The Christian faith journey inspires transformation. It seeks answers to the question, “How can humanity grow more and more into the likeness and image of God?” The first step, of course, aims to draw one’s self closer to the Creator. The next step, as Anthony Evans learned recently, is to let go of vain attempts of self-sufficiency and instead embrace the fact that God, in good times and through difficult times, will never ever abandon us.

The aptly titled project, Letting Go, arrives as the sophomore release from Anthony Evans, one of Christian pop’s most distinct and gifted artists. The Dallas-based singer is recognized widely for his dynamic vocal presence, his joyful expression of passionate faith and for his insatiable thirst to understand matters that are important in his relationship with God. With Letting Go, Evans finds his voice soaring through an album of new songs grounded in a deeper understanding of God’s relentless grace.

“This record is about trusting God absolutely, and understanding the magnitude of the hope we have through the sacrifice Christ made,” Evans explains. “I now stand confident in this truth.” Championing true and intimate art, Evans co-wrote nine of the album’s ten songs by partnering with top writers, including Matthew West, Michael Boggs, Chad Cates, Ben Glover and Jason Ingram. Track after track, these songs represent a transformation Evans experienced as he struggled last year with his call to represent Christ in music ministry.

“You know in human relationships how it’s ‘You do for me, I’ll do for you and then we’ll be friends’? I was equating that interaction I have with people to my relationship with God. I kept saying, ‘You’ve got the wrong guy, Lord. I’m not good enough.’ I could not separate acceptance without performance.”

But he learned that’s not how God’s grace operates.

“The way I was living—trying to earn my way to God—was taking away from the sacrifice that Christ made,” Evans says. “Jesus went through all that He did so that I wouldn’t have to do anything. I can’t add anything to his grace.” Inspired by this fresh understanding, Letting Go is thoughtfully packed with love’s reassurance.