 A very good morning to everyone. Thank you so much for joining in today for our study about the prophetic ministry. Let's pray and we will begin. I would like to request one of us to please lead and pray and then we get into our lesson. Thank you. Dear Heavenly Father, we come to you under the name of Jesus. We thank you for this day. We thank you for the class we are about to have. God, I give all my classmates and Pastor Nancy into your hands. Be with us throughout the session. And as pastor teaches, help us to open our mind and heart and understand the deep truths in your Bible. We thank you that you're a God who speaks with us. We thank you that you always want us to reveal things to us. Lord, you're such an amazing God. We stand in all of you, Jesus. And I pray that every single truth that we learn today, it will sink deep into our heart and it will reflect in our lives so that we can be a blessing to others. Give us good Wi-Fi connection throughout the session. Be with us and guide us in Jesus' name. I pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Trefina. So we've been looking at the way in which the prophetic releases God's power, releases the work that God wants to do. So we saw that the prophetic can come through as a prophetic word. It can also come through in the form of prophetic intercession. Now we are looking at prophetic song. We did talk about prophetic power, which accompanies or rather releases again what God intends to do. So while we talk about prophetic song, we said that song and music has a connection with the flow of the prophetic anointing. And we've seen the way Elisha understood the meaning of the connection of music along with the prophetic anointing. And so he called for a musician and then he was stirred up to prophesy. We also saw how there were these prophetic musicians appointed by David in the tabernacle and there was a role for these musicians and worship leaders to play. And they were in fact taught and they were continually encouraged to flow in the prophetic. So the way we saw prophetic word bring encouragement, comfort, strengthen the believer, prophetic song can also do the same thing. And of course the release of the prophetic anointing through healings and supernatural works of God, prophetic power as we call many of those things that also happens when we minister through prophetic song. So what else can we understand about prophetic song so that we can use this in our worship and service in the kingdom. Now we looked at the broad categories of prophetic song and we said that some songs are directed towards God and they are songs to the Lord. Some are songs from the Lord for the encouragement of His people. And then you have two more categories, prophetic declarations or songs that are declaring the truth of God's word. Now we will see how that actually affects the spiritual realm. And the fourth of course is prophetic action which accompanies one or more of the above. So we were talking about prophetic songs which are sung unto the Lord. So we said that these songs can express one's love, adoration, affection towards God and scripture always encourages us to sing out a new song. And when we say new song, it is a song in the moment, a song which God is speaking over His people. So it's not necessarily just new words, new lyrics. It can be new words, new lyrics. But also it can be a timely song or words that may be a part of an old song that has already been sung quite often. So that's how we would understand it. But the importance is the key thing to understand is to pick up what God is saying in that moment and release it. So the new in the Hebrew we were saying that it comes from the word Qadash or Qadash however that may be pronounced. Which means new and it's new both in terms of the sense that it brings to the listeners and also the freshness. The freshness of the knowledge or understanding which is being brought to us. So this is the new that the Lord births and as these new songs are sung, we would experience the new things that God is doing. So when I say new, it's refreshing basically what we are talking about. So maybe that new song is connected to a new miracle. It's connected to a new deliverance. It's connected to something new and fresh that the Lord is doing. Maybe there's an understanding which we had but now it's surfacing as a fresh new revelation in our hearts that we can use in a timely manner right now. So these are all the things that actually happen when we release that new song which God is putting on our hearts. So the Lord gives us these songs which sometimes these songs arise from our hearts and sometimes these songs are given to us. So given to us in the sense we read that Moses, he received a song and then he, that song was taught to the people and they sang it back to the Lord. Similarly you would read about something known as the song of the Lamb in the book of Revelation where it talks about the greatness of God, the goodness of God. So it's sort of coming from the Lord but being sung back to the Lord. So there are words in Revelation 15 verses 3 and 4, there are words like great and marvelous are your works. Lord God Almighty, just and true are your ways. So you see affirmation of his attributes or king of the saints who shall not fear you or Lord and glorify your name. So this is affirmation of the attributes of God but it is coming from the Lord. This is also the song of the Lord Lamb coming from Jesus. So in this manner we are able to sing them back to the Lord. Even in the book of Hebrews we read about the Lord Jesus who declares the name of God to the brethren. So brethren are in other words, it's referring to the believers who have now been redeemed by the work of Jesus. So he calls them brethren. He declares the name of the Lord to his brethren in Hebrews 2-12. So the attributes of God are being praised. God is being praised, the Father is being praised through the Son before the people of God. So many times we have songs that come from the Lord which we again redirect back to the Lord in worship. And that's wonderful because at moments we know how great God is, how good God is. But then we may not have the words to actually express that. But thank God he gives us the words and we can put it back into our singing, into our worship and have that communion with the Lord. We experience his presence through the songs that the Lord himself is putting into our hearts. And in Revelation 19-10 it says that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy in Revelation 19 and verse 10. So what it means is that in what Jesus is saying or what he is testifying or what he is releasing, there is a flow of the prophetic which accompanies that. So we are able to flow with what the Lord is saying and you can also look at it this way when the flow of the prophetic is happening. So we need to look for these songs as they come. As the prophetic anointing flows, we will catch what Jesus is actually saying. And in what he is saying there is that increased measure of the prophetic anointing as well. So that's how it really works and we must look forward to this. Now there can be songs of exhortation to the people. These are songs that are from the Lord but to the people. What do these songs look like? These songs can arise like it can be anything that talks about the love of God for the people. Or these can be songs which talk about identity of God's people where God puts it on our hearts. Where he says that you are my children or you are no longer slaves. So these songs release that affirmation about who the people are, their identity and the way God thinks about them, feels about them. So that's a beautiful thing. Now the word of God encourages us to have songs in our hearts. Now these songs are just sort of digressing a little bit. So we see passages where Paul admonishes the believers. He says that 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 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is in Ephesians chapter 5 then verses 18 through 20. So Paul is telling the people instead of being drunk we fill with the Spirit and release songs to the Lord. So both these categories whatever we saw songs that we sing to the Lord songs that are released upon the people hearts can be filled with these songs. And even in the book of Colossians he encourages the believers and he says let your hearts be filled with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord Colossians 316. So our hearts need to come to a place where we are filled with these songs. So again here there are some categorizations just for our understanding psalms are usually psalms from scripture where people have already spoken those psalms and then we just pick those psalms and we sing it again. We may revert it in a more contemporary way for a better understanding but then many of them are already there in scripture for us or we may sing what is known as hymns. Hymns have to do with singing of biblical doctrine and themes. So there are already doctrines in scripture for us that talk about our God he's three in one. So and these things have if you look up some of the older songs that were written they carry a lot of good strong doctrine biblical doctrine in them. So these themes right these established scriptural themes in them are helpful for us to sing. So that would be the hymns that were released to people and even today when songs are based on this they are known as hymns and of course you know you have spiritual songs. Spiritual songs are spontaneous they are more like you know songs that come in those moments words that arise they just bubble up within us in those moments so they are known as spiritual songs. So all these psalms hymns spiritual songs they can be filled in our hearts and we can release it unto the Lord. So I was saying that there are songs that the Lord puts in our hearts which we are supposed to sing over the people because he is a God who loves the people and he is a God who actually enjoys his people and one of the ways in which he expresses that enjoyment or that delight is truly through the release of songs over the people. So a very oft repeated scripture for many of us is from the book of Zephaniah 3 verse 17 you know where the scriptures tell us the Lord your God is 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 our God sings over us so how does that song yes he is singing but then how does that song actually reach the people it reaches through prophetic singing. So when it is given those words are given to God's people worship leaders what happens is they sing it over the people and that's how the people are able to receive God's expression of love over the people. So these are the first two categories of songs that we enlisted. Now moving on to the next two categories here. Though I'm going one after the other please feel comfortable to interrupt me at any point should you have a question. Okay so let's continue here the next set where songs of declaration over demons situations or nations. So the Bible tells us that declarations are very powerful. Declarations are what are done with authority and declarations have a spiritual impact. So you know something happens in the spiritual realm when we declare in Psalm 149 and verses 5 through 9 scriptures tell us let the saints be joyful in glory. Let them sing aloud on their beds let the high praises of God be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron to execute on them the written judgment. This honor have all the saints praise the Lord. So here the description sounds more like you know one is in war and one is executing judgment over the enemies. So how do we execute judgment on our enemies. You know it can also be done through what is written here as high praises high praises high praises are singing you know singing words which declare the greatness of our God. You know like when we say let's say things like you know yours is the kingdom yours is the glory yours is the honor you know or you're above all nations you're above all positions you know your glory is great. Sometimes when we are singing when we are worshiping these words are released and when we sing these these affirmations of God's greatness that's what scripture calls as high praises. I remember just two weeks ago I think Jefina she is on campus right now with us she would remember we had this five hours of continuous intercession and worship happened at the Bible college and towards the end the Bible college students were singing one particular song. I don't know the name of the song it was new to me but the chorus of the song was just so powerful as we were just singing like you know about the glory of God like you are above you are above what song is that what words are those Jefina. I think forever and amen by Chris Tomlin you're the greatest and highest. Exactly yes yes you're the greatest you're the highest. So just the presence of God was so mighty as we were singing those songs it was almost like the sense I had as an individual is as if I'm just standing in the presence of God and you know his enemies are bowing down and I'm declaring it and I'm saying yes God you know you're the greatest you're the highest. Those are the high praises of God and when we sing those high praises as we saw here in Psalm 149 what is happening you know we are declaring judgment scripture says you know in terms like execute vengeance on the nation's punishments on the people to bind the kings with chains and their nobles with factors of iron so it's like war we are engaging in war against we're not talking about flesh and blood you know efficient success. Our war is not against flesh and blood so even here when you talk about kings you know that this is referring to spiritual principalities rulers kingdoms right and something is shifting something is taking place a victory is being released in the spiritual realm and so we must be open to the high praises of God Psalm 149 says that as we sing these high praises of God joyfully you know we sing it aloud we sing it unto the Lord. Vengeance is being pronounced upon the enemy and we can expect even spiritual atmosphere over nations to begin to shift because God is moving you know the hindrances the opposition of the enemy away. Now there are many other scriptures that encourage us along these lines of singing the high praises of God making the declarations for God even Psalm 8 and verse 2 it says that God has put praise even in the mouth of infants and that again has the power to silence the enemy and the avenger or the devil so whoever we may be very young in the Lord or we may even be young in the natural little children are forming the greatness of our God you see as we are singing things are happening in the spiritual realm and we must not forget that so our praise and worship it's not just a singing session you know where God had a good idea and said okay you know every time we come together let's just have some singing you know it's helpful for all of us to feel good there are greater implications of worship and praise and so as people who know you know the prophetic ministry we must understand that God accomplishes mighty things when we hear from Him and we move particularly in praise and worship. Okay so thank you Jeffinashes shared some of those words high praises over here your name is the highest your name is the greatest your name stands above them all all thrones and dominions all powers and positions your name stands above them all and so you know in this manner God can release some words he can give some words to us when we are leading people in songs so let's be open to make these declarations and the powerful thing about declarations as I've been saying is the demonic world you know is dealt with so another incident in scripture is when Saul right Saul he was commented by demon spirit and to overcome that or you know he really needed some spiritual warfare for that demon spirit to be uprooted and removed you know from doing what it did and why was Saul in this condition you know that's another story all together he had been disobedient to God and so willful disobedience over a long period of time the protection that God had over his life was you know it was removed and so he was more open or we talk about open doors isn't it entry points and so Saul had created this entry point and which is why he was going through this torment by disturbing a spirit but at that time he asked for somebody who could play a skillful player and we know that David you know fit into that description and he came and as he played for King Saul that it drove away demonic powers and he felt free so what do we understand from this you see praise worship you could even say the anointing or the presence that comes as we as we release prophetic music in this case you know David played is what we understand prophetic music prophetic lyrics songs words these can deal with demonic powers and you know we can see we can see some you know people use all this new language these days and some people don't like it things like shift in the atmosphere and all that this is what they mean basically that scripturally we know that song the right kind of song the right kind of music can affect the spiritual realm and overthrow demonic powers so that would be the third category now moving on prophetic action accompanying one or more of the above so some examples would be you know Jehoshaphat he went into battle in second chronicles 20 now he had prophetic singers yes they were praising God but then he had to actually go in with the singers and then they had to face they had to face that they had to go as an army and you know start walking into the battle so if they were just to sing back home I don't think what God wanted to do for them would have been fulfilled yes they were required to sing and praise but they also needed to actually go into battle step in and that's when they saw the supernatural victory in their lives and you know that is again something that we must understand sometimes God may lead us into action along with song now this action could be anything but you see the key thing is not to do because it has been done before you know sometimes we say okay everyone kneel down or raise your hands or you know close your eyes bow your heads it's not so much because these are good things to do but it's more because in this moment something that God is leading in the heart of the worship leader as we lift up our hands it's almost like we're declaring our victory or something so the action is connected to the worship the action is connected to what God is doing in the spiritual realm so sensitivity to these things is very very important so moving forward so these are the different ways in which the prophetic song is released now let's talk a little bit about the tabernacle of David which obviously we talked about a lot because this is something that really blessed God's heart and so around 1000 BC David established the tabernacle of worship where the Ark of the Covenant was brought in it was an extravagant setting where people continued to offer up praise and worship to the Lord 24 bar 7 it was excellent because he had chosen the best of the best he had appointed 288 prophetic singers and you know when we say the king appointed they were the best of the best in that community and so this was excellent he didn't do anything that was below the standards or rather he wanted to do the best for God because he deserves the best 288 prophetic singers vocalist 4,000 musicians to minister before the Lord so we see the excellence in what was done and you know we will also see that there was order there was discipline there was planning there was strategy in the way this whole tabernacle was established so the Levites minister before the Ark of the Lord prophetic singers musicians they worshiped all day long and of course you know some of the songs were also intercession so that happened and so once David's rule was over Solomon took over but the good thing is that Solomon kept up this kind of prophetic worship and we know that he God showed his grace and his blessings in many ways over Solomon's life there were other kings who continued you had kings like Jehoshaphat, Joash, Hezekiah, Josiah, Ezra, you know Josiah and leaders like Ezra, Nehemiah who followed this Davidic way of continuous worship to God and God of course prophetically through Amos the prophet spoke in Amos 9 verses 11 and 12 and said that he would rebuild the tabernacle of David and later on in the book of Acts there is a repetition or the quoting of this prophetic passage of Amos and again you know in the context of in Acts chapter 15 because you know the Gentiles are coming to know God and they had to make a decision regarding the Gentiles so in that context again this passage is repeated where it is quoted in Acts 15 verses 13 through 18 that God has promised that he will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David which has fallen down and he will rebuild its ruins and will set it up so what does it mean? It just means that God in our today's context or in the last days we are in the last days he is working on this and it's beautiful in scripture wherever we see God say I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it so there are places where God says I will and that is so encouraging for us as believers in this passage he says I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David I will rebuild its ruins I will set it up so you see that he is passionate he is determined to make this happen once again so in its essence we may not see you know like a little tent or a temple which is constructed that's not the point it's more about the heart of worship the same qualities right we said extravagant 24 bar 7 excellent orderly structured plan so these are all the elements that we can take out of the Davidic order of worship or the tabernacle of David and see these things happen in our communities today at the important thing why are we talking about this kind of worship because there were prophetic singers and we are talking about prophetic ministry isn't it so prophetic singing and music was a huge part of the tabernacle and if it was a huge part of the tabernacle what can we expect today same thing prophetic songs imagine you know you keep the music going for years on end obviously you need new songs we can't just keep churning back up the old songs and not that they are not enough but our God delights in freshness freshness and that's why the prophetic fresh remember Kadas new song which is he's doing something fresh he's releasing a fresh word a fresh healing a fresh miracle a fresh deliverance so we must be excited to receive it and release it so let's talk a little bit more about the tabernacle of David so in the tabernacle of David they were there were worship leaders they were appointed by the king now these were obviously the best there is a person called Chenanaya and again the importance of Chenanaya is that he was very skilled so it says here David appointed leaders of the Levites singers accompanied by instruments of music stringed instruments harps and cymbals by raising the voice with resounding joy Chenanaya the leader of the Levites was instructor in charge of the music because he was skillful so you see there were leaders these leaders were skillful meaning you could also say they were well trained they had they had exercised their capacities and music so it's nice to have somebody who is skilled not just passionate passion is good but skill is more helpful because that way the leader can guide and lead the others under them and that's the way David appointed people there so Chenanaya it also says the music master with the singers so he appointed Chenanaya he appointed Asif Asif what is the key thing about Asif he was a Samas prophet so he was into prophetic worship and you would read the names of many other people under him and you know the sons of Asif and all what did he do he basically trained them in prophetic worship so in the first chronicles 15 verse 17 it says Asif Himan Jedutin who should prophesy with harps strings instruments and cymbals so you see that there's a requirement not just that they must be good at singing and good at playing music but there is a need for prophesy can they hear from God can they release those songs so that was important in the Davidic order so these are all things that we can we can expect you know in our today's time where we would see skillful leaders in music in in singing prophetic leaders they know how to prophesy they teach others how to lead in prophetic music and you know prophetic song writers how the songs come about not just you know by taking the doctrine okay we have a lot of learned things in scripture it's a good thing to take it and put it in song but there's something special about hearing what God is saying and then putting it down and a lot of songs have you know come that way even in the tabernacle of David you know David and Asif where Samas it is said that Asif has written 12 Psalms how did he write these Psalms obviously he heard from God and he wrote it so there is a need for prophetic song writers and today you can talk about so many songs right in our own communities we heard them sung elsewhere they they come from the Lord and people write it so I was just telling in my previous classes I've heard a testimony from this person this Indian songwriter called Sheldon Sheldon Banguera he was sharing once how you know there was a particular I don't remember right now whether it was a melody or whether it was lyrics but he he was saying that he's always open he's not just open to songs when he's leading or when he's in a session intending to write a song but he's always open and God can speak anytime and God can release music into his heart anytime words into his heart anytime so apparently once something like he was riding a bike and then he suddenly got this you know that this download into his spirit and he quickly recorded it on his mobile phone because he knew that hey it's coming from God I just received something by the spirit this is prophetic you know prophecy and he records that and then I think he kind of later put that to tune and you know worked on a song so point I'm making is prophetic songs God can release at any time it doesn't have to be you know okay I'm planning for the 5th of June and only then I'm going to hear from God no we could be we could be going for our morning walk and there comes a song in our spirit you know we could be praying for our loved one we could be in a very painful time you know we've heard songs like I raise a hallelujah so you know sometimes songs come in those situations those moments but when one is called to be a prophetic singer and a musician we need to develop that habit of picking it up and maybe you know today we have good resources mobile phones and things so just quickly make a note of it and it can be a blessing to God's people and to the body of Christ so yeah so Psalms were written in that way David and Asaf and there are you know some technical details here I've read this many times but it does not necessarily enter my system very well but you know I will let you all probably study this on your own Sam Hebrew word for some is mismore so this is instrumental music a poem set to notes so there are some songs like this by by David they've given the example of some three there are some songs which are in the Hebrew shigayon or they are simply thoughts you know or you may want to call it meditation the wanderings of the mind random random thoughts and David wrote so many of such Psalms meditations right so Psalm 7 is an example there's another term called mictim which is among the songs it's it's a precious precious song or a golden Psalm or a poem if you may want to call it and that is called as a mictim and Psalm 16 is an example so there are such categories you know you can study about them prayers when prayers can be sung so Tefila is that term for the Hebrew word for prayer meaning intercession then there are contemplations of Asaf known as Mashkil then there is just a song you know just a song by Asaf known as Sheer in the Hebrew so there are all these categories as well and as you know people of old set up these put us into music and wrote it all up even today we can do that because God has not stopped speaking isn't it that's what that's how we started this course saying we're talking about this because we have a God who speaks he speaks in many ways and we can't box him up and so let's be open you know God might put songs into our hearts and when God puts a song into our hearts it's not limited to only worship leaders it can even be just us as Paul wrote right he wrote to the Colossians he said just songs hymns be filled with these things making melody in your hearts so as a normal believer I can still get a song from God and if I want to you know put it to my own music and sing it well and good it may not be published but you know it's beautiful he can put songs in all our hearts and we can take time maybe during our prayer time and say Lord just put a tune in my heart just put some words in my heart and just sing it to the Lord sing it maybe it's a song unto the Lord it's a song you sing over yourself right or a declaration as we said so in all these categories just a few more things as we talk about prophetic worship you know prophetic worship gives that idea of spontaneity where it arises and it is released however we saw how excellent David Stabenackel was so we cannot dismiss you know some other important important lessons okay that must be applied to prophetic worship what are these and this would be helpful for mainly for worship leaders and musicians preparation okay just because prophetic song is spontaneous it doesn't mean you just show up and then let God take over we can pray through and God can impress it on our hearts way before the the singing session and this kind of and this kind of preparation and prayer and waiting upon the Lord will also help us become more and more sensitive as prophetic worshippers so preparation is important preparation and prayer waiting on the Lord preparation in the word is important we'll see later when it comes to interpretation of the prophetic word I could be receiving something but if I don't have a rich deposit of the word in my heart it becomes very difficult to identify hey is this from God is this not from God but when a worship leader is strong in the word that process becomes a little easier because you're able to discern you can tell how correct this is scriptural this is not scriptural and so preparation is important next expectation expectation is whenever one is leading we do expect the God may give us a new music a new tune a new lyric but if there is no expectation then we're not listening God is speaking but we're not being sensitive so that can hinder the release of the prophetic so we can set that expectation even in our teens and say hey sometimes this happens you get something new but that's good so why not look for it why not trust God to give us that that word and that move of his and sensitivity you know it's already understood only if a worship leader develops that sensitivity to what God is doing what God is saying how is he moving by spirit right now okay now is the time let's sing softer let's sing in declaration loud joyful it really helps if a worship leader is sensitive but the flip side is also true if they're not sensitive maybe in that moment God is just bringing in that quietness to just heal people's hearts but then the leader is taking us into declaration and you know it can be very it can be difficult so sensitivity is so key as far as leading in worship or leading in song is concerned and the next key important thing is teams so working in teams it's not just enough for the worship leader to be aware but the team also must know about prophetic worship because they have to flow with the leader they shouldn't get disturbed hey what is this person singing suddenly you know they know okay the spirit of God is leading in this way let's flow together and sometimes what happens God may give the lyric to one person he may give the music prophetically to another person maybe the musician starts playing something prophetically and the team supports so the singer joins in you know singing maybe a tune or some words and then parts of that song come from other members in the worship team so teamwork is very important the worship leader must be sensitive but the worship team also needs to be sensitive so you know times of praying together waiting upon the lot together studying the word together are very helpful for the entire team to be prepared in this way then about you know projection of lyrics I've already shared and you know even the projecting team media team can know that sometimes God might do this differently so we are not surprised okay alright so that's about prophetic music and song it's really exciting and yeah I hope that it was helpful any thoughts questions before we wrap up and move on to our next session I just have a thought yes so when we talk about declaration I remember for the past years I know he told like be your own prophet declare the words over your life so is that right statement to make be your own prophet okay you heard this somewhere yeah a pastor when preaching he said like be your own prophet okay so see jeffina if you look at it technically then it may not be accurate okay because not everybody is called as a prophet but we've learned about you know the progression and we've said that all believers can prophesy so that way be your own prophet we know scripturally that may not be accurate but we understand the essence of what that pastor is saying okay what is he saying basically he is saying prophesy God has given us the capacity to declare words over our lives with authority and you know as we saw that section right Psalm 149 Psalm 8 was to it really does something in the spiritual realm as well as in our life today and into our future so let's take the essence okay and and not get you know confused with the technicalities I hope that's okay yeah sure thank you thank you yeah there's so much to talk about I feel like let's dwell on these these learnings let's take a break 10 minutes come back let's chat a little bit more about song I know that many of you are into worship so this is relevant we can talk a little bit more and then we'll move on to chapter 8 okay so let's go for a break now and we'll be back in 10 minutes 10 o'clock let's meet thank you