Word for Today - 2 Nov 2024
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"At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God."
Acts 16:25 NKJV
Songs of deliverance (2)
Even science agrees that music has healing power. Today we have music therapists who play sounds that set captives free in hospitals, special needs classrooms, nursing homes, and other environments. Harvard University researchers, among
others, are reporting that music is a healing balm for stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and the physical stress of premature birth. They have also learned that music can improve surgical outcomes, help to restore lost speech, reduce side effects of
cancer therapy, relieve pain, improve mood, and battle depression. Dr. GottfriedSchlaug, a Harvard University neurologist, told the Los Angeles Times, “Music might provide an alternative entry point to the brain because it can
unlock so many different doors into an injured or ill brain.” His research shows that pitch, harmony, melody, rhythm, and emotion, which are all components of music, engage different parts of the brain—parts of the brain that are also
important for speech, movement, and social interaction. “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Psalm 107:20 NKJV). So, when music is the medium used to praise God and express His creative and
life-changing Word, you begin to see its potential to bring deliverance. That was certainly so for Paul and Silas: “At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there
was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed” (Acts 16:25-26 NKJV). Change your attitude. Change your environment. Change your
outlook. Start surrounding yourself with songs of deliverance!
Soul food: Isa 34-37; John 7:25-44; Ps 104:24-35; Prov 28:9-12
Acts 16:25 NKJV
Songs of deliverance (2)
Even science agrees that music has healing power. Today we have music therapists who play sounds that set captives free in hospitals, special needs classrooms, nursing homes, and other environments. Harvard University researchers, among
others, are reporting that music is a healing balm for stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and the physical stress of premature birth. They have also learned that music can improve surgical outcomes, help to restore lost speech, reduce side effects of
cancer therapy, relieve pain, improve mood, and battle depression. Dr. GottfriedSchlaug, a Harvard University neurologist, told the Los Angeles Times, “Music might provide an alternative entry point to the brain because it can
unlock so many different doors into an injured or ill brain.” His research shows that pitch, harmony, melody, rhythm, and emotion, which are all components of music, engage different parts of the brain—parts of the brain that are also
important for speech, movement, and social interaction. “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Psalm 107:20 NKJV). So, when music is the medium used to praise God and express His creative and
life-changing Word, you begin to see its potential to bring deliverance. That was certainly so for Paul and Silas: “At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there
was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed” (Acts 16:25-26 NKJV). Change your attitude. Change your environment. Change your
outlook. Start surrounding yourself with songs of deliverance!
Soul food: Isa 34-37; John 7:25-44; Ps 104:24-35; Prov 28:9-12
