if people sing during their personal prayer times.
Just wondered . . .
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Ritajanice
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Bob
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Thank you for your question.
For me, no, but I can see why some would do so, and even prefer to do so.
Singing enhances the emotional impact of prayer. It will allow us to pour out our hearts to God.
Example: take any favorite hymn, recite the words out loud with as much emotion as you can, and then compare it with singing the same.
Thank you God, for the gift of music, and for the gift that lets us sing your praises.
For me, no, but I can see why some would do so, and even prefer to do so.
Singing enhances the emotional impact of prayer. It will allow us to pour out our hearts to God.
Example: take any favorite hymn, recite the words out loud with as much emotion as you can, and then compare it with singing the same.
Thank you God, for the gift of music, and for the gift that lets us sing your praises.
Sometimes I sing my prayer , if the Holy Spirit sends it that way
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The reason I asked is that yesterday I was telling God that I was struggling to get closer to him and the words, 'You need to sing' came immediately into my mind. My voice is very croaky these days and as well as feeling self conscious I can't remember the words to songs of praise I used to sing. But I suddenly thought about looking on my bookshelf for a song sheet I had brought home from somewhere and kept. I couldn't find it but my hand kept going back to a small thin book that I knew wasn't the song sheet. So after discarding it a number of time I pulled it and lo and behold it was an omnibus edition of all the Songs of Fellowship books. I got singing straight away and have hardly stopped. God is so good.
When the Lord tells you that 'You need to sing', then you need to do that!!!
Now in response to the OP - prayer is our communication with Him - which should mean or talking back and forth with Him.
Yet we hear His words because we believe in Him - that He is there with us - and that believe is blown around in the wind (the spirits of this world) And while John the Baptist was the greatest born of women (according to Jesus Himself) Jesus also compared John to a reed blowing in the wind. So what did you mean by writing "the words, 'You need to sing' came immediately into my mind." If not that He was speaking to your spirit via His Holy Spirit - which you mind picked up (in your heart). The Word of God we preach is found in our hearts, and mouth when we are not considering what is on our hearts. And was it not Him also that gave you the thought to look on your bookshelf? Of course is was, but you wrote " I suddenly thought". Again it was Him, wasn't it? Of course it was, so why don't we just stat the obvious? Is that because our faith, that He is really there, is getting blown around in the wind?
It sounds like you needed a stronger understanding that He was indeed present with you, and there is something written about His presence and His praises.
Ps 100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
So it is of no surprise that the Wonderful Counselor (Jesus Christ) told you to come before His with singing. Did you need some gladness in your life.
Now I don't usually sing to the Lord when I converse with Him - at least not at the start. But I can tell you that as I spend time with Him it is not unusually that I wind up singing praises to Him, even if it only inside me. I too have a terrible voice for singing. But it happens and that it no surprise.
amigo de christo
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Weep and pray and pray and weep for the lost . Weep and wail and cry aloud
that the LORD send true laborers into the harvest
and reverse the lies of men sold through the broad path message .
Weep and wail , cry for the lost who sit under decieved men
that have led this people far from the true faith and made a covenant with death by means of a love it cliams be of GOD .
And pray that men will stand and correct these way ward leaders , expose their wayward doctrine and false gospel
and that many of them TOO will repent before the day cometh WHEREIN it will be forever too late . Keep praying .
I often do. Sometimes, when I'm praying in the Spirit, the words come out like a song. But I often do sing during prayer time.
DuckieLady
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Yes, especially in trials. When I was going through a really dark time, I used to sing Psalms with the lyre. (I wasn't that good, you know. There aren't a whole lot of instructions for lyres these days. You have to play by ear.)
It was a time of severe poverty and God used people to leave food at my door.
Sometimes God would wake me up the next day and have me sing worship in the morning. It gave me a lot of comfort.
amigo de christo
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Better it is to sing TO GOD with a not so well sounding voice
than to sing to what and who one THINKS is GOD and yet that version of HIM accepts their sins and even UNBELIEF in CHRIST .
I have seen people who can sing and sound angelic
whose praise can seem as beautiful to the ear
and yet for all that talent and all that gifting
they sing to the god who honors their sin and has given them the lie that its okay to hold your rainbow or praise the god of money
So who do you THINK GOD thinks sings lovely
those who sing to him and honor HIM , if even their voice be weak
OR those who can sing as angels and yet sing to another version of what they think is GOD
and yet that their sin accepting unbelief accepting version DENIES HIM . You jus sing away dear sister .
THE LORD knoweth the heart . Now lift those hands and praise the glorious LORD.
DuckieLady
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Yes! There's definitely a time to sing.
I'll be honest though. There were also times when I didn't say much of anything and just bowed down, looked to God, and cried for maybe an hour. God answers those prayers, too.
amigo de christo
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Let he who is merry sing pslams
let he who is sick pray .......
Sure dear sister there is a time for weeping and a time for singing .
But do want to hear a very lovely truth that by grace i learned .
ITS ALWAYS TIME TO TRUST IN THE LORD , to HONOR and TO LOVE HIM through it all .
Having all HOPE in CHRIST JESUS . always the time be that .
Yes, I do. I’ve actually written many scriptural songs, which helps me to memorize and remember these beautiful scriptures and promises. I believe God loves music; He sings, too!
Zephaniah 3:17 (NKJV) The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet [you] with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Marvelloustime
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I so relate to this, sister. Still to this day, my prayer times begin with reverence, worship, coupled with tears, weeping ...no words, but deep heart. Words come later ....usually worship and tears ...then praying in the Spirit, and often, song. English words are few. After pouring myself out to Him, and praying in the Spirit, then understanding comes, and words with fervency. Relate?
I often have trouble in church settings because there are always tears, and people misunderstood, and misjudge, make assumptions about why the tears and come over and pray things that are so far from what is going on between the Lord and I. I wish they'd ask the Lord and not interfere. That's just what happens when the heart connects and communes with Him .... I'm not ashamed of the tears. It's a gift to be able to release. And He is so near.
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DuckieLady
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Definitely. It kind of goes in a theme for me.I so relate to this, sister. Still to this day, my prayer times begin with reverence, worship, coupled with tears, weeping ...no words, but deep heart. Word cone later ....usually worship and tears ...then praying in the Spirit, and often, song. English words are few. After pouring myself out to Him, and praying in the Spirit, then understanding comes, and words. Relate?
I often have trouble in church settings because there are always tears, and people misunderstood, and misjudge, make assumptions about why the tears and come over and pray things that are so far from what is going on between the Lord and I. I wish they'd ask the Lord and not interfere. That's just what happens when the heart connects and communes with Him .... I'm not ashamed of the tears. It's a gift to be able to release. And He is so near.
I think God for his grace because I know in situations, I was out of control and not praying reverantly. This is what stresses me out about myself. There are times where I have felt so afraid and scared, anxious, and angry at God, and had these meltdowns and then wake up to "Get up. It's time to worship."
And then everything worked out his way. I still do this sometimes.
Like why don't you just trust? Why don't you just feel fine? If you know what you've experienced and God did not leave you despite the turmoil you felt, why won't you just trust?
But I think David asked a similar question.
"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God."
DuckieLady
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It's easy to write and feel vulnerable, but for me, publicly it's not easy.I often have trouble in church settings because there are always tears, and people misunderstood, and misjudge, make assumptions about why the tears and come over and pray things that are so far from what is going on between the Lord and I. I wish they'd ask the Lord and not interfere. That's just what happens when the heart connects and communes with Him .... I'm not ashamed of the tears. It's a gift to be able to release. And He is so near.
My father was very stoic and self expression was kind of frowned upon in the home. So I think I generally hold back. A lot. Maybe too much.
When you know it's just you and Him ...that the only audience that matters is Him ...it doesn't matter what others think. I'm not one to make a spectacle of myself publicly, but if tears and weeping come ... it's between me and Him.
Ritajanice
Born-Again
Another thing I have always done, when listening to praise music, is dancing in the Spirit, even in church I would dance, it’s like the Spirit takes us over, that’s another way of praising God..The joy of dancing for the Lord is truly “ amazing “!!
In the Bible, Psalms 149:3says, “Let them praise his name with dancing…Praise him with tambourine and dance…”3In 2 Samuel 6:14–22, David dances before the Lord with all his might, providing us with a wonderful example of what it truly means to surrender to God in worship.
In the Bible, Psalms 149:3says, “Let them praise his name with dancing…Praise him with tambourine and dance…”3In 2 Samuel 6:14–22, David dances before the Lord with all his might, providing us with a wonderful example of what it truly means to surrender to God in worship.
Lambano
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A teacher whom I greatly respect said that prayer time is the one time when we can be absolutely honest and transparent. If you feel like singing, sing. If you need to cry, cry. If you want to cuss, cuss. We can take off our masks, because God can see through the mask and knows what's in our hearts.
That is freeing.
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