Sometimes God has people in your path that He has destined you to meet. Such is the case with me and Anthony McCord. I joined a FaceBook One Song Challenge put on by Nashville Christian Songwriters. Long story short, each of us was trained and challenged to write a new song in a week. This is the platform where I first heard Anthony McCords song, “The Moment I Fell to My Knees.”
From the first time I played it, it made me cry. Cry in a good way. The Holy Spirit was ministering to me right there, in the moment. As I sat in front of my computer I played it again, and again. I asked Anthony, who goes by Tony, if I could teach it to our Praise and Worship Band. He said, “Yes!”
So I ran it through chordify.net and figured out all the chords. I typed it up and sent it to 6 other band members. We sang it last weekend. We love it, and our congregation did too! Here we are:
THE MOMENT I FELL TO MY KNEES
WRITTEN BY: ANTHONY MCCORD
[Verse 1]
I was standing in the shadows, trying
hard to hide my sin,
But Your truth came like an arrow,
breaking through the walls within.
Every secret I was holding, every lie I
tried to keep,
Came undone before Your presence,
and it brought me to my knees.
[Pre-Chorus]
I heard Your voice in the silence,
Calling me back to Your heart.
[Chorus]
This is the moment I fell to my knees,
When mercy found me in my deepest
need.
You didn’t turn away, You didn’t let me
go,
You lifted up my face and called me
Yours.
This is the moment Your love rescued
me,
The moment grace washed over
everything.
I finally saw the truth — You never
stopped loving me…
In the moment I fell to my knees.
[Verse 2]
All the weight of my rebellion, all the
shame I tried to hide,
Met the kindness of a Savior who
refused to leave my side.
In the breaking and the trembling, in the
truth that set me free,
You restored what I had shattered when
I fell down at Your feet.
Repeat [Pre-Chorus] & [Chorus]
[Bridge]
You are the God who restores,
You are the God who forgives.
You are the God who runs to the broken,
You are the God who lifts.
You are the God who restores,
You are the God who forgives.
You are the God who meets me in
mercy,
Again and again and again.
Repeat [Chorus]
And, as you get to know someone, they share more of their story with you. Here is Tony’s Testimony – you won’t want to miss this one!
TESTIMONY OF ANTHONY MCCORD
In 2020, my life changed in a way I could never have imagined. What began as a
medical emergency became the moment that would redefine my faith, my purpose, and
the entire direction of my life.
I went into emergency surgery expecting a fight — but not the one I encountered.
During the procedure, my heart stopped. My body shut down. My life, as far as the
medical team could measure, was over. For approximately 52 minutes, there was no
heartbeat, no pulse, no breath. By every natural standard, I should not be here today.
But what happened during those 52 minutes was not silence. It was not darkness. It
was not nothingness.
I experienced the reality of eternity.
I saw the light — a brilliance so pure and overwhelming that no earthly language can
fully describe it. It wasn’t just bright; it was alive. It carried peace, presence, and a
sense of home that felt more real than anything I had ever known.
But I also heard the sounds of Hell — the terror, the torment, the separation. It was a
reminder that eternity is not a single destination. Heaven is real… and so is Hell. And in
that moment between worlds, I understood the weight of that truth in a way I never had
before.
I could see my family from the other side. I knew they were praying. I knew they were
believing. I knew they were fighting for me even when I could not fight for myself. And
somehow, in a way only God can orchestrate, I knew that if I returned, it would not be by
accident — it would be by assignment.
Then, by the mercy of God, I came back.
When I woke up, I learned that I had suffered a stroke from oxygen loss. My body had
been through trauma. My mind had been through fire. I had to relearn how to walk. I had
to relearn how to talk. I had to rebuild my life from the ground up.
But I woke up with something far more powerful than physical strength:
I woke up with purpose.
I woke up with the awareness that every breath is a gift.
Every sunrise is mercy.
Every moment is borrowed grace.
Every day is a miracle.
I woke up knowing that God had given me another day — not for comfort, not for
coincidence, but for calling.
Another day to worship.
Another day to praise.
Another day to love my family.
Another day to make a difference.
Another day to build the Kingdom.
Another day to walk out the purpose He placed inside me.
My testimony is not simply a story of survival.
It is a story of resurrection.
It is a story of assignment.
It is a story of a God who still intervenes, still heals, still restores, and still calls people
back from the edge of eternity.
Every song I write carries a piece of that journey.
Every lyric holds a fragment of what I saw, what I felt, and what God spoke into my
spirit.
Every devotional page is shaped by the awareness that life is fragile, time is sacred,
and purpose is not optional.
The “Another Day” 52‑Week Devotional, Journal, and Songbook was born from this
miracle. It is my offering back to God — a way to honor the life He gave back to me, one
day at a time, one song at a time, one testimony at a time.
I should not be here.
But I am.
And because I am, I will spend every day I’m given telling the world:
God is real.
Heaven is real.
Hell is real.
And every day you wake up is proof that God still has a purpose for your life.
This is my story.
This is my testimony.
This is why I write.
This is why I worship.
This is why I live with gratitude for every breath.
God gave me another day —
and I intend to use it well.