Let's Get Loud!

This past weekend was our Tri-Town Summer Festival and the theme was Make Some Noise...
M.E.T. Music was involved in 3 activities from Wednesday through Saturday and then our church hosted the final movie night event on Sunday night.  Was a busy, but fun weekend, with many of the events revolving around the theme.  The float that my daughter (who is M.E.T. Music) did was all decked out with her DJ equipment ..dance floor, lights, inflatable guitars and microphones and of course LOUD Music!  We were making some noise!  The whole family was a part; her Dad and I, her husband (and now DJ partner) her siblings, their spouses and children!  We had a couple of friends help walk and hand out....hand clappers 👏 of course!!😀
As we had been preparing and being a part of these events I kept thinking about "being loud", "making some noise" and How that applies to us as Christians.
How about us Christians?!
Are we willing to get LOUD for JESUS?
Make some noise for our Faith!?

📖 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

With trumpets and s]lound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King. Psalm 98:4-6 (KJV)

We are to make sure we are loud about our faith in Christ!
📖 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100
We are to worship with shouts of gladness and songs of joy!  Can I get an "AMEN!"?

I totally understand time and place for shouting, even joyfully....but we should not be so dour...so somber faced when we worship our Lord, we should be happy to sing and make music for our righteous and loving God!

📖 Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. 
Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.  For the word of the Lord is rightand true;  he is faithful in all he does.  The Lord loves righteousness and justice;  the earth is full of his unfailing love. Psalm 33:3-5

And my understanding of scripture shows me that we can be loud when we are down and desperate.
📖The righteous cry out, and theLord hears them;
    he delivers them from all their troubles.
18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
    and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:17-18
We can CRY OUT ...doesn't sound like a quiet whimper to me!  Not "call out"  but CRY OUT when our spirits are crushed and we are broken.
God hears us....when we cry out in brokenness and when we shout out in gladness!
He hears us when our hearts are turned to Him!

And we need to let the world around us see us ...HEAR us being loud for our Lord...not being afraid to worship Him and share our joyfulness.  And to see us when we are weak and vulnerable...because they will see Who we cry out to...Who we turn to!

Just like I said last week..."He is there...we just have to say hello"!....but now, more than hello!  SHOUT TO THE LORD ALL THE EARTH
LET US SING!!!  Celebrate Jesus!!
🎵 Make It Loud. by Martha Munizzi