Idol Lies by Dee Brestin-The Role of Music Making our Hearts ready

Dee advised to each day prepare our hearts for study through music and prayer.

I always equated music as a distraction to study but I tried it today. I went to Pandora free radio and picked hymns for praise.  It truly did a better job of preparing my heart than than through prayer alone. How? It caused me to focus my emotions and heart to praise and worship God and that's the best place to start for God to work in our hearts.  This is the hymn that expresses what I'm asking the Lord to do in my life through this study.

1. Open my eyes, that I may see
   Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me;
   Place in my hands the wonderful key
   That shall unclasp and set me free.
    
   • Refrain 1:
     Silently now I wait for Thee,
     Ready my God, Thy will to see,
     Open my eyes, illumine me,
     Spirit divine!
2. Open my ears, that I may hear
   Voices of truth Thou sendest clear;
   And while the wave notes fall on my ear,
   Everything false will disappear.
    
   • Refrain 2:
     Silently now I wait for Thee,
     Ready my God, Thy will to see,
     Open my ears, illumine me,
     Spirit divine!
3. Open my mouth, and let me bear,
   Gladly the warm truth everywhere;
   Open my heart and let me prepare
   Love with Thy children thus to share.
    
   • Refrain 3:
     Silently now I wait for Thee,
     Ready my God, Thy will to see,
     Open my heart, illumine me,
     Spirit divine!