Behind every uplifting song of praise is a powerful story. Some of the most memorable praise and worship songs today were composed in the humblest of circumstances. Others were birthed out of dramatic life experiences. But all were extraordinary encounters with God. Here are the inspiring stories of an ordinary housewife, lightening the day's chores by meditating on Scripture, hastily jotted down 'Jesus, Name Above all Names,' and a writer, after having broken a spiritual commitment, wrote 'More Precious than Silver' after accepting God's forgiveness, and fifty other stories behind the world's most treasured praise and worship songs.