Sunday, March 8, 2015

Spiritual Singing

Eph 5:18  And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Eph 5:19  Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Eph 5:20  Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Eph 5:21  Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

People fill themselves with wine to excess for what purpose? I suppose the truth is they do it for many reasons. Getting drunk isn't a good thing, losing control of yourself, your mind, your sharp reflexes etc  is not something God would advocate.  Being filled rather with the Spirit, than wine- and when we are filled with the Spirit we speak in -

PSALMS
HYMNS
SPIRITUAL SONGS
MELODYS IN OUR HEARTS all to the LORD.

GIVING THANKS.

SUBMITTING OURSELVES TO ONE ANOTHER.

Now, having read that, do we live it?

?? 

Should we?

It's God's word!

Maybe, just maybe, if we sang more to our Lord our spiritual life would be much better. We want to be filled with the Spirit, so maybe we need to SING to the LORD as often as we possibly can. It's worth trying isn't it? Seriously! What's the worst that singing constantly could do? I'm not telling anyone to sing to annoy others, but we can truly even sing in our hearts if we cannot do so aloud. The point is, singing is uplifting! It truly is. Singing brings forth memories, it creates memories, it has passion in it.  Our hearts are touched by songs. I'm sure there is a favorite or several favorite songs you have, or have had during your life. Why are they your favorite? They do something to you inwardly. When we sing in hymns, in spiritual songs, in psalms, and melodies we are truly feeding our spirit. The Holy Spirit will guide us in this, I know He will. This is God advocated and more than a suggestion, but a true guidance.  Do we WANT to be filled with the Spirit? We do. To be filled we need to listen to our LORD'S advice! Let us SING!

Please, Father, please help us be filled with the SPIRIT. Help us sing songs to YOU for YOUR glory, Lord, Your Glory!

All through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior!


Amen!

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