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TENTH AVENUE NORTH – FOLLOWERS Chase the Lion by Mark Batterson
Run TO the Roar!
Tenth Avenue North’s new project titled Followers When the image of a man-eating beast travels through the
optic nerve and into the visual cortex, the brain sends the
will release this October, and the current single body a simple but urgent message: run away! That’s what
“What You Want”, is doing exceptionally well on normal people do, but not lion chasers. Rather than seeing
radio. a five hundred pound problem, they see an opportunity for
“This album is about following Jesus wherever He God to show up and show His power.
calls us,” explains frontman Mike Donehey. “Every-
one says let’s follow Jesus - let’s do all these Chase the Lion is more than a catch phrase; it’s a radically
extravagant things but what we’re saying is not to different approach to life. It’s only when we stop fearing
follow Jesus in what we do but to follow Jesus in failure that we can fully seize opportunity by the mane.
the WHY we do it.” With grit and gusto, New York Times bestselling author
Mark Batterson delivers a bold message to everyone with a big dream.
With numerous No. 1 radio singles, multiple Dove Quit playing it safe and start running towards the roar!
Awards including New Artist of the Year and This is a wake-up call to stop living as if the purpose was to simply arrive safely at
touring accolades that include Casting Crowns, death. Our dreams should scare us. They should be so big that without God they
MercyMe and Chris Tomlin, it would be easy are impossible to achieve. Quit running away from what you’re afraid of.
for Tenth Avenue North to get caught up in the Chase the lion! Change the world!
success of being an artist. However, since their last
album Cathedrals (2014), the group has reached What is Your Five Hundred Pound Dream?
an epiphany that puts all of those stats to the side. In this highly anticipated sequel to his best-selling In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy
“Over the last year as we started working on this Day, Mark Batterson invites lion chasers everywhere to chase dreams so impossi-
new album, it became clear that most of the ble that victory demands we face our fears, defy the odds, and hold tight to God.
themes of these songs point to where we are
in our lives right now eight years after our label These are the kind of dreams that will make you a bigger person and the world a
debut,” states Donehey. “We have settled into that better place.
maybe God isn’t as interested in the success of Based upon II Samuel 23, Chase the Lion tells the true story of an ancient warrior
our career as He is about the posture of our hearts named Benaiah who chased a lion into a pit on a snowy day—and then killed it. For
and what would it look like if we lived every day most people, that situation wouldn’t just be a problem…it would be the last prob-
of our lives the way God commanded. lem they ever faced. For Benaiah, it was an opportunity to step into his destiny.
After defeating the lion, he landed his dream job as King David’s bodyguard and
One of the most repeated commands in the Bible eventually became Commander-in-Chief of Israel’s army under King Solomon.
is ‘Do not be afraid,’ and the one thing we know is
that God does not want us to follow Him in fear.” Written in a way that both challenges and encourages, this revolutionary book will
help unleash the faith and courage you need to identify, chase, and catch the five
hundred pound dreams in your life.
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