Intercessory Prayers Session 5: True Worship

This series on intercessory prayers is based off my handwritten notes, which I took as I attended a church conference on this topic in Aug 2024.

Introduction:

We need to make prayer as our discipline
A disciplined Spirit is an open channel, for an opened Spirit
Worship is not just one of the fast songs we sing at church
But our worship must engage our Spirit with God’s, to see ourselves in the holy of Holies
So that our Spirit touches God’s, and God has that to touch earth
Singing songs are elements of worship, not worship itself
Sometimes we get carried away by the melody, and our emotions
True worship: God is our audience, and we are the performers, not the worship team
Worship is able to release prophetic word too

True elements of worship:

Abraham was told to take up his things, and leave to a foreign land
Then God tested him to offer his son (Gen 22)
Gen 22:5: First time ‘worship’ was mentioned in the Bible
Abraham knew from a place of worship, God would always provide in his obedience
Gen 22:8: Abraham knew God would provide the offering, because he worshipped
If we truly worship God:
a. We will get revelation: a thought, an idea
Holy Spirit is a prophetic Spirit, and it reveals to us the now-plan
True worship must be based on God himself, worship songs must be biblically based too, because God can only work within the confines of His written word
b. Unless our Spirit is prepared, we can’t reach the place God has intended us to do (just like how we make preparations for seeing a doctor, flight)
c. God brings us into a place of separation
Abraham’s servants could only follow him so far, and he then went on to a one-on-one time with God
We may need to tell others / sort out the people, who would go with us into the next stage / season of our lives
Separation can be painful / lonely, but it’s very worth it
d. Worship brings us to dedication
How many times we put things on the altar, like Abraham putting his son on the altar, in dedication to God, and then take it back when God didn’t seem to work the way things we want
Abraham went so far, no procrastination, tied his son to the altar did not take him down, and took our his knife
e. Declaration / Proclamation
Later Abraham named the Jehovah-jireh, in dedication

Results of true worship:

Conclusion:

God created us for worship, before the five-fold ministry (please refer to Five-Fold Ministry series)
Worship refreshes us, and brings us back to the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of ‘now’
True worship: Engaging the ‘now’ of God, engaging the Spirit of God

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