VICTORIOUS WORSHIP (Putting Faith into Action) Praise:
1. Yadah:- Extended hand, to throw out the hand,
therefore to worship with extended hand.(2 Cron 20:19-21)
{Jehoshaphat} (Psa 63:4) I will praise you as long as I live ,
and in your name, I will lift up my hands. (Psa 134:2)
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and Praise the Lord.
(Psa 141:2) May my prayer be set before you like incense,
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
(1 Tim 2:8) I want men everywhere to lift up Holy hands.
2. Towdah:- Thanksgiving, extension of the hand in adoration,
a vowel or acceptance of things not yet received as well as
for things already at hand. (Psa 50:23) He who offers a sacrifice
of thanksgiving honors me, and to him who orders his way aright,
I shall show the salvation of God. It is rejoicing in something
that is guaranteed by His word, but which has not actually taken
place yet, except by the eye of your Faith. In ordering your ways
aright, you put into both vocal and physical action your confidence
that God means what He says, and says what He means, then stand and
see the Salvation of God. (Rom 10:8) The word of Faith is nigh thee,
even in thy mouth and in thy heart. (2 Cor 10:5) Cast down imaginations,
and every high thing that exalts its self against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
(Jer 17:26) The offerings were called the sacrifice of thanksgiving.
(Jer 33:11) And it is accepted by the Lord as a sacrifice. (Psalm 100:4)
Enter into His presence with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise.
3. Halal: (Hallelujah) Clear, to shine, to boast, to show, to rave, celebrate,
to be clamorously foolish.
4. Shabach: Address in a loud voice, to command,
triumph, glory, to shout. Psa 117:1 O praise the Lord, all ye nations.
Psa 63:1-4 O God, thou art my God, I will seek thee earnestly, my soul
thirsts for thee, my flesh yearns for thee. In a dry and weary land where
there is no water. Because thou loving kindness is better than life.
So I will bless thee as long as I live, I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psa 47:1 Shout to God with a voice of triumph. Psa 35:27 Let them shout for
Joy and be Glad, let the Lord be magnified.
5. Barak: To kneel, to bless God as an act of adoration. Psa 72:12-15 Promise
to deliver the needy, the afflicted, the poor and those oppressed by violence
and bondage, if they bow before Him expecting to receive. It is not a begging
attitude but an expecting attitude. Expect a Miracle.
6. Zama: (Instruments) To touch the strings, instrumental worship.
Psa 150 Instruments Psa 57:8-9 I will sing praises to thee among the nations.
1 Chron 15:16 Rejoice before the Lord, with a lot of volume and downbeat.
7. Tehillah: To sing, to loud. Psa 22:3 God inhabits the Praises of His people.
He is enthroned there. 2 Chron 20:22 Sing and Praise. 1 Chron 12:7 Spiritual songs.
14 WAYS TO PRAISE THE LORD BIBLICALLY:
1. Praise which can be heard. (Psa 66:8,17)(Acts 16:25)(Psa 98:4)
2. Praise the Lord with Shouting. (Psa 47:1)(Psa 35:27)(Psa 95:1)
3. Praise Him with Singing. (Psa 47:6)
4. Praise the Lord with Thanksgiving. (Psa 69:30)(Psa 50:23)(Jonah 2:9) (Eph 5:18-20)
5. Praise God with a joyful noise. (Psa 66:1-2)(Psa 95:1)
6. Praise Him with crying out. (Isa 12:6)(Psa 89:26)
7. Praise the Lord with Laughter. (Psa 126:2)
8. Praise with musical instruments. (Psa 33:2)(Psa 57:8)(Psa 150)
9. Praise God by bowing and kneeling before Him. (Psa 95:6)(Eph 3:14) (Phil 2:10-11)
10.Praise Him by falling prostrate before Him. (Neh 8:6)
11.Praise Him with clapping hands. (Psa 47:1)(Psa 98:8)
12.Praise Him with uplifted hands. (Psa 63:4)(Psa 134:2)(Psa 141:2)
13.Praise God with the dance. (Psa 30:11)(2 Sam 6:14)(Psa 149:3) (Psa 150:4)
14.Praise the Lord with tongues. (Acts 10:46)(1 Cor 14:16-17)
MAN, THE EXPRESS IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD
Definition of Spirit, Soul and Body:
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit. 1 Thess 5:23
I pray God your whole Spirit, Soul and Body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1. Spirit: That dimension of man which deals with the spirit realm. That part of man which knows God.
2. Soul: That dimension of man which deals with the mental realm. Man’s intellect, Sensibilities, and His will. The part that reasons and thinks.
3. Body: That dimension of man which deals with the physical realm. The house in which we live.
Trinity of God:- Conditions for a well balanced Christian Man: a Tri-une being.
1. God the Father Salvation – Spirit
2. God the Son Water Baptism – Body
3. God the Holy Spirit Baptism – Soul
NB!! Corresponding Actions; Supernatural Gifts, the Developing of Spiritual Character, begin in the Spirit Man.
Spirit: Knowledge Gift of Salvation – Direction
Soul: Understanding 9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit – Insight
Body: Wisdom Fruit of the Spirit – Discipline
The Beginning of :-
1) Salvation: (Knowledge gives you direction). Prov 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.
The Amplified Says :-The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning and the principal and choice part of knowledge – that is, its’ starting point and its’ essence. How does this state of mind come about ? (Rom 10:17) so Faith commeth by hearing and understanding the word of God. (Heb 11:1) Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. (Col 1:27) Christ in you the Hope of Glory. (Heb 11:6) Without Faith it is impossible to please God.
The Ministry of the Godhead:
1. Faith – Father (2 Cor 9:10) God provides the seed for the Sower.
2. Hope – Son (Col 1:27) Christ our hope of Glory.
3. Love – Holy Ghost (Rom 5:5) The Love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost.
2. Water Baptism:- (Understanding gives you insight)
a) The Significance of Water Baptism:-
i) It is an outward sign of that which has taken place in your Spirit at Conversion. We die to self, and are raised to Christ through obedience. (Rom 6:3)
ii) We are baptized into one body, the Church, by one Spirit, the Holy Spirit. (1 Cor 12:13)
iii) You have been clothed with Christ. (Gal 3:27)
iv) Circumcision of your heart. {Spirit} (Col 2:12)
v) A public pledge of a good conscience towards God. (1 Pet 3:21)
b) You are Commanded to do so: (Math 28:19) (Mark 16:16) (John 3:5) with the Authority Invested in you, in the Name of Jesus.
3. Baptism in the Holy Spirit:- (Wisdom produces discipline)
Up to this point man has no power,
not having only weapons, with which to fight our Spiritual warfare. (2 Cor 10:4) The weapons of our warfare, are not carnal. Christians up to this point are still babies in the Lord, but Praise God that they are growing to Spiritual maturity. Because we have now learnt to operate by Faith, we can thus accept the 9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit, when the need arises.
9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit:-
a) 3 Speaking Gifts:-
Primary
i) Divers Kinds of Tongues. (not your prayer language)
ii) Interpretation of Tongues
iii) Prophecy. (Exhortation, edifying, comfort, building up)
b. 3 Power Gifts:-
Secondary
i) Faith (not the measure of Faith, God’s Faith)
ii) The Gifts of Healings. (many different ways)
iii) The working of Miracles
c. 3 Revelation Gifts:-
Tertiary
i) The word of Wisdom
ii) The word of Knowledge. (foretelling the future)
iii) Discerning of Spirits. God works on this principle of wisdom,
knowledge, and understanding. (Prov 3:19-20)