Tag: Musical Mysteries

1 Samuel 18:6 When David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with other musical instruments.  “Words I don’t really enjoy ‘cardio’, but I find activities like cranking up the music and dancing around...

Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.  “Words make you think a thought, Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.”- Yip Harburg. Music carries a message. Does your singing attract or annoy others? Paul...

Numbers 21:17 Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing about it.  “I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.”- William James. An upbeat happy song gives us a soul-lift. If we wait to feel good to sing, singing would be a rare occurrence in our tumultuous life. A cheerful...

Exodus 32:19a When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned.  “Classical music is the best, and cheapest, mind-altering drug in the world.”- Kamand Kojouri The music that we listen to can serve as a mind-altering medication or a mind massaging or manipulating drug. Dr. Annett Schirmer, Psychologist at...

I Kings 3:15-16 “Now bring me a harpist.” While the harpist was playing, the hand of the Lord came on Elisha and he said, “This is what the Lord says: I will fill this valley with pools of water.  “Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.”- Maria Van...

Job 38:7-8 When the morning stars(angels) sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?  “Music is the language of Heaven.”–  Levon Helm Music is the mode of communication between the celestial and terrestrial, the visible and invisible, the natural and spiritual. When the Lord God created the innumerable galaxies and angels burst forth...

1 Samuel 16:23 And whenever the tormenting spirit from God troubled Saul, David would play the harp. Then Saul would feel better, and the tormenting spirit would go away. “Music is the medicine of the mind” – John Logan. The earliest reference of music as a therapy in institutions was in the 1800s. Dr. Benjamin...