In a powerful testimony of obedience, surrender and supernatural healing, Christian artist Forrest Frank is sharing how a devastating injury became the catalyst for a worship anthem—and a miracle.
After wrapping up a major arena tour, Frank says he felt a strong pull from God to step back from the noise and recalibrate his life. “I took like 55 days off of social media, deleted TikTok,” he explains. “I just felt the need to pause and say, ‘Hey, God, here’s everything. If you want me to never drop music again, that’s okay… but I need to hear you. Lord, direct my compass.’”
That desire to hear from God led to a 30-day journaling challenge alongside his friend Noah, encouraged by his pastor. During that time of reflection, Frank says he felt God speak: “I want you to start documenting everything specifically with music.”
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Acting in obedience, Frank invested in camera gear—tripods, memory cards, battery packs—and began experimenting with recording songs in real time. “I actually made two songs that I haven’t shared yet because I was still figuring out if it was possible to make a whole song while recording,” he says.
But just as he was preparing to launch the project, tragedy struck. “I break my back,” Frank says. “And what’s crazy about this—I happen to crash right in front of the Ring camera, and we caught it on video.”
Though the footage shows him writhing in agony, Frank recounts an unexplainable peace in the moment. “I’m overwhelmed with the presence of the Holy Spirit,” he remembers. “I felt like God was going to do something good, ’cause He’s always doing something good.”
Diagnosed with multiple fractures, Frank faced an indefinite period of recovery. But because his equipment was already set up, he asked his wife to bring it upstairs. What happened next became a defining moment.
“So then I make ‘God’s Got My Back,’” he shares. “It’s a proclamation of joy in the midst of a trial.”
As that song began gaining traction, Frank also released “Lemonade,” a track that came out of that same season of adversity. “On the post for ‘God’s Got My Back,’ the caption was turning lemons into lemonade,” he recalls. The phrase turned into a prophetic declaration as “Lemonade” captured the heart of turning pain into praise, offering hope to others walking through hardship.
What began as a painful setback has turned into a powerful testimony. “That could have been it. He could have ended it there.” But God wasn’t finished. Soon, the impossible happened.
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“Suddenly, my back is completely recovered,” Frank says, emotional. “That song comes out and is doing what it’s doing. You’re like, ‘That was the miracle.’ And then boom—God heals my back.”
Frank ends his message with a heartfelt plea for viewers to seek out a relationship with Jesus: “I used to be depressed. I used to be insecure. I used to be full of anxiety. I was not this person. I gave my life to Jesus and He changed everything. Give your life to Him holistically.”
Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
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