Music is a great way to slow our minds and hearts down and focus on gratitude.
No one is meant to go through life alone. God wants to give us friendships where we are each other's teammates, number one fans, and support systems.
We may feel regret, and think that this is just who we are. God understands how we feel, but wants to help us see that we are not defined by our mistakes.
Hopelessness can be a difficult feeling to express. Through music, we can go from feeling overwhelmed by hopelessness to hopeful and dreaming with God.
Through music, we can go from feeling overwhelmed by anxiety to calm and at peace with God.
This month's playlist will be called "I'm Feeling...Free," to help us better understand and express how it feels to be stuck and trapped, and, with God's help, become free.
When we feel alone and isolated, we can become afraid that if we really let people in, they won't accept us for who we are. But God wants fill the hole that loneliness creates.
Music speaks to the soul and helps us express parts of ourselves that are too deep for words. We can use music to help us feel closer to God, as well.
Music can help spur us on, where we can not only intellectually understand the need for change to the world around us, but be stirred in our hearts to become the people who bring that change.
Emotions can be overwhelming. Emotions were also overwhelming for the psalmists, but they had an outlet for understanding and expressing them – music!
Our view of God matters. Listen to this collection of songs that help us think about how God loves, cares about, understands, and believes in us.