Singing
HOLY WEEK
Sing to the Lord! Bless his name!
Share the news of his saving work every single day! ~ Psalm 66:2 (CEB)
After singing songs of praise, they went out to the Mount of Olives. ~ Mark 14:26 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Sing praise to God for his salvation.
PRAYER:
Lord, I join with all your saints in praising you for the salvation that you secured for us through the cross and resurrection. I confess, though, that my singing is often off-key. I turn the song of your salvation into a song about me and how good I am. That is not really news worth sharing. I am asking you to give me singing lessons so that the song which flows from my life is clearly about you and what you have done for us. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
