Nashville-based worship artists Jesse and Kenzie Frohling sat down with JubileeCast to talk about their new anthem rooted in Isaiah 6:8, the spiritual boldness this generation is being called to, and the very real obstacles and miracles that come with saying yes to God.
The Frohlings, who have co-written and performed worship music as Remnant House, carry a story that runs from South Africa to Texas to Nashville, each move a step of obedience before the full plan was ever clear.
JubileeCast: What sparked this anthem? Was there a specific moment or scripture behind it?
Kenzie Frohling: This is a song of obedience. It was really written from Isaiah 6, verse 8: "Lord, here I am, send me." We got to be part of this amazing event called Rites and Bites, where a bunch of songwriters gathered together to write songs for our potential album, and this song came out of that.
That verse was the core of it. We wanted to write a song about obedience, how the church is called to pursue the will of the Father, and to just go. I came from South Africa. God gave me a vision of America, and I came without knowing anything about what He wanted for me.
And He made my wife. Then He sent my wife and me all over the country, and every single time He just said, " Go. And we went. And He had a purpose and a plan for us. He has that for the church, too, to send us out, to advance His kingdom. It's really a song about going forward in obedience and allowing the Holy Spirit to fill our sails as holy wind.
Jesse Frohling: It's very much my prayer that the church wouldn't just sing these words and have it end there, that it would be actionable. It's so easy to show up on a Sunday morning and sing, but not really take in what you're singing.
God is calling us to action. And so often when He calls us to go, it doesn't really make sense logistically yet. But sometimes God is just calling you not to ask questions and to step forward in faith that He's going to carry you.
JubileeCast: You've mentioned Isaiah 6:8 carried special significance beyond just writing the song. Can you speak to that?
Kenzie: Yes, and I want to speak to the church as a whole. God is calling the church to be bolder than ever before. We're facing persecution. And I'm sure many of you heard about what happened to Charlie Kirk.
Isaiah 6 verse 8 was his anchor verse. He had it at every event. We actually wrote this song before it happened. And after, we said, we need to finish this. This is a song about being bold, proclaiming the truth, not sitting on the sidelines, not being bench warmers who are hearers and not doers.
Matthew 7 says not everyone who says "Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom, only those who do the will of the Father. That's obedience. Charlie Kirk sparked a revival among us to be bold and proclaim what we believe, because what we believe defines eternity.
JubileeCast: What do you see as the challenges holding today's generation back from actually going?
Jesse: Honestly, social media. And I say that knowing our platform is social media. There are beautiful things that can come from it. But there's this addiction to being completely infatuated with other people's lives, what they're doing, where they're going. It breeds comparison.
And that comparison gets in your head and makes you feel like you can't go because someone else is already out there doing it. Also, now more than ever, everyone's life is chronically online. And I think that creates a fear of failing forward. People don't want to step out and stumble publicly.
Kenzie: And for young people specifically, you often think, I'm not qualified enough. I need more training. I need to be older. But here's the truth: there's no such thing as a junior Holy Spirit. All of us have the same Holy Spirit. It's the same Spirit that gave Peter the words when he preached to thousands.
The same Spirit that filled people who had no qualifications on paper. If God calls you to go, don't let the fear of not being ready stop you. The Holy Spirit qualifies you. And we can't wait for all our ducks to be in a row before we step out, because at that point, it doesn't really require faith, does it?
JubileeCast: What did stepping out in faith actually look like for you practically? Were there real obstacles?
Jesse: For us, there have been very few moments of hesitation, but moving to Nashville was one of the real tests. We had been here on a music trip and just knew God was calling us to move. But Kenzie's job at the time was remote, and the company wouldn't allow him to work in Tennessee; it was a tax code issue.
And I was working full-time outside of music. So we had real logistical things to figure out. Within three days, a recruiter had reached out to Kenzie, and he had a new job that would allow him to work in Nashville.
Kenzie: We just said, "God, you're going to make this work." And He removed the obstacles. But it was even better than that.
Jesse: Not only did God provide a way, but He also provided a way that was ten times better than what we had in Texas. It allowed me to pursue music full-time. It was tenfold, not just enough.
JubileeCast: What's God calling you to in Nashville in this season?
Kenzie: When we came out here, we immediately built so many relationships with ministries, writers, and people doing the work of the Lord in worship and Christian music. He rooted us in those relationships and grew us in our writing; we had barely co-written with anyone outside of each other before Nashville.
Now we're co-writing with some of the greatest songwriters in Christian music. That shaped us and forged us. And now we feel God calling us to slow down a bit, to start a family, grow our roots, and build community here.
Jesse: The challenging part about always going in past seasons is that it's really difficult to build a rooted community when you're so transient. This is the first season we've had a community that has really rallied around us. And we feel called to pour into married couples in this area in a way that we didn't have early in our own marriage. Sometimes God calls us to settle for the season.
JubileeCast: Any encouragement for young Christian artists trying to navigate this industry?
Jesse: Remember to have fun. That's something I personally forget a lot. I was diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases when I was 16. I'm 31 now, and I've had to work backwards on remembering to enjoy the moments God provides. There's joy to be had in what God has called you to do, and we see so many people in this industry forget that.
Kenzie: Number one for me: always put ministry above business. I've seen it happen so many times in Christian music: people put business above ministry, and it corrupts everything. When you make it a business first, there's this hustle culture, this over-reliance, this I have to kill myself to make it work mentality. But when you make it to the ministry first? If you reach even one person for Jesus, that's a life changed. That doesn't happen with secular music. One person. Remember that.
Jesse: And clue the Holy Spirit into your decisions. I had this naive expectation going into Christian music that things would largely be different. And there are people where that's absolutely true, but you have to dig and find them.
We've probably upset a handful of people along the way, making decisions of obedience over what made sense on paper. And that's so important. Don't quench the Holy Spirit to chase what looks good on a spreadsheet.
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