 Alright, so I would like to request one of us who has joined the class already to go ahead and pray please, then we will get into our discussions. I'll pray. Yeah, let's pray. Hopefully Father we thank you this morning. We pray for that as we learn about your prophetic and how you work with us Lord. Let the Holy Spirit teach us even more Lord. Open our heart, open our minds so that we may receive what Pastor Nasi has for us Lord. And what you speak through our Lord. In your mighty name Lord Jesus we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Mangi. Thank you so much. Okay, so in the last class we had some questions that we were answering. Anita, could you pose that question to us once again? We will begin with answering your question and then get into today's lesson. Yes, Pastor, can I ask Pastor? Yes, sure, sure. Yeah, Pastor, what I'm saying is when you said that some prophecies we should not like open up and so I was thinking when you said that you have to discern. Discern means mostly it has to be about the negative things, right? Like which will not edify them or which would discourage them or something. The area where they need to be helped with the prayer and which is our part and not like we cannot disclose it and maybe they will not understand. That I understand. Can it be a good part also? Maybe we have seen a good thing about them in the dream or vision. And like we are not supposed to say that. Is it like that? Okay. Yes, Anita, when God reveals something to us, it is in order for the maturing of the person who's concerned for the purposes of God to be fulfilled and for the extension of his kingdom. So with that in mind, our method of communication or let me put it this way, what we do with that word which has been revealed is very important. Now if we don't discern, now discerning doesn't only mean to figure out whether you know that there is some sort of a judgment or something negative that is being communicated and thereby I'm not going to tell the person. So it's not just that it is to first of all discern whether it is meant to be told to somebody. If it's not, then you just keep it in the session. Okay. Then the other thing is that even good things, especially when there is mentoring going on, a good thing to do is to look at the level of maturity of the person that you're working with. This can also be parents and children. Maybe God reveals that a child is going to be so strong in the ministry or so strong in certain skills. Now very early on in the journey, if something like that is revealed, it can be good for the child because you've told the child that God is going to do all these wonderful things in your life. But at the same time, if you share that word too early, it can sort of be counterproductive because it can get into somebody's head. If you understand what I'm saying, it's a good thing. But when we are keen on helping someone develop and mature, even the good thing, maybe you don't really share it but you're grooming that person in that direction and ensuring that that person is moving towards that destiny and not necessarily telling them directly. You understand what I mean, Anita? Sometimes we need to work with the information like that as well. Yes, Pastor, I understood. Okay, so there can be both good and so-called negative communication or messages from God. But for everything we need wisdom, how are you going to say it? Should you say it or not? When should you say it? All these things have to be discerned. Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Pastor. Yeah, sure. Thank you. So I think there's clarity on that subject there. I hope it's clear or would you all have any more questions? Okay, if not, we will just proceed with our next topic here, which is about prophetic song. We've been saying that the word of God or the message of God can come through in various ways. You've touched on the earlier ways of just directly the word being spoken. Then we said the power of God, we said intercession. We can hear the message and then go into prayer about it. Prophetic song is the other way. Prophetic song and prophetic music. Even music can carry the prophetic anointing. So we'll look at it in depth. Now talking about prophetic associated with music, if you go back to the times of Samuel, we know that in the training that he gave the young prophets, he engaged them in music. Several of them were instrumentalists. They used string instruments, tambourine, flute, harp and instruments like that and they prophesied as well. So in 1st Samuel 10-5, we see that when Saul encounters this company of prophets, they come with the instruments and music as well as they are prophesying. So there is something with the right kind of music, if I could say so, that helps one step into the prophetic realm. When we consider Elisha, the prophet, there was a time when King Jehoshaphat along with two other kings wanted to inquire from the Lord regarding their fight against the king of Moab. At this point, all of them go to meet Elisha and for Elisha to prophesy, what he does is, he calls upon a musician. And that musician comes and that musician plays and then we read that the hand of the Lord came upon Elisha. So something about the music which was played at that point activated the prophetic anointing. As we look at these truths from scripture, we must recognize that our times of singing, our times of worship, our playing of musical instruments, it's not just a part of our service format. There is so much more that God can do in those moments and through the music. Now, when we look at the portions like Psalms and other passages of scripture, we see that several musicians, songwriters, singers, they were mildly anointed, they were used by God to also reveal the purposes of God and many of them were very skillful, they engaged in worshipping the Lord. And as you read different passages, particularly the time when David built his tabernacle that we have talked about in some of our other courses, we see how there is a release of the prophetic. For somebody to, for a team to keep worshipping the Lord 24 bar 7, because David's tabernacle of worship is associated with continuous prayer, intercession and worship. Now, how can you keep something like this going and we read in the word of God that this went on for 33 years. So with one songbook, I don't think 24 bar 7 and 33 years, you can keep singing to the Lord. You obviously need fresh songs to be released from heaven. And that is the manner in which these skillful vocalists, musicians, songwriters ministered unto the Lord. So they heard from God, they got the words, the intention, whatever is on God's heart, they were able to pick that up. And then we see that these anointed musicians were able to put the right music to the songs that were being given to them. So this is the manner in which the prophetic played out through music and song. Now, let's continue to understand the power of prophetic worship. As we have said earlier, the impact of the prophetic word, we've said that it brings edification, exaltation, comfort. So when somebody is singing a prophetic line or let's say some prophetic words, we can expect the same impact. Not just that, we also said that the prophetic word can release the mind of God to us or it can tell us what God wants to do. And similarly, the prophetic song can also reveal the mind of God to us. So the same things, it's just that the communication here is coming in the form of a song or it's coming as music. So the impact, however, remains very similar to the other expressions of the prophetic anointing. Also the release of God's prophetic power can take place. The way we saw the hand of the Lord came upon Elisha and he began to prophesy. Now, when there is prophetic music, one can expect the supernatural things to take place. There can be a release of the gifts of the spirit. There can be, you know, healings that are taking place. There can be deliverance, you know, even in a mass gathering, if there is a prophetic, let's say a tune that is played. Demons can be cast out of people like, you know, multiple people at the same time. So what we are going to see is a demonstration of God's power to any extent. So these are all the outcomes of the release of the prophetic through song and music. Yeah, I'll just excuse me. I'll just drink some water. My throat is not too good today. Yeah, just a moment. Okay. Thank you for that. Yeah. So when it comes to music and song and the prophetic anointing, in the expression of the prophetic in this manner, we can broadly classify the songs in four different categories. There can be songs that have to do as songs that minister to God. Minister to God meaning they are sung to God. So we could categorize these songs as songs to the Lord. So songs to the Lord is one category that can be songs of exhortation to people. That is the second category under which we can classify some of these songs. These songs are also released on God's heart as the songs that God would like to sing to his people. Now the third category is profiting songs of declaration. These songs of declaration are primarily those that are sung against the kingdom of darkness. They can be sung against demons, against opposing situations. They can be sung over nations and we see the work of God and we see transformation taking place and all of that. So songs of declaration. And finally the last category would be prophetic action accompanying one or more of the above. So we said these are just, you know, this is like a general classification. There can be songs sung to the Lord. There can be songs which are sung to exhort God's people. Many of them are the songs that God himself sings upon his people. The third one is prophetic songs of declaration. This is against demons, situations and over nations. And prophetic action that may accompany one or more of the above. So let's talk a little bit about prophetic songs to the Lord. So this is common. We usually, in our worship times, we are used to singing songs that adore God. Singing songs that bring worship to him. There are songs of praise that we lift up before the Lord. So what's the difference? What is a prophetic song of worship or praise to God? It's simply a song which is given in the now. Now it could mean that right at that moment, the song leader, whoever is leading, begins to sing a couple of lines that he receives from God. It could happen in those very moments or this could be something like, let's say the person has spend it down some time ago. But they know that this is what the Lord would want them to sing right now. So that way, you know that it's the right song for that time. So when you sing a prophetic song like that, even to praise and worship God, there is something about it. Something about the way it connects us to God. Something about the way we are able to worship God with that particular song or those particular words in those moments. And you know, scripture always encourages us to be sensitive to God to receive the now song. In fact, scripture calls it the new song. There are lots of verses that say, you know, sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to him a new song. So if you look in your notes on page 100, there are several of those scriptures that have been listed out for us where you see that new song. God will put a new song in our mouth, sing to the Lord a new song. So we are encouraged to really hear from God and minister to him with freshness. So this new song, that word new there is Kaddash. I don't know exactly how you would pronounce that Hebrew word. But what it means is that the new is recent or fresh. And it's not just, you know, recent or fresh in that moment, but it's also something that previously never existed. Something brand new, we would use the term brand new for our understanding. So a new song to minister to the Lord and new songs are birthed through the prophetic anointing. And we know that, you know, God does new things. God will release new power through those songs. So yeah, these are the songs that we sing to the Lord. Now are these songs given to us from God? Yes, we see many instances in scripture where God himself gives the words to sing back to him. Now if you look at Revelation, the book of Revelation, there, chapter 15, verses, you know, 3 and 4, you would find that there is something known as the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb, which God gives the people and he encourages, you know, the people to sing it back to him. So what are these songs? Basically, it's a prophetic song which God has given. And, you know, those songs are meant to be jotted down and given back to the people so that they can sing it to the Lord. Now, talking about singing to the Lord, ministering to the Lord, worshipping the Lord. Now there's also, the Bible talks about Jesus worshipping the Father. It talks about, you know, Jesus singing praises to the Father. So obviously, there are songs that the Lord Jesus has that minister to the Father. So, you know, there are several scriptures that talk about it, Hebrews 2 and verse 12 talks about it. Revelation 19-10 where we read about the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. So basically, you know, it's a flow that's coming from Jesus. That's why it's prophecy. You know, it's the release of the heart of Christ as worship. So we can sing to God these new songs of worship. Now, is there anything wrong if we sing songs that we already have? Because we have all these amazing songs that you can pull out from, you know, old hymns and things like that. Well, there's nothing wrong. Those are beautiful songs. And for a given moment, you know, that could be the most appropriate song as the spirit of God impresses on our hearts. But what we see through scripture is that God has, you know, and like His, the treasury has so many, so many songs and many new songs. So we should not limit ourselves to what we already have. You know, that's the point that we are making. And if we present, we would see that God can release to us several new songs. So we can minister to Him with those new words and experience that refreshing and that new power of God. Now, that was the first category. The second category is where there are songs of exhortation to the people. Where do these songs come from? We see that the people of God, they become the channel of this exhortation. Paul encourages the believers, you know, don't be drunk with wine, but be filled with the spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. So there is one aspect of singing to the Lord by ourselves. But there is also this aspect of to one another, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. So we can receive songs from the Lord and minister to others. Similarly, in Colossians, we read admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Colossians 3.16 tells us that. So the way we understand this is from scripture is, you know, you already have psalms that have been given to us. There are hymns from church history that we can take. We know the truth of God's word. Now that can be sung over people. So that is how we are going to understand this. In scripture, we also recognize that God speaks over his people. He sings over his people. Many of us would be familiar with the passage from Zephaniah chapter 3 and verse 17 where we read, The Lord your God in your midst, the mighty one will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will quiet you with his love. He will rejoice over you with singing. So God sings over his people. So that is this element of exhortation over the people of God. So those are the two categories in which we can classify some of the songs. Now moving forward, we see that there can be prophetic songs of declaration over demons. This is something we've already talked about in Believer's authority. So as we stand firm against the enemy, spiritual warfare can also simply look like singing. It can look like praise. And for a Believer, he or she might wonder, what can a song of praise do? What can my singing do? But the word of God very clearly tells us that this praise executes vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples. To bind the chains of kings and the nobles with fetters of iron to execute on them the written judgment from Psalm 149 verses 5 through 9. So there are times where God would lead us to simply praise him, simply worship him. And it need not be just the Lord giving us the words. This can be something that as we sense in our spirit, this is a moment for warfare. You just break out in song and you just begin to worship the Lord and exalt the Lord together with the Holy Spirit of God. And as you're doing that, what we just read, excuse me, executing judgment over the enemy is taking place in the spiritual realm. And even if this praise and this worship comes from children in Psalm 8 verse 2, we see that he has ordained praise from the mouths of infants. And through that the Lord is able to fight his battles and win the victory. So even little children as they praise the Lord, God can accomplish mighty things in the spiritual realm. So we must never underestimate the power of praise, the power of worship as we stand against the enemy because it is able to overcome the enemy. Now talking about spiritual warfare and talking about songs, subduing the work of Satan, we can look back at the example of Saul. If you recall, there was one point where Saul departed so far away from God that the protection of God was gone from his life. And at that point, a demon spirit was constantly tormenting him. In those moments, somebody, one of the servants of Saul, I think, gave him this idea and said, why don't you call a musician? Why don't you ask a skillful musician to come and play some music over you? And sure enough, they called upon David. He was a skillful musician and obviously, you know, he was also a man of God. He came and he began playing the harp and we read that at that time, that spirit that was troubling Saul couldn't disturb him anymore. So again, you see the power of music, you see the power of praise, you see the power of worship against the enemy and in this way, we can be victorious upon the enemy. So this would be the third classification that we talked about. The fourth one is some sort of a prophetic action that accompanies, you know, the above. A good example is King Jehoshaphat. Now, what did he do? He went to war in Second Chronicles 20. He went to war against the enemy and this was a unique battle because the way he went to war was with praises to the God of Israel. So he gathered a set of prophetic singers to praise God and not only did they praise God, but you know, they literally walked into the front lines while they were singing. So there is an action that accompanies the singing. And through this, God was able to give them the victory in the most unusual battle. Anybody just singing in battle unheard of never before. But Jehoshaphat had got the worship of the Lord as his battle cry and not only did they engage in singing, but they walked into the battle. So some action is also involved and in this way, God is able to work through those prophetic songs. So why are we talking about all these things? You know, just to let us know that in scripture, we see such a strong association of music, singing and the prophetic anointing. So we mustn't let times of worship just remain as a sing-song time, you know, just a couple of songs to prep you for the sermon that you're going to listen to. Unfortunately, when we don't understand what has happened in scripture, it could be a place where we are not able to enjoy the more that God has for us through prophetic song and prophetic music. So anyway, hopefully, learning these things will awaken us and activate us to the value of prophetic song. The next section here is about the Tabernacle of David. We've already studied this in two courses earlier. I think nearly all of you in this class have been part of those courses. So you've heard about the Tabernacle of David. So let's go over it quickly. So we see that David was a king who established this unique form of worship called Tabernacle of David. This was done around 1000 B.C. And the specialty of this kind of worship was the 24th by 7th, you know, worship and intercession. This was done for 33 years. The people engaged in leading this form of worship were specially chosen and appointed by David the king at that time. So part of the team were 288 prophetic singers. There were 4,000 musicians who ministered to the law and of course the gatekeepers and other people. And you read about this in the book of 1st Cranbers. David went ahead and instituted this worship and later on other kings also followed this pattern of worship. The outcome of this kind of worship is, you know, we see refreshing in the lives of the people. We see God's deliverance upon them. We see victories in battle. You know, we see all these amazing things take place because of this kind of worship that people engaged in. And not only was this something beneficial for the people, but this form of worship, an extravagant worship, if you want to call it, was highly impressive as well. So we see Prophet Amos prophesy the heart of God where he confirms that he is going to raise up. He is going to rebuild the tabernacle of David. We now understand that he was not talking about a physical building although that is going to happen as the Lord establishes the rule and reign of Christ here on the earth. But in a spiritual sense, what Prophet Amos was saying is that this would be fulfilled in the believers. It would be fulfilled in the church. So Apostle James quotes this in Acts chapter 15 where, you know, he mentions the tabernacle of David. I'll just read that passage for us so that, you know, there is a clarity on what was said. So Acts 15 verses 13 through 18. Okay, so it is written after this I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down. I will rebuild its ruins and I will set it up so that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord even all the Gentiles who are called by my name says the Lord who does all these things. So God is saying that as people begin to worship him in this manner similar to David's tabernacle with extravagant worship, continuous worship, prophetic worship and all of that. There's going to be a great blessing, spiritual refreshing and not just that. In this promise, he also talks about God said that all the Gentiles that they will be drawn to God. So there's going to be a mighty harvest as this form of worship is restored in the church. This is something that we have seen happen around us. It's happening right now and there are places of worship that have prophetic songs that have continuous praise and worship and so on and so forth and a lot more is only expected. And as it happens in these end times, we can also expect many souls to be saved and brought into the kingdom of God. So that's a little bit about the tabernacle of David. Now let's talk about the worship leaders. We saw so many names of people whom David engaged in this form of prophetic worship. So two names that we can specifically look at is Chenanaya. Chenanaya was a very, very skillful musician who was appointed by David and he became the leader in charge of the music and songs. He was responsible to appoint other musicians, basically like the leader of the team and he would decide how they would minister to the Lord. So in 1 Chronicles 15, you read about Chenanaya. You also read about a person called as Asaf. Asaf is again a skillful person who had many sons and daughters and the speciality of Asaf is prophetic songs. So he engaged in prophetic songs and leading the people under him in this manner of worship, not just songs but also accompanied by music. They used to use stringed instruments, cymbals, harps and things like that. So he would guide the teams in prophetic worship. Apart from musicians, singers, there were prophetic songwriters in scripture. So Asaf, we said that he was into prophetic songs and prophetic music. So obviously he is also a Samist but other than Asaf, you could give David a lot of credit because several songs that we read were written by David. So you find that there are people in scripture who heard from God and as they heard from God, they penned down the words and eventually those words were given to musicians who again prayerfully added music to those songs so that those songs could then be any one of those categories that we talked about. Sing to the Lord, minister to the Lord or sing over the people or sing against the powers of darkness, so on and so forth. So there were Samists in scripture who would pen down these words. Now the Psalms that we have primarily written by Asaf and David, they can be classified. Again, this is a very broad and a general classification of the type of Psalms. So I'll go ahead and share that with us. Okay, Kennedy, do you have a question there? Yes. Yeah, sorry, I was just looking at the notes. Yeah, go ahead Kennedy. I think I'll post it later on the chance. Yeah, I can see it now. So Kennedy is asking, will it be okay to put God's songs under a property right or some kind of patency? So, see Kennedy, God's songs are meant to be sung by God's people. So, but then are you saying, even today, when we sing songs here at TPC, if you look at our social media handles as well, we give the credits because a certain group has sung those songs and we acknowledge that. That's a common practice. Are you referring to that? This is what I'm saying is like what's happening in our locality. This is the property rights. Whenever you come up with a song or a theme, it's supposed to be protected under the property right. So will it be in order or appropriate to put God's songs under that kind of pattern? Am I audible? Okay, so property rights, does it mean? Yeah, you are audible Kennedy. I'm asking you. Do you mean that you're not allowed to sing those songs or you have to pay to sing those songs? Something like that? Exactly. Or you can't replay part of the version when you're doing your own song. Like I can't quote your songs in part of my song. Or use your theme, your reading. Okay, see there are some laws that kind of protect the right of the original songwriter or the original musician, which I think is okay because somebody wrote the song and you acknowledge them, you give them credit and even when you know covers these days a lot of songs, song covers are sung but the credit is given and then they're allowed to sing those songs. I think that would be all right but if someone is restricting, causing, making people pay and all, I've never heard about that. We can share from the class and we can get under that. Okay, sure, Kennedy. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, say you have some question. I'm just going to contribute to the question that sometimes this is just to protect the intensity of the song and also so that it's not abused by another person. And I think the intention basically is not really for people to pay. I think it's just basically for people to acknowledge that, I mean, everyone should be acknowledged for their work, right? So I think it's just courtesy that when we pick someone's work, at least acknowledgement is given to that person and then it's not abused because some people can use the songs for something else and they want to protect the content because they are using it to glorify. So I think if we can come from that perspective, we'll understand why we need to protect the songs really. I don't think it's really passive for people to pay or not to restrict the user. I think it's just to ignore it and also to protect the content of the songs. Yeah, thank you, say, I think you said it well. So it's simply to protect those songs and to prevent abuse. So, yeah, Kennedy, I hope you have a few additional insights there. Just quickly go ahead and complete our chapter here. We have two more sections left. So the classification of these Psalms, there's something called as Mismore. And you don't have to worry too much about this. If you're a musician, maybe you want to go deep into it. So I'll tell you the names. Mismore would mean instrumental music. The poem that a songwriter like Asaf or David would write, that would be set to instrumental music. So that kind of a psalm is known as Mismore. And there were Psalms which were known as Shigen or Shigen, whichever way you pronounce that Hebrew word. They are meditation. And you would find a lot of Psalms that David wrote where wandering thoughts, random. He's talking about something else and then he comes to some other topic. So those kind of songs are known as Shigen. And other than that, there are songs called as Mistem, which are the golden Psalms of poems. And it simply means that these particular songs are very precious. And they are highly valued. And those kind of songs are termed as Mistem. And you have songs that are known as Tefila, which are more like prayer songs or intercession songs that are speaking to God. And you have songs that are called as Mashal, that are more instructive in nature. Then you have songs called as Sheer, which are just plain music. It's song and more like a musical. So these are the broad classifications. And if you are into music, then maybe you want to research this even more. So some practical instructions, because we are talking about songs, music and the prophetic. These instructions are for singers and musicians. So it really helps to flow in the prophetic if one is well prepared. This has to do with one's skill levels. Because at a point, what if God gives you a song which is greater than your range and then you are not able to sing it because you are not skillful enough to move into that song. So it's helpful to be going up in your skill level and being prepared in that manner. Also spiritual preparation, which means that you are prayed up. You are well versed in the word because we will study later that for us to discern the prophetic. Is this word really from God? We have to be equipped with the word. If we are not, it's going to be very difficult to release the prophetic word. And in this case, prophetic song. So a worship leader, it's helpful if they know God's word. They're constantly growing in God's word. They spend time in prayer. Remember, we said that prayer is very, very important to build us up in the prophetic. So okay, all right class, I'm not going to rush this. Just this last few thoughts here, which I will take up in the next class and then we will continue on to our more practical topics. Okay, hearing from God and all of that. So let's pray and close right now. I would like to request anybody in the class to please pray. Okay, we've already run out of time so someone can just pray. That would be nice. Can I pray, Pastor? Yes, yes. We thank you and praise you, Father God for this wonderful morning which you have given to us. We surrender everything into your mighty hand of God, Master. We thank you, Father God, as we are learning. Lord Master, let our understanding and the knowledge increase day by day. And, Father God, I pray that Father enlighten our understanding in these days of Father God. We pray that Father remove our ignorance, Lord Master, regarding to your word and regarding to your gifts of Father God. We pray that Father, as we are learning every day, every week, Lord Master, asking your grace to grow and shine for your kingdom. Lord bless your servant of God, Father God, cover her under your blood of God, Master. Thank you, Father God, for giving this opportunity to learn from you, Father. All the glory on her end places belongs to you in Jesus' name we pray. Amen and amen. Thank you. Amen. Thank you, Shri Kumar. Thank you, everyone. Have a wonderful day. We meet again next week and I hope to post your assignment. So, yeah, you'll get to do your assignment next week. God bless. Bye.