However, I do know harps are very beautiful. Not sure about the lyre but harps are so, so melodious and soothing and calming. It's a wonderful instrument! However, no matter which instrument we have, maybe its just our vocal chords, we can still make a "joyful noise" unto You, morning, noon and night.
Lord, help us to sing Your praises as we read and understand Your Word and obey them in our lives; may they bubble forth in praise, as You make us glad about the deeds You do for us. We can give You praise for the forgiveness of sins, everlasting life, for making us Your sons and daughters; for knowing we belong to You and to Your Son Jesus, alone.
Many do not understand this because they are likely not Your children. They say, "Uh, isn't it better to trust in yourself?" Some get their joy from imbibing a few beers or get a high from drugs. Such false, short-lived "joy".
Lord, we know that the joy of the Lord can be our strength and happiness that can spring up from our innermost being; from our spirit and soul which are under Your Holy Spirit's control.
As we realize how great Your works are and how profound Your thoughts are, Your thoughts being bigger than our thoughts could ever be, we just have to stay speechless and in awe of You and when we do find our tongues, loosen them to only give You praise and adoration.
May we remember to exalt You for ever. We know when we get to heaven there will be unending praise and worship with multitudes upon multitudes of Your children. Those who have gone on before us from ages past, and then from ourselves and generations to come: then there will be perfection of praise. Yet, Father, accept the feeble praise we can give You now.
We know that our enemies and evildoers will be perishing and scattered abroad, but Lord, we can still rejoice in You even when our enemies want to bring us down, down here on Earth, in this dog-eat-dog world. You can lift us up and exalt "our horn". That "horn" being a symbol of strength.
A beast uses its horns to fight with, to show how strong it is. However, Lord, our strength is in You. We are Your kings and priests, Your royal priesthood and Your oil of anointing has been poured upon us as King David had had oil anointing him, 'king'.
You make us flourish in Your courts, Oh Lord our God and bear fruit even in our old age. We will stay "fresh and green" proclaiming that You, LORD, are
"...upright and our Rock and that there is no wickedness at all in You."
Lord, we are getting older, we have to admit even though we are not yet very infirm, help us to still bear fruit in our "old age"; to stay fresh and green in You .
~ERC April 2020~
(originally prayed 2 Feb 2020)
Prayer based on Psalm 92
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