{"id":13722,"date":"2018-11-21T11:21:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=13722"},"modified":"2018-11-21T11:28:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:28:58","slug":"avril-lavigne-sings-worship-song-on-dancing-with-the-stars-season-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/avril-lavigne-sings-worship-song-on-dancing-with-the-stars-season-finale.html","title":{"rendered":"Avril Lavigne Sings Worship Song on Dancing with the Stars Season Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2018\/11\/Avril_Lavigne_sings_and_guitar_Italy_sharpen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13723\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2018\/11\/Avril_Lavigne_sings_and_guitar_Italy_sharpen-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Avril_Lavigne_sings_and_guitar,_Italy_(sharpen)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPop singer Avril Lavigne wowed fans during the &#8216;Dancing with the Stars Finale&#8217; Monday night, by sharing a heartfelt song about the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Avril Lavigne gave a powerful rendition of her latest single, &#8220;Head Above Water,&#8221; which details how God saved her life during her battle with Lyme disease.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqZwkBHAu8v\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\"><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqZwkBHAu8v\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqZwkBHAu8v\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\">@AvrilLavigne performing Head Above Water on #DWTS yesterday night. | #AvrilLavigne sj\u00f6ng #HeadAboveWater ig\u00e5r p\u00e5 Dansa Med Stj\u00e4rnorna. Videon finns p\u00e5 bloggen under dagen. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201cComplicated\u201d singer said in September, when the single debuted, that it\u2019s important for her to use her celebrity platform \u201cto bring awareness to the severity of Lyme disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Billboard, Lavigne said she\u2019s not sure when she might have been bitten by a tick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had accepted that I was dying,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I felt in that moment like I was underwater and drowning, and I was trying to come up to gasp for air. And literally under my breath, I was like, \u2018God, help me keep my head above the water.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lavigne had teased her performance of the song earlier this week. The entertainer referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvrilLavigne\/status\/1064261905320042496?\">Philippians 4:13 in a tweet <\/a>posted one day before she sang \u201cHead Above Water.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop singer Avril Lavigne wowed fans during the &#8216;Dancing with the Stars Finale&#8217; Monday night, by sharing a heartfelt song about the Lord. Avril Lavigne gave a powerful rendition of her latest single, &#8220;Head Above Water,&#8221; which details how God saved her life during her battle with Lyme disease. 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