Tim Timmons
Tim Timmons’ life has always been one of adventure, but for the first time, the singer-songwriter feels awake enough to actually live it. After two decades of ministry and a lifetime of looking for Jesus, Timmons is no stranger to pain, cancer, sorrow, failure, joy and hope. “For most of my life,” Timmons shares, “I found myself working for God, and not walking with Him, which led to my tired soul desperately searching for more, saying, ‘Jesus, is this all there is?’”
In the pursuit of answering this question, Tim began releasing new songs with Integrity Music in 2020, starting with his first single “You Never Let Go” featuring Gospel artist and songwriter Tammi Haddon. Written in the midst of last year’s chaos by the two artists and Stefan Cashwell, the song is a timely prayer to remind us that regardless of the season we find ourselves in – how connected or disconnected we feel to God – He won’t ever let us go. “We all came in with different heartaches the day we wrote that song, and we all left with the same prayer,” Timmons shares.
Since then, he has been continually working on songs further exploring hope, truth and closeness to God. His single “This Is The Day” kicked 2021 off by reminding us all to practice thankfulness daily, as Tim explains: “I’m now 21 years into a 5-year death sentence with an incurable cancer diagnosis [...], one of my primary reminders is to practice thankfulness for another day that I get to wake up.” Focusing on Jesus’ nearness in and through our struggles is where we realign ourselves toward joy. Following up in early February with his single “Roar”, Timmons adds a new dimension to the power of thankful praise. Every day, we get to choose whether to pick the mantle of worry or the weapon of praise in the face of our circumstances. Described by Timmons as “the truest anthem” he has written so far, “Roar” puts the praise God through it all prayer into action. This overarching concept of walking with Jesus permeates not only Timmons’ music, but also his daily life; “the gift of cancer is perspective,” he offers, “it’s really the open door to speak into peoples’ stories.” The final single leading up to Timmons’ album release, his song “No Other Gods” is a prayer, confession, and reminder that putting anything before God just doesn’t work - that He is God alone. Timmons’ brand-new album “HERE” is available everywhere April 16, 2021.
Since his 2013 debut, “Cast My Cares”, and his 2015 Sophomore project, “Awake Our Souls”, Timmons has been writing songs for himself and with other artists, such as MercyMe’s Grammy Nominated song of the year “Even If”. All of these songs, and as Timmons calls them, “prayers”, have stemmed from personal experience – after spending the previous 15 years leading worship in Orange County, California, and now 9 years of full time touring around the world. His music is colored by a newfound purpose of living each day to its fullest - practicing a full life with Jesus.
“I hear so many stories after every show where people are just stuck in a religion, they’re so exhausted, shame-filled, powerless, and joyless,” he notes. “When people bring me their stories, I want to have songs that actually help them through their journey and invite them beyond fear, into a more complete perspective. As a worship leader that’s my whole goal. I’m not there to help people just sing songs... My job is to help people own their response to Jesus.”
When Timmons is home, he, Hilary (his wife of 23 years), their four children, and friends gather all week long, including Sunday mornings (Journey Church), and encourage each other to put Jesus into practice in the regular rhythms of their days. It’s a point Timmons hopes to drive home to fellow followers of Jesus all over the world. “The Church is not a place you can go to; it’s who we are,” he contends. “We spend 10,080 minutes in a week, and 80 of those are spent gathered in a room, which is awesome, but there are 10,000 other minutes in a week... the Church gets to be the Church all the time – gathered, and then scattered – all in the name, power and authority of Jesus.” This way of life has so captured Tim’s heart, that 6 years ago, he started a non-profit and a weekly VLOG and podcast about it called 10000 MINUTES – with the premise of inspiring, inviting and equipping people to practice Jesus all week long.
Tim Timmons’ greatest desire, whether the catalyst is his cancer diagnosis, his theology, his blog or his songs, is to keep the conversation going so people can discover for themselves the real life found with Jesus.
For more information and to stay up to date with Tim Timmons’ music, check out www.10000minutes.com or his website below.
