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- Psalm 100:1-5 ESV / 22 helpful votes. A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
- Psalm 121:1-8 ESV / 16 helpful votes. A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- Psalm 47:1 ESV / 14 helpful votes. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
- Revelation 1:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes. And made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
17 I will lift my voice to sing Your praise, O my Strength—. for You came to my defense. O God, You have shown me Your loving mercy. Read full chapter. Psalm 59:17 in all English translations.
- When You Sing, You Obey.
- When You Sing, You Dig Deep Roots in The Word.
- When You Sing, You Build Up others.
- When You Sing, You Make War.
- When You Sing, You Are Spiritually Strengthened For Trial.
- When You Sing, You Walk A God-Designed Pathway to Joy.
- When You Sing, You Glorify God.
Singing isn’t an option in Scripture. It’s a command: God’s people are more than just invited to sing; we are commanded to sing. When we sing, we’re doing what God asks of us!
The Apostle Paul lays out this exhortation to let God’s Word dwell in us richly, and then, he tells us how to live out that command. The first, of course, is teaching. But the second, is singing! Singing is one of the two chief ways in which God’s Word dwells in us richly. And, as we observed in the last point, singing is a command. But this comman...
First, you build up fellow believers when you sing: Note specifically here in Ephesians 5:19 that it says: “Addressing one anotherin psalms and hymns and spiritual songs…” We see the same thing in Colossians 3:13-16: the exhortation to sing comes on the heels of bearing with one another (v. 13a), forgiving one another (v. 13b), putting on love (v. ...
Chances are you didn’t connect singing and warfare together, but it’s a theme visible in Scripture. In Colossians 3, Paul is challenging the Colossians to literally put sin to death in their lives, to kill sin. So all the commands to love and peace and forgiveness and teaching and singingare attitudes and habits of the believer that will kill sin! ...
Often times, we think only of singing when we’re happy and times are good, but singing bringing strength for trialcomes out in Acts 16. Paul and Silas are unjustly imprisoned for the sake of the Gospel, and what do they do while they’re in prison? Sing! (Acts 16:25) And this truth is confirmed in the lives of persecuted believers throughout history...
Here is a sample of what the Psalms say about singing: 1. Psalms 5:11: “Let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.” 2. Psalms 9:2: “I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.” 3. Psalms 51:14: “Deliver m...
True obedience, deep roots in the Word, building up others, making war against Satan and sin, persevering, finding joy in God: All these things bring glory to God, which is each person’s chief goal and purpose. Colossians 3 and Ephesians 5 bring this out simply but powerfully, telling us to sing “to God” and “to the Lord” because he is the object o...
Sep 27, 2008 · All told, the Bible contains over four hundred references to singing and fifty direct commands to sing. The longest book of the Bible, the Psalms, is a book of songs. And in the New Testament we’re commanded not once, but twice, to sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to one another when we meet (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16).
- God’s heart for setting words to melodies is evident from even a casual reading of the Psalms.Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to ou...
- There’s more to say about why God wants us to sing, but first I want to make a few general comments about how music relates to words. When it comes...
- The first thing music helps us do is remember words. Ever notice how easy it is to recall hymns you sang growing up — or a TV jingle from the eight...
- Along with helping us remember words, singing also connects the words we sing with our hearts. In every culture and age, music is a language of emo...
- We’ve seen how music can help us remember and engage emotionally with words. A final way singing serves words is by demonstrating and expressing ou...
- So, what are we doing in our local churches to promote, encourage, and participate in the kind of corporate singing we see in Revelation? What are...
- 1. War of Words: Getting to the Heart for God’s Sake (Paul David Tripp) 2. The Bit, the Bridle, and the Blessing: An Exposition of James 3:1–12 (Si...
Music: John Rosamond Johnson. Play MIDI. Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
23 Bible Verses about Your Voice Isaiah 58:1 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful “Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.
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Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion. King James Bible. Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. New King James Version.
