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Start Right Here
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Jul 14, 2026 updated
Verified editorial review
Casting Crowns' song 'Start Right Here' challenges the church to move beyond comfortable, consumeristic Christianity and embrace genuine discipleship. The lyrics contrast a desire for global revival with a reluctance to serve neighbors, using the parable of the prodigal son's brother to highlight self-righteousness. The song calls for personal repentance and surrender, echoing 2 Chronicles 7:14's promise of healing when God's people humble themselves. It emphasizes that transformation in the world begins with individual obedience and humility, urging believers to live out their faith consistently beyond Sunday services.
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We want our coffee in the lobby
We watch our worship on a screen
We got a rock-star preacher
Who won't wake us from our dreams
We want our blessings in our pockets
We keep our missions overseas
But for the hurting in our cities
Would we even cross the street?
But we wanna see the heart set free and the tyrants kneel
The walls fall down and our land be healed
But church if we want to see a change in the world out there
It's got to start right here
It's got to start right now
Lord, I'm starting right here
Lord, I'm starting right now
I'm like the brother of the prodigal
Who turned his nose and puffed his chest
He didn't run off like his brother
But his soul was just as dead
What if the church on Sunday
Was still the church on Monday too
What if we came down from our towers
And walked a mile in someone's shoes
Hmm 'cause we wanna see the heart set free and the tyrants kneel
The walls fall down and our land be healed
But church if we want to see a change in the world out there
It's got to start right here
It's got to start right now
Lord, I'm starting right here
Lord, I'm starting right now
We're the people who are called by His name
If we surrender all our pride and turn from our ways
He will hear from Heaven and forgive our sin
He will heal our land but it starts right here
We're the people who are called by His name
If we surrender all our pride and turn from our ways
He will hear from Heaven and forgive our sin
He will heal our land
It's got to start right here
It's got to start right now
Lord, I'm starting right here
Lord, I'm starting right now
It's got to start right here
It's got to start right now
Lord, I'm starting right here
Lord, I'm starting right now