A Moment with Joni Eareckson Tada

Remember His Song

Episode Summary

Whatever hardships you live with, strengthen yourself with Christ’s example on the night he was betrayed. Take up your cross daily, and do it to the tune of a hymn.

Episode Transcription

Have you ever wondered when Jesus sang? Well, hi, I’m Joni, and we can be sure that Jesus sang at religious festivals in Jerusalem and he certainly knew many Psalms set to music. Yet there is only one place in the Bible where it is recorded that Jesus sang. Matthew 26 says that on the night he was betrayed they sang a hymn and then they went out to the Mount of Olives. Wow. Of all the times and places that God chose to have us remember his Son singing, it is when he was betrayed and led to his death. This was the one horrible moment – recorded for posterity – when we know for certain that our Savior sang. And so, whether you live with quadriplegia and chronic pain like me or face some other hardship, strengthen yourself with Christ’s example in the Upper Room. Take up your cross daily, and always do it to the tune of a timeless hymn.

 

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