 Welcome back everyone, thank you for connecting on this second session where we will continue to talk about how the prophetic is manifested. We saw the power of the prophetic word and then just now we saw how God uses prophetic intercession. Now we look at prophetic power. So prophetic power as I said earlier this section is specifically talking about the manifestation of God's supernatural power which is accompanied with the prophetic. So as we look at the office ministries such as the five-fold offices you have the apostle, the prophet, the evangelist, pastor, teacher. What we notice is that God's power is demonstrated in a different way in each of these offices mostly pertaining to the kind of work or the kind of outcome which is required from each of these ministry offices. So if we take up something like a pastor we would notice that a lot of testimonies that come once the prophetic is released have to do with the way people are being guided, people's needs are being met in a church setting or in a ministry. So that's how the pastor is flowing in the prophetic but that is resulting in ministering to the congregation members or the sheep. So that's how we might see it revealed through this office. But if we look at let's say an evangelist the person is flowing in the prophetic but we may see more of miracles, signs, wonders that have to do with drawing people into the kingdom. So many lost souls are saved and the workings of healings, miracles. We've seen that, right? So many of these crusades where people carry that evangelistic grace upon them, they're in the office of an evangelist. So many mighty things happen but that's the working of the prophetic in those certain ways. So similarly when we look at some other ministry office like let's say Apostle, Apostle's office is quite multifunctional and there is the advancing of new frontiers through the apostolic. So we might see the power of God beginning to manifest in that way. We might see that new places are being opened up through the apostolic anointing. We might see that when the prophetic manifests, things may happen, opportunities will come or even unity, unity of believers, certain things that take place that cause the believers to walk in unity as brothers and sisters. So depending on the particular office, the manifestation of the same prophetic anointing can be slightly different. Now this is not to say that a pastor will not experience miracles the way an evangelist experiences. Yeah, it can happen, you know, the same way but generally this is how we would see the manifestation of the power of God. And it's just for us to understand how the prophetic flows because when we understand how the prophetic flows then it becomes easier for us to work and us to benefit from it for the people we are ministering to be blessed by it. So here in this particular section we see what the prophetic power can actually do. So in scripture we have seen that there was mighty signs, wonders, especially when Israel was brought out under the leadership of Moses. We know how God worked, there were judgments over Egypt but then God protected his own people while they were in Egypt. If you think about the time when the first bonds were dying, God said, okay, you put the blood of the Passover lamb and nothing will happen to you. So something supernatural is taking place and who's Moses? Moses is a prophet, remember? Moses is a prophet. He's praying for the people, he's hearing from God, he's leading the people. So how is the prophetic manifesting? There is a supernatural protection, a supernatural deliverance of these captive people. They are coming out and you notice how God actually parted the Red Sea. So there are all these miracles and wonders that are taking place just to deliver the captives. And it's happening through the prophetic ministry which is manifesting through Moses' life and different things that God was doing in the life of the children of Israel. How can we apply this to ourselves today? So we have seen the manifestation of the supernatural in deliverance of God's people. So even today we know that Satan is, you know, he's our adversary, he's like a roaring lion going about trying to find people that he can devour. So while these things are happening and Satan is trying to bring people in oppression, we can go against it and bring deliverance. So as we are flowing in the prophetic ministry, the prophetic anointing, what we would see happen is demonic bondages will be broken. People will be set free. So this is something we must expect that let the prophetic power of God be released and let people be delivered. So again, you know, how can this happen? It can happen in different ways. You know, it can happen through a prophetic word that comes which accompanies the power of God. You know, we've talked about that, right? And it creates faith, stirs up faith and then people are experiencing that deliverance. Or, you know, it can happen even through prophetic intercession. God reveals it to somebody and now they are praying and then now the power of God begins to manifest. So different ways in which it can actually flow. So how else can we see the prophetic power of God and what are the sort of functions of this prophetic power? You know, this prophetic power, yes, it delivers people, but the prophetic power of God can also confront the demonic. So where do we see this? This is a good example we can see is from Elijah's life. Isn't it Elijah's life and ministry? Because when Elijah lived, it was a very tough period of time where you had Jezebel and, you know, she was into all kinds of occultic practices. And so there was worship of the God Bail and Asherah and there were lots of sorcerers and magicians who were part of this entire worship. And, you know, the demonic, if you want to call it that way, the demonic powers that were at work when Elijah was trying to manifest God's power, it was like this whole conflict. Okay, so God really needed to release his power through Elijah's ministry and life to show his glory and that actually happened. So the Mount Carmel experience where all these worshipers of Bail are crying out to God and Elijah, you know, God uses him to show that God's power is greater. So the demonic powers were confronted, they were exposed, they were subdued, but that is the power of God and in this case, you know, flowing through a prophet or in the prophetic activity. So we can expect that even today when we see demonic powers, when we are flowing in the prophetic, they will be confronted, they will be subdued. So we can keep that expectation from God. So when the prophetic power flows, demonic authorities, you know, demonic works will be destroyed. And so we should be excited about having the prophetic flow through us. Now, the prophetic can cause unusual miracles. We've already talked about this, you know, Elijah and Elisha. Remember, just one example that I'm sharing. There are many other Old Testament prophets that we could, we can refer to and say, hey, look, through these prophets, so many miracles are taking place. So what is working? What is upon their lives? They have that prophetic grace. They have that prophetic anointing. And connected to that prophetic anointing are all these miracles. Amazing set of miracles, debt cancellation, people being raised back to life, you know, unusual things, even things like axe head floating in the water. So the prophetic accompanies power to cause unusual miracles. So can these things happen today? You know, maybe a water turned into wine or something like that. Yes, it can happen. Okay, there's no scripture inverse that says that these things have ended or God is saying that it is not going to happen anymore. So we can continue to expect unusual miracles to take place through the prophetic. Then prophetic power impacts national political leaders. We've seen the lives of the prophets and how they were speaking to different leaders during their times. And obviously, they were hearing from God, they must have been prophetic intercessors also. And that is how they were bringing the message to the leaders and things were taking place in kingdoms. So we can expect this and it can happen at various levels. It can happen depending on the, like we said, right, we have the progression. So it can happen at various levels. We've seen how through the prophets or people in the office of the prophet, there are greater or very prominent manifestations of the prophetic power. So that's how it has worked in scripture and even today we can expect it. So, you know, this is something that we should be looking at. Is it happening today? That's another question we want to ask. Is it happening today? The manifestation of the prophetic power in such a notable way? What do you think? In similar ways, Divya is saying not sure. So we go back to our first lecture of the keys to supernatural ministry where we said that this is the mandate which Jesus gave us to walk in the supernatural. And then we asked many questions. We said, hey, but why is it not happening the way it happened, you know, in Jesus's times? So there are answers to that. You see, God is working upon the church. So we talked about the knowledge of who God is, how his power is manifesting. Now, we are all being brought into the unity of the faith. Remember, so that is a process that is going on in the body of Christ. And as we are all receiving that knowledge and revelation of what his power is all about and we have the mandate and we can flow in this way. What will happen? As time goes by, we will begin to flow in a greater measure. We will begin to see manifestations of the power of God in a greater measure. So we are heading in that direction and God is doing it. And also we talked about the, I think so, I don't know if he specified it, but the moves of God, how God is moving. And he has moved. We talked about the different, you know, all the moves that came restoring holiness in the church, restoring the gifts of the spirit, the truth about the baptism in the Holy Spirit healing. So different things have happened in the body of Christ and God is bringing us to that place of strength. So even right now, you know, we are hearing of a particular move of God that is seemingly taking place in this place called Asperi University. So it's amazing. God is working. He's building his church. He's bringing us to that place of greater strength. So whether we have seen the manifestation of the prophetic power in a mighty way till now or not, we can expect because God is moving us in that direction. So faith is arising and we will see the glory of God. Okay, so that's the perspective we can carry when that question is asked. You know, how come we are not seeing enough, but we are heading in that direction. So any thoughts, any pointers before we move on to the next section here about prophetic song? Yes. Yes, I was just saying that not in a personal level, but yeah, of course, I've heard of few of those things. As we are mentioning the Asperi revival, yeah, it's such an amazing move of God. And it's like a very like turning people into repentance and holiness kind of very, very nice revival. Like a move of God, we should say. Hello, am I audible? Yes, yes, you are. Oh, okay, okay, yeah. Yeah, so it's a very... It's not those connections. Oh, okay, yeah. Yeah, so just continue. Excuse me, Chityan. Can you just wait for two minutes? Nam's connection is lost, just two minutes. Okay, okay, sure. Okay, sorry about that, Divya. My connection was lost. So if you don't mind, could you please come again? Yeah, no problem, no problem. So yeah, I was just saying about this Asperi revival itself. Yeah, it's a very, everyone testifies that it's a very sweet, that's the term that they use. It's a very sweet move of God because there's a lot of confession, repentance and pursuit of like holiness in that. Not like any, you know, it's very unique, it seems. And also I was just hearing like there have been five revivals in the same university. And each time they have a revival, that sparks other revivals across the world. So I was hearing a person talking about Jesus' movement, holiness movement and such movements that have been sparked through Asperi revival. So yeah, even as this, they are almost planning to, you know, close down to the public in the coming days, but still have a sense of like this will spread across different, even now it has spread to different universities and churches and places. So yeah, just praying that it spreads across, you know, not only just limited to that area, but there is a history that it has always. Yeah, yeah, thank you. Yeah, thank you Divya, thank you for sharing that. Truly, God is at work and he's working all over the world. And we thank God for what is happening right now. And it's so it's very strengthening, isn't it to know that this kind of renewal is coming to the church where we are wanting a change in us, right? That freshness to keep following the Lord. So really thank God for it. And this is how God is working on his body. And we will see more and more of the manifestation of the supernatural through our lives, whether it's healings or miracles, or even the prophetic. So let's expect, even through our life and ministry, let's expect it's only going to get better from here. So let's move ahead. So far we said prophetic power, prophetic word. But the next one here, the way God works is through the prophetic song. Chapter seven, we do see that the prophetic is released through worship, through praise. And as I said already, it is released through the words or the song or music itself. There can be other creative expressions that are connected with music such as dance or there can be expressions of these days. So many things, artistic things are happening, a drama or even as the music plays, there's drawing, sketching, painting. So creative expressions, right? Which may accompany prophetic music. Why is that? Let's talk about music and the prophetic. Because we've seen in the Old Testament particularly that there is a strong connection between these two. So we've seen the time when Samuel sets up the schools of the prophets and we saw how he had, as part of his training, people who prophesied but they were also taught to use instruments. And this is pretty clear when Saul encounters a company of prophets. This is in first Samuel chapter 10 and verse 5 where these company of prophets, they have stringed instrument, tambourine, flute, harp and they were prophesying. So seems like they were nurturing the gift, developing the gift in a company together with music. So music is a beautiful gift that God has given us. And especially when it comes to the prophetic, if we know how to tap into it, it can be a sort of support for us to flow in the prophetic. So we are used to hearing from God and saying it as a message. So we talked about it, prophetic word. But what is prophetic song? Prophetic song again is something like we hear from God and that is released through the song that we are singing. And I also said that we can have music. Sometimes people say, just to describe prophetic music, they say things like what I'm hearing from heaven or the melody of heaven or the melody of the spirit that is being released. So the now music that one is hearing. So as we've said so far, the prophetic word comes with power and God will perform his word. God will do something, there is a power that comes together with the word and prophetic power as such we know. When we talk about prophetic song or music, same thing, there is a power which accompanies and God is able to accomplish something when there is a flow of the prophetic song or prophetic music. And that is why we are interested. We want to know, hey, how can we flow better in prophetic song or music and then receive what God has in store for us. So the early prophets obviously had an idea. So we talked about Elisha also if you recall, we said in 2 Kings 3 when Elisha, he has to prophesy and he has certain kings come up to him. He initially he's upset about something and his mood is not okay. But when he finally has to hear a word from the Lord, he says bring me a musician and the musician comes and then all of a sudden he starts to flow in the prophetic word which is given to these kings who come. So what exactly is happening? Elisha recognized that the right kind of music, you can go with the words that I am using, the right kind of music can set the tone for the flow of the prophetic. So this person whom he called was again likely to be from the school of the prophets. So they knew how to hear from God while ministering in song. So the tune that person may have played would have been a prophetic tune, possible. So the right kind of music set the tone for the flow of the prophetic anointing and then Elisha begins to prophesy and says thus says the Lord and it happens. So we are talking about this because we can have this key and understand it. We can equip our worship teams, our song leaders, our churches to also make use of it. So when our teams can flow in prophetic song, in prophetic music, what happens? We can experience more of what God does in our midst and it's really beautiful. Like actually it happened this Sunday. The person who was rostered to lead worship at our congregation, our location, not church. So he had a set of songs and some of the people who are doing the PowerPoint are new. So he was leading worship, everything was ready. So they had made everything ready and all. And somewhere in the middle, he just started singing what God was putting in his heart. It's a familiar song but it was not in the list. So some of our young student volunteers, they got confused. They're trying to search where is the song, where is the song. So I could really see them struggling over there because they didn't know how to manage the situation. But it was a blessing that the worship leader just started off with what the spirit had put on his heart. And we could see the atmosphere, something was different when he was singing those lines. But it was actually not part of his list. So after the worship time, we just had a chat and we said, I was just telling the worship leader, hey, don't hold back. If God is putting it on your heart, then fit it in, no problem. Don't worry. So he was also saying, oh, but the PowerPoint people were struggling. And we said, no, no, let's all talk about this together. And we will brief the people who are handling the media and tell them there will be moments where God will lead us differently. So just be ready. Maybe you may want to type those new words. Maybe it's a new song which has never been sung before or it's probably something out of the list. But you can Google it, quickly get it so that the congregation can also flow with it. So this is the blessing of hearing from God and ministering in song and in music. So as we look at the tabernacle of David, again, this is a repeated subject in our courses, where we've talked about how he chose musicians in the, for the tabernacle, for worship. So he had, there's a whole list of names. You have some of these senior leaders, Asaf, Hemman, Jedutin, who it says they had instruments, like harps, stringed instruments, cymbals. And they also had, you know, people under them. So that again, there are lots of names, sons of Asaf itself, Zaku, Joseph, Netanaya, Asha, Rela. So there are all these people. They, they had teams of people, they had instruments. And as you read those passages, you recognize that they were prophesying. Or in other words, they were hearing from God and they were singing. They were ministering. Now we know that this form of worship that David established, the tabernacle of David. You know, it was day and night, 24 bar seven worship where he got the most skilled musicians, the most skilled vocalists, and it was organized very well. So he had people who were controlling the crowds and directing the flow of what was happening there with excellence. So how did they sustain something like this, you know, for 30 plus years? It's because, yes, they had resources in terms of the past songs that God had given them. But a lot of what was happening was prophetic. So God was releasing new music, new songs. Otherwise imagine, you know, you sing for 24 hours, you sing all the songs that you know. And then another 24 hours, maybe some extra songs that we know finished. So if God is helping us carry on in this way, we have a 15 day, you know, God is moving upon us and we are singing songs. Where will these many songs come from? Some of them have got to be new songs. And that's what we are saying. God releases prophetic songs, music. And as far as David Stabenackel was concerned, all these main men, you know, I serve Jeduth and him and they were appointed by the king. They were leaders in music, but they knew how to train the younger ones or the ones who came in, you know, 288. It says instructed in song. Okay, so those many people were part of leading worship, if you want to call it so. So they knew how to train them to not only be skillful, but also pick up what is God saying, you know, what is God releasing through you as you are leading people into worship. They knew how to train up. So, you know, prophetic music is nothing new. It existed, even in the Old Testament times. So for us today, incorporating it into our regular worship and praise, it's a blessing. Just the way it's a blessing edification, exhortation, comfort. Remember we said that the prophetic word will bring that. Why can't the prophetic song bring the same thing? Isn't it? So when that word comes as a song, it might be as simple as God is saying, you know, he loves us or something just one line. What's happening? It's really blessing the hearts of the people. We don't know. Maybe somebody has been in the bondage of sin and condemn. But as the leader is singing that one line, that truth, the now truth that God is giving them, he loves us. Chains are being broken. That person is being engulfed in the love of God and being set free in that very moment. So it's very powerful for us to train ourselves and the ones in our group to flow in prophetic music, prophetic song. So we'll learn more about it. It's not when we hear about, you know, prophetic sometimes we think disorder. Isn't it? So when we think, oh, people are prophesying, there's chaos because everyone's just releasing what's coming. But we know how Paul instructed the believers prophesy one by one. Similarly, when it comes to prophetic song, we can do it in a nice way, in an orderly way. And it need not create confusion when people are leading in worship. So, okay. So prophetic worship is very powerful. It can bring that edification, exhortation, comfort, but at the same time, you know, it can also reveal the purpose of God. Same things, whatever we said for prophetic word can happen here. So God may actually somebody is singing that prophecy that God is going to do this over the nation. God is, you know, doing this over the lives of the people. So it's revealing God's plan that can happen or faith can arise. Suddenly, you know, one line that the person is singing can cause like he's a healer or something, right? But just a phrase, what's happening? Faith is being stirred up and then it moves us to receiving the manifestation of God's power. Or encouragement can come as we lead in prophetic song. Or it can also cause a flow of miracles, healings, deliverance. So again, this happened at the North Church two, three weeks back or something. I don't know how many weeks ago we have the morning prayer time. So we have a set of prayer points that we pray every Sunday for so many years. We are praying. So that Sunday also we were praying. But all of a sudden that Sunday I was rostered to lead. So I was leading in prayer and it just felt that let's take a few minutes to pray in the spirit. So we did some prayer points and then we came into this moment of praying in the spirit. So we were praying, we were praying but we sense something different, something different happening in our midst. So after that praying in the spirit time was over, two words came out of my mouth. It just came. I was not thinking of saying it. I stopped praying in tongues and I just said renew, refresh. I just said those statements. And everyone in the group, they started saying Pastor those words you said something about those words. It was not ordinary. God is doing something here in our midst. And then the worship time started. You know, I can't explain it in words but everyone felt it. Even the people who were a little bit late and they were coming in for the worship. They were telling us that as we were hearing the music, we were walking up the steps, we knew something is different. And on that day the church was also kind of full. So it was powerful. We couldn't put it in words but God did something in our spirit. So all I'm trying to say is that when we let the manifestation of the prophetic, it's going to be a blessing. Whether it is encouragement or healing of the physical body or the mental person or whatever deliverance, something begins to take place. And so we have to make place, make place for the prophetic and especially prophetic songs. So we'll talk more about prophetic songs. So here we have a list of the expression of the prophetic in song and music. So at least four different ways as we see in scripture. So there are certain songs which can be classified as songs to the Lord. So when we sing to the Lord, we will see later on, we would say words of adoration. We would have expression of our love, our affection towards God or our affirmation of His greatness. So those are all of that comes into the category of songs to the Lord. We are singing to the Lord. So even if you sit and think, some songs which we sing, Greta, you Lord, what are we saying? We are saying, God, this is you. And we are singing to you. So some prophetic songs can arise which are singing to the Lord. That's one group. Another group can be songs to the people. So that simply means that there are songs that God sings over His people. So He might say, you are a chosen generation or my people, I love you. What is God doing? We know that He's a God who rejoices over His people. He sings over us. He dances over us. So there are some songs that may be released which are actually ministering to the people. So one is to God, the other is to the people. Some songs may be a declaration. Yours is the kingdom, yours is the power or we say, I raise a hallelujah. So what is that? These are all declaration. So we are not necessarily singing it to somebody but we are proclaiming, we are declaring the truth of God's word. And when we do that, it also becomes a declaration to the demonic realm. Isn't it? When we are saying that you are my healer, I believe you are my healer. Sometimes it's just a declaration. And the demonic world has to kind of just flee and let go. There's got to be some deliverance that comes out of those declarations or like God is fighting for us. When we say things like that, our situation gets affected by our declaration. We are saying, no, God is fighting for me and suddenly there's a shift in the circumstance that I'm facing. Or it could be over the nation or it could be over groups of people and all that. So some declarations get made in our song. And sometimes prophetic action can accompany either one or all of these. So let's say we are singing in the category of declaration. While we are singing declaration, there might be a sense where let's all bow down or let's all kneel down or let's all raise our hands. So it comes also like a prophetic instruction and as we do it, something powerful is taking place in the spiritual realm. So that's the way all these things actually work. So let's move into prophetic songs, songs to the Lord. And as I said, songs to the Lord are songs of love, songs of praise, songs of worship, adoration. It could even be songs of prayer and intercession where we are saying, God bless our land. Something, it's a petition that is rising up from within us and we are saying, God, we want you to do this. Heal our land, O God, to the Lord. We are directing these songs. They can even be songs of thanksgiving where we say, thank you, Lord. You've been so faithful. So all of this is unto the Lord. And scriptures encourage us to be prophetic when it comes to singing because there is this concept of a new song. Sing to the Lord a new song. So Psalm 33 verses 2 and 3, it says, praise the Lord with a harp. Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings. Sing to Him a new song. Place skillfully with a shout of joy. Not that God doesn't like old songs. You know, sometimes the old songs are the new songs, you know. For the moment we mean when we say new. Is that song for now? That's the question we are asking. So appropriate song. And that's why, you know, we will see later when it comes to the preparation of a prophetic worshiper. A prophetic worshiper should be one who sits in the presence of God, who hears from God. So even when it comes to leading worship to hear from God and say, hey, okay, I'm choosing this list because, you know, I have a prompting from the Holy Spirit that God is going to do something through these songs. Otherwise, what happens, you know, we have a classic way of worship, worship time, right? Three fast songs, two slow songs, and then you're done. Okay, any three fast songs or the most popular fast songs, what's trending on Spotify. You just pick whatever is happening and then you sing it. But if you want to see the glory of God manifest through the prophetic flow, then we have to be better than that at managing the worship time. So pick those new songs or the song that God is putting on our hearts. Okay, and go by that because then what will happen? We'll see the flow of the Spirit, the work of the Spirit. So sing a new song unto the Lord. You know, Sam was also in Psalm 14 verse three. He said, he's put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God. Many will see it and fear and will trust in the Lord. So we are encouraged and you know, there are scripture after scripture. It says sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord a new song. I will sing a new song. So God wants to put new things into our mouth. So I'll just read one passage of scripture here and stop for today and we'll pick up from here. New song will pick up from here later. Isaiah 42 verses nine and 10. Behold, the former things have come to pass and new things I declare. Before they spring forth, I tell you of them. Sing to the Lord a new song and a praise from the ends of the earth. You who go down to the sea and all that is in it. You coastlines and you inhabitants of them. So, you know, God is saying he's declaring new things. And he wants us to sing a new song. Let me put it this way. Since we're talking about the prophetic, a now song. A now song unto the Lord. So how about we just close in a word of prayer and we say, God, just stir up Lord, stir up more of the prophetic in us and also put new songs in our hearts. Especially those who are in the worship ministry, you know, may the Lord stir up new songs. So can somebody just lead in prayer and we'll close for today. We want to thank you for the lessons we learned today. We are grateful for all the ways that you are ministering to us Lord Jesus. At this time of God, we pray that you would stir up our inner man. And we would be able to listen from you and release songs and words and prophecies over the generations that is around us. So God, you pray that you would be sensitive to your voice called and everything that is coming out of us will be in alignment with you and help us to tune into that. Help us to train our senses for that. You pray, oh God, that you would minister to us personally and also to the people around us, God. And help us to be very sensitive to your voice Lord Jesus. You pray, oh God, that you would tune our senses so much into your voice of God. And our hearts would always be bubbling out of what you have installed for us Lord Jesus. What you have planned for us, God. And always help us to carry your presence of God. We thank you. Stir us up for God once again, we pray. Thank you Lord God. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you John for leading us and God bless you everyone. We will connect again next week until then keep praying, keep praying in the spirit. I think that helps a lot for us to really stir up the prophetic or any other, you know, manifestation of the spirit in us. So have a blessed day and we'll connect next week. Thank you. Bye for now.