Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Fresh Praise

God desires to be made known throughout the earth. One of the ways God will reveal himself is through our praise. The bible says in Psalms 76:1 "In Judah God is Known"- Judah means praise. So the revelation we can get from this verse is; "In Praise God is Known". God will use the praises of the saints to reveal himself to many. This is why our churches need to be activated in prophetic worship to sing the word of God that will minister to the hearts of man. We need to sing fresh songs of God that will reveal his attributes and characteristics that will breakthrough the religious mindsets of the people. The bible says in Psalms 40:3 "He has put a new song in my mouth- Praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord". As we begin to sing fresh songs from Heaven people will begin to see our Lord, trust our Lord, and know him to be a hiding place in time of trouble. David said "you are my hiding place and you shall surround me with songs of deliverance" -Psalms 32:7. We as a church want these songs in our mouth so that the nations can not only hear them but see our God through them. ----------------------------- Another reason why I believe God is revealing himself through praise is because the mouth of the believer is powerful. The mouth is a tool used to create destiny and praise is an atmosphere changer. When you put prophetic praises inside the mouths of believers, something ignites in the atmosphere and destinies are released. The bible says in Psalms 33:6 "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth." Psalms 33:9 says "For He spoke and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.". I love being around prophetic worshipers, that know how to sing prophetically, and play prophetically because I'm always refreshed and renewed by the words they sing. As God speaks through them its as if my destiny is being established in the earth. God has a purpose for our life but his prophetic word puts life in our purpose. When we cultivate an atmosphere of prophetic praise and worship people will get a better revelation of who Jesus Christ is ----------------------------- ( Read Revelations 5:8-10, notice that it was a new song that revealed Jesus Christ). When we get a better revelation of who Jesus Christ is, it gives us hope on our journeys. Just imagine if you were going through a horrible situation and all of the sudden the praise leader shifted from singing the same songs from last week and began to sing prophetically words like " you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you and that its not by power, nor by might, but by My Spirit says the Lord!" At that moment you would have a revelation of God's ability that would minister to your heart in your current situation. ----------------------------- Unconventional Praise ----------------------------- King David established a new way of praise and worship when he raised up anointed psalmist and minstrels from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who would sing and play prophetically in the house of God (1 Chronicles 25:1;6-7). Because of their continual prophetic praises and worship, we now have the book of Psalms that give us a revelation of who God is. For instance, Psalms 50 by Asaph, reveals to us that God is a righteous judge. Psalm 68 reveals the Glory of God and how the heavens drop at his presence (Psalm 68:8). The word "drop" in the hebrew is "nataph" which means to ooze, to fall in drops, and to prophesy. See, as we get into the presence of God through praise and worship, Heavenly songs begin to ooze down and we prophesy what has been downloaded. I thank God for the songs we hear on the radio, but when was the last time your church song a new song from heaven that was custom delivered to you. #restoringthetabernacleofdavid