I love scriptures. Many of the songs I have written are from scriptures I just couldn’t get out of my heart. They were compelling to me. When God started to show me about worship, I was amazed and overwhelmed at his purpose and plan for it. I would weep at drawing factor of His love and presence…  

 

These are many scriptures that the Lord has given and revealed to me over the years regarding worship. I also included some notes on the bottom of things I really feel are the heart of God regarding worship. Be blessed.

 

 

Voice of many Waters…is the voice of Jesus

 

Psalm 42:7

Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

 

Psalm 77:16-19

The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed. The clouds poured down water, the skies resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth. Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.

 

Psalm 93:3-4

The seas have lifted up, O LORD, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves. Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is mighty.

 

Ezekiel 3:12-13

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound—May the glory of the LORD be praised in his dwelling place!-  the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound.

 

Jeremiah 51:15-16

"He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;
he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

 

Ezekiel 43:2

And I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters and the land was radiant with his glory.

 

Revelation 1:15

His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.

 

 

How is this voice heard on earth... through us

 

Revelation 17:15

Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.

 

Revelation 19:6-7

Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!

 

Revelation 14:2-3

And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders…

 

Hebrews 2:12

He says (Jesus), "I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praises. (He is singing through us)

 

Psalm 40:3

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

 

We are the voice he is singing through; we are the voice of many waters.

 

In the psalms it speaks on praise and singing. And those words in the Hebrew each mean different things. The word used most often is Hallel meaning: “to sing spontaneously to the Lord”.

 

I believe as we sing spontaneously to the Lord as a congregation you can hear the Lord speaking through it. I also believe that God speaks a song through one voice and it’s his voice singing through, the sound of many waters.

 

 

God reveals his glory through the voice of the Lord

 

 

Psalm 102:16-22

For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory. He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD: "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death." So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.

Amos 9:11-12

In that day I will restore David's fallen tent I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be, so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name, " declares the LORD, who will do these things.

 

***Tabernacle of David was a place of worship

            1 Chronicles 25:1

“Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was…”

 

Jeremiah 33:14-22

"The days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

"In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line; he will do what is just and right in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.'

For this is what the LORD says: 'David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, nor will the priests, who are Levites, ever fail to have a man to stand before me continually to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to present sacrifices.' "

The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: "This is what the LORD says: 'If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time, then my covenant with David my servant—and my covenant with the Levites who are priests ministering before me—can be broken and David will no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless as the stars of the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore."

 

Isaiah 30:29-32

And you will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people go up with flutes to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel. The LORD will cause men to hear his majestic voice and will make them see his arm coming down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail. 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.

 

The Glory of the Lord being revealed in the earth has to do with the song of the Lord released to beat the enemy. The enemy will do anything to rob your song… because the scripture say that GOD inhabits the praises of his people (psalm 22:3) In other words, God “dwells” in the atmosphere of His people’s praise. This means that praise is not merely a reaction from coming into His presence - worship is a vehicle of faith which brings us into the presence and power of God! Worship is the “gate-pass” which allows us to enter the sacredness of His glory. The psalmist writes, “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name” (Psalms 100:4).

This corresponds with Jesus’ teaching, that His presence will inhabit the gathering of believers who congregate in His name: “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20). A “gathering in His name” means that Jesus must be the focus, the center of the gathering. Consequently, Jesus’s presence, along with His virtue and anointing, is manifested in this type of gathering. His glory comes.

We are the priesthood and the generation that needs to be of one intent like David in the Psalms (one thing have I desired this is what I seek…). The heart of a worshipper. If heavenly worship is truly released, we will be ruined forever for his presence and glory. And I believe many will see this and be saved.

Ps: 66:8 “O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard…”

It doesn’t matter if you sing or not… become a worshipper and part of the voice of MANY worshipping Him with their whole being.

One of my favorite teachers on the subject of worship is Stan Smith. Read a more consise teaching on prophetic song by clicking here: What is Prophetic song?

 

What is Worship?

-         A reality

o        God is real. All around us in everything. We need to live our lives as worship this way. Worship is happening in Heaven; just join in to His song.

-         A response to God

o        God says he will sing in the midst of the congregation, the song of the Lord is us responding to His word, His voice and His love towards us. We then become His voice. The more we respond the more he shows us.

-         Our way to love God

o        David had the passion and heart of ONE THING. Worship is more than a song it’s a heart totally given to God. When we put that into a song it moves the heart of God and the enemy is defeated. This is worshipping God in spirit but also in the truth of the reality of our life.

-         A way of life

o        Worship is not a one time, once a week thing. It’s a way to live life.

-         Releasing Gods glory

                        o          As we come together and release the song on Gods heart and the power of His voice, it releases His glory and defeats the enemy.