Sunday's memorial service for TPUSA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk began with soul-stirring and powerful worship and Christian hymns, and they were peppered throughout the event honoring his life, because Charlie's life was about love of God and love of country.
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The artists who led worship are voices for their generation, and if you don't know who they are, I recommend you look them up. Chris Tomlin is probably the most well-known across the generational spectrum, for his seminal worship anthem, "How Great Is Our God." Tomlin was joined on the stage by Phil Wickham ("Great Things", Brandon Lake ("Gratitude"), Cody Carnes ("Christ Be Magnified"), and Kari Jobe Carnes ("Revelation Song"). These Millennial artists have truly ignited fresh worship in an industry that had lost its way, and awakened a hunger for the things of God in Gen Z and Gen Alpha that is beautiful to see. As an old Gen Xer who saw the rise and fall of contemporary Christian music, these new artists are the real deal: they love Jesus, their music is spirit-filled and biblically based, and they are committed to worship, not just performing 7-11 songs with catchy hooks and a few Christianese words thrown in.
Which brings me to one of the songs that was sung during the memorial that I am now convinced will be the anthem for TPUSA, and the movement which Kirk's life and recent promotion to glory has unleashed across the world.
"The Blessing" was written by the Carneses and a band called Elevation Worship. The lyrics are based in Numbers 6:24-25, which is the Aaronic Blessing. The Lord instructed Moses to have Aaron and his sons, the original Levitical priesthood, speak this blessing over the children of Israel.
Then the LORD said to Moses,
“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
May the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
So simple, so intimate, and so profound. This four-line spoken blessing symbolizes two things: One, God wanted his name sealed upon a generation of people. He wanted them branded as His and his alone, that they would bear his genetic mark. Two, he wanted to BLESS his people. This blessing always evokes the image of a mother cooing over her baby, gazing into his or her eyes, and imagining and speaking all good things over that child and his or her future. That's our God.
Despite what the left and legacy media is seeking to misrepresent and muddle, much of what Charlie Kirk embodied and spoke about was how one can live a blessed life and be a blessing to ones' country. Blessed doesn't mean an easy life. Blessed doesn't mean a life without pain or complication. Blessed means a life that is marked by God and filled with God's purpose. So, it was not just apropos that "The Blessing" was sung at Kirk's memorial service, but prophetic. Part of the lyric that is repeated over and over, not for lack of words, but to embed and massage truth, is:
May His favor be upon you
And a thousand generations
And your family and your children
And their children, and their children
What did Kirk consistently encourage for this generation: "Get married. Have children. Build a legacy. Pass down your values. Pursue the eternal. Seek true joy."
Get married.
— Turning Point UK 🇬🇧 (@TPointUK) September 20, 2025
Have children.
Build a legacy.
Pass down your values.
Pursue the eternal.
Seek true joy.
- Charlie Kirk pic.twitter.com/ZZv1toyxGR
Kirk consistently spoke the Aaronic blessing over this generation, and the Sunday's worship which spoke it again over millions, and millions more to come, was spot on and right on. But the lyrics in "The Blessing" also speak to God's protection. In light of the attempt to chill conservative and Christian speech embodied by Kirk's assassination, this song speaks of God's presence surrounding us as we go forward in the purpose he has called us to, as well as walk through our struggles and our persecution, and work to fully live out the days that he has committed to us.
May His presence go before you
And behind you, and beside you
All around you, and within you
He is with you, He is with youIn the morning, in the evening
In your coming, and your going
In your weeping, and rejoicing
He is for you, He is for you
Here is the part of the irony and part of the prophecy: This song was written in 2020 and released on March 8, 2020. Eight days later, President Trump 45 would announce the campaign of "15 Days to Slow the Spread," in order to combat what was a supposedly little-known new coronavirus dubbed "COVID-19." We know the rest. The resultant lockdowns worked to unravel our freedoms and gut a generation of youth. I believe the seeds of the darkness and destruction we are seeing played out through this generation were forged during that time. But as the scripture says, where sin increased, grace increased even more: this song was also planted for this generation, for such a time as this. With its rendition during the Charlie Kirk memorial, it was given its full voice, full expression, and mantled the generation that will not only carry on Kirk's work, but will carry America forward into the future.
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