Matthew 26:30 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. The passover meal or what we call the “last supper” concluded with a hymn. It is a Jewish customary that hymns from Psalms 113–118 and 136 are sung before the benediction of a festive meal. “Hallel” in Hebrew means “Praise” and...
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17 Feb 2021 – Songs – Part 6
Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Paul spent 25% of his missionary journey in prisons. Paul and Silas were stripped, severely flogged and thrown into the “underground prison” for delivering a girl with a spirit of divination (fortune telling)....
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16 Feb 2021 – Songs – Part 5
1 Samuel 2:1 Hannah’s Song of Thanksgiving – Then Hannah prayed and said, “My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. The same areas of the brain get activated as when people feel physical pain or emotional pain. Neuroscience has proved that “the anterior insula and the anterior cingulate cortex”...
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15 Feb 2021 – Songs – Part 4
Psalm 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in Him. David was multifaceted. This Shepherd King was a poet, a musician, composer, singer, shepherd, a prophet and a king. I believe he made his own...
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14 Feb 2021 – Songs – Part 3
Judges 5:11 Listen to the village musicians gathered at the watering holes. They recount the righteous victories of the Lord and the victories of his villagers in Israel. The song of victory that Deborah sang in Judges chapter 5 is a descriptive narration of the mighty works of God, the interference of the Heavenly hosts...
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13 Feb 2021 – Songs – Part 2
Ephesians 5:19-20 Speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, [offering praise by] singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (AMP). Songs are an expression of ecstasy, elation and excitement....
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12 Feb 2021 – Songs – Part 1
Ephesians 5:19-20 Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. To our religious mind “songs” mean a bunch of words, poems and chords...