I. Singing Reflects Joy of Soul:

Even secular folks speak of the endorphins, such as serotonin and dopamine. These are happy chemicals that boost your mood and make you feel good about yourself. In the Lord, we see Eph 5:19 exhorting us to address one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, as well as sing and make melody to the Lord with our heart.

II. Singing to the Lord is Obedience to the Word:

Joyful noise, Psalms 95:1-2, "Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!" A product of the Word in Us, Col 3:16, "Let the word of Christ dwell in your richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God."

III. Singing to the Lord Blesses the Heart of God:

Praising the Name of the Lord, Psalm 69:30-31, "I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs." Good and fitting to sing His praises, Psalm 147:1, "Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting."

IV. The Lord Inhabits Our Praise:

Psalm 22:3, "Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel."

Six reasons to sing unto the Lord from an article written by New Spring church Wichita Kansas:

• 1. God is great! Psalm 150:1-6, "Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!"

• 2. God tells us to sing, Psalm 100:2.

• 3. Singing is a way to respond to God together. Ephesians 5:19, Psalm 22:22.

• 4. Singing is a public way to show how great God is. Psalm 105:1, "Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!"

• 5. God sings over us. Zephaniah 3:17, "The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing."

• 6. God wants a new song. Isaiah 42:10, "Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants."