About Lee

When I was old enough to talk, my parents taught me to pray… and they taught me to pray in the name of Jesus. From my earliest memories, Jesus has always been a very precious “part of my life”… but then I came to a time in my life when I said, “LORD, I don’t want You to be ‘part of my life’ anymore… I want You to BE MY LIFE” (Colossians 3:4 ESV). It was then, at the end of my college years, that God did a powerful work in my heart… my life changed… I dedicated my “everything” to the LORD… and God called me into the ministry.

“Healing the name of Jesus in broken hearts” was my ministry’s first Mission Statement.

And I will sanctify My great name, (reveal the holiness of My great name) which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 36:23 NKJV

Growing up in a German-American Lutheran culture, I thought the whole world was Lutheran. My parents met through the little Lutheran church just around the corner from my house… as did my grandparents… my great grandparents… my great, great grandparents… my great, great, great grandparents… and… my great, great, great, great grandparents met and married in that same Lutheran community back in 1821 when we used to worship down by the creek in a little log church on what is now Heeter Road, not far south of Brookville Ohio. All of our neighbors on the country road where I grew up in rural Ohio (as well as all of my cousins) were Lutheran. I enjoy studying the history of worship in my parents’ family lines. My ancestors were founders of the Lutheran, German Reformed, Mennonite and Moravian Churches in colonial America.

Ordained thru the Evangelical Church Alliance in 1996, my background includes years of Bible studies with gifted local, national and international Bible teachers… participation in countless prayer ministries… years of prison ministry… church ministries… international concert and missions outreaches… along with pilgrimages to Israel where I’ve enjoyed leading praise and worship for Vision For Israel at their annual Feast of Tabernacles celebrations in Jerusalem.

My journey toward the Song of Songs started when our pastor led a Bible study which included a deeper look into the Tabernacle of Moses, David’s Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple… which included the significance of the Holy of Holies, “the place where God’s glory dwells”. 

As a Christian concert artist (preacher, teacher, worship leader), the pattern for worship in the Tabernacle became “instructional” for me as I learned to lead others to the LORD by “entering His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise”… by “proclaiming the gospel of Christ” at the cross (the altar of sacrifice)… by “washing in the water of the Word” (the laver)… entering the Holy Place of God’s eternal Light, the bread of His Presence and holy Intercession… and passing thru “the veil” into the Holy of Holies (with the ark of the covenant and mercy seat), “the place where God’s glory dwells”… Everything in the Tabernacle leads us to Jesus!

In January of 2000, missionary friends in Hong Kong invited me to go with them to China to perform on a national TV program being produced in Wuhan China, where we were permitted to sing Christian songs for China’s New Year celebration. While on that trip to Asia I extended my tour to visit with a missionary friend in Bangkok Thailand to help him with a few church plants. It was during those weeks in Thailand that my friend went on and on about the Song of Songs… which was intriguing to me. But the LORD got my attention when my friend said, “The Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies” (the place where God’s glory dwells).

These were the words that stayed with me… and which compelled me to press into the Song of Songs. It took me a little while… a couple of years actually… before I realized how deeply I was being called into the book… and it took another five years on top of that before I realized I was being called to grow an 8 chapter/8 album/80 song/verse by verse song devotional and Bible study for the Song of Songs called, Song of All Songs.

My calling into the Song of Songs was born out of the desire to seek God’s heart… and to lead others to seek Him too. The first point of “deep personal ministry” in my own heart and life was in SOS/Chapter 5 where we learn how God uses persecution (Matthew 5:10-12, II Tim. 3:12) in our lives to help us to know and love Him more deeply; to know the power of His resurrection… and the fellowship of His sufferings… being conformed to His death (Philippians 3:10-11).

The key Bible verse for all 8 chapters of this amazing book is Song of Solomon 4:7 which says, “You are absolutely beautiful, My love, And there is no spot (no flaw, no imperfection) in you”. Here in this verse you’ll discover how God sees you (through Christ)… as righteous and holy… as the beautiful bride of Christ (His Church)… without sin… without a spot or blemish.

The Song of Songs is like a brilliant, perfectly cut jewel with many facets proclaiming God’s deep love and beautiful plan for you personally, for me personally, and for all of us who are chosen in Him… through His amazing and unfailing love for (and irrevocable covenants with) the people and land of Israel (Ephesians 2:11-13).

When you are in Christ, you have an exclusive, deep, personal relationship with GOD… both personally… and… as a unique member of the body of Christ. There’s no one like the LORD, there’s no one like you… and there’s no one like “the LORD and you”.

The Song of Songs is all about a close and personal relationship with the Word of God, knowing who you are in Christ… and bearing spiritual fruit that lasts forever…

to the glory of GOD our Father.

My hope and prayer is that you will find the beautifully poetic and powerfully prophetic wisdom of God’s heart in the Song of Songs… that it would daily draw you closer to the LORD (Yahweh)… and that you receive a fresh new vision of God’s love and plan for Israel… for the nations of the earth and the islands of the sea… and for you.

Your brother in Yeshua,

Lee Behnken