“It seems like, even if you try to make the best decisions you can, day after day, even that is not enough to keep you from hardship and trouble. The best people I know… people who are kind and thoughtful and mindful of their actions and considerate of the people around them… I still see them going through hard times.

“We need a helper in times of trouble. That’s where God comes in.”

Indeed, where Bishop’s previous single framed its affirmation with lush orchestration, “Time To Let Go and Let God” uses a simmering, soulful groove, wailing harmonica, gritty guitar and illuminating flashes of organ to convey those times of trouble and doubt, as Bishop’s urgent lead is surrounded by harmonies from Freddie Ratliff, Victoria Bowlin and Lauren Talley, articulating its simple question:

Don’t you think it’s time to let go and let God?
Don’t you think it’s time to let go and let God?
You’ve been holding on so long, now your strength is nearly gone.
Let Go and let God.

“If you’re tired of pain and stress and worry,” says Bishop, “God says, ‘Come to me and I will give you rest.’ Don’t you think it’s time to stop fighting the battle alone? Don’t you think it’s time to just let go?”

“Time To Let Go and Let God” is streaming in Dolby Atmos spatial audio on Apple Music, Amazon Music and TIDAL. Listen to it HERE.

About Mark Bishop
Mark Bishop is a Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Christian music artist who resides in east-central Kentucky with his wife Carolyn. In 2024, Mark celebrates a forty-year career in Gospel Music as a recording artist and songwriter.

A music reviewer once said, “Mark Bishop’s music gives us the glasses to see the bigness of God in everyday happenstance.” Linda, an Amazon reviewer said simply, “You just need Mark Bishop’s music in your life.”

In 1984, along with his father and brother, The Bishops began a recording and touring career that would span seventeen years, reaching millions for Christ. The family enjoyed appearances on popular TV programs such as TNN’s Nashville Now, Crooke and Chase, The Grand Ole Opry, The World Today with John Hagee, The Bill Gaither Homecoming video series and many more. They were blessed with twenty-seven Top 40 songs, numerous #1 songs, along with countless awards and industry recognitions.

Many of the group’s most popular songs were penned by Mark. He continues to be a prolific songwriter today, writing music for his own recordings, and other artists such as Brian Free and Assurance, The Kingdom Heirs, The Kingsmen, Legacy Five, Allison Durham Speer, and many others.

Mark’s solo career began after the family group retired in 2001, with that yielding more chart-topping and #1 songs. Mark was voted “Soloist of the Year” in 2005 at the Singing News Fan Awards. In 2020, Mark’s “Beautiful Day” album was a Top-5 Grammy nominee for “Best Roots Gospel Album”. In 2022 he was the recipient of the “J.D. Sumner Living Legend Award” from the readers of SGN Scoops Magazine.