Come Follow Hymn Podcast

The story of David and Goliath is one of the best known stories in the scriptures. But our song this week points past David to the coming Messiah:- David is the anointed shepherd who fights and wins the battle Israel cannot, a type of Christ, the Good Shepherd and Anointed One, who saves "not with sword."- Verse 2 sharpens the type: the hunted, already-anointed-but-uncrowned David spares his persecutor and refuses to seize the throne by force ("He spared his pursuer, refusing the crown"). This foreshadows Christ, who would not grasp at power, endured persecution, and forgave from the cross.- The bridge sets the Davidic covenant of 2 Samuel 7 (the established throne, the kingdom of mercy) as God's spoken promise, then names its fulfillment:  "the true Son of David." It carries that title straight to Calvary ("hung high on a hill") and the empty tomb, so the hook "the battle is the Lord's" becomes the victory of the Atonement and Resurrection, where "He reigns evermore."Lyrics: A giant came down where the valley grew wide,"I defy the armies of Israel!" he cried.But a young shepherd boy was not greatly dismayed:"The God who once saved me will come to our aid."No sword on his hip, no shield and no spear,Just the name of the Lord, ringing out clear.And the weak become strong, and the trembling stand tall,When they know it is God who will fight for them all.The battle's not yours, you don't fight alone,He saves not with sword, but a strength of His own.No matter how loud, no matter how tall,The battle is the Lord's, watch the giants fall.An outlaw in hiding, pursued by the king,With no weapon to hold and no stone in his sling;He spared his pursuer, refusing the crown,And trusted the Lord to bring righteousness down.No sword on his hip, no shield and no spear,Just the name of the Lord, ringing out clear.And the weak become strong, and the trembling stand tall,When they know it is God who will fight for them all.The battle's not yours, you don't fight alone,He saves not with sword, but a strength of His own.No matter how loud, no matter how tall, The battle is the Lord's, watch the giants fall. A promise was spoken to build Him a throne,A kingdom of mercy that He'd call His own;Then the true Son of David hung high on a hill,The battle was finished, He's winning it still!The battle is won, lay your burdens down,He saves not with sword, but a thorny crown.The empty tomb speaks, though hell tries to roar,The battle is the Lord's, He reigns evermore!The battle is the Lord's.The battle is the Lord's.Full lyrics and the music videos are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ComeFollowHymnProject/playlists and ⁠https://www.comefollowhymn.com⁠©Come Follow Hymn ProjectInspired by Scripture. Written by Soul. Performed by AI. The Worship is Yours.Narrated by an AI voice from a human written outline.

From the stories of Saul and David we learn hard lessons about obedience, humility, pride, and rebellion. We learn that the Lord sees past our labels, our physical appearance, our insecurities. He looks, instead, “on the heart”. And even when our heart isn’t quite right, if we’re willing, He will give us “another heart”.  We learn to see the type of the true Shepherd-King in the Old Testament with allusions to Christ in the New. Lyrics:A boy went searching for donkeys gone astray,He didn't know the prophet would anoint him on the way.Head and shoulders rising higher than the rest of all his kin,Yet little in his own sight when the call came to him.On the day they crowned him king they searched the city through,And found him hiding, hidden far from public view.Make us a king to judge us, like the nations standing tall,A man of stature, sword in hand, a crown above us all.The Lord said: I have heard their voice, they cast their God aside,They want a king to march before them in their human pride.The Lord looks on the heart,Man looks on the vessel, but the Lord looks on the heart,The Lord sees what's in our heart,What no eye sees, what no hand can chart,The Lord looks on the heart.Saul watched his scattered army shake, impatience turned to pride,He stepped into the prophet's place before the smoke had died.Rebellion is a heavy chain that tears the soul apart,Obedience is the sacrifice that wins the Father's heart.In Bethlehem the prophet came to Jesse's dwelling place,Seven sons before him passed, but God looked past each face.Behold the Lord's Anointed, Samuel saw the eldest tall,But God said, Look beneath the crown, for I refuse them all.Out in the field the youngest stood, his lambs around his feet,A keeper of his father's sheep, a heart God called complete.The Lord looks on the heart,Man looks on the vessel, but the Lord looks on the heart,The Lord looks on the heart,What no eye sees, what no hand can chart,The Lord looks on the heart.He seeks a man of humble heart, selected from the shade,A royal line of shepherd-kings, by sovereign purpose made.No crown of gold, no earthly pride, the True Anointed Son —The Shepherd King who gave His soul to save the scattered one.The Lord looks on the heart,(the Lord looks on the heart)Man looks on the vessel, but the Lord looks on the heart,The Lord looks on the heart,(oh, the Lord looks on the heart)What no eye sees, what no hand can chart,The Lord looks on the heart,He mends the broken pieces, shapes the human heart.The Lord looks on the heart.The Lord looks on the heart,The Lord looks on the heart,(He mends the broken pieces, shapes the human heart.)The Lord looks on the heart,The Lord looks on the heart.Full lyrics and the music videos are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ComeFollowHymnProject/playlists and ⁠https://www.comefollowhymn.com⁠©Come Follow Hymn ProjectInspired by Scripture. Written by Soul. Performed by AI. The Worship is Yours.Narrated by an AI voice from a human written outline.

From the stories of Ruth and Naomi, Hannah song and sacrifice, and the humility of young Samuel, we learn about rejoicing after trials, child-like obedience, and what it means to be a true friend, a true companion. When we learn that there is no rock like our God, and our heart rejoices in the Lord, we can learn from Naomi’s grief to Hannah's song: that He's bringing every wanderer home. Rejoice indeed. Full lyrics and the music videos are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ComeFollowHymnProject/playlists and ⁠https://www.comefollowhymn.com⁠©Come Follow Hymn ProjectInspired by Scripture. Written by Soul. Performed by AI. The Worship is Yours.Narrated by an AI voice from a human written outline.

Spiritual amnesia: making a massive mistake, resolving with your whole heart to change, and then falling right back into the same trap a week later. The Bible is replete with the ancient Israelites doing just that. This week's deep dive on Judges 2–4 and 13–16 unpacks "The Lord Raised Up a Deliverer" —a song leveraging verbatim King James Version text. We explore Deborah's quiet rise to spiritual authority against 900 iron chariots (the ancient equivalent of an unstoppable tank battalion), Samson's covenants slipping inch by inch until "the spirit slipped" without him even realizing it, and the moment the final chorus shifts pronouns from "them" to "us" — turning ancient history into a personal vow.Five distinct musical arrangements — from a Russian Orthodox deliverance anthem to an intimate Appalachian family harmony — let the same story hit you from totally different emotional angles. Full lyrics and the music videos are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ComeFollowHymnProject/playlists and ⁠https://www.comefollowhymn.com⁠©Come Follow Hymn ProjectInspired by Scripture. Written by Soul. Performed by AI. The Worship is Yours.Narrated by an AI voice from a human written outline.

Moses is gone. In front of you: the Jordan at flood stage, walled cities, literal giants. How do you step into those shoes? This week's deep dive on Joshua 1–8 and 23–24 walks through "Be Strong and of a Good Courage" — a song with 13 verbatim King James phrases and two hidden New Testament cross-references. We unpack why the lyricist changes "meditate" to "dwell" (moving the furniture in, not just visiting), how Rahab's scarlet line ties to Hebrews 11 and James 2, and the moment Jesus's own words from John 14 — "I am the way" — get placed in God's mouth at the song's bridge. Plus: Joshua in Hebrew is Yeshua, which becomes Iēsous in Greek — Jesus and Joshua are the same name in different tongues.Four distinct musical arrangements — cinematic orchestral, gospel power ballad, Celtic worship, and a Russian Orthodox male choir — let the same scripture land in four different rooms. Full lyrics and the music videos are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ComeFollowHymnProject/playlists and ⁠https://www.comefollowhymn.com⁠©Come Follow Hymn ProjectInspired by Scripture. Written by Soul. Performed by AI. The Worship is Yours.Narrated by an AI voice from a human written outline.

Imagine handing the keys of a high-performance sports car to a 16-year-old who has only ever ridden a bicycle. That's Moses on Mount Nebo, addressing a rising generation who never saw the Red Sea part, never felt a slave driver's whip. This week's deep dive on Deuteronomy 6–8, 15, 18, 29–30, and 34 unpacks "Don't Forget the Lord" — a song that weaves 29 verbatim King James phrases into modern lyrics. We explore Moses's counterintuitive paradox: prosperity is a more dangerous spiritual environment than starvation. We trace the open-handed giving prescribed in Deuteronomy 15 as the antidote to swelling pride, the Messianic prophecy of "a Prophet like unto thee," and the climactic call to choose life and cleave unto Him.Four distinct musical arrangements of the same lyrics — folk Americana, Trans-Siberian rock, classical choir, and contemporary worship — let the same warning land in four very different ways. Full lyrics and the music videos are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ComeFollowHymnProject/playlists and https://www.comefollowhymn.com©Come Follow Hymn ProjectInspired by Scripture. Written by Soul. Performed by AI. The Worship is Yours.Narrated by an AI voice from a human written outline.

A short walk that turned into a 40-year nightmare. This week's deep dive unpacks Numbers 11–14 and 20–24 through the lens of "I Have Not Forgotten You" — an original song written entirely from God's first-person voice, with over 30 scriptural references woven into its lyrics. We explore Israel's wilderness collapse: the murmuring at Taberah, the graves of craving, Miriam and Aaron's challenge to Moses's authority, the "grasshopper complex" of the ten faithless spies, and the brass serpent lifted up in the wilderness that Jesus Himself later compared to His own cross. Along the way: meekness reframed as "power under control," the psychological reason some refused a free cure, and what the brass serpent in your own life might be today.Four distinct musical arrangements of the same lyrics are explored throughout — from black gospel to Trans-Siberian-style rock. Full lyrics and the music videos are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ComeFollowHymnProject/playlists and ⁠https://www.comefollowhymn.com⁠©Come Follow Hymn ProjectInspired by Scripture. Written by Soul. Performed by AI. The Worship is Yours.Narrated by an AI voice from a human written outline.