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Music Devotions: Week 1, "Sing Praises"

Week One:   SING PRAISES Ps. 47:6, “ Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.” Four times the command to “sing praises” is given in this verse!   Oftentimes when a command is repeated, its importance is underscored.   Baptist preacher John Gill wrote, “The repetition of the phrase ‘sing praises’ denotes frequency, constancy, fervency, and great devotion in the performance of this service.”   Looking at each of the words John Gill uses helps us consider the way in which we should sing praises to God: Frequency:   How often something happens Constancy:   Something that happens often Fervency:   Doing something with all your heart Great devotion:   Consecrating your heart as you sing Do we frequently, often, and fervently sing to our King?  As we work at jobs around the house, we can follow this command.   Whenever we pick up the hymnal in a church service, we certainly ought to sing praises with all our hearts.    When the offer