Song: Sing and Smile and Pray the Clouds Away
1. Sing the clouds away, night will turn to day;
If you sing and sing and sing, You'll sing the clouds away.
2. Smile the clouds away, night will turn to day;
If you smile and smile and smile, You'll smile the clouds away.
3. Pray the clouds away, Pray and pray and pray;
Night will turn to day, No matter what they say.
4. Sing and smile and pray, that's the only way!
If you sing and smile and pray, You'll drive the clouds away.
[Written by The Brocks, 1934]
Psalm 42:8
KJV: The Lord will command his loving kindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
NCV: The Lord shows his true love every day. At night I have a song, and I pray to my living God.
Acts 16:25-26
KJV: And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
NCV: About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs to God as the other prisoners listened. Suddenly, there was a strong earthquake that shook the foundation of the jail. Then all the doors of the jail broke open, and all the prisoners were freed from their chains.
James 5:13
KJV: Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
NCV: Anyone who is having troubles should pray. Anyone who is happy should sing praises.
Dorothy:
Wow! There's a discerning of the spirit showing me the deeper meaning of Paul and Silas' prayer and song that not only just two of them were set free from their chains and the jail doors were opened. But for all other prisoners, too. Why? They had seen the power of God freed them from their chains when Paul and Silas pray and sang. Their prayers and songs set the captives free. The jailer saw all that was happening and he and his family got saved. Praise the Lord! May this devotion touch your heart to pray and sing so others will be set free because of you in Jesus' Name. Amen!
