June 3 2026 … Music Has Power

June 3 2026 … Music Has Power 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Brandon Lake singing … Gratitude … showing the power of singing our praises to God..

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Highlight Passage: … 1Samual 16:23 … [NLT]

…  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. 

… David was summoned to King Saul’s court to play his harp and sing to soothe Saul’s troubled spirit.

Highlight Passage: … 1Samuel 16:14-23  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Young David his summoned by King Saul to come to the court and play David’s lyre and sing to quiet the trouble spirit of the King.

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Reference Passage: … Exodus 15:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Moses and God’s people show their gratitude for His mighty works by singing their praises.   

Reference Passage: …  Mark14:26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus and His Disciples, after dining together and Jesus revealing that He was about to die on the cross, sang a hymn together before going up to the Mount of olives.

Reference Passage: … Acts 16:25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul and Silas in prison sang to quiet their spirits and to witness to the other prisoners..  

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 14:15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches confused and troubled Christians in the church in Corinth to sing praises to God.

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 5:18-19 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches fellow Christians to avoid using drink to soothe their souls, … rather making music to praise God.

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:16  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

… Finally, the  Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to sing spiritual songs from thankful hearts to bind them together in unity.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Winn Collier …  USE THIS LINK          related the tales of the sinking of a specially built ship, the Endurance, which was caught in an ice storm in 1915.   And before it sank, the Captain, Sir Earnest Shackleton, logged that the crew was soothed in this time of distress by the banjo playing of one of the crew who often would play songs to quiet the hearts of the distressed crew.  

This historical story likely caused the ODB author to reflect on how young David, the shepherd boy in the Highlight passage, was brought to a disturbed King Saul to play the lyre and sing to quiet the troubled spirits of the King.  And it’s been documented in the Bible and throughout history how music can calm the spirits of troubled souls.   

And I challenge any reader here with me today, especially any who might have a troubled heart, to hear the linked song and see if that music doesn’t calm your anxiety.    Personally, every time I hear the linked song and after meditating on the truth of God’s word, shared above, my heart is quieted and I can’t help but praise God.  Listen the song and quiet your spirit.   

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for how music, dedicated to You, calms my spirit.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for calming our spirits with music written to praise You.  … Amen

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