September 13, 2024

September 13:  Make a Joyful Noise.

Singing Brings Joy, Faith, and Hope.
Is anyone among you suffering?  Let him pray.  Is anyone cheerful?  Let him sing psalms.--James 5:13, NKJV

GREAT HAVE BEEN the blessings received by men in response to songs of praise....How often in spiritual experience is this history repeated! how often by words of holy song are unsealed in the soul the springs of penitence and faith, of hope and love and joy!--Education, 162.

Jesus is our example....He was never so full of worldly care as to have no time or thought for heavenly things.  Often He expressed the gladness of His heart by singing psalms and heavenly songs.  Often the dwellers in Nazareth heard His voice raised in praise and thanksgiving to God.  He held communion with heaven in song; and as His companions complained of weariness from labor, they were cheered by the sweet melody from His lips.  His praise seemed to banish the evil angels, and, like incense, fill the place with fragrance.  The minds of His hearers were carried away from their earthly exile, to the heavenly home.--The Desire of Ages, 74, 73.

                                     Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
                                   Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
                                             Sing to the Lord with the harp,
                                        With the harp and the sound of a psalm,
                                        With trumpets and the sound of a horn;
                                         Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King.
                              
                                                               --Psalm 98:4-6, NKJV