I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. (Psalm 104:33)

We Are All Called to Sing

All of Scripture calls us to sing. There is a hymnbook in the middle of the Bible, a songbook that every family can use. It’s called the Psalms. Each psalm gives us words to sing, words to pray, words to share. The very first psalm is a wonderful place to start. It describes the one who worships and listens and follows the Lord:

He is like a tree

planted by streams of water

that yields its fruit in its season,

and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers. (Psalm 1:3)

Like the tree in this book we become a blossoming tree, full of life, as we learn to love and follow and trust the Lord. As we listen to and obey his word, it becomes like a stream of water in us. It blossoms good and lasting fruit in our hearts and minds. One way to always keep his word near us is to sing it.

Many of the psalms actually talk about singing. Here are three verses, from a few of my favorite psalms, that teach us about singing to the Lord.

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