 All right, welcome once again everybody to the praise and worship course, Priya. I'm doing very well. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Hey, thank you all for connecting for joining in Let's see. Let's see. Let's see. Can someone just start us off with the word of prayer anyone. Let's go for it Do you have only father we come to the name of Jesus we thank you for this beautiful day I'm pretty amazing class that we're about to have God we thank you for creating us for loving us beyond the imagination For giving your life for this as we learn everything on this praise and worship class Let us apply it in our life and let our light shine brighter and let us make heaven crowded in Jesus name Some pressure there With amazing class we're going to have if it's less amazing, please forgive me Ah All right, guys Well, uh, we've been we've been in this chapter of Flowing prophetically in praise and worship We started off by understanding the connection between music and worship and then the prophetic How the connection between the prophetic in music and worship, right? We went through a couple of scriptures. Actually, let me go ahead and share the screen. So Recap so we are all on the same page Music and worship the connection there Music plays an integral part in worship. It's one of the tools that God's given us to use to worship, right? It's not the only tool You know, which is which we we are very clear through the duration of this course. We've learned that Just music alone is not worship but music is a part of worship. It's another aspect that is Used widely and popularly, you know, in one aspect of worship, right? So we and we see that multiple scriptures someone 50 Is it is a perfect example in many ways? And then we see the connection between the music and the prophetic how sam prophesies after anointing Saul saying that he will encounter a group of people a group of prophets Who will be playing instruments, right music? With different kinds of instruments and they will be prophesying And then that scripture goes on to say that Saul also began to prophesy when he encounters them, right? Another passage in second kings chapter 3 was 14 to 16. We see Elisha asking for a musician and bring me a musician Right and as he started playing the Lord came upon him another classic example that comes to our My mind at least which we all know of is When Saul is oppressed by an evil spirit, you know, he asks David goes and plays the harp for him. And then as David played David plays the harp Saul is relieved. So there's another connection there And so it was in the it is in the tabernacle of David where we see The music worship and the prophetic coming together Right and we very briefly saw in first chronicles chapter 25 in the very very first verse it says David sit apart Right at the sons of Hema and Jonathan and Asaf for the ministry of prophesying Okay, and then we go through that entire chapter. We see how Uh, they worshiped they would sing they would play their instruments, but it was all for the ministry of prophesying They were I'm sure there were so many prophetic songs that were being born spontaneous songs Uh, and we also very briefly looked at the background of the tabernacle of David, right? When David was anointed when he became the king finally Um, you know of israel and juda at that time Uh for almost 70 years the ark of the covenant Which was the symbol of the presence of god for almost 70 years was not with them. It was not in jerusalem Even when sol was made king Uh, it did not occur to him to go after the presence of god to pursue it and to bring it back because it was a price Jewel it was a crown jewel For the israelites the ark of the covenant, right? It was very precious So on the day in first Samuel chapter 4 as we read last week on the day The people of israel lost the ark 30,000 men died right 30,000 men died, uh, and, um the high priest Eli dies, uh, and his daughter-in-law dies And and so many things. It was just not a it was absolutely not a good day Um, and then when david becomes king in second Samuel chapter 6 when he goes after when he decides to bring the ark back He takes 30,000 men along with him, right? Um, so we went through that background So the ark of the covenant was taken into the battle and we see that david retrieving it And and we see how he organized worship in the tabernacle how he set up the tabernacle Right and one of the important things that we saw was although david was living in the old covenant He constantly seems like seemed like he lived of the new covenant. Uh, you know, it's the it's the prophetic of the anointing on him Must have helped him tap into see that. Hey the greatest law Is the law of love that is to love the lord you've got with all your heart so mind and strength david lived That kind of life in the old covenant And now that should be an amazing reminder for us right now, right The church in living in the new covenant of what a privilege it is, right that we have We can boldly enter the throne room of god Right to his throne of grace Bible says the righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne and we have access to that And david tapped into that in the old covenant itself And we see how he's went ahead and set it up, right? So we see that 280 prophetic singers were there 4 000 musicians gatekeepers There's one character That I like as you say he's his name is Obed Eidom Okay In your personal bible studies and whatnot, right if you do that Do a character study on this person called Obed Eidom, right? He is what I'd like to call a minor character with a major impact You know, there's so much that we can learn of his life, right? if if Just to give a gist when When david goes to bring the ark the second time, you know Because it slips off the ark and he doesn't know what to do the the ark of the covenant Was kept in the house of Obed Eidom for three months And then david hears the news saying Obed Eidom Everything in his house is being blessed is flourishing and whatnot Just to give a gist, right? And then david goes and brings the ark of the covenant back one of the interesting Interesting thing that you will find in the scriptures is that Obed Eidom did not get comfortable living with the blessings of the lord When david came back to take the ark of the covenant back Obed Eidom went after the ark of the covenant went after the presence Basically, so that's more to his character and I would encourage you to all to do that you know in the In how beautifully he Pursues the presence of God, okay, so So many things happening in the tabernacle of david gets so many things So it is in this place. We see the music worship and the prophetic all coming to meeting together, right? So now we have now that we have, you know that understanding uh, let's look at The prophetic word, right before we start talking about the prophetic worship Uh, just really understand just a little bit about prophetic. I'm sure, uh, I'm not sure if it's in this course That you guys are doing have a course on The prophetic I'm not sure. Okay, but anyways, we're not going to go too deep You know as such in this chapter, but just adjust, you know briefly um Which one the girl you mean Obed Eidom? In in second Samuel, uh After from six, right you have to and he's mentioned all over the different chapters. So you just have to Look for it In second Samuel, yeah No problem. No problem, but you'll find, uh, but I think I should have some references. I'll probably email them to you Sure, sure. Thank you. No problem. Um, so now let's just take some time and understanding. Uh The prophetic word, okay, uh, what it does, uh, the nature of the foundations of it. Okay, and why is it important? right, um The foundation of a prophetic word Right It's from the Holy Spirit. Let's get that right Okay, uh Something doesn't happen when because someone So it puts one warned, you know, and stars bring goods all over it. Something happens now um the foundation Of the prophetic word of this everything related to the prophetic is connected to the Holy Spirit Our dependency are leaning everything Related to the prophetic should be, uh, you know From the Holy Spirit why simply because uh, if you read actually and first Corinthians, I think first Corinthians Yeah first Corinthians chapter two verse 10 10 First Corinthians chapter two Verse 10 It says But God has revealed it to us by his spirit. Okay. God has revealed there is a revelation Okay, now there's a seeing there's a knowing there's a knowledge so god has revealed who is passed on this, uh, revelation of the knowledge to us by His Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. So it is the Holy Spirit that communicates the heart and the mind of God to our Spirit. It's very important to notice that to our Spirit. Now, everything related with the prophetic, in some sense, there's an element of hearing the voice of God. Hearing God's voice. And we get asked this question, not just by the young people, but in all age groups, is how do I hear the voice of God? And that question is kind of related to how do I know the will of God? So if I can hear His voice, I will know His will, isn't it? But what is very important? I mean, and this point might come up again much later. Forgive me if I'm repetitive. He communicates the heart and mind of God to our Spirit. God is Spirit. And I've made this mistake of hearing, trying to hear Him with my physical ears. When we don't hear something, like if the connection is not good, or if we can't hear another person talking, you go closer and you press this thing, you know, you try to, like, what are you saying now? How many times I've done that? Is it only me? You know, it's trying to listen to His voice, like, what are you saying God? I can't hear you. But in all reality, He speaks in ministers to our Spirit, right? Because He is Spirit. And so, and how many times when, you know, I'm not sure again if it's just me, when you're just vacuuming the house or when you're not being too spiritual, cleaning the fan or something, you don't even necessarily have to be worshipping or thinking. It's like a thought or a word that comes in easily. Like, you know, you know that God is doing something inside of you. He's speaking. He's saying something to you and you know it, isn't it? I hope someone can relate to what I'm saying. But so, the Holy Spirit communicates the heart and mind of God because He searches the heart and mind of God to our Spirit. Okay? That's the fundamental, that's the first brick that we lay down in this foundation. Okay? If that is not right, don't even bother. So, yeah. Okay? And now, just a few examples of how a prophetic word is, can be released. Okay? In so many different ways. And what you see here are the seven things are not an exhaustive list. Right? But these are the most well-known, you know, manner of how God kind of communicates. You know, so a prophetic word is released as an impression in our hearts. So, and as I walk through each of this example, if there's anybody in the class, you know, in which how, you know, if God's spoken to you through an impression of a, you know, of a word in you, just feel free to raise your hand or share, you know, where a prophetic word was being with an, through an impression, you know, in your heart. For example, I mean, there's a lot of examples, but the one I very clearly remember is for a worship leader who was leading worship once. I had this very clear impression, like a strong, and you know, sometimes it's just God is that God is going to release a new song in him. And so that was one of the impressions. So as something like that, you know, has anyone experienced something like that? And would you like to share that? Pastor, I would like to share something. A few years back when I started driving, I was very scared to take the car and go. So on Monday, there was no other means to go. And I had to take the car. So I was very confused what to do. So then, immediately, the Word of God came to not look at the giants. So, I mean, that was clearly telling me that you have to depend on God and do not look at the circumstances. So that day, that was the first day I started driving and it was an amazing experience. Thanks for sharing that, Priya. Yeah, Esteve, go ahead, please. Yeah, what Priya said, I can completely relate to what she meant. Yeah, thank you for sharing that, Priya. And I would love to say, like, for me, sometimes when I do, you know, quiet time, some thoughts just come to me and I just write them down. Sometimes it becomes an article or, you know, sometimes it becomes a poem. Yeah, so it is not like I'm trying on my own to do that or I'm putting my own effort into it. I know it is a Holy Spirit speaking. And it comes in a way that I can connect with different scriptures. And yeah, I just love that when it happens because I know it's not me. Yeah, thank you. Thanks for sharing that. Yes, Abhishek, Abhishek, you raised your hand, you wanted to share? Yeah, sir, sometime I'm worshipping with our believers, so I'm doing ministry too. So in the worship time, sometime something happening in my body, in different parts like pan and different kind of sense is happening in my body. So that time I'm asking our believers, is anyone, is there any problem in their body in this part, in this part? They are saying yes, and at that time also I'm praying for them and they are getting well. Oh, that's wonderful. Yeah, thanks, Abhishek, for sharing that. Yeah, so that's more of like the last point that's mentioned there is the physical sensations, right? So if we can just go through all of them, you know, and because they are also kind of interlinked in so many ways, right? Like what we start off by talking about an impression and there's another point, the sixth one is a word or a sentence or a paragraph or a quickening of the scriptures. So another thing, again, might come back later is the word, right? In the New Testament, there are two Greek words that's used for the word, one, again, we all know that is the logos, right? Which is the word of God, right? And that's what's mentioned in John 1 when we read in the beginning was the word and the word was with God. The Greek word used there is the logos, right? This is referring, pointing towards Jesus. And then there's the Ramah word of God, right? So this word logos, what we have right now is for everybody, it's for the Christians all over the world, it's universal, isn't it? And then there's the Ramah word of God, which is spoken for that circumstance, that situation, right? A classic example is Luke chapter 5 verse 5, you know, when Peter says the context is, you know, we've tried catching fish all night, we didn't catch anything, but because you have said so, we will do it. What happened? Jesus spoke to that very situation, right? The logos released the Ramah word of God. And that's something beautiful, right? And how many times we read the Bible and we keep reading, we keep reading until he releases the Ramah word of God for our lives, for that situation, for that day, for that moment, right? So, and I think that's also related to an impression or to knowing on the inside a word or a sentence or a paragraph, right? Or a picture, a picture is something very different. Now, there was a time when a worship time, the worship leader, and I was playing the drums, he turned to me and he said, I want you to play, release something prophetically. And I was like, what is this? What do I do? Right? That was the first experience. But I trusted the worship leader because, you know, by then the worship leader had earned my trust in his life and knew that he was very sensitive to hearing the voice of God. So he wouldn't be asking me to do it if he did not hear it in the first place. So I trusted that he heard the voice of God. And then I, again, you know, just depending on the whole experience. And so there was this, like a picture of a sunrise. So I was, as I was playing this picture of a sunrise. So and then later got interpretation saying that is a new beginning. It's a new, there's a new start, you know, that's happening. So, yeah, anybody, you know, where you've seen pictures, God's spoken to you that way. Yes, Divya. Yeah, as you said, sunrise. And suddenly I was reminded of, it is not an impression, but I literally saw the rainbow. And it was coming repeatedly for me. So, and God reminded me of, I think it is, Isaiah 4219. See, I'm doing a new thing. I make streams in the desert, streams in the wasteland, that was. And it was very, you know, I had to, you know, hold on to it that time. So, yeah, that, that is, that is one where I had a literal, you know, physical I'm seeing. Otherwise, like we had a session in a church as well where we talk as to when we meditate on the word of God, we can, you know, draw pictures about what we are reading. So sometimes God just shows me like either like a sheep following him, following Jesus. So I just draw it. Yeah, and yeah, sometimes, you know, a flock of sheep just following this and you following Jesus's footsteps. Yeah, so, yes, certain things and always sunlight. And then it just gets very brighter. Yeah. Man, thanks Divya, thank you. Anyone else who's encountered, I mean, where God's released a prophetic word through pictures? I've seen clouds while worshiping. So this is during a moment in time of worship. I just felt like, you know, the presence of the Lord is manifesting as a cloud. Yeah. And we read that in the scriptures so many times, isn't it? Like how cloud, it's just like the manifest presence of God in the book of Chronicles and even in Exodus that he led people as a pillar of cloud by day. Awesome. Yeah, so you see, I mean, all of this can lead to one thing to the next thing, right? They're also intellect, right? It can start with an impression and then lead to a word and then can lead to a physical sensation. Then that can lead to a picture. And so there's like no proper flow chart. You know, we can't put this in a box and say this is prophetic. This is, you know, it's dangerous to do that. But as we've said, you know, these are just, you know, a few examples of how a prophetic word can be released through you and can come to you as well, right? So, yeah, just to go through them once again, it's an impression of flash of information. That's another interesting thing, a flash of information. You see, there is this connection between what we say as the word of knowledge and the prophetic, right? See, I'll just share something in my limited knowledge of what I understand that the slightest difference between the word of knowledge and the prophetic. Because I think it's important for us to just understand, you know, just have an idea at least. This is just my understanding, guys. So if I'm not right, please forgive me. So word of knowledge is something is what leads to the prophetic. You know, it starts off so many times, it's, it can, you know, it doesn't have to, but it starts off with that and that leads to the prophetic. So word of knowledge is something just like what it sounds. It's a word of knowledge, something that you already know. It could be, you know, a date of birth or a phone number or your address or the color of your car. I remember one time where my car needed fixing and it was really bad. It was a very bad season, you know, because the expenses was really bad and I was very mentally disturbed, exhausted, but I also had to lead worship that Sunday. And I remember Pastor Nancy, you know, it's like someone here has a red car. I'm like, yep, that's me. You know, so that's the word of knowledge. And she was like, God is saying, don't give up. I'm watching you. I'm seeing you. I'm with you. And that was just a beautiful way, you know, it was comforting, isn't it, to know that God, hey, okay, God is seeing, right? So what happened there is that she said, somebody here with a red car, now my car was red, you know, so I knew that. That's the word of knowledge. And then she would go on to release a prophetic word. God is going to be a provider. He is with you, right? So that's like a flash of information. It's just a word of knowledge that can lead to release of the prophetic so many times, right? It can happen directly as well. Like, this is one time, I remember, someone, you know, like being addicted, right, to porn. And this was again, one on one. And I felt like, you know, how did God just releasing, you know, saying that you are not that you are not what you think you are. You are righteous in me, you know, so it can be direct as well. So, but yeah, I'm hoping I'm making sense. Sorry if I'm confused here. Let's move on. So, but what does this prophetic word do? Why is it important, you know, to depend? Prophetic word point one brings edification, exhortation and comfort. In 1 Corinthians 14, 3 we see, but he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men. Right, it brings edification and exhortation. And then we see it reveals God's plans and purposes. It reveals God's plan and purposes. We can go to Luke chapter one. The scripture is the references mentioned in your notes. Okay, let's see Luke chapter one, look at verse 67. And then we go to 76. Okay, so just look at the verse 67 there. Okay, Luke chapter one verse 67. It says his father Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied. Okay, you see how again being filled with the Holy Spirit is the key there. It's come down to 76 to 79. It says, And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the most high, for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins. Because of the tender mercy of our God in which the rising sun will come to us from heaven. Rising sun. Strange. To shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the path of peace. Okay, this is a classic example of God's word revealing plans and purposes in our lives. But again, the foundation there was Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit. That can be another session altogether on being filled with the Holy Spirit. So once again, a good reminder for us that Holy Spirit is the foundation being filled with them, to move in the prophetic. Let's go on. Third, a prophetic word stirs up and causes us to move in faith and in warfare. What does it do? It stirs us up. Okay, it encourages us, right, and edifies it, empowers that it causes us to move. Okay, so a prophetic word will always cause you to get into action. It will get you going. It will get you to do, right. And we see that in the Logos word of God, right, in the beginning was the word and the word was with God, right, and the word was God, right. And the word became flesh, right. The word became flesh. It moved. Okay, it was word, it was word in action. It became action. So the prophetic word of God causes us to take move. Okay, in faith and warfare. So the reference given there in 1st Timothy chapter 1 verse 18 is, this charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare. Right. And I heard once, I hope, I can paraphrase this. Bill Johnson says this, you know, he gives this analogy. He says, okay, a prophetic word is where God goes into your future, right, in the plan that he has prepared for you. He picks the promise, a piece of that, you know, a glimpse of that future. He comes to the present and he releases that to encourage you, to motivate you, to push you, to edify you, to comfort you and say, hey, this is what I prepared for you and I want you to press on towards that, no matter how hard your present is. Okay, so it stirs us up. It causes us to move towards the goal, towards the plan, towards the destiny that God has prepared for us. Right. Next one, let's go. The prophetic word provides motivation and strength to carry out God's purposes and plans. Okay, this is connected to the example that I just gave, prophetic word provides motivation and strength to carry out God's purposes and plans. And so many times he reminds us, isn't it? And I hope you have this habit of writing down the prophecies, you know, released over your life, making a note of it or recording it and whatnot. Because I have to share this, I'm sorry I'm sharing so many of my personal experiences, but I don't know how else to put this point across. There was a time where we had this worship team meeting, right? We would meet in a church office for just time of prayer and worship, and there was a time. So what we do is we have an individual, so say 20 people, we have one person come stand in the middle. We all circle around the person and start praying and then start releasing the prophetic word over that individual. And so my turn came and I was in the middle and everybody started praying. And then there was this time and I started recording it on my phone as like, okay, I don't care how I look, I'm going to hold up my phone. I'm going to record this. And everybody started releasing prayers over my life. And one of the words that Pastor Jake's, we call him Pastor Jake's, okay. Pastor Jake Kumar released a word saying, don't take, he said, I see a picture of a ship. And he said, don't take your handle of the, what is that? It's not staring me for the ship. He says, don't take your hands off yet. You know, hold on to it in the storm. And so I recorded that. And it was after a year, right? After a year later, I just went and hit it, you know. And I did not even think that it would be relevant to my situation, my circumstance of what I was going through. But I was just listening to it and it made so much sense to what I was going through to the decisions that I had to make of the things that I had to let go and not let go. So what did it do? A prophetic word, which was almost released a year ago, it gave me motivation and strength to carry out God's purpose and plans, isn't it? So just being dependent on the rainbow word of God is so important. So, you know, so beautiful. And if you remember the life of Abraham, God tells Abraham, take your son. Okay. Take all these things. Go to the place that I will show you. That means God had not yet shown him, you know, where to go. But Abraham was obedient. He took that first step of faith. And that's what prophetic does is when we are obedient and when we keep taking that step of faith, you know, faith is spelt as a risk in, you know, God starts revealing, you know, step by step, step by step and whatnot. So that's what it does point for prophetic words provides motivation and strength for us to carry out God's purpose and plans. The prophetic word releases God's power, healing, deliverance and breakthroughs. It releases God's power, healing, deliverance and breakthrough. Right. There's one scripture that I see the very ship praising God for his goodness. God is such a good father. He prepares us beforehand, even before the storms. Yes, he does. Yeah. In Revelation chapter 19 verse 10. Okay. Revelation chapter 19 verse 10. We can hear this. It says the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Okay. The testimony. What is it? Okay. Everything, anything recorded a written record or a known record of what Jesus has done. Okay. That means this word when we read the Gospels and we see that everything that it is done. Do you guys know this book is prophetic in nature? Right. And then, you know, so it says the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Right. And we see here that it releases God's power, healing, deliverance and breakthrough. So what happens, for example, the word testimony, it simply means to do it again. Right. We've heard that song by Elevation, right? Do it again. I've seen you move. I've seen you move the mountains and I believe that you will do it again. So what are we actually declaring is I've seen you move the mountains. That's a testimony. That's a written record of what Jesus has done. Right. And I believe that you will do it again. And it's said that when we release of what God has done, what Jesus has already done. It is said that we are creating an atmosphere for him to do it again. So anybody who's sharing in a testimony. Right. And how many times I've heard stories of a person sharing a particular testimony and because of that testimony, that atmosphere was created for God to do the testimony again, to do that healing, to do to do that deliverance and the breakthrough again. And how a person, you know, who just listening to the testimony claimed it for them and they were, and they received that healing or the breakthrough. Right. So the testimony of Jesus is prophetic. Right. And that releases God's power for healing, deliverance and breakthroughs. Right. Are you guys with me? Yes, Pastor. We're with you. All right. Thanks, Sid. Very emphatic. Thank you. Right. And then going on to the sixth point. I hope I'm the right place. Yep. Okay. The prophetic word brings correction and restoration. We see that in the story of King David and Prophet Nathan. Right. And so in everything that a prophetic word does that we've learned so far. It also brings correction and restoration. I mean, David was, you know, acting like everything was fine. Nothing had happened between him and Bathsheba. Like he, you know, like he did not orchestrate the murder or the killing of Uriah. Then he's like, okay, you know, you can't go on like this. God's like, he sends a prophet. Then says, okay, you know, what you did was not right. But with that, with the correction. There's all, there also comes restoration. Right. So prophetic word brings correction and restoration. Prophetic word causes conviction and repentance. Prophetic word causes conviction and repentance. An example used here is that example of the Samaritan woman. Right. As Jesus is releasing the words of knowledge and as he's being prophetic, you know, it's causing, it's convicting this woman. It's causing her to change her lifestyle. You know, what the example that we saw was it causes us to take, to move in action, to do something about it. Isn't it? So that's exactly what this point is about. Right. It causes us, it causes conviction and repentance. It gets you to do something. Right. It will always get you to do something. And finally, the prophetic word transforms nations. More than anything else, guys, I think this is very crucial. Right. Yes. It's important to receive a word of God for our situation, for circumstances. Absolutely no negating that fact at all. We need to desire to hear the heart of God for our nation, nations. Isn't it? That's what he is all about. Right. And for the generations and the generations to come. Right. Because our God is a God of generations. Right. In the Old Testament, we see he's the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Right. That's just to say he cares about the different generations. And he's the one who started this, a new nation, the nation called Israel. So of course he has hearts for nations. Right. His hearts for different countries. So prophetic word transforms nations. This should encourage us to pursue the prophetic. Right. So we'll stop here for this session. And when we return, we'll talk about the prophetic song. And how the prophetic word is, you know, can be released as a prophetic song. So I'll stop the presentation here. And the recording before I stop the recording, I hope, you know, everybody were able to just grasp, you know, just the beauty of the gift that we have on the gift of prophetic that's been given to us. Right. I hope everybody's okay with that. I'll stop the recording now.