Third Day is a Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr. The band's name is a reference to the biblical accounts of Jesus' rising from the dead on the third day following his crucifixion. The band was inducted in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on September 19, 2009. They have sold over 7 million albums in the United States and had 28 number one radio hits. Their fans are known as "Gomers" after a song on their second album about Gomer.
In 1991, high-schoolers Mac Powell and Mark Lee formed Third Day as a Christian music group with pianist Billy Wilkins and guitarist August McCoy. McCoy left the following year to pursue tertiary education. At a 1992 event at Lee's Church, Third Day performed alongside a band called the Bullard Family Singers, which featured David Carr and Tai Anderson. Third Day invited Carr and Anderson to join them shortly after.
Third Day is the reissue of the debut album from the Christian rock band of the same name. It was released in the spring of 1996 after the band signed with Reunion Records.
The band release a self-titled album in 1995 through the independent Gray Dot Records label. It was an early version of this album. The album sold 20,000 copies.
Third Day was well received by both critics and audience. As of 2000, it has been certified gold.
You said all that follow You may find
Comfort and pain, blessings in hard times
Were I to leave, where else would I go?
The words of life and of truth You hold
All I want is love
I confess to this
I will take it, Lord
All you have to give
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of Earth
Will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
And You give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away
All I want is love
And I confess to this
I will take it, Lord
All You have to give
All You have to give
All You have
All You have to give
Your love, oh Lord
Reaches to the heavens
Your faithfulness stretches to the skys
And Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains
Your justice flows like the ocean's tides
And I will lift my voice
To worship You, my king
And I will find my strength
In the shadow of your wings Your love, oh Lord
Reaches to the heavens
Your faithfulness stretches to the skys