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Don Canavello
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Aaron Van Fleet
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Ryan Sollars
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Craig Foster
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Chris Willis
Michael June
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Barry Root
Curt Davis
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Brian Haines

3. He has put a new song in my mouth- Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the LORD. Psalm 40:3
Hymns
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4. Being Mindful in Our Singing

5. Mindful of Our Songs
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Ephesians 5:18-20

6. Mindful of Our Songs
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord Colossians 3:16

7. Mindful of Our Songs
Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name Hebrews 13:15

8. Mindful of Our Songs
What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding Corinthians 14:15

10. Mindful of Our Songs
Have you taught this doctrine: Faith comes by God’s Grace You are saved when you believe The city of God has not yet come God accepts us with repentance There is nothing you can do to be saved We are free from law in Christ
If a preacher was in the pulpit and spoke these things, he would be dismissed. Yet do some of the songs we sing, which are meant to teach one another, convey these ideas?

11. Mindful of Our Songs
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T'was Grace that taught My heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved. How precious did that Grace appear The hour I first believed. There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism…. 1 Peter 3:21a
Salvation comes when we obey, not “the hour (moment) we believe”

12. Mindful of Our Songs
Oh Wonderful City of God By Faith in the Distance I See But you have come …..to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem….. to the general assembly and church of the firstborn Hebrews 12:22-23
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The city of God is the church, and we have come to it now…..

13. Mindful of Our Songs
Just as I am Without One Plea…. Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:38
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When the songs author said that “to cleanse me……because thy promise I believe”, what was he likely saying? Are we called to God without changing ourselves

14. Mindful of Our Songs
What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus This is He who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 1 John 5:6
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The exclusivity of Jesus blood in salvation is not supported by Scripture. Is this what the song writer meant?

15. Mindful of Our Songs
Free from the law, Oh happy condition So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. James 2:12
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Are we free from all law?

16. Mindful of Our Songs
Songs are written without understanding Where is a “Hill” or “Mount” Calvary Where is a “garden” Jesus waits Where is a “Beautiful Isle”
Some songs have a “poetic license” that is not an accurate statement. There is no “hill” or mount of Calvary; the garden of prayer is metaphorical, the isle of somewhere is just plain unusual.

17. Mindful of Our Songs
Songs are written without understanding Must we cast them out? No; we must sing with understanding
Some songs have a “poetic license” that is not an accurate statement. There is no “hill” or mount of Calvary; the garden of prayer is metaphorical, the isle of somewhere is just plain unusual.

18. Sing With Understanding
First: What do YOU mean in a song Nothing but the blood – no other kind Just as I am – repent now City of God – Is now AND to come
When we sing songs, the original writer may have had other ideas. We can in our own minds adjust the ideas. Not the blood of bulls and goats (Heb 10:4); God calls me to repentance now, not when I am better later. The city of God is now, but it is also something we look to seeing.

19. Mindful of Our Songs 2 Timothy 2:11-13 For if we died with Him,
We shall also live with Him.
If we endure,
We shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
Likely this is a first century song. Look crefully at the last “verse”; could this be misconstrued?

20. Mindful of Our Songs What did this song mean? God does not condemn us?
2 Timothy 2:11-13
For if we died with Him,
We shall also live with Him.
If we endure,
We shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.
What did this song mean?
God does not condemn us?
God is always willing to forgive us?
This last part of this song could be mis-understood. One might say that it refers to “once saved always saved”. We use discernment to say otherwise. This provides us an example of a song that might have confusing words, and the need for a discernment in the singer

21. Sing With Understanding
First: What do YOU mean in a song
Second: Can someone else understand?
“he who occupies the place of the uninformed……does not understand what you say” I Corinthians 14:16b
Paul made mention of the importance of singing in such a way that the unbeliever/uninformed would come to the truth. Some songs, even when we have the right meaning, might not be appropriate if the uninformed is present.

22. Sing Mindful of Others
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When we all get to heaven "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven” Matthew 7:21
If an unbeliever heard this, would he mis-understand our meaning

23. Sing Mindful of Others
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Christ’s love is all I need But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
If an unbeliever heard this, would he mis-understand our meaning

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Where love is in the home, There’s harmony….there’s bliss Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution 2 Timothy 3:12
Love in the home does not always guarantee bliss; perhaps we ouight to be mindful of the suffering of others

25. Sing With Understanding
Being Mindful of our songs may mean: Not singing what we want to hear Singing what is needed

27. Praising God
Only the saved can praise God One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. Proverbs 28:9 Will you please God?