Pursuance: John Coltrane could see what his drug habit was doing to his career and his relationships and asked the Lord for help. 1957 He locked himself into a room in his house in Philadelphia and would not allow himself to come out until he had kicked his drug habit. During that time, he fasted and prayed. And the Lord came to him. He recalls how he asked God for the gift to give people pleasure by playing music. He also acknowledged that God could take his musical instrument away, permanently.

Psalm: After that experience, much of Coltrane’s work was centered around Godly themes. In 1965 he put out what is considered his masterpiece, A Love Supreme. He dedicated the entire album to God’s glory. With the Lord first place in his mind from there, he went on to do other albums called Ascension and Om andExpression. He died in 1967 of liver cancer at the age of 40.