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Prayer, Praise, Song

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Singing to God

This morning let’s delve into praising God and the presence of our praise in prayer. Pastor E.M. Bounds called this "Spiritual Singing". He even recognized people with little ability to sing when he said "Spiritual singing is not done by musical taste or talent, but by the grace of God in your heart." We are encouraged in scripture to address one another, and God, in song, but are we doing this? If not is it because we are judging one another’s ability to sing and thus discouraging another’s prayer life? Singing on a stage is one thing, but singing on our knees to the Lord is totally different and criticism there can be considered shaming someone who is seeking God’s presence.

Singing Our Prayers and Praise

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Singing Praise

Today my devotional reading spoke of singing as a form of praise and prayer. The scripture reference for this devotional reading was Psalm 50:23 but I have added a couple of additional verses to it for additional clarity. Singing is a challenge for me because I have a hard time carrying a tune, or as an old saying goes… “He couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket.” I love music, I can hear it in my mind, and hum it, but the words just can’t seem to make it from my lips with the same intense beauty. However, I keep trying and hope that I am not torturing those around me when I do.

Singing to the Wells in our Lives

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Singing to the Blessing

How many blessings are we given by our Heavenly Father that aren’t immediately obvious to us? How is it that we receive them without their showing themselves beforehand? So often we are thirsty in some way, and the Lord tells us to begin digging a well, and not only to dig with our hands, or by laboring over a hoe, or a shovel, but to dig with the instruments, and implements, of our faith. In such moments God goes even further by telling us to sing as we labor; not to Him, but to that thing He has told us to do, that will bring forth what will come from Him. We are told to sing to the wells we have been told to dig, and the gifts that God is preparing to give us in our lives?