THINK TOGETHER.
What kind of songs do you like to sing?
READ TOGETHER
Proverbs 29:6. An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
One of the signs that a person is a Christian is that they sing and rejoice. This is how you can tell that a person is righteous and not evil. The evil person is too busy trying to get out of trouble. They are ensnared, or trapped, by their own transgression (sin). They're too busy worrying, plotting, twisting, and running to sing. They can't rejoice because they simply aren't happy. Why not? Because they feel guilty.
But the righteous person is happy. Not because their life is better or easier, it might not be, but because they are forgiven and set free from their sin. Remember, with Jesus righteousness is a free gift. When we receive Jesus as our savior he gives us his very own righteousness. He sets us free from the trap of our transgression. We don't have to free ourselves, Jesus has done it! What is our response to this gift of Jesus' righteousness and freedom? We sing! We shout. We rejoice.
This is why singing is such a big part of church (or at least it should be). Did you know that Christians are the only religion that sings praises to God? In fact, in the Bible, we are told to sing to God more than we are told to do anything else. Does your church sing? I'm sure it does. Do you like to sing at church? I hope you do.
Have you ever gone to church but you just didn't want to sing? Why not? Maybe you didn't know the songs. Maybe you were bored. Or maybe you were too busy feeling trapped by your transgression. Don't ever let that be the reason for not singing. Why not? Because with Jesus you are never trapped.
Because of Jesus we are set free from sin and made righteousness.
With Jesus we can sing and rejoice!
DO SOMETHING TOGETHER
Send some time singing together as a family. There are lots of great resources for kid-friendly praise songs. Check out Seeds Family Worship, Austin Stone Worship: Kids, Colin Buchanan, Shai Linne's album Jesus Kids, Getty Kids Hymnal, Rain for Roots, Sovereign Grace Music kids albums.
PRAY TOGETHER
Jesus, you have set me free. Help me to be full of your joy today because I am free in you. Amen.
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