January 14: NEW SONG!

 

Oh, sing to the Lord a NEW SONG!

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.  (Psalm 96:1)

 

1.       Today I will live in the now!  I will live in the now because there is a new song in my mouth today—a song of victory in the now—a song of praise written on my heart by the Divine Psalmist, the Holy Spirit.  He has given me the melody and the key.  He has given me the tempo and the rhythm.  He has given me the lyrics and the phrasing.  He will inhabit my praise today.

 

2.       Today I will sing a new song of redemption.  I will celebrate my salvation and sing of my passage from death unto life.  I will sing the resurrection and all of its eternal benefits.  I will not take for granted my blood-bought right to the rhapsody of the redeemed, never hesitating to perform it for all to hear—in this realm and in the next.

 

3.       Today I will sing a new song of war.  My song will help me fight the good fight of faith.  I will sing myself to the front lines of the Lord’s army, and there I will declare the end from the beginning.  I will sing of triumph before the battle is over, prevailing over my enemies by confounding and confusing them.  Praise the Lord, for His mercy endures forever!  Mine is the song of a conquering warrior/hero.

 

4.       Today I will sing a new song of agreement.  “Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven” (Matthew 18:19 AMP).  My song, sung with others in agreement with me and around me, will cause us to be one and, therefore, nothing that we imagine to do will be impossible to us!

 

5.       Today I will sing a new song of love to the One who knows me the best, and still loves me the most.  I will sing a mature song of affection, intimacy, passion, and divine romance in the hidden chamber of love—the secret place of the Most High. I will sing with intense conviction and expressed desire.  God will hear it and be blessed today.  I will be a lover after His own heart.

 

6.       Today I will sing a new song of thanksgiving.  I will sing the beauty of the world around me.  My song will acknowledge that God has done all things well.  I will sing the glory of His creation.  I will clap my hands along with the trees of the field.  I will not sing a mourner’s lament or a funeral dirge today, but my song will be one of gladness, born out of my joy in the Holy Ghost!

 

7.       Today I can get through anything that comes my way, because God has given me a new song.  I will not miss the opportunity to sing it today, and today I will live in the now!

 

Father, help me to sing a new song today.  In Jesus’ name, amen.

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