Acclaimed songwriter/artist Matt Redman is set to release his first collection of key worship songs entitled Blessed Be Your Name: Songs of Matt Redman Vol. 1 on July 19.

The project is a compilation of Redman's top CCLI songs together for the first time.

Seven songs on Blessed Be Your Name penned by Redman currently appear on the Top 200 CCLI chart, including "The Heart of Worship," "Better Is One Day" and "Let Everything That Has Breath." Also featured on the project is the title track "Blessed Be Your Name," which earned Redman his first GMA/Dove Award this year for Worship Song of the Year.

Redman's songwriting is synonymous with integrity and is impacting churches around the globe. Leading a generation of worshipers, his songs have been recorded by artists such as Michael W. Smith, Rebecca St. James, Tree 63, Kutless and Passion, among others.

"I can look back on the past few years of writing songs and see what God has been doing in my life,?says Redman. "It's a bit like journaling. It's just part of me and it's how I let my heart overflow before God. But on top of that, when you've poured out your heart to God in a little room somewhere, and then one day you visit a church in another country and they're singing your song, it's a great encouragement because ultimately that's what the songs are for."

A companion book by Redman and his wife Beth, also entitled Blessed Be Your Name, will release in August from Regal Books. In the book the Redmans explore their song through the words of the Psalms to show how to stand in the place of praise in the midst of hardship and pain. They share from their own experience and show how painful circumstances and our choices can either propel us toward God or away from Him, build up our faith or break it. This newest book from Redman is a part of Regal's best-selling Worship Series, which also includes his best-selling book, The Unquenchable Worshipper.

More information on Matt Redman can be found at www.mattredman.com, www.sixstepsrecords.com and www.EMICMG.com.

Founded in 2000 by Louie Giglio, sixstepsrecords (www.sixstepsrecords.com) is a young worship label and is a division of Choice Resources, the parent ministry for Passion Conferences. In addition to Matt Redman, sixstepsrecords' artist-worshippers include Chris Tomlin (Arriving), David Crowder Band (A Collision Releases Sept. 27) and Charlie Hall (On The Road To Beautiful). The label partners with Sparrow Records for marketing, sales and distribution operations.