SING JOYFUL SONGS
By
Shelby G. Floyd
September 25, 2008
One of the
Psalms of David helps prepare God's people to worship him with joy and gladness
of heart:
"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
Come before him with joyful songs."
Psalms 100:1-2
NIV
This
congregation enjoys singing many of the old songs and many of the new songs. We
are continually learning some new songs to add to the old songs we have sung
for years. This is a good thing for our
worship.
When we
learn new songs someone must teach them to us.
We're grateful to the talented men who can do this so effectively. And we must listen to the new songs to learn
the words, the rhythm, and the melody.
With practice and repetition we can learn any new song and sing it
effectively in our worship.
“He has put a New Song in My Mouth”
David
declared that "He has put a new song in my mouth," in on one of his
Psalms:
And he hath put a new song in my
mouth,
even praise unto our God: many shall
see it,
and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
Psalms 40:3
Has
God put a new song in your mouth? Has
God put a new song in your heart? When we praise God, the songs should not only
be in our mouth, but also in our heart!
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to
the Lord;
Ephesians 5: 19
Let us
notice a where David spoke of how much he enjoyed singing a new song to the
Lord. He also exhorted the people of his
day to sing a new song in worship to God.
Psalms 33: 3
Sing unto him a new song
Psalms 96: 1
O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord,
all the earth.
God
wants the whole earth to sing new songs and joyful songs in praise and worship
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