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Thanksgiving Service: Praise, Prophecy and Prayers (P.P.P-Power to the Brethren) Noel Abdullahi Pre-amble • Refer to Fasting Meeting titled Bend in the Road: Waking up to the reality of God’s expectation • How do we help ourselves in the face of Distress of nations, Tribulation, Persecution and other tragedies that is befalling the world as prophesied in Luke 21:25? • “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring” • We need to develop the strategy to maintaining the victory that Jesus provided and won for us. Eccl 9:18:Wisdom is better than weapons of war “Deep insights into the plans and purposes of God giving us profound understanding of the times and seasons we live in.” The effect of this will be a replacement of our doubts and fears with confidence and faith in God’s Word. Judah will take the Lead-Strategy of Praise Judges 1:1-2 • There were twelve tribes of Israel. Why should Judah be called upon to go up first? The Hebrew word translated as Judah is used many times in English as PRAISE. So the scripture could be translated as, LET PRAISE GO UP FIRST. This is good advice for us when facing struggles or battles. Let us first praise. This is both an act of faith and submission. • Praise God before the battle is entered; anyone can praise when the battle is over and won. Only by faith can we praise at the start. Excerpt from Scroll 70Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunderPs 81:7 By praising Him you will receive honey out of the rock, satisfying your soul, giving you a healthy body! "Praise will drive out infirm spirits and loosen the bones! Heart trouble will not overcome you and should you have it, it will leave you!" Praising the Lord continually will make the heart happy and the body will be joyful in health, your eyes will sparkle and your vision be plainer! Music and Prophecy • 1 Samuel 10:4 – And it will happen when you have come there to the city that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instruments, a tambourine, a flute, and a hap before them; • and they will be prophesying. Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. The prophets were traveling with their instruments. They were walking along playing music and prophesying. A musical atmosphere can set up a prophetic atmosphere. • 2 Kings 3:15 – When the minstrel (instrumentalist) played, the hand and power of the Lord came upon Elisha and he prophesied. The music inspired the prophet’s gift in him. Music can inspire a move of the Spirit and the gifts within a person to be manifest • Psalm 22:3 – But You are holy, O You Who dwell in the praises of Israel. • Music creates an atmosphere. God dwells in (inhabits) the atmosphere of praise. He actually inhabits our praise. The presence of God is IN the praises; He is IN the music. • Our praise brings Him on the scene. Praise manifests His presence. If you need the reality of God in your life, begin to praise Him from the depths of your heart. He will fill your praises and manifest Himself to you. • 1 Samuel 16:14-23 – David’s anointed music drove out the evil spirit that was harassing Saul. • Isaiah 30:31-32 – The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria with His scepter. He will strike them down. Every stroke the Lord lays on them with His punishing rod will be to the music of tambourines and harps as He fights them in battle with the blows of His arm. • 1 Chronicles 25:1-7 – Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps and cymbals; To prophesy is to speak or sing by inspiration. Prophets and the prophetic • Spirit-led, Spirit-filled music is not just spoken of in the Old Testament. • Ephesians 5:18-19 – And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit. • Speak out to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, offering praise with voices [and instruments] and making melody with all your heart to the Lord, • Colossians 3:15-16 – And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ’s] one body you were also called [to live]. • And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always]. Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, • as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts. • Psalm 32:7 – You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall surround me with songs of deliverance Notes on prophecy In English, the word Prophecy is a combination of two words: PRO-Before hand- ahead of time PHETES- To speak for another Rev 19:10, 1 Cor 14:3 • The gift of prophecy allows two qualifications otherwise forbidden in the scripture: • 1 Cor 14:39- “Covet to prophesy” • 1 Cor 14:29-”Submit prophecy for judging” • In the Greek New testament, Prophecy is prophetia describing the discourse emanating • From divine inspiration. • Bullingers Lexicon says of prophecy, “Speaking forth utterance inspired by the spirit of God, reffering either in the past,present or the future. • Prophecy is for the strengthening of the believers faith Closing Words- 2nd Chr 36:16, 2nd Chr 20:20 Senior Pastors new year Message The word of the Lord came to me, the spirit of the Lord gave me understanding and in understanding and keeping to the precepts declared in Psalm 16: 2-11 (NLT), you have the key to living stress free in 2016: • 1. Recognizing and declaring His Lordship daily, recognizing and daily acknowledging every good thing in our lives individually (something we hardly do consciously) and praising Him consciously as the source is a necessity; 2. In a nation where the depth of unrighteousness, greed and spoiling of people is normal reality, make a difference: What will be your mirror each day of 2016, the word or the world? From where is your sufficiency, work or the word? • Psalm 81:12-16 (NLT) • See why people will be troubled, not making a difference and following even if only by careless confession, vain gods and their followers • Daily acknowledge, confess who your source is and declare the good intentions of the Lord our God in everything He puts across our ways. Daily presence with Him in chosen solitude is the key to good health and stress free living because He will guide as you constantly yearn for and keep in His presence. • Beloved 2016 is a year of rest for all who love the Lord and will follow His guidance as expressed in this scripture of note. • Shalom and a stress free 2016. Amen.