Start with Joyful Singing

 

“ Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord…”

—Psalm 95:1a

How do you greet each new day? Do you begin with thoughts of discouragement and dread? Do you think about the problems that assail you? Do you greet the day with complaining and disappointment? Or, do you follow the lead of the German hymnbook:

When morning gilds the skies my heart awaking cries:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and prayer, to Jesus I repair:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

When you begin the day, O never fail to say,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
And at your work rejoice, to sing with heart and voice,
May Jesus Christ be praised

Beginning the day with a song of praise will start your day on a positive note. Even if you believe that you can’t sing, so what? Sing anyway! Follow the direction of the Psalmist who wrote in Psalm 95:1-3:

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.

God loves us with His everlasting love. Jesus died for us and rose again from the grave. Ever since we acknowledged God’s gift of salvation, the Holy Spirit has come to dwell within us. We are thrice blessed. Therefore, let us start this new day with songs of praise. Doing so will put a glow on our faces and joy in our hearts.

 

Based on a blog originally posted on Monday, September 28, 2015

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