 Lead vocalist Mark Hall says that " Praise You In This Storm " was inspired by the band 's experience with a young girl , Erin Browning . The band made arrangements to meet Erin , who had performed a dance at her public school to one of the band 's songs , and her family on Valentine 's Day 2004 before one of their concerts . Right around the time the band connected with Erin and her family was when she was found to have cancer . Erin died on November 1 , 2004 . According to Hall , " Watching [ Erin 's mother ] walk through this really showed me truth about my worship . Watching her walk through a real storm showed me that my worship was extremely situational " . Hall began writing the song before Erin 's death and told her about it , but was not able to complete it before she died . 
