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Sing and Pray With My Neighbors, August 22
Being a God Neighbor
They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and
worshipped.
2 Chronicles 29:30
The presentation of the truth in love and sympathy, from house to
house, is in harmony with the instruction that Christ gave to His disciples
when He sent them out on their first missionary tour. By songs of praise
to God, by humble, heartfelt prayers, by a simple presentation of Bible
truth in the family circle, many will be reached. The divine [Worker]
will be present to send conviction to hearts. “I am with you alway” is His
promise. With the assurance of the abiding presence of such a Helper,
we may labor with hope and faith and courage.
Those who have the gift of song are needed. Song is one of the most
effective means of impressing spiritual truth upon the heart. Often by
the words of sacred songs the springs of penitence and faith have been
unsealed.... Church members, young and old, should be educated to go
forth to proclaim this last message to the world. If they go in humility,
angels of God will go with them, teaching them how to lift up the voice
in prayer, how to raise the voice in song, and how to proclaim the gospel
message for this time.
Learn to sing the simplest of songs. These will help you in house-
to-house labor, and hearts will be touched by the influence of the Holy
Spirit. Christ was often heard singing hymns of praise.... There was joy
in His heart. We learn from the Word that there is joy among the angels
of heaven over one repentant sinner and that the Lord rejoices over His
church with singing.
As, like the disciples, you go from place to place telling the story of
the Saviour’s love, you will make friends and will see the fruit of your
labor.
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