So often I come in on a Sunday morning and I don’t feel like singing. How would you encourage someone in my place?

When I don’t feel like singing it’s usually because I haven’t been thinking much about who God is and what He’s done for us in Christ. Some situation, relationship, or event seems more important to me than the fact that Jesus came into the world to save rebellious sinners and reconcile them to God, and that I’m one of them. How can I not want to sing about that!
So the first thing I’d do is confess my distraction to God. I can tell him that I haven’t been loving him with my whole heart, soul, mind, and strength. Then I’d receive his full and complete forgiveness through Christ. God doesn’t hold my sin against me. Jesus bore it on the cross. Then, I’d start to think about the words I’m singing and direct my thoughts towards the greatness and goodness of God. If for some reason the lyrics aren’t helping me, I’ll start rehearsing the basic truths of the gospel and the promises of God. Before too long, my perspective changes and I feel like singing again.


good stuff from Bob Kauflin

Those Who Sing

I'm thinking about all the singing and rejoicing in Zeph 3---

Elizabeth Achtemeier offered the whimsical suggestion that at least one of the reasons why God made this world is because God is a music lover. She said: "Biblical faith has always been a faith filled with the sound of song. From the song of Miriam at the time of the Exodus, through the songs of the Psalter, to the hymn Jesus and the disciples are reported to have sung at the Last Supper, to the singing of Paul and Silas in prison, and ultimately to the singing of the Hallelujah Chorus in the kingdom of God anticipated in the book of Revelation; throughout the Bible those who trust in God are consistently portrayed as
those
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songs of praise to God. The Westminster Shorter Catechism affirms that our chief end as human beings is to glorify God and to enjoy God forever. The Scriptures and the Confessions alike affirm that we were made to glorify God’s name in songs of praise and thanksgiving.

How Can I Keep from Singing?

These next 2 sundays we are focusing on the role of song in Scripture and in the Christian life... while preparing I have found numerous quotes and hymns that you might be helped by

What tho' my joys and comfort die?
The Lord my Saviour liveth;
And though the darkness round me close,
Songs in the night he giveth.

No storm can shake my inmost calm,
While to that Rock I'm clinging;
Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth,
How can I keep from singing? --composed during Civil War, by Anne Warner

How Can We Keep From Singing?

(I think this is an old civil war song that has been recaptured lately)

My life flows on in endless song
Above earth's lamentation.
I hear the real, thought far off hymn
That hails the new creation
Above the tumult and the strife,
I hear the music ringing;
It sounds an echo in my soul
How can I keep from singing?

What through the tempest loudly.....