I coordinate a group of friends who read a Bible chapter each day and comment on a private Facebook group. Last week, as we were reading through the Psalms, the subject of awakening with a song came up again. I\u2019ve written on this before, but it attracted my attention again as I thought about this week\u2019s Manna. My mother woke-up with a hymn or praise song on her mind every morning, and she prayed often that God would give me her song. He did. I don\u2019t sing it very well, but \u201cI will sing unto the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me\u201d (Ps. 13:6). Almost everyone in my family was\/is a musician except me, but I can still sing unto the Lord. I just hope that after the Lord hears me sing, He will still be inclined to deal bountifully with me. A Chinese proverb says, \u201cA bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.\u201d While answers are few and sometime far between, fresh, God-sent songs are daily. How about you? Anyone else start the day with a God-given song?<\/p>\n
Join me this week in remembering the following global prayer requests:
\n\u2022 Join Brad and Rhonda in praying for a strong core group from which to launch public worship for River Community church in the Steveston Village area of metro Vancouver, Canada.
\n\u2022 Join missionaries beginning on January 17 for the week of prayer for the Netherlands.
\n\u2022 Pray for the family of the missionary killed in the terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso and for the safety of other missionaries in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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