‘The Jesus I Know Now’—Brandon Lake Gives Sneak Peek Into New Song Co-Written With Lainey Wilson

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L: Brandon Lake performing for attendees at the memorial for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Sept. 21, 2025. Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. R: Lainey Wilson performing live in Nashville, 2024. June 1, 2024. Helloburton, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Grammy Award-winning worship artist Brandon Lake gave his followers a sneak peek into a song he has co-written with Grammy Award-winning country artist Lainey Wilson titled “The Jesus I Know Now.” The other co-writers of the song are Emily Weisband Toscano and Luke Laird, both of whom are also Grammy winners.

“Been loving this new one I wrote with @laineywilson @emilyweisband @lukerobert after talking about people’s experience getting taught a different Jesus than one we know now 🙏🏼🤠,” said Lake on his social media. 

 

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Brandon Lake Co-Writes New Song With Lainey Wilson

Brandon Lake is a Dove and Grammy Award-winning artist who has collaborated with Bethel Music, Elevation Worship, and Maverick City Music. He recently collaborated with country artist Jelly Roll on Lake’s song “Hard Fought Hallelujah.”

The song was nominated for multiple Dove Awards and a Country Music Award, and it won a K-LOVE Fan Award for Song of the Year. The song was also certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). 

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Over the past few years, Lainey Wilson has become one of country music’s brightest stars. She won Female Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards in 2022 and the following year won five CMA Awards, including Album of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.

Wilson’s “Bell Bottom Country” won her a Grammy for Best Country Album. She also had a breakout role on the series “Yellowstone,” which has featured some of her songs. 

Emily Weisband Toscano is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, and Luke Laird is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer.

Grammy Award-winning worship artist Brandon Lake gave his followers a sneak peek into a song he has co-written with Grammy Award-winning country artist Lainey Wilson titled “The Jesus I Know Now.”Click to Post

The lyrics in the clip that Brandon Lake shared of “The Jesus I Know Now” say:

I was told he was angry
Didn’t like the music up too loud
I was told he would save me
If I showed up to church and I shut my mouth

If I smoke, if I drank, if I cussed
I’d think I was on the long black train to hell
Yeah I thought I knew him
Till I met him for myself

But the Jesus I know now
Ain’t shaking a fist, ain’t raising a proud
Yeah, the Jesus I know now
Ain’t running away from a party crowd
I found a friend
Who hangs with the misfits, less-thans,
Forgives and forgives again
Can’t believe I was missing out
On the Jesus I know now.

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Jessica is a content editor for ChurchLeaders.com and the producer of The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast. She has always had a passion for the written word and has been writing professionally for the past eight years. When Jessica isn't writing, she enjoys West Coast Swing dancing, reading, and spending time with her friends and family.

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