{"id":1876,"date":"2009-12-28T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:26:35","slug":"christmas-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/christmas-songs.htm","title":{"rendered":"After Christmas: Let’s Remember to Keep Singing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christmas-lights7\"\"Christmas-lights7\"We’ve sung the familiar Christmas carols at church, listened to holiday music playing in the stores and on the radio.\u00a0\u00a0 A new year<\/a> begins and so the old songs are put aside until another Christmas<\/a> comes along.<\/p>\n

But, wasn’t it the hope of Christmas that gave us a reason to sing … that put a new song in our hearts and not just on our lips?<\/p>\n

Enjoy Christmas Songs but Keep Singing, Singing that’s Ceaseless<\/h2>\n

People of the Old Testament times looked forward to the coming Messiah.\u00a0 Though Jesus still hadn’t come, they still found plenty of reasons to sing.\u00a0 The psalmist spoke of a new song because of all the marvelous deeds,\u00a0goodness, and salvation of the Lord and so wrote of ceaseless praise.<\/p>\n

“. . . that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.” (Ps. 90:14)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We look back at His coming, what we call Christmas.\u00a0 The theme of ceaseless singing\u00a0continues.<\/p>\n

“Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Eph. 5:19-20)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We read of angels singing in the end times about how the Lamb is worthy\u00a0to\u00a0exercise judgment\u00a0(Rev. 5:9-14; 15:1-4)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Singing That is Comely<\/h2>\n

Singing is a means of praising God, of exalting Him, of expressing our joy and thanksgiving to Him. Because it points to the Lord, it is a beautiful thing.\u00a0 — “How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise Him” (Ps. 147:1)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Though the calendar date is no longer Christmas, we still sing “Gloria, in Excelsis Deo” … Glory to God in the Highest!\u00a0 Praising God through singing is not only becoming, it is beneficial.\u00a0 It is good.<\/p>\n

Do you need to continue with the Christmas carols to sing praise to Him?\u00a0 Of course not.\u00a0 But, let’s remember to keep singing about Him\u00a0and not get caught up in the despair and hopelessness around us.\u00a0 The Lord has come!\u00a0 The Lord will come again!<\/p>\n

This post forms the basis for one of the sessions in the Christmas Reminders Curriculum<\/span><\/span><\/a> for adult classes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new year begins and so the old songs are put aside until another Christmas comes along. But, wasn’t it the hope of Christmas that gave us a reason to sing … Continue reading After Christmas: Let’s Remember to Keep Singing<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t