Day: 1

Read – Exodus 15:1-19 (Victory)

When my brothers and I were younger we were very competitive… (we are still very competitive).  Victory often led to the writing of some strange song to talk about how amazing we were and how much the other person got worked over.  It was fun to chant and gloat in a small personal accomplishment.  It is weird that we view God so uptight that He would not delight in us rejoicing in the amazing things HE does.  He took whole chapters of the bible to let the songs his children wrote about his victories be declared forever.  He could have just told the story and said they sang, but He left the lyrics in the bible.  He loves to hear his kids sing about His victories.

Do it: Think about something good did so amazing in your life a sing a song about it.  Just sing what ever comes to your mind.

Day: 2

Read – Psalm 51 (Sorry)

Have you ever gotten an apology from someone that didn’t really mean it? Maybe they just said sorry because they got caught.  These apologies are short and often sarcastic in tone.  It is much easier to forgive someone that comes to you broken hearted over what they did.  Writing a great song takes a lot of thought and emotion.  In this song David was saying sorry for committing a terrible sin.  To write these words He had to relive the moment over and over.  He was so sorry for what he had done that he wrote a song to say sorry.  He was desiring forgiveness more then anything.  Sometimes a song is the best way to return to the heart of God.

Do it:  Do you need to say sorry to Jesus?  Try expressing your emotion of repentance in song or poetically. 

Day: 3

Read – Psalms 66:1-7 (Amazing)

I love music.  I can just lay and listen to music.  I have cried because of the words in a song before.  Something about a great song will get people to listen who normally would not.  It is an incredible tool in declaring the greatness of God because it makes people listen that may normally shut their ears to anything about God.  When writing songs we should write because we have something amazing to say.  The best songs grip your emotions because they some how make you feel it is talking about you.  It gives words to something you are feeling that you are having an otherwise hard time expressing.

Do it:  Try writing a song about something you have been having a hard time expressing.

Day: 4 

Read – 1 Corinthians 14:15-20 (Just for Him)

Before my kids could even talk they loved to sing.  No one could understand a word they were saying but they would walk around the house or sit in there car seat while driving around singing songs with words that only made since to them.  As there father I thought it was the most beautiful song in the world.  Other people thought it was just noise but I knew what they were doing.  Sometimes I even thought I knew what they were saying.  God loves to hear us sing even when it is just Lahhs and Ahhs.  We can say nothing at all with the right heart and it mean the world to our Heavenly Father.

Do it:  When you are along sing a song just to make Jesus happy, even if it doesn’t have any recognizable words.

Day: 5

Read – Ephesians 5:14-20 (Spirit)

Sometimes I just can’t help but to sing!  This section of scripture talks about singing a song that the Holy Spirit places deep inside of us.  When God comes and lives inside us He will place songs in us we cannot explain.  This type of song not only benefits you but encourages everyone around you.

Do it:  This is something that will just have to come out of a deep love for Jesus knowing he lives inside you.