A while back Pastor Doug encouraged all of us to prepare our testimony so that we could each be ready “to give an answer…” (1 Peter 3:15).  He reminded us to keep it short (around 3 minutes) – long enough to be effective, but too short for a stranger to lose interest. He called it an “elevator speech” – it utilizes the time you have an audience trapped in an elevator before the doors open to release your “captives.” Everyone should be able to tell someone 1. who they were before they met Jesus, 2. how they accepted Him by faith, and 3. the difference He’s made in their lives since. 

I would propose to you that the songs we sing on Sunday morning together can accomplish a similar purpose. They can help each of us learn the important concepts taught in Scripture and actually REMEMBER them! Each song is around 3-4 minutes, and each is taken directly from or inspired by God’s Word. In the same way that every toddler learns their ABCs from a song, we can learn the precepts of our heavenly Father and remember them forever through worship music. 

There is something that happens when we put important facts/documents/statements to music. We have already talked about the A-B-C song. Every kid in America can sing it! No hard work necessary. Many of Mother Goose’s poems have also been set to music and sung so often that kids don’t even think about the words anymore or what they mean. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Baa, Baa, Black Sheep share the same tune as the A-B-C song. Ring Around the Rosie, Rock-a-bye Baby, and Jack and Jill have very dark humor that kids don’t even understand! And get this -  our national anthem would never have been chosen if Francis Scott Key hadn’t written them to fit a popular tune already written by John Stafford Smith!

Now, imagine the benefits to our child-rearing, home worship time and family Bible training that could come from teaching our children solid, Biblical songs and hymns! As a matter of fact, I think I have heard that very thing mentioned in Scripture before… 

Let the Word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16

See you on Sunday!

    Careen