Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary

spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin

and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

All right, guys, let's wrap up the week. So on the Daily Blade this week, we've explored

songs you probably haven't filed under worship before. And plenty of guys don't love contemporary

worship, yet praising God isn't negotiable. So let's widen the definition of worship music.

And yesterday we looked at the song, Blamed Jesus by country music

artist Drew Parker. And today, I'm going to help you guys understand your middle schooler

because we're looking at the song, Your Ways Better, by the pop singer, Forrest Frank. So we're

doing it. We started the week with aggressive metal. And now we're doing happy, happy pop music.

So now, admittedly, I don't spend a lot of time listening to or consuming pop music. Most of it's trash. But I just got to tell you, it's hard to listen to Forrest Frank and not have a smile on your face. I mean, the songs are catchy, the lyrics are God honoring, and I can actually listen to the songs with the whole family without anyone being annoyed or offended. And again, you didn't, you shouldn't

expect Beethoven or Bach when you're listening to teeny pop pop music, you know, just kind of is what it is.

But also, if you have a little kid, so if you have littles, I'm just going to tell you dad says,

here's a dad hack, learn the dance together with your kids. I mean, i'm serious because apparently there is a dance

that goes along with the chorus of this song your ways better by force frank it doesn't look

too complicated i mean guys have a great time have some fun laugh a little you know kind of embarrass

yourself but create a memory with your kids and do the dance all right right? But let's go ahead and dig into the song.

So the song actually, for such a positive, you know, upbeat song, it starts out pretty somber.

So let's go to the beginning here. When I'm overwhelmed within from the weight of all my sin,

I need a friend to call my own. I need a house to call my home. When I'm broken down inside and there's nowhere

else to hide. Let's actually pause there. I mean, I know this is a pop song, but this sounds rather

psalmy to me, right? So let's go to Psalm 38, starting at verse three. There is no soundness in my flesh

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