Recording artist and worship pastor Kari Jobe recently spoke to Breathecast about her new album Majestic, her experiences on tour, her feelings on the Grammy's, and being a light in the darkness through her ministry.

Jobe will be releasing Majestic along with an accompanying live DVD on March 25, and will embark on her tour with the Rend Collective Experiment on February 27. Jobe spoke of her excitement for the new album, and gave an insight into the writing process she went through in creating the new album.

"I've been a worship leader for over 15 years and grew up leading worship. It just made sense to do a live project and just write for the church and to do songs that are more congregational, just with people in mind that are going to be singing these songs in church," she said about the thought that went into the songs.

Expanding further on the amount of time spent writing this album, she mentioned how her contributors were key to the completion of the album.

"So having relationships with Tomlin and Matt Redman, and some of the Hillsong crew like Ruben Morgan and the Bethel Crew; just amazing songwriters and worships leaders, helped me write for this project. I wrote for about two years for this album so, just working hard on making sure these songs worked for church."

It is easy for Jobe to communicate through worship because of the love she has for it. Worship music is something that flows out of her very being, and she has captured it perfectly, especially when creating a new album.

"Leading worship is my number one passion. You know when you are full-on passionate about something, it doesn't even feel like work. I just wrote for two years out of relationship too. Got together with friends and was like, 'Hey you want to write with me for this album?' or 'Do you just wanna write a worship song?' I wound up having around 50 songs to pull from this project. So it's special too, because there wasn't a lot of pressure. The Lord was just really faithful to help me have good songs that were ready to go for this project, so it just felt like fun."

Jobe also gave an insight into her experiences on tour, and she explained that her concerts are like "big nights of worship" where she wants people to enter into a church-like atmosphere to feel the presence of God.

When pressed on this "church-like" feeling, and how she could possibly stay in that mindset every night, Jobe offered an honest look into her relationship with God and music.

"Worship is so important to me. I love to be in the presence of God. Even on the tough nights, once you get in the presence of God, nothing else matters. God always shows up," she revealed.

She continued, "In my humaness, I might say, 'Lord please help me' but He always shows up. When two or more are gathered in His name, He is there. You kind of get this grace for it once you're out on the stage and you're going and his presence comes and you're like, 'Oh, this is why I do this.' Other than that, I love who I travel with, that's important, having friends and family support."

Tour Dates for Kari Jobe and The Rend Collective Experiment:

February:
27 Minneapolis, MN / Grace Church
28 Chicago, IL / Rosemont Theatre

March:
01 Saginaw, MI / The Heritage Theater at Dow Event Center
02 Toronto, ON / Attwell Center at Catch the Fire Toronto
04 Woodbridge, VA / Hylton Memorial Chapel
06 Boston, MA / House of Blues
07 New York City, NY / Best Buy Theater
08 Reading, PA / Santander Performing Arts Center
09 Cleveland, OH / Lakewood Civic Auditorium
11 Memphis, TN / Memphis First Assembly
13 Birmingham, AL / Gardendale First Baptist Church
14 Atlanta, GA / Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church
15 Orlando, FL / House of Blues
16 Miami, FL / The Fillmore - Jackie Gleason Theater
22 Columbia, SC / Riverland Hills Baptist Church
27 Lexington, KY / Immanuel Baptist Church
28 Detroit, MI / NorthRidge Church*
29 Ft. Wayne, IN / Blackhawk Church*
30 Indianapolis, IN / Murat Theatre

April:
01 Charlotte, NC / LifePointe Church
03 Tampa, FL / Bell Shoals Baptist Church
04 Jacksonville, FL / Trinity Baptist Church
05 Jackson, MS / Pinelake Church
06 Louisville, KY / The Louisville Palace
08 Mobile, AL / Cottage Hill Baptist Church

BreatheCast will have part two of our interview with Kari Jobe up on Thursday February 13, 2014. She will share her thoughts on the Grammy Awards, her favorite testimony, and upcoming shows, so stay tuned!