Sing A New Song

The message that follows is intended for worship leaders and worship team members throughout the body of Christ.  This message is meant to be an encouragement to worship leaders to "Sing a New Song" and an encouragement to make use of a free resource that offers new songs freely.

Psalms 33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.

Psalms 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

Psalms 96:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.

Psalms 98:1 A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

Psalms 144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

Psalms 149:1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in

Isaiah 42:10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; the congregation of saints.

Revelation 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

Sing "a new song", why is this phrase used so often in the Psalms and echoed in Isaiah and Revelation?  I think that God understands our fickle hearts and minds.  You see, there is nothing that we enjoy more than hearing something familiar, until it becomes too familiar and then, we'd rather not hear it for a while.

I'm sure that you've had this experience with a song. You hear it the first few times and it sounds ok.  Suddenly, when you're hearing it the third or fourth time, you say to yourself, "I really like this song".  As time goes on, you find yourself humming it, singing it and wanting to hear it again! Then one day it happens, you feel like that song is "done".  You don't want to hear, play or sing that song… you want a new song!

As a worship leader or worship team member, you're probably aware that you usually become "tired" of song before the congregation does.  That's because you typically play and hear a song five to ten times for every one time that the congregation hears it.  And, you are probably sensitive about the number of new songs that you "spring" on the congregation.  What is the right "mix" of familiar songs and new songs? I'm sure that it's probably different for different congregations but I think that a good rule of thumb is one new song every other week.  In other words, 26 new songs per year.  It takes discipline to do this but the reward is that you avoid the risk of becoming "stale".  To accomplish this task, you need three things:

1. A way for you to hear potential new songs.
2. A way to get charts and support files for new songs.
3. A way to keep track of the songs you are using.

This website is committed to providing you with these things, AND IT'S ALL FREE!   At the search page, you can search through 300+ songs and find one that meets the needs of you and your congregation.  The SetBuilder allows you keep track of songs used and the date they were used.

Spread the word!  Tell every worship leader that you know that there is a FREE resource on the web that has everything they need to keep the worship fresh and crisp!