Roadhouse Devotionals

Music…in the Bible?

Music figures prominently throughout the Bible! Music accompanied the Exodus out of Egypt and the triumphant return to the Promised Land. Music is referenced over and over as a primary means of praise and worship for every human condition experienced in the course of a lifetime.  The third longest book in the Bible is the Book of Psalms. It’s a book of, well, mostly music.  Psalms are essentially prayers meant to be sung often in harmony with others or to the accompaniment of instruments. They are not just prayers of reverence and love for God, but also cries and pleas for relief, deliverance, and understanding. They cover every imaginable thought, feeling, emotion, and egregious act we as humans can commit or are a victim to in this lifetime. They are prayers of both celebration, despair, and repentance for the exact same things we experience today. Music and the people who made it have always played prominently in the lives of believers. I’m led to believe that means music matters to God too.

    Apr 30, 2026

    Just Breathe by Eddie Vedder

    John 3:16 (NIV): For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

    Isaiah 53:5 (NIV): But he was pierced for our transgressions, he…

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    Apr 12, 2026

    Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

    “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen

    Jonah 1:3 (ESV): But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and…

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    Apr 10, 2026

    Landslide by Stevie Nicks

    “Landslide” by  Stevie Nicks

    John 15:2 (GNT): He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.

    Hebrews 12:10-11…

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    Apr 4, 2026

    The Pretender by Jackson Browne

    “The Pretender” by Jackson Browne

     

    Ecclesiastes 2 24-26 (NIV): 24A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,25 for without him…

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    Mar 30, 2026

    Soulshine by Warren Haynes

    “Soulshine” by Warren Haynes

     

    2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NIV) 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for…

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    “Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.”

    — Psalm 33:3 (NIV)