Why We Sing - Part 7 [Notes]

You’re invited to join us for "Why We Sing," a six-week series about worshiping God through music. On any given Sunday, we sing three, four, sometimes five songs together. At home, in the car, or in our earbuds, we turn on worship music or put a favorite song on repeat. But have you ever stopped to ask: why do we sing? Why lift our voices in praise to God? How and why does singing bless God and stir our own souls? What if we don’t feel like singing? Or don’t feel worthy to sing to God? Or maybe we feel like our voice isn’t good enough to really sing out? In this series, we’ll explore six biblical reasons why we sing. Our prayer is that each of us will grow in our theological understanding of musical worship – and as a community, feel more free and empowered to lift our voices in praise to God on Sundays and throughout the week.

Takeaway: We sing to praise the Lord!

Psalm 150:1-6 (HCSB) “Praise The Lord”
 
Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
 
Praise Him for His powerful acts; praise Him for His abundant greatness.
 
Praise Him with trumpet blast; praise Him with harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dance; praise Him with flute and strings. Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with clashing cymbals.

Let everything that breathes praise the Lord. Hallelujah!

“In this final psalm every voice in heaven and earth, and every musical instrument that human ingenuity has produced are called upon to join in the praise of the Living God.”
– Dr. George Knight, Psalms, Vol. 2.

Psalm 145 – King (v.1); great (v.3); greatness (v.3); splendor (v.5); glorious majesty (v.5); greatness (v.6); great (v.7); goodness (v.7); righteousness (v.7); gracious (v.8); compassionate (v.8); slow to anger (v.8); faithful love (v.8); good (v.9); compassion (v.9); glory (v.11); faithful (v.13); gracious (v.13); righteous (v.17); gracious (v.17); near (v.18); holy (v.21)

Then the LORD God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
– Genesis 2:7 (HCSB)

I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them say: Blessing and honor and glory and dominion to the One seated on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!
– Revelation 5:13 (HCSB)

They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the Lamb: Great and awe-inspiring are Your works, Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are Your ways, King of the Nations. 4 Lord, who will not fear and glorify Your name? Because You alone are holy, for all the nations will come and worship before You because Your righteous acts have been revealed.
– Revelation 15:3-4 (HCSB)

Breathe // We Fall Down // Holy Forever // Raise a Hallelujah // I’ve Witnessed It // Abandoned // Heart of Worship // Let the People Sing

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