Understanding The Ministry of Prophetic Worship

34 Pages·2012·37.57 MB·English

by  Dean Mitchum

Gain Confidence and Clarity

Understand the foundation,
motivation, authorization and
implementation of prophetic worship.
Know the role of the psalmist,
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prophecy, and the power of prophetic
worship teams.
Your desire to play and minister
skillfully is from God, and He wants
you to use your gifts with confidence.

D e a n M i t c h u m is a proven prophetic
worship leader, psalmist, and teacher
He has taught thousands the
understanding and implementation
of prophetic and apostolic worship
and is the author of Apostolic
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published in several languages. Dean
has recorded 16 worship albums and
four prophetic instrumental albums.
Understanding the Ministry
of Prophetic W orship
Dean M itchum
Prophetic
Worship
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Understanding the Ministry of
Prophetic Worship
Dean Mitchum
©2012 Dean Mitchum
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Prophetic Worship 101
The Ministry of Prophetic Worship
In order to minister effectively and with
confidence, it is absolutely necessary that we
understand God’s role and desire in prophetic
ministry. Worship is one of the ways that God
rules His kingdom here on earth. Prophetic
worship is one of the ways we express God’s
will and desire for a given service or meeting.
This is allows God to be enthroned in the midst
of worship according to Ps. 22:3.
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Foundation
God’s Desire and Involvement
Zephaniah 3:17 shows to us the heart of our
Father God in how he liberates, saves,
comforts, and rejoices over us with singing.
Jesus has liberated us, and God shows His
love and satisfaction with us through His
singing. We allow God to sing over us in our
services by lending our voices to His thoughts
and will.
God is the initiator of our prophetic song and
the well of joy we draw from. Being connected
to God gives us the faith we need and causes
our joy to overflow through prophetic singing
and playing. Psalms 87:7 instructs us to look to
God’s kingdom as the spring of joy.
God himself will be our strength and song. He
is the power and inspiration in releasing a
spontaneous and victorious prophetic song.
(Exod.15:2)
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Jesus’ Desire and Involvement
There are two important scriptures that we look
to regarding Jesus’ direct involvement in
worship. They are Heb. 2:12 and Rev. 19:10.
The first shows us the relationship we have in
Jesus and how he sings praise to God in the
midst of the assembly. We allow Jesus to use
our voice to declare Praise to God.
In the second scripture, we find that the
testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. To
testify of Jesus is being prophetic. To have the
life and power of Jesus in our services occurs
through prophetic ministry. All of our
declarations and prophetic songs should be in
the spirit and revelation of Jesus Christ.
Holy Spirit’s Involvement
Of all the spiritual gifts we are told to desire,
prophecy is the one we are told to especially
desire. (1 Cor. 14:1) Why, because it is one
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that expresses the desire, affections and
thoughts of God. Prophecy through the gift of
the Spirit actually brings many blessings. We
are to pray with the spirit and the mind and we
are to sing with the spirit and the mind also.
Here we have the Holy Spirit directing our
songs and bringing clarity and understanding
from the spirit.
We have covered the foundation of prophetic
worship and brought understanding of how
God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit are all
involved in this wonderful ministry. Now let us
go on to the motivation of this ministry.
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Motivation
Love
Love should be the number one motivator in
prophetic ministry. Love for the Father through
our obedience and love for one another to
bless and help one another. 1 Corinthians 13:2
says it so plainly, without love we are nothing.
Please understand, even if we do minister
prophetically and powerfully - if we do it without
love, we are nothing.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and
understand all mysteries, and all knowledge;
and though I have all faith, so that I could
remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing. (1 Cor.13:2 NKJV)
Love will cause us to be bold and yet humble
at the same time. Being prophetic is not simply
being spontaneous. It is allowing the love of
God to move through us to overcome fear in
order to speak His word and minister to others.
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Exhortation
1 Corinthians 12:7 instructs us that the
manifestation of the spirit is given to each one
for the profit of all. The reason we have these
gifts are for others. We overcome fear and
timidity by our love for one another and through
confidence that comes from instruction.
We teach and admonish one another through
spiritual songs. Colossians 3:16 and Ephesians
5:19 both tell us of why we are to use spiritual
songs - teaching, admonishing and speaking to
one another. Blessing and encouraging one
another as well as rejoicing together.
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Authorization
We are authorized to minister prophetically by
numerous passages in the Bible. Let’s take a
look at several key verses.
To Prophesy on Instruments
King David established the corporate ministry
of prophesying on the instruments in 1 Chron.
25:2. We should receive boldness to play our
instruments from this scripture. To allow God to
use us in a way that brings life and healing,
breakthrough and victory.
To Prophesy by Direction of Leadership
Sometimes you may not personally have a
prophetic song. However, because you are
authorized to play prophetically, you can do so
at the direction of leadership. When I first came
among the prophets, my pastor at the time told
me to play a river. I had no idea what that
meant or how to play a river, so I started
playing spontaneously in faith. When I finished,
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