]

It's now 2020 and I love your soul, Michael Tait. So happy you are in The Newsboys and giving glory to God today! Laura Hoff

[@RUT812]

In the ‘70s, a Christian band I was in sang & played this song for teens & college students.

[@plvsoundman5148]

I heard and sang this song in 1973 in youth group at church. 50 yrs ago

[@Seek_Him]

I Wish We'd All Would Be Ready. 👀🙏 Lord Send forth your laborers into the Harvest in Jesus Name

[@kristenannmosley1198]

This song couldn’t be any more appropriate than RIGHT NOW! Prayers, lifting up the sovereign country, #Ukraine

[@johnnycouture2012]

Im here in 2022 this says alot on its own whats coming?

[@Peonies925]

And Kevin Max is no longer a Christian.

[@mombeaubob]

Leaving This Planet is an album I own.

[@triciasennyk3067]

This song is so relative in a time like this. I pray more people will be ready. Don't be left behind. God bless you.

[@danielklee2933]

My favorite Larry Norman tune since the 70's. Upon this Rock made a good change in the way people listen to Christian music. It brought many who to our Lord Jesus who might not have found Him otherwise.

[@candacecasey5222]

Now I have a " new " song to look up . Cool 😎

[@williamcarroll2231]

"Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in Heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father." ~ Philippians 2:9-11 (NKJV)

[@ze_abracadabra623]

What a performance ,def one of my fav songs ever.. Kevin max ' s voice is something else..

[@TheJpep2424]

And he's no longer a Christian.

[@gigiis526]

@@TheJpep2424 He never was! 1John 2:18Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

[@mariamorgan9817]

@@TheJpep2424 I just found out about this this morning. It breaks my heart! He has been on my mind all day. Pray for him! We've all stumbled in one way or another. I believe he truly gave his life to the Lord, he's just walked away for whatever reason. Pray that he repents soon!

[@BobCollinsSTEPcoach]

So, he’s a prodigal now.

[@carrieb9106]

Man, Larry Norman was the first Christian singer I heard -decades ago. I love all his songs, Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? Is so great!!but the first was I Wish We’d All been Ready” and that’s all it took. I was hooked. ❤️

[@tonyahise9242]

I have loved this song for bout 46 years. In church when I was really young, we didn't never sing it. I heard it on radio. I have left instructions that that song is to be played at my service when I pass away

[@jarikuukasjarvi7824]

DC Talk and Larry, what a combination! So great

[@lisamichelehammondjohnson8046]

I loved this song the just sang, as much as I have listened to them I had never heard this so!! Beautiful and true. Love you guys 🙏💯

[@pureblackpanthers2443]

Hallelujah if you like this you should check out the original recording by Larry Norman..From his 1969 album UPON THIS ROCK...every track on this is fantastic. Here is another song by Mr Norman called The Outlaw.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXrPeZiPf6edpMk

[@anyiimang3610]

Beautiful song though, luv it

[@cherokeemom6947]

Prayers for the Nations. Love DC Talk ❤ Bless you & yours.

[@WilliamAlan-i8l]

TY for posting the video. I learned something about Larry Norman

[@paulleonardo4042]

Groups come and go....but DC Talk will reign forever, that's how great they were....

[@candacecasey5222]

Jesus reigns forever ♾️ but yes DC talk is one of my favorite bands Christian or otherwise.

[@carolwolf9614]

Kevin...what a voice. love this. x

[@cyndilauren5744]

GUYS! YOU ARE VANGUARDS! 🙏🌎🙏

[@krisk4195]

I was around when this song first came out. ( says how old I am :) Larry Norman is a legend, who was never afraid to write such songs. I memorized this song when I was 6 years old, and it has never ,ever left me. This video with such a legend and one of my favorite Christian groups, DC Talk, just gives me chills and I wish everyone could hear this. We are so close to what this song is saying, and we as Christians have the responsibility of giving this message. God bless you Larry Norman. Thank you for this legendary song, that changed my life since a very young child.

[@kittyson6238]

I was at JESUS 73 in Mercer PA on top of a Mountain. Was Baptized in the pond, and FILLED with the HOLY SPIRIT!!! This song touched my heart so very much. I was attacked immediately by Satan. However he LOST. HALLELUJAH !!! DC Talk- THANKYOU- MARANATHA, COME LORD JESUS COME!!!

[@micheleh5269]

And remember the first Left Behind movie that played this song

[@briggsak05]

This reality song has been very helpful to me over the years and we heard Larry live RIP

[@mitchrawles]

Thank God

[@redrosereads3949]

A wonderful song.

[@bonniekaye]

So *Spiritual!* ❤

[@rockyholl1092]

I just found this song

[@sherricoffman]

❤❤❤MuchLoveLoves!!!❤🎉

[@jrocssplashbeats6296]

I used to live with Larry Norman

[@susangoins1221]

This song came into my memories 1980’s

[@MsBekah09]

Powerful message!

[@wifidi6035]

Love this song🌹 and Kevin's voice!

[@jacirogers9109]

Sang this all the time in teens. Love it.

[@EruvwuObuaya]

I love DC Talk and this song I discovered them in my late 20's.

[@christinemarriner]

Can we all just appreciate Michael W. Smith in this clip?

[@linjicakonikon7666]

No

[@JimBischoff1184]

@@linjicakonikon7666😂

[@bulkchart3239]

never heard this version before!

[@DJAnthrocide]

I am not a believer...but if you can't appreciate how wonderful this song is...

[@yetibigfoot7350]

It is an amazing song. Listened to it growing up. I wasn't a believer either. But now that I am... and praying you will.. the song is that much more amazing. True story. One night I woke up to use the restroom and noticed my brother's weren't in their room and being the youngest it was my job to snitch. I went to my parents room and they were gone too. I freaked out!!! I knew my parents would never leave me alone and there was only one other way and that's me being left behind. Thankfully they were a few houses down at a home that was burning down . I went off as I grew up.. into the occult. I started out an atheist.. but the occult drew me in. After going through demonic things I figured there had to be a different side..A God. But, that thought of being left behind and what satan can do I knew I didn't wanna hang be around that. Scary what's coming. I don't wanna be here nor anyone. God bless. Sorry on the rant I just think of that when I hear this song.

[@BeausQuest]

Time to get ready DJ. Jesus is very real, He is the Messiah, and we are eternally lost without Him. Dont get left behind, brother.

[@dianachophy]

Jesus is real , bro

[@kittyson6238]

Watch the "Left Behind" Series, or read them. "The Case for Christ" also enlightening. Weeping and gnashing of teeth is No way to spend ETERNITY 🙏 ✝ John 3:16

[@melvinbutchhoot]

​@dianachophy can u prove that? Why should I take ur word for it?

[@nealixd.3011]

Beautiful......

[@mebarnes8621]

So so true for today..

[@petelarose998]

I love this song

[@michaelbresciani9428]

More important today than ever before.

[@jenniferwatts3777]

Oh yes since I lost my best friend

[@jenniferwatts3777]

Then i lost another best friend

[@jorgeluisperezhernandez1884]

Larry Norman 🤩

[@carolwolf9614]

So blissful. DC Talk. xxx

[@richicortes]

it hurts that the band is separated lastima que la banda se alla separado

[@brendongeorge73]

I love song 🎵

[@russelolson3410]

Classic performance

[@Menyhard]

Chills

[@yvonneschneider7335]

And still in 2023 same!!😢

[@josephneeland1374]

WOW the MC Michael W. Smith was very young in this 1994 Music Video as I had to look and look to make sure that it was and is Mickey!!!

[@Jennifer-l4c]

I not religious just love the universe

[@tulsastrong1921]

Oh my goodness. How young DCTalk looks. Sorry y’all they’re still young. They look like babies in this video. Oh my goodness Kevin’s baby face! Kevin Max Smith. Is one of my all time favorite male singers of all time. My absolute 3 favorite male singers Micheal W.Smith, (Do not judge me Taylor Hanson there I said it) Kevin Max Smith!!!

[@pamelag.florencioesilva9649]

Que saudade deste tempo ! 🎶😭

[@jorgerenteria4468]

Maravillosa canción!! La habia pasado por alto mucho tiempo

[@sandymcqueen4930]

Mi like it 👍❤

[@st3wi3D]

"A Thief in The Night"... that movie used this song a it's soundtrack.

[@jefflee674]

Larry Norman (who is now at Jesus’ feet) prepare the way for places like The Salt Company to Calvary Chapel at Costa Mesa (Pastor Chuck Smith) for Keith Green, DC Talk, Love Song, Rez Band, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Phil Keaggy, Seawind and many others that want to speak with boldness - THANK YOU

[@nathanalvarez3832]

LINDA CANCION ., TE AS QUEDADO ATRAS ., EL RAPTO DE LA IGLESIA ., ME ACUERDO DE LAS PELICULAS QUE NOS PASABAN LOS GRINGOS ASE UNOS AYERES

[@hanksfor]

Obrigado Deus por Terca visto esse video em 94 e estar vivo/revendo hj 2020. Dc Talk me trash a lembrança muuuita coisa que chegar doer de Saudade. Ma's é um tempo que Nao VOLTA mais . Deus é nosso refugio

[@justingroff3682]

A piece of Bread in the Great Depression could buy a bag of gold It is all relative Except Jesus says I am eternal water Drink from me and thirst NO MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JessieB87]

🙏

[@irmurh]

Great video