• “How different the world would look, how different the state of our nation would be, if there were more sanctified priestly souls! These are souls who have the power to bless, for they intercede with sanctified hearts. They never begin their daily time of intercessory prayer without having first brought to the cross all that is unholy in their lives, so that their old self can be crucified there with Jesus, the sacrificial Lamb.” – Basilea Schlink

Singing Old and New by Nancy Leigh DeMoss 09/07/11

Nancy Leigh DeMoss: When I travel, I often take something that might seem unusual. It’s a book of worship choruses or perhaps a hymnal. When I’m busy and on the road, I need to take time to sing to the Lord.

I find that both hymns and choruses have value. A lot of the repetitive, simple choruses that we sing today are meaningful expressions of love to the Lord.

So many hymns that come to us through the history of the church are rich in theology. They communicate with a depth that we don’t always see in contemporary choruses. I think abandoning hymns leads us to a shallow, emotionally driven experience.

It may take more effort to sing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” than to sing a modern chorus, but the payoff of disciplining our minds to think great thoughts about God is well worth the effort.

With Seeking Him, I’m Nancy Leigh DeMoss.

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But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. — Isaiah 53:5-6 (NKJV)

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