One afternoon after church, Joel and Luke were hanging out with their friend Jordan. They had lunch, went to the park, talked through the evening, and eventually sat on Luke's driveway before moving into the lounge room. Joel asked Jordan to summarise everything he'd said that afternoon — voice memo on. The line came: "Help me to see in the simple things." They finished the chorus that night.
Anchored in John 15, where Jesus calls His followers friends — not servants — "Friend to me" carries three instructions from John 15 in its bridge — remain in Him, His love, and His words — each one paired with a promise. A song written for personal devotion among a small group of friends became an anthem for a room full of young people when the bridge flowed out spontaneously during a youth worship night — on the same evening the preacher had independently prepared a message from the very same passage.
Releasing on Valentine's Day weekend, the timing aligns with the song's central declaration: "There's no greater love, what a friend to me."
Written by Joel Chan, Jordan Pfeiffer and Luke Howis. vssls' debut single. Each vssls song is written for this generation and the ones after it — for the teenager finding faith for the first time and the parent who never stopped. Free devotional series going deeper available at vsslsworship.com.
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