101 reasons why we write Christian songs.

A while back I posted on Facebook to give reasons why we write Christian Songs, hoping to inspire people to write more songs and attend songwriting workshops.  Here is a list on what people posted:

1.  For the Glory of God
2.  For private or personal worship
3.  To reach others through identifying with their situation
4.  To make a living to fund a ministry
5.  As an extension of our creative spirit
6.  As a legacy transfer to children and grandchildren in order to win them for Christ
7.  Something I needed to learn or hear that would benefit me. 
8.  For healing in times of need.
9.  To help memorize scripture for myself and my children and beyond
10. Write to process pain
11. To help strengthen our realization of core values and eternal truths 
12. To explore revelation and words given by God
13. For healing of marriages
14. To bring love to others
15. To help with romance
16. A private song for my ears only
17. To bring peace
18. To offer an alternative for what the world brings
19. Music therapy for the aged and afflicted
20. As a hedge against evil
21. As a prayer
22. As an art form
23. To deepen my relationship with God. Maybe others too.
24. The enjoyment of creativity.
25. Being able to thank God for the talent to do so.
26. To help lead others into worship
27. To help others be open to hearing the gospel message
28. To help change a life
29. To help stop a suicide [true story!]
30. Researching the song subject helps me to study the Bible
31. The excitement of coming up with a new idea or song title
32. Being able to look deeper into myself and life
33. The enjoyment of communicating connecting with others
34. Showing others who Jesus is
35. To serve as a ministry
36. Enjoying the beauty of Christian music and melody
37. Being able to enjoy the beauty of language and poetry
38. Colossians 3:16 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
39. Psalms 98:1 - (A Psalm.) O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
40. Ephesians 5:19 - Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
41. Psalms 40:3 - And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
42. To be able to use my gift
43. To encourage people in going through hardships
44. To help people turn from sin
45. To assist people in recovery
46. To comfort those injured and with illnesses
47. To help with reconciliation
48. Out of loving obedience to His calling for us
49. In order to better realize the hearts of the songwriters of the Bible - to understand and see them as real people like us - Moses - David - Mary - Elizabeth.... heart-sisters, heart-brothers
50. Songs to tell stories , people in the bible or our heros
51. songs to express ourselves and our journeys. 
52. Testimonies to what GOD has done and is doing in our lives , other's lives and our families. 
53. Holy Spirit inspiration and being used as a vessel also is totally awesome!! grateful to be used I am 
54. To share with others what GOD has given to me. 
55. There is such joy and release in putting words, experiences, and emotions into an original song.
56. RESPONDING to His Love and Goodness.
57. Fullfilling your purpose in Him.
58. Because this is what we will be doing for eternity in our Heavenly Kingdom. [When we've been there ten thousand years. Bright shining as the sun. We've no less days to sing God's praise. Than when we've first begun.]
59. To reclaim music that was stolen by Satan. See Christian blues. Blues came out of Spirituals and R&B came out of Gospel.
60. To sing about the attributes of God.
61. As a question for God.
62. How my life was changed by God.
63. Attributes of living a Godly life.
64. Because singing a new song is what we shall do for eternity. What else can be better once we are in His presence?
65. That’s what I was born to do.
66. Because you love God
67. To declare Jesus Worthy
68.  As a witnessing tool.
69. To encourage discipleship
70. To direct people's attention toward God
71. To be inhabited by the Holy Spirit
72. To bring a fresh perspective to the listener.
73. To not put God in a box
74. To sing something completely new and different
75. To follow the commandment to love God.
76. To feed people on the Word of God
77. To declare God's greatness
78. As a way express our brokenness
79. To show a path towards healing
80. As a tool to change lives.
81. To reawaken the Church towards revival
82. For making melody in your heart to the Lord.
83. To express God's truth.
84. To help shape a wayward culture
85. To focus on a men's ministry
86. To focus on a women's ministry
87. To focus on a kid's ministry in Sunday school
88. To focus on a teen's ministry
89. To focus on a marriage ministry
90. To focus on Biblical prophecy
91. To focus on a particular Bible story
92. To focus on a Bible character or hero.
93. To promote Christian values
94. To bring someone peace and comfort
95. To help someone through grief
96. To bring joy to the downhearted
97. As a cry to God
98. To fuel a passion for God
99. To cause more love for God.
100. To write a three minute effective sermon
101. Practicing for when we finally go home to glory or are raptured. 

102. So we can glorify God along with the Angels of heaven in praise to God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
103. For help in Bible study
104.The pastor wants a song for in a coming sermon message
105. For help in evangelizing others
106.To write about a verse in the Bible
107. To study a sermon you've heard
108. As an Invitational song to bring people to the Lord
109. Inspired by a sermon or Bible verse
110. When you were suddenly moved by the Holy Spirit
111. When a song pops into your mind
112. To reflect God's greatness his love and holiness
113. Because you felt an impulse to write
114. Writing from a belief in God's promises
115. Because God revealed new wisdom and inspiration
116. Because something born in your soul compels you
117. Because I'm in emotional feeling or struggle
118. A problem that became God's opportunity to work for the good
119. Green on the Christmas story in the Bible message
120. Out of a cry to the Lord
121. Out of a poem you wrote
122. Out of trials
123. When you hear a still small voice whispering to your heart
124. Because a Co writer inspires us
125. When your mind becomes flooded with new songs
126. When you heard a statement in conversation when an idea drops out at you
127. When all seems lost and only Jesus can offer hope
128. To write a sermon within a song
129. To write a song as if we will sing it in heaven for eternityprovide a biblical      answer in time of need to someone who needs encouragement
130. to give a new insight in a refreshing way
131. to provide a vehicle for our fresh outpouring from God
132. to help revive A lukewarm church
to encourage evangelism
133. To help bring a rich harvest of souls

Ephesians 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.