Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Chapter 1- Worship

The authenticity of Worship can be discerned if we really knew what was
happening in the spiritual realm while we worship.
At a certain point in our life, amidst great persecution from the enemy, as we worshipped the Lord with songs of praise and thanksgiving, my wife saw (The Lord gives impressions in her mind during worship in tongues) very few angels
appearing on the scene after the worship and often the presence of the
enemy rather than Jesus. This confused and perplexed us. We asked Jesus
why this was so and the Holy Spirit pointed out that the quality of the
worship determines the outcome and results.

In Family worship, often children are distracted by the enemy and they do not take part in the worship which dullens the quality of the worship. The tactics of the enemy are very subtle and their aim is to make the worship powerless.
They may irritate infants/babies making then cry excessively and spoil
the effect iveness of the worship. Spirits of laziness, irritation,
anger, lethargy and others may try to dullen the worship. Not only family
worship. Church worship loses its effectiveness because of the
nonparticipation of certain members. Nonparticipation does not
necessarily mean they do not sing/pray. They may do all that but
their mind is some where else. Like a few days back in our church
worship, things did not seem to be flowing smoothly though we were
praising with songs. On enquiring of the Lord He showed my wife through
a vision that all but one of the church members were sitting around a
table enjoying a banquet in the presence of Jesus. One sat aloof ( not
with us) eating his own food. Unless the mind of each member is on
Christ during worship, the effectiveness and eventually the outcome
suffers.

When the Holy Spirit taught us these things, we put a renewed effort in
our family worship and the results were really breathtaking. As soon as
we worshipped the Lord with all our body, mind, spirit, soul and strength
and concentrated on Jesus in worship, the presence of the angels of God
just increased by leaps and bounds. The whole house was filled with
angels and the presence of Jesus was instantaneous. An enemy approached
but could not get through anywhere near us for such was theenormous
presence of the angels of God.

True worship really makes the enemy go crazy. Yes! Worship through prose, praise and songs ushers in the presence of
The Lord Almighty and His hosts and makes the enemy recede into its
Shell. If we sift out the unwanted elements/faults in worship we have
Victory in our hands every day. Praise the Lord.

Worship in tongues is also a great weapon for the Christian soldier.
Earlier in our adventures of the spiritual world, while worshipping in
tongues, when my wife saw the enemy, she would inform me of it and I
would speak the Word of God with faith and the angels would bind the
Enemy and cast them away in to the pit. But now (after the Lord
granted her more faith) as she sees the enemy she just continues
Worshipping in tongues and the angels do the same work as when the Word
is spoken. I guess that's good news for you worshippers in tongues, for
many a spiritual battle may be being won by you with such worship; so do
not be discouraged by people who chide you for doing so. Some who do not
worship thus do not even realize all the battles they are losing. You go
ahead and win all your battles dear friend and let the Lord take care of
the chiders.

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