Our Story

The walls came down because the people worshiped.

The Name

“The walls didn’t come down because Israel had a stronger army. They came down because the people obeyed God and worshiped Him.”

The name Lion of Yehudah came from a conversation with my father that I’ll never forget. He reminded me that Jesus came from the tribe of Judah — and that Judah represents worship. He told me the story of Jericho. Caleb and Joshua saw the same giants everyone else saw, but while everyone else focused on the obstacles, they focused on God’s promise. That conversation changed the way I look at worship. I don’t just want to make music that sounds good. I want to create songs that remind people that whatever wall they’re standing in front of today, God is still bigger.

C-Ray — Founder of Lion of Yehudah Music

C-Ray

Founder, songwriter, worship leader. 25 years of songs that waited for this season.

The Calling

“The passion never left because God never took it away.”

I’ve been writing songs for over twenty-five years, and music has always been the place where I could be completely honest with God. Life took me in a lot of different directions. I had responsibilities, bills to pay, challenges to overcome, and dreams that sometimes had to wait. But no matter how busy life became, whenever something happened — whether I was happy, discouraged, confused, or just trying to understand what God was doing — I would pick up my guitar or sit at the piano and write. Some songs stayed in notebooks. Others in voice recordings. Some only existed between God and me. Looking back, I realize the passion never left because God never took it away. Maybe it was simply waiting for the season He had planned all along.

The Testimony

“I am a miracle.”

I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was five years old. By twenty-seven, I was still having seizures and taking eleven pills a day. The doctor told me I would take that medication for the rest of my life. I didn’t accept it. I told him: I don’t believe I’m going to be taking this medication for the rest of my life. The Bible says whatever is impossible for man is possible for God. Six months later, I went back. He checked me and couldn’t believe it. I told him the day I left — I’m going to come back and you’re going to check me, and I’m not going to be sick anymore, and you’re going to become a believer. And he did.

When I gave my life to Christ at nineteen, I came home a different man. I shared the gospel with my parents, my brothers, my sisters — everyone in my family gave their life to Christ. God touched my family through my testimony.

The Mission

“God doesn’t waste our pain. He doesn’t waste our failures. He doesn’t throw people away.”

Lion of Yehudah Music exists to glorify Christ — music to restore the heart, strengthen believers, reach the lost, and bring a generation back to the King. Every lyric, every melody, every project is created with a purpose: that people would encounter the transformation of Jesus’ unfailing love, truth, and power. If one song can remind someone that they still have hope, that God still loves them, and that it’s never too late to come back to Him, then everything we’re doing is worth it.

The Invitation

“I don’t picture a crowd. I picture one person.”

Maybe it’s someone sitting alone in their car after a long day. Maybe it’s someone who just got bad news. Maybe it’s someone struggling with anxiety, addiction, depression, or wondering if God still hears them. Those are the people I think about, because I’ve learned that sometimes one song at the right moment can completely change the direction of someone’s life.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
— Jeremiah 29:11

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”
— Romans 8:28

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