SWEET
SINGING
BREAD
1 Then
Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord:
“I will sing to the Lord, for he
is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea. 2 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt
him.” Exodus 15:1-2 (NIV)
11 But
let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your
protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. 12 For surely, O Lord, you bless the righteous; you
surround them with your favor as with a shield. Psalms 5:11-12 (NIV)
5 But I
trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. 6 I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me. Psalms 13:5-6 (NIV)
1 Sing
joyfully to the Lord, you
righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Psalms 33:1 (NIV)
6 Sing
praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the
earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. 8 God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy
throne. Psalms 47:6-8 (NIV)
7 My
heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music. 8 Awake, my soul! Awake, harp
and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. 9 I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will
sing of you among the peoples. 10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your
faithfulness reaches to the skies. 11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory
be over all the earth. Psalms 57:7-11
(NIV)
1 Shout
with joy to God, all the earth! 2 Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious! 3 Say to God, “How awesome are
your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. 4 All the earth bows down to
you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name.” Selah
Psalms 66:1-4 (NIV)
1 Shout
for joy to the Lord, all the
earth. 2 Worship
the Lord with gladness; come
before him with joyful songs. Psalms
100:1-2 (NIV)
19 Speak
to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in
your heart to the Lord, 20 always
giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. 21 Submit
to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:19-21 (NIV)
BUTTER
“When captivity is
led captive, the Eternal God is the refuge of his people...Our sins which
pursued us so hotly have been drowned in the depths of the Savior's Blood. They
sank to the bottom like stones, the depths have covered them, there is not one,
no, not one of them left, and we, standing upon the shore in safety, can shout
in triumph over our drowned sins, 'Sing unto the Lord for he hath triumphed
gloriously, and all our iniquities hath he cast into the midst of the sea.” Charles
Spurgeon
“I have laid My rod upon the sinner, but I have
laid My hand upon you. And I have put My arm around you to draw you
closer, but you have been impatient and irritable as though I sought to
interfere with your liberty. I am able to give you greater liberty
than you will ever find by seeking to be independent of Me. I seek not to interfere with your
happiness, but I do require that you relinquish your will; for I cannot bless
you as I desire until your will is yielded up and you accept Mine in exchange.
As you love Me, you accept My will as your own, and the caliber and extent
of your love for Me may be accurately measured to the degree that you accept My
will with a peaceful heart. You
can best sing ‘My Jesus, I Love You’ when you can truly sing ‘Where He Leads
Me, I Will Follow.’ For whoever
does not take up his cross daily to follow Me cannot be My disciple.” Frances
J. Roberts
“I cannot understand Him, but I
can trust Him. And so today, when everything physical and
emotional in me is completely drained, and there is not a single note of praise
in my heart, I choose to praise Him anyway. Not for what He does,
but for Who He is. When I cannot praise Him out of joy, I will praise Him
out of obedience. And I am learning that when I praise Him out of
obedience from the depths of the pit, it is always more meaningful then when I
praise Him out of an overflow of my heart from the heights of the mountain.
And because I know His nature, and I know that even when I don’t feel it, He is
still a kind, loving, good God, then I know that soon, He will fill my heart
with joy once again. And the praise will flow easily from the depths of
my heart.” Laura Black
“In believing
prayer, we learn to connect our present troubles to the good and perfect will
of God. We refuse to believe that chance
rules our lives. We withstand the
temptation to imagine that God is capricious or malicious. We know he has a higher purpose and that he
is not dealing with us as our sins deserve.
As we bring our troubles to Jesus in prayer—asking his will to be
done—we approve the will of our Father in heaven. We see our sufferings in the
greater reality of his good, acceptable, and perfect will. In prayer we “turn crisis to Christ.” Our heart becomes tuned to his heart and we
sing the song of grace.” Ancient Prayer, John F. Smed
“When
your heart is full of Christ, you want to sing.” C.H.
Spurgeon
HEART
SAVOR
- · Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
- · I am to come before Him in joyful song – He is so worthy of my praise.
- · The “sacrifice of praise” occurs when songs are sung on the darkest of days.
