A Prayer through Songs Of Praise (Psalm 47:5-7)
"God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the soundings of trumpets. Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise." Ps 47:5-7
Rather than lift our voices in spoken prayer inspired by scripture, today, I encourage us to sing a song of praise (sing a prayer of praise) or gratitude to God as inspired by today's reading from Ps. 47. It does not matter what condition our lives are in today, a song of praise can heal, can sooth, can uplift, can encourage, can remind, can offer hope, can bring joy, can refocus, can convict, can calm, can quiet.... a song of praise to God can be just what our hearts and lives need to live in His embrace and joy today. Don't rush through this. Ask God to give you a song and then sing it out loud to him, unhindered, unashamed, and surrendered. Find a quiet place, or go to the roof top, a sidewalk corner, the grocery story checkout line, wherever but sing and sing and sing your song of praise till it fills your heart with who your God is and you can't help but be awed that all He is lives with you and in you no matter what your day brings.
Join me with your song today! Let us together make a joyful noise.
Here is my song for today that I will be lifting up: "How Great Thou Art" (feel free to click on the link to listen to this song and to sing along)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48i4l1715uc
If "How Great Thou Art" is also your song of praise let me know. If you have a different song of praise please share with me what your song is today. I would love to know what songs of praise are being lifted up to our God.
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