Sing a Song Unto the Lord

One of the ways I love to connect to the Lord is through music. In college I learned how to play the guitar, and I have binders full of worship music and old hymns that I’ve collected over the years. From time to time I’ll get out the guitar and sing songs to the Lord. Truth be told, I don’t have the greatest voice and you’ll never see me singing on stage Sunday mornings, but when I’m all alone and singing my heart out to God something special happens.

There have been many moments in my life when I needed to connect with God, but my standard, spiritual disciplines weren’t working. Reading scripture didn’t seem to penetrate my soul or transform my mind. Prayer seemed empty, and I was at a loss for words to say. I was going through the motions with no real change happening inside. But then I would pick up my guitar and start to sing songs unto the Lord. Songs filled with scripture and prayers from others who have gone before us.  Slowly, at times two to three songs into it, the breakthrough would happen. Tears would flow and peace would come. I’d connect with God in ways that words couldn’t explain.

So, today I thought it might be special to write some of the lyrics that have deepened my relationship with the Lord. Here are a few songs that have broken through my heart and connected me to my Savior in deeper ways than I could have ever imagined. I hope and pray as you read them something special happens. You probably know some the songs…feel free to sing along and worship the Lord with me.

Create In Me a Clean Heart (Ps 51:10-12)

Create in me a clean heart, O God.

And renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from Thy presence, O Lord.

Take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of Thy Salvation.

And renew a right spirit within me.

Turn Your Eyes

Turn your eyes upon Jesus.

Look full in His wonderful face.

And the things of earth

Will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace.

Lord You Are

Lord, you are more precious than silver.

Lord, you are more costly than gold.

Lord, you are more beautiful than diamonds.

And nothing I desire compares to you.

I Love You Lord

I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice.

To worship you, oh my soul rejoice.

Take joy my King, in what you hear.

May it be a sweet, sweet sound

To Your ear.

My next verse is a song I learned years ago and is taken right from scripture. I will be singing my memory verse this time around. :-)

He hath shown thee, oh man, what is good and what the Lord requires of thee. But to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with Thy God. Micah 6:8