 Good morning again. Thanks for joining. Good to see you. I know you missed me a lot last week. Yeah I'm a lot better But thank you. Thank you for praying as well. Wait, let's pray Holy Spirit, we love you in this place. We look to you. We honor you. We worship you father You are good. Your love endures forever. We thank you for your mercies that are new every morning We thank you for your faithfulness that sustains us lord Father, even as we learn from your word once again Holy spirit, we lean on your understanding not on our wisdom not on not on our own intellectual understanding But we lean on your understanding. So we prepare our hearts for you to speak to us And when you speak help us to be sensitive to your voice To discern your voice, I pray in Jesus name and then Okay, let me share the screen for us Okay, um, so we won't I want to go into what chapter are we chapter eight or nine or something nine right? Uh, we'll learn a little bit about moving prophetically in worship in this chapter. We'll see how far we can go Yeah So how are we going to learn? Uh, what are we going to do is we'll try and understand First what the connection between music and worship? Uh, everything is All see on the back That's I I'm sorry if I'm blocking the view um So what does the bible have to say about music and worship? Uh, the connection between the worship and the prophetic Right and where all these three things Meet music worship and the prophetic which place it meets the for the first time and uh We'll not go too deep into the prophetic because you will do a separate course on just understanding the prophetic separately And we'll learn a little bit about the prophetic song. Is that okay? Yeah Okay, um So We learned about the seven Hebrew words for praise And out of the seven what one of the words is zamar Isn't it and zamar means That's what it actually means about playing an instrument or literally means plucking the strings Like we play the guitar Okay to touch the strings to make melody and music Um, so here we see the connection between music and worship Right and one of the Hebrew words is zamar In psalm 149 verse 3 we say that let them his name with the dance Let them sing praises to him with the timbrel and harp Okay, uh, all right Did I hear something? All right. Hey, thanks Scripture or music and worship is Psalm 150 verse 3 to 5 praise him with the sound of the trumpet Praise him by the way, all these are in your notes. I'm just Projecting it. Okay Praise him with the sound of the trumpet praise him with the loot and harp praise him with timbrel And dance praise him with stringed instrument flutes Praise him with loud symbols praise him with clashing symbols So all of this you see this it's used praise With this instrument praise with this instrument. Okay, you see the connection between music Instrument is always related to music. Isn't it? Yes or no, right? So you see the connection between music and Worship, okay. Yeah praise also is fine Now let's we know that we've understood the connection between music and worship We'll uh, understand the connection between the music and the prophetic Okay, where are a few times that uh, where these two meet together? In first Samuel chapter 10 verse 5 we read that After that you shall come to the hill of god where the Philistine garrison is now Who said this who's saying this to whom? You know that question in school days exams and all know who said to whom so First Samuel chapter 10 verse 5 Who is saying to whom? Roshan is saying to you Samuel is saying to Saul right prophet Samuel Has just anointed king Saul Right, so that's the context. So prophet Samuel is telling to Saul he's saying after that You shall come to the hill of god Where the Philistine garrison is And it will happen when you have come there to the city that you will meet a group of prophets What do prophets do they prophesy isn't it? Yes or no, yeah So coming down the high place with a stringed instrument A tambourine a flute and a harp before them and they will be prophesying So here we see the connection between the music and the prophetic now Samuel prophet Samuel is prophesying About these people who will be prophetic Did you understand that Prophet Samuel is prophesying about a group of people who will be prophesying And look at the detail That prophet Samuel is getting into There will be a group of people. He is even telling what which instrument they will be playing Right, it's pretty intense. So he's saying That the group of people will be prophesying By playing the instrument. So there's a connection between music and the prophetic. Okay, um, one more example About music and the prophetic is uh from this chapter second kings Chapter three was 14 to 16 Excuse me Excuse me It says an Elisha said as the lord of host lives Before whom I stand surely we are not That I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. I would not look at you nor see you but now Bring me a musician And then it happened when the musician played that the hand of the lord came upon Elisha and then he said thus says the lord Make this valley so and so, okay Now if you read the context if you should read the whole chapter chapter three even chapter two and chapter four after this This is a very important Chapter Because a lot of it is depending on Elisha He has to make a certain decision if he doesn't make a certain decision a lot of people are going to die That is the situation they are in And so for him to hear from the lord Elisha is saying bring me a musician Now a quick question Do we have to play music for god to say something to you? What is prophetic god speaking to to us Through us, isn't it? So simple question For us to be prophetic. Do you need music all the time? more faster Yay, thank you No Right god can speak without music god can speak without playing the pads. No sometimes we need the pads. It's like, oh anointing Isn't it nothing wrong with the pads I I like pads. I know a lot of people who like pads because it creates some sort of atmosphere Uh These are examples Of few situations circumstances where god chose to move or speak Through music when music was being played, but we do not limit the prophetic. We do not limit god Saying that okay god will speak only when someone plays a g chord Or a c major whichever your favorite chord is Are you with me? Okay, so this is a couple of examples First we saw music and worship and then music and the prophetic And you can get more of this information from apc publication called understanding the prophetic by pastor ashish right sure Now we see all these three elements Meet together for the first time in the bible in the tabernacle of david What are the three things? What are the three things that we just looked at? music worship and prophetic everybody say music worship and prophetic so for the first time In the bible we see these three elements meeting together And that place where they meet together is the tabernacle of david Okay, the tabernacle of david now um Without going through too many scriptures uh Or the details i've mentioned all those scriptures I want you to go through it now when we were studying the chapter on the presence of god We started talking about it from genesis three isn't it genesis chapter three adam and eve when they sin they hid Themself Yeah That was the beginning of separation. That's what sin does it separates us from the presence of god So from genesis chapter three to exodus chapter 25. What's the time gap? I spoke about it I taught you From genesis chapter three to exodus 25. What is the time gap? sorry Yeah, 2500 years Thank you Right, so for 2500 years, there was no dwelling place or resting place for god's presence, isn't it? And until most god chooses moses and he says build a tabernacle a sanctuary there. I will meet with you Okay, this is in the book of revelation Which book exodus exodus Okay, talk to me guys all right So from the books up. What's what's the next book after exodus? Yeah, okay Let me take this numbers deuteronomy Joshua and judges. Okay, so We come to the book of joshua. We see the people of israel have stepped into the promised land joshua has led them into victory Okay, um, how many battles did they win or fight? and one I will call it students Okay, so when you read through the book of joshua, they fought almost 30 31 battles Okay, now. Why am I saying all of this? They had the tabernacle of moses In the book of joshua, you don't read a lot about it And then by the time you come to the book of judges, they have settled in nicely in the land of flowing with milk and honey Uh, they've compromised a lifestyle of worship and holiness with the lifestyle of canonites They've begun to build altars of baal You know, that's altars of false worship the gods that the canonites worshiped israelites began to worship them So all of a sudden there is no scene Of where the tabernacle of moses is It's like they've lost the site or the place of worship They've gone back to building altars false altars of worship And so in the book of judges, that's what it is And then we go into first Samuel the book of first Samuel right we In first Samuel chapter four It's and I want to encourage each and every one of you to read that chapter. It's one of the most Devastating chapters in the history of israel So what happens long story short still there's no news of the tabernacle of moses We only know that ark of the covenant was kept in a place called shiloh Everybody says shiloh Okay, so we only know that until then we until first time in chapter four We don't really know where even the ark of the covenant is And so in first time in chapter four we see okay There was a high priest called Eli Right and this Eli was very old He was fat and he couldn't move he was the high priest of the temple Eli had two sons hofner and finnehas These two sons were very bad They were supposed to be priests of the temple But they the bible says in first time in chapter three and four when you read They committed Sin in the eyes of the lord That means they committed sexual immorality They slept with the women who came to the temple They were very sinful in all their ways Okay, who am I talking about the two sons of Eli hofner and finnehas say hofner and finnehas Okay Just in time Do you need something? Okay Sorry, there was a visitor Are you all with me? Who was the high priest? Eli right now Eli was very old. He was fat He did not could not see and he had two sons hofner and finnehas. I'm paraphrasing chapter four first time in chapter four. Okay Now what happened philistines began to attack israel Okay, they began to attack israel now israel didn't know what to do And so what they said they read the history books is like oh history in the history book it says Before when they carried the ark of the covenant and went into the battle. They won the battle And so they thought okay Let us go get the ark of the covenant from place called shilo and then we'll go into the battle and we'll win the battle against the philistines So they bring the ark of the covenant And everybody starts shouting you're celebrating really. Yay ark of the covenant is here israelite We are going to win against the philistines and philistines hear this It's like What is this screaming and and shouting? It seems like the ark of the covenant is in their midst surely we are doomed But what happened they go into battle israel lose miserably 30,000 men are killed 30,000 People of israel men Are killed in that battle. They lost terribly 30,000 It's not a small number and so okay 30,000 people are killed And then what happens is the philistines Take the ark of the covenant and go into the into their territory into their land They've taken away And so there's one messenger who comes running and he says ilai Your two sons are died They died in the battle And then he says another news The philistines have taken away the ark of the covenant And when ilai heard that news It says ilai fell off the throne He broke his neck and he died And one of the wives of the sons of ilai when she heard that her husband had died She was pregnant. She goes into labor and she names her son iqabod You know what iqabod means? Glory has departed Everything what i've just said is in first time you're chapter four Okay iqabod That means the glory has departed Two sons of ilai thought that they could win the battle without any relationship with god They thought okay, this is the secret formula. We'll just do this what they did we will do it We will win Without intimacy with god without no relationship with god. They thought they could win the battle But they lost miserably iqabod the glory had departed Now where are we first samuel chapter four Now remember sol is not anointed yet as a king Much later we see that okay. What happens fast forward Sol is anointed as a king as the first king of israel. He is from the tribe of benjamin Ark of the covenant is not there Let's fast forward to second samuel chapter six. Can we go to second samuel chapter six, please? So second samuel chapter six verse one. What does it say? david took How many 30 000 men huh So from first samuel chapter four When the ark of the covenant was taken To second samuel chapter six that is approximately the time gap again is 70 odd years How many years Okay, all of these are very important for you to remember because for 70 years There was not a single person Who felt the need to go after the presence of god king sol He became the first king of israel He didn't feel the need to go after the ark of the covenant to bring it back Finally a person called david So david is first anointed in first samuel chapter 16 16 i think yeah because saptor 17 is about david and goliath So david sol a samuel anoints david as a king In first samuel chapter 16, but then he goes through a wilderness period for 14 years And so until second samuel chapter six david finally decides to bring the ark of the covenant back Again david must have gone to the history books and said on the day the ark of the covenant was taken 30 000 men were killed So i'm going to take the same number of men and go to bring the presence of god back Are you with me this is a little bit of a history lesson, but it's a very important history lesson Okay, so 70 years until second samuel chapter 6 the gap between first samuel 4 and second samuel 6 And so he comes and sets up the tabernacle You'll read more about it there So moses the tabernacle had a veil david's tabernacle had no veil Right, there was no curtain. There was no outer court inner courts. Nothing. It was just open for everyone Right now why is david so significant is david although he lived in the old covenant He lived as though he was living in the new covenant Did you follow? Should i say that again Although david was living in the old covenant. He lived from the perspective of the new covenant What is the new covenant? There is no veil the presence of god is available to all of us, isn't it? We don't have to go through enter the gates wash our hands All of that Okay, so this is the tabernacle. Let's go a little bit more about the david's tabernacle You'll read more about it in detail in first chronicles 25 And we'll learn more about it in detail in your third year course And worship ministry, okay Until then if you're here Ask chronicles chapter 25 Okay, so you in that chapter you will see all these Details in david's tabernacle There were he set up about 288 singers And 4,000 musicians how many? yeah That's a lot of musicians And there's more that he said about 4,000 gatekeepers If you can fathom that you teach me how to understand it because it's just amazing And he is the david was the first person to set up this 24 seven worship So for 24 hours for seven days You do you know for how many years it went on? 33 years The david's tabernacle with worship day and night 24 hours for seven days It went on for 33 years Same duration as jesus's life Okay, they would write songs So first chronicles chapter 25 verse one It says david and the commanders of the army set aside the sons of asaf heman and jirithin for the ministry of prophesying And that's what it will say First chronicles 25 verse one is that what it says am i right? David And the commanders with the commanders of the army set apart Sons of asaf sons of heman and sons of jirithin for the ministry of prophesying It's interesting isn't it so again This is just to re-emphasize the point that it is in the tabernacle of david where worship music And prophetic meat these three elements meet together in his place Right and then we see them from uh james courting from in ax chapter 15. He's courting from amos chapter nine Saying that in the last days david god is in the business of rebuilding the tabernacle of david It says 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 Why so that the rest of the mankind may seek the lord even all the gentiles who are called by my name Says the lord who does all these things um even now we read about uh You know houses of prayer all across the world that god is setting up One of the houses of prayer I can think of is the international house of prayer It was it was founded by this person called mike bickle In september 1999 September 1999 they started then and It's still going on now For 24 hours seven days a week through the year without stopping From 1999 september till date um It's a house of prayer where worship word and intercession is being ministered Like that there are many houses of prayer across the globe that god is rebuilding and Those are the signs of where this verse is being fulfilled where he is rebuilding the tabernacle of david Are you all with me? Yeah, how's the history lesson so far Does anybody like history? Shame on you History is important it it it tells us where we come from Right, uh, who we are where we come from. It's very important. So if um All right, all right, let's move on All right, okay So remember we are learning about the prophetic word, uh, how to move prophetically in worship So let's understand a little bit about what a prophetic word is So what is the prophetic if anybody asks you this question? What is prophetic? You just you can simply say this Prophecy is simply God speaking to man Through man Yeah, can we read that together ready go prophecy? God speaking to man through man The holy spirit communicates the heart and mind of god to our spirit Simple Right, it's god speaking to man Through man, right. He speaks to me. And if I release the prophetic word, so he's spoken the word to me through me That's what a prophetic word is right and he can do the same thing with you Through you do you believe that Do you believe that? Okay, do you believe that god speaks to us? Do you believe that he speaks to us? Right, so why I'm asking that question is you have to stop believing the lie that god only speaks to certain people God only speaks to pastashash He doesn't speak to me He desires to speak to every single individual You have to believe that you have to believe that he speaks to you Are you with me, right? Again, you I've heard people say, you know, I don't hear god You know, I don't hear him but I can feel his presence Him being present is him saying something Why because he is the word He is the word that means when he's present He's saying something just by being present. So he's speaking all the all the time He is the word that means he definitely has something to say Right, so he speaks to us. So some of the ways and how he speaks to us How a prophetic word is released is through some of these points So a prophetic word can come to you as an impression in your heart I go through these points and I'll give certain examples, okay A flash of information quickening of scriptures annoying on the inside Pictures a word sentence paragraph physical sensation, etc. So and again, these are not the only points There will be more ways in how he chooses to speak But these are some of the points where he Um It that through which god speaks most oftenly. Okay, so an impression I want to connect the first point and the fourth point. That's an impression or the knowing on the inside Or actually everything is kind of interlinked to one another Okay, an impression or a knowing on the inside is For example, um So say god is impressing a certain scripture in my heart Okay, that's one of the examples. So um If i'm praying for you I as i'm praying for you I might feel like he's impressing that he's restoring Joy into your life. So I might hear the word the holy spirit might put this word called joy Right, he might impress he might just whisper or might just impress impress in your heart saying joy So and then as i'm praying is like I feel like god saying that he's restoring joy into your life You release your obedient you're taking Who do you spell faith? Spell faith for me spell faith F a i p h Wrong You spell faith as r i sk risk. Yeah You're right Yes, um You take that step of faith is you take that risk You're being obedient to his voice. Sometimes he'll say, okay. It just released this word over that person you But you you know, we'll be like, but I don't understand. It doesn't make sense. It's not logical God did not ask you if it makes sense God did not ask you if it's logical But we create these questions in our minds. It's like, what if I say this? What if it's wrong? So what if it's wrong? It's not your word Right, so you take that risk. All you have to do is be obedient Say obedient That's it. Okay. So as you're praying say i'm praying for joseph I'm uh Holy spirit impresses this word called joy in my heart and I just release Father in the name of jesus. I release joy And I tell him I feel like god is restoring joy into your life So what's happening is i'm just being obedient to what god is impressing in my heart And then to follow that up. He might also put a scripture in my heart All right Okay, so that's another thing a flash of information a flash of information. It's like a like a word of knowledge Uh, for example, let's say okay, does anybody have a red car? I'm thinking of a red car because I have a So a word of knowledge might come from uh, you know, whoever is praying saying, okay I see that someone is having a red car and that and uh, it needs to go for service and God is releasing financial breakthrough You see that that is what's that a flash of information. Isn't it okay? Uh, a pictures is another way where he Speaks to uh, has anybody has has these experience in any of this what I'm talking about It's okay. If you have not because nobody is going to jail Okay, but uh, but you've got to believe Right, you have to believe that god speaks to you And he will choose to move through you prophetically Are you with me? Okay, so uh pictures I remember this one time I was in delhi uh for a worship conference And suddenly the worship leader turned back and he said roshan. I want you to play something prophetically I'm like, uh, you know I was taken aback, but My immediate response. I'm just using my example. Uh, so Uh, I just said holy spirit. I surrender And at that moment there was this image of uh, sunrise There's an image of sunrise. So I'm playing drums, but I'm seeing an image of sunrise And so I had to come in agreement with my instrument And to what god was showing And so and then later, you know, if you don't understand this then holy spirit will also interpret what you what that means So he was saying, okay, the sunrise is a new day a new beginning A new start So that's what god was releasing in that room at that time And I was coming in agreement with my instrument On the drums Are you with me and so that way he again he might choose to release pictures And speak to us through us as well Word sentence paragraph physical sensations, etc Okay, so this these are the few ways and how a prophetic word can be released, right? What's the time? Okay All okay all right Um, so what does a prophetic word do? Why is it important? A prophetic word brings edification exhortation and comfort The second point is very important. It's not self serving It does not tear down but to call out destiny Right a prophetic word will always bring out edification Exhortation it will always bring encouragement and comfort. It will convict But it would not it will not condemn Okay, we have to understand the difference between conviction and condemnation a prophetic word will always convict someone So again when when david sinned with that sheba right Who comes to him? prophet nathan right prophet nathan comes to david and If it was condemning condemnation will always point towards your identity Conviction will always point to the action to what it was done. Good morning, bro. Okay, so yeah Everything is falling in class today. I don't know what's happening Okay Plus going things 14 1 2 3 What's 3 it says but he who prophesies speaks edification And exhortation and comfort to man. Okay, so the first thing What does the prophetic word do it brings edification exhortation and comfort? Okay a prophetic word second thing it reveals god's plans and purposes And prophetic word it stirs up and causes up to move in faith First timothy chapter 1 verse 18 says this charge. I commit to you some timothy according to the prophecies Previously made concerning you That by them you may wage the good warfare So because of the prophetic words that's been released over you spoken over you use them to wage war right So prophetic word causes us to move in faith A prophetic word provides motivation and strength to carry out god's purposes and plans And prophetic words it releases god's power or healing deliverance and breakthroughs Finally prophetic word. Uh, sorry not the final one. It brings correction and restoration It's the example. We just spoke about about prophet Nathan and king david Wait, look at that. It brings correction and restoration And finally prophetic word causes conviction and repentance And it transforms nations. So what are all the eight things that a prophetic word does? Things edification exhortation it reveals god's plans and purposes It encourages us to move in faith It gives us motivation and strength to carry out god's plans. It releases god's power Brings correction and restoration causes conviction and repentance and transforms Nation, okay. These are all what a prophetic word can do Yes, now Everything what a prophetic word can do The same thing will be done through a prophetic song Okay All the eight things what a prophetic word can do The same thing can be done with a prophetic song the same thing is released through a prophetic song So prophetic song accomplishes all that the prophetic word does Yeah, okay. So, uh, what is a prophetic song? Now there's one Hebrew word for worship or praise That means To sing a spontaneous song to the lord. What's that Hebrew word? Did I teach you that? Hmm, let's throw some seven out of the seven. We'll throw one Hebrew word. Something must be right What is Shabbak? It's not spontaneous What's the one Hebrew word? Do you recall the name or the word called the healer? Ah Yes, sir The healer means to erupt in a spontaneous song Right a spontaneous song to the lord a song of thanksgiving worship adoration An overflow of our hearts A new song a song when god does a new thing in our lives some 33 verse 3 says sing to him a A new song Some 40 verse 3 says he's put a new song in my mouth Okay, uh, if you read that verse some 40 verse 3 it says he has Put a new song. He doesn't say he may put He might put he will put no he has already put Right. He has put a new song in someone else's mouth He's put a new song in my mouth But if you complete that verse it says he's put a new song in my mouth a hymn of praise to my god Why So many will see and fear and put their trust in him That's the entire verse the whole verse is not here. So he's put a new song in my mouth. So when I sing When I release the prophetic song Many will see who this god is and they'll put their trust in him Okay, so your prophetic song is connected with winning souls evangelism Did you know that? Okay, um Yeah, all of these points are there in your notes. I don't want to take too much time on those a prophetic song Is a song of exhortation to the people Efficiency up to five was 18. What does it say? Do not be drunk with wine, but be filled with the spirit Sing to one another with songs psalms and spiritual psalms Colossians chapter 3 was 16 Let the word of christ dwell in you richly Right, let the word of christ Dwell, okay another word for dwelling is tabernacle or literally means pitch the tent Okay, let the word of god Dwell in you let it pitch let it put one tent in your heart and stay there And then sing to one another with songs psalms and spiritual psalms Your prophetic song is declarative in nature. So how do we prepare? This is a classic question um again There's no any secret ingredient here and how to move in the prophetic The first thing what you have to do is you have to believe that god will speak to you And god can speak through you Right once you believe that The next thing is not an excuse Your relationship and walk with the walk with the lord Intimacy is Intimacy is key Yes, um, and I think I've shared this example before If a if our best friend or our father or a mother Calls, um, you you will recognize their voice immediately, isn't it? Yes, um, so if my father calls me on the phone, I'm not going to say Who's this who's speaking? I will immediately recognize my father's voice Why because I have built a relationship with him and so When god speaks to you You begin to learn and memorize the way he speaks to you Because the way he speaks to you will be very different from the way he speaks to me Are you with me? So you have to begin to learn to recognize the voice of god He might not always say Behold dad. Where are you? Where are thou? No, he's not always going to do that in his base voice and all of Right, he might speak the way he wants to speak It's up to you to remember that and the next time when he speaks don't ask who's this who's this Right, you begin to recognize. Okay. This is the lord. This is the lord, right? So relationship with the lord intimacy is key and pray in the word of god Um Expectation is the point that I made you have to believe that god will speak to you You expect him to speak to you and you be sensitive to his leading Okay I just So I think I've shared with you in how I approach my private time You don't have to do that. So if you have if I have one hour I divide that into 20 minutes three times 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes You read the word you worship and your praying tongues, etc And yeah, so those are all the simple practical tips on how you can Develop to move in the prophetic Okay, so This is the last point is actually I'll stop sharing the screen Because all these points are in your notes, by the way, so Okay So why is this chapter important? Is not for us to say oh look at me. I can move in the prophetic. Can you move in the prophetic? It's not it's not for that. We looked at those eight points on what a prophetic word can do. Isn't it? Yes or no So for that sake for his kingdom to be established here on earth as it is in heaven That's why it's important for us to release and move in the prophetic is to is us leaning into the heart of god and say, okay lord What do you want to do? Because in the gospel of john when you read the gospel time and time again, jesus says this thing I do only what the father tells me to do. I say only father. I say what the father tells me to say I go where the father tells me to go Jesus the son of god walked with absolute obedience He wanted to be led by his father Are you with me? You're right. And so you and me we have this incredible privilege That's an understatement. We we have this incredible honor to Take this key open the door of heaven and let the floodgates of heaven here on earth Jesus has said I've given you the keys Isn't it and so it's up to us. We can't have the key and say, okay, what do I do with this? Keep it in your pockets. There's no point And so for us to unleash heaven here on earth, we need to learn to move in the prophetic Yeah All good Okay. Yeah, well, I hope everybody online are still alive Thanks for joining. Okay. We've exceeded the time by minute. Okay. God bless you. Thanks for joining. 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