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Alright, guys, let's wrap up the week. All week we've been looking at music that doesn't fit the typical contemporary Christian music worship mold. We are called to sing to the Lord, and my hope is that I've been able to help you expand the genres you would consider in the worship music category. So yesterday we looked at the song Multiplied by the indie folk rock band Need to Breathe, and we started out this week with a falling on your knees song by Red Clay Strays, so we may as well wrap up the week with something similar. Today we're looking at the song Fall on Your Knees by the band Holy Name. So legitimately, this is one of my favorite songs of all time, especially the version from their 2023 live album, which is featured, uh they have a feature by Brooke Reeves and Brian Welch. So, strictly speaking, Holy Name is a metal core band. That's probably the most appropriate genre to put them in. But the band describes their sound as holy drone violent worship. And if you see the band play live, you might be shocked to see so many people with their hands raised in the air, eyes closed, as they really worship God with a backdrop of some of the heaviest, most brutal music that you've ever heard before. So let's go to verse one. Lead me onward, lead me onward. I will trust in you, I will trust in you. Lead me onward, lead me onward, I will trust in you, I will trust in you. So there is certainly power in the simplicity of this call here. And in Proverbs 3, we actually see Solomon, the wisest man ever, addressing his son, and it should sound familiar, starting at verse 1. My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life, in peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you, bind them around your neck, write them on a tablet of your heart, so you will find favor and good success on the side of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. So back to fall on your knees, this is verse two. Lead us on onward, lead us onward, through the valleys, through the deserts, to quiet waters. Lead us onward, lead us onward, through the valleys, through the deserts, to quiet waters. And this would be a surprise to no one, but the imagery is straight from Psalm twenty-three. Here I'll read it all. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters, he restores my soul, he leads me in paths of righteousness, for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Now to the chorus. Fall down on your knees before the Lamb, no other is worthy, all good comes from his mighty hand, fall down on your knees before the Lamb, no other is worthy, all good comes from his mighty hand. So the Lamb is the atoning sacrifice, right? The only one worthy of our bowed knees. So in Revelation 5, verses eleven and twelve, we see the Apostle John recording his vision. Then I looked and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb who is slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might, and honor and glory and blessing. And then finally we have the outro of the song, I will trust in you, all good comes from his mighty hand, all good comes from his mighty hand. Wash the filth from my eyes, Savior of wretched man, my dead bones are at your feet, fall to your knees. So guys don't miss this. Philippians two, verses nine through eleven. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. If you have not fallen to your knees before King Jesus and confessed him as Lord, I compel you to do so. We want heaven to be crowded, and we can always use one more. Thank you for your attention this week. Stay sharp.

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