How to Write Your own Psalms
Is God speaking to you today just as He spoke through King David? Are you joyful, sorrowful, grateful, or reflective? Is your heart filled with a psalm of praise and worship? The Psalms include tender collections of poems that praise God. Psalms also reflect the varied emotions that fill the heart of a Christian.
When writing your own psalms you can, as King David did, express your own personal relationship with God in Christ. Writing your own psalms can also reflect the relationships of the whole community of God .We all share the same sentiments. We all have thoughts of praise, doubt, anxiety, faith, compassion and gratitude.
Study the Psalms of David. Make time every morning to study the psalms. Personalize King David's psalms with words like "Me" and "My". Purchase a Strong's Concordance of the Bible. Look for psalms that include the word "praise". Write these psalms out in long hand and meditate upon them. If you make this a daily habit you will intuitively understand how to write a psalm.
Whether joyful in Christ or low in spirit, use psalm writing to express how you feel. Think of your exercise in psalm writing as writing a letter to God. You may start by writing..."Dear Lord, my heart is overflowing with a good theme..."As you write record all the reasons why your heart overflows with love for the Lord. Share your joy with Him and you will delight in the process. Make a list of the most colorful adjectives you can find using a thesaurus as as your guide.
If you want the Lord Jesus to be present in all your writing sessions remember Psalm 22:3-The Lord God inhabits the praises of His people. As you write your own psalms and extend your praise and worship time you shall enjoy the sweet presence of the Lord.