Some examples of what I mean by this are below in the CD's that I recommend. We listen to hymns on CD-in the house, in the car, wherever! We love hymns! :-) I believe, and this is my personal conviction-take it or leave it-that young children are better off listening to slower-paced music that is simple and edifying and fun, rather than the fast-paced "fluff" that is usually offered to them. In this way, hymns are included into our daily life. I rock my children and sing them hymns or very softly play a CD of hymns as they fall asleep (or do both). We sing a hymn in the morning together when we have our daily devotional time and we sing a hymn at night together after supper after a brief time of Bible reading. We have collected a number of hymnals and sing from them regularly. I want that experience to be a strong part of our children's lives. It was a blessing for me to find a church in the Midwest that sings exclusively from the physical hymnal. So how do I incorporate hymns into our daily lives? I think that these can also be useful and beneficial in our lives, in our children's lives, and in the life of the church.īut hymns, sung from the physical hymnal or from memory can enrich our lives and our children's lives greatly, and I believe can strongly enrich the church in terms of the deep theology that they hold for every generation. I want to pass that joy onto my children.Īm I recommending only hymns, exclusively hymns, nothing else? Absolutely not! :-) I appreciate and enjoy praise choruses and songs steeped in the Scripture I love the Psalms sung out as songs in modern language. There is a vast treasure-house of beauty found in reading about the lives of the hymnwriters-George Matheson, Fanny Crosby, John Robinson, Charles Wesley, Issac Watts and the list literally goes on and on. I love the stories behind them, the lessons held and buried deep and true in their author's lives and in the Lord's dealings with them. I love the theology contained in them, the joy expressed within their beautiful metered stanzas, and the deep rich heritage that they hold for us in the faith. I grew up in churches where hymns were sung with power and joy and conviction, not woodenly and lifelessly. Since they were babies, I sought to incorporate hymns into our daily routine and to instill in them an appreciation for the old beloved hymns of the faith. This animated video will motivate you to pray this breakthrough prayer for unity.One of the things that the Lord has impressed upon my heart with my children is including hymns into their daily life. We are in Kingdom connection and need one another. God invites us to enter His heart for united prayer and breakthrough unity. The urgency of this time cries out for it. Isn’t this the season that we should finally join forces and take back the nations for God and His Kingdom? Isn’t it time that we learn this simple truth? But the worth far surpasses anything any one of us could do alone. Getting a group of Christians to pray together is hard work. We have experienced a change in our personal lives because of corporate prayer.ģ. Our faith is ignited and we become stronger spiritually. When we pray together we encourage one another, and our own burdens seem to lighten. The Church has the authority to facilitate God’s will and purposes on the earth. Imagine the dynamic power released when whole churches come together to pray in a city. The word “agree” is “sympathy” in the Greek, and it means to sound together in harmony with one another concerning what God wants. Where two or more agree about an issue they are asking God for, and ask according to God’s will and purpose, He answers. It is in all of us, not one of us.” George Otis, Jr. We must look at ourselves in a kingdom connection. We must give ourselves away to one another and to Him. “Unity is a revelation of the spirit of God that sees that only together can we get the results that God wants.
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