{"id":7233,"date":"2018-11-24T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=7233"},"modified":"2018-11-24T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T15:51:00","slug":"your-decrees-have-been-the-theme-of-my-songs-wherever-i-have-lived-psalm-11954-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/your-decrees-have-been-the-theme-of-my-songs-wherever-i-have-lived-psalm-11954-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Your decrees have been the theme of my songs wherever I have lived.&#8221; (Psalm 119:54 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7kedd\" data-offset-key=\"81moh-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"81moh-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"81moh-0-0\">BIBLE THEMES MAKE THE BEST SONGS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7kedd\" data-offset-key=\"33emu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"33emu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"33emu-0-0\">Although Psalm 119 has no autograph, it is almost universally accepted by older commentators as being of David. Verse 54 moves me to agree. Who else would write of his God-inspired songs, but King Saul&#8217;s favorite song writer and lute player, David?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7kedd\" data-offset-key=\"5e2ne-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5e2ne-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5e2ne-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7kedd\" data-offset-key=\"7d2hb-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7d2hb-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7d2hb-0-0\">I have to agree with David about the best theme for songs. Romantic love might be the most prolific theme for modern songs, but teens soon turn twenty. And agape love, which is God&#8217;s kind of love, is a better theme. Regardless of &#8220;where we live,&#8221; no matter the circumstance, biblical themes make the best songs. They encourage us and bring joy, moving our focus from worldly things to things above. They give us voice to offer the highest praise to our God and to His Son, Jesus Christ. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7kedd\" data-offset-key=\"5nv9a-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5nv9a-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5nv9a-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7kedd\" data-offset-key=\"db34n-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"db34n-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"db34n-0-0\">I love music, especially the songs inspired by Bible themes. Don&#8217;t you?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIBLE THEMES MAKE THE BEST SONGS<br \/>\nAlthough Psalm 119 has no autograph, it is almost universally accepted by older commentators as being of David. Verse 54 moves me to agree. Who else would write of his God-inspired songs, but King Saul&#8217;s favorite song writer and lute player, David?<\/p>\n<p>I have to agree with David about the best theme for songs. Romantic love might be the most prolific theme for modern songs, but teens soon turn twenty. And agape love, which is God&#8217;s kind of love, is a better theme. Regardless of &#8220;where we live,&#8221; no matter the circumstance, biblical themes make the best songs. They encourage us and bring joy, moving our focus from worldly things to things above. They give us voice to offer the highest praise to our God and to His Son, Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n<p>I love music, especially the songs inspired by Bible themes. 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