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The righteous will flourish... They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,  proclaiming, The Lord is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him. Psalm 92:12, 14-15 NIV Our culture says expectation you get less useful as you age...at some age, you're no longer as useful, no longer of value. But the Bible says something different. Not only will there be fruit, there can be freshness, green, growth...the key here is the source The Lord Our Rock In Him there is no shred of the corrupted, imperfect, prone to selfishness, hearts that we have. No, the Lord is upright. Truth Trustworthy He is the source of our fruit. It's in Him we need to sink, and keep sinking our roots, and we can stay fresh and green...full of Life There is no "use by" date in God's economy... #psalms #psalm92 #thrive #makesomemusic

How great are your works, O Lord ! Your thoughts are very deep! Psalms 92:5 ESV Ever been in a  conversation and our only  response is "wow that's deep!" I'm going to have to really think about that That challenges the way I see things That's beyond my current understanding... Not only are God's works great but His thinking is deep. Challenging When we think we know it all there's more...another level with God...reasons we've never thought of... I don't want a small God who is easily and completely understood...but a Big God, of mystery, of deep thinking, someone beyond. While I may not always "get" Him, understand or even agree, one thing I know - He loves. Loves us. #psalms #psalm92 #makesomemusic #sing #sunday #worship #thisisourGod

For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. Psalms 92:4 ESV Sometimes we lose sight of God's goodness...we get buried in work, study, parenting...good things...but we lose the joy somehow. We stop singing. This song says to look up and out at the goodness of God's work. That could be the created world, the ecology, the animals, even the bugs make some people sing. It could be our humanity, the physical, the miracle of our minds...or the people...the wonder-full people in our lives... Maybe it's the way God has worked in your life or someone else's that makes you sing...or the fact that the Creator Of The Universe loves you...died for you... What makes you sing? #psalms #psalm92 #makesomemusic #sing

It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High,  proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night... Psalm 92:1-2 NIV In the morning proclaim God's love for you...and at night His faithfulness... what a way to choose to bookend our days! Start with no matter what today holds God loves you, He's chosen you...and end with how faithful...review your day and reflect on God at work in your heart, responses, maybe someone you met, some encouragement you got, direction, guidance, or simply knowing God is With us... Love in the morning Faithfulness at night Not a bad way to choose to live...and in between, make some music... #thelongchoosing #proclaim #makesomemusic #faithful #psalms #psalm92

It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High,  proclaiming your love in the morning... Psalm 92:1-2 NIV Great strategy of David's that we should try... Proclaim God's love in the morning... start the day with a reminder of God's love for You. The One who has a You shaped space in His heart...the One who loves... Normally when we proclaim love it's our love for someone else, to tell or remind someone of our love for them, but here we are called to proclaim God's love for us...to remind ourselves...that we're dearly loved. Would it change our day if we started with that proclamation? Would that set us up to make some music? #dearlyloved #proclaim #makesomemusic

It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name... Psalm 92:1-2 NIV Did you make some music yesterday? When we work in our area of gifting, when we do good for the communities in which we live and work and study...when we love the people in front of us...music :) What about that first sentence tho... "It's good to praise the Lord" even on a Tuesday. Praise isn't just for Sunday, just in church... What good things have we got to praise God for? What can I praise Him for? Try it now :) #makesomemusic #agentsofgrace #praisetheLord

It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name... Psalm 92:1-2 NIV "There's something about music that joins our physical world with the spiritual" Sometimes when we worship together as a community God speaks and works in us in a special way...I'm grateful for our musicians and songwriters for the way they help us worship and connect us with God & each other. But I can't make music. Missed a gene or something. Maybe when I exercise my gifts in serving God or his people, that too is making music Maybe when I am a generous friend, a kind boss, a gentle responder, that's making music. Maybe when I go out of my way for someone else, keep loving when nothing comes back, that's making music. Whenever​ I forgive. Even when I'm not forgiven. Give expecting nothing When I love. Maybe that's music #makesomemusic #agentsofgrace