SINGING AND WORSHIPING IN THE SPIRIT

SINGING WITH THE SPIRIT

The bible says, you can sing to God with your spirit or with your understanding - 1 Corinthians 14:15.

As ministers of the new Covenant we minister from the heart of our spirit. The letter kills but the Spirit gives life. (2 Corinthians 2:6) We communicate in the spirit. In 1 Corinthians 2:6, 7 - says, “we speak the wisdom among those who are mature and it is the hidden wisdom of God.” And verse 10 says, “God has revealed to us through His Spirit as the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.” I believe when we speak or minister we speak and minister from the spirit that was what Paul wrote to the Church in Corinth.

Firstly, speak from the spirit as you minister. - I Corinthians 2:10, 13

Likewise we also can sing spontaneously in the spirit – singing in the presence of God. When there is a “moving in the spirit” in a public worship – we can sing to God with our spirit and also our understanding with words. In 1 Corinthians 14:26 says, we can sing psalm, sing in tongues, giving revelation and interpretation that could take place in a worship service. Spontaneous singing in the presence of the Lord is unlike recital of songs written by someone else. We don’t sing someone songs. When we sing we also minister to the believers.

Elisha said to the king who came to consult the Lord, “But now bring me a musician.” Elisha knew music brings the presence of God and he could minister and prophesied with it easily.

Firstly, you offer up grace to God.

Singing in the spirit offers up grace in your hearts ( spirit) to the Lord - (Colossians 3:16). We can sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs in one single worship service or in another. Psalms is a spontaneous lyric sung when he is moved by the Holy Spirit. It is a sacred song sung with musical accomplishment sometimes.

The bible says, “singing with grace” in your hearts to God.

Secondly, you imparting grace to one another.

Singing under the anointing imparts grace supernaturally to one another. God’s manifested grace will just flows to us. God’s anointing and healing just flow to us. Sometimes revelation, exaltation and prophesy just flows to us to minister to others.

What is Psalms?

a. Psalms.

According to 1 Cor 14:26, a psalm seems to be a spontaneous lyric sung by someone when the Holy Spirit moves in a meeting. Psalms comes from the Greek word psalmos meaning a ‘sacred song, sung to musical accompaniment’. The bible says, “Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms’ (James 5:13). While hymns are spontaneous singing to God, psalms are likely spontaneous singing about God.

b. Hymns

At midnight, Paul and Silas prayed and sang hymns to God (Acts 16:25) a song of praise address to God in time of difficulty.

c. Spiritual Songs are :

It is also a spontaneous song flowing out from the heart when the Holy Spirit moves the heart of a worshiper.

A tongue ‘lyric’ can occur and it can be interpreted into a known language to become a prophetic song.

Spiritual songs express a very deep level of adoration to God which singing in the understanding cannot reach. (1 Cor. 14:15).

Thirdly, there must be preparations for singing with the spirit.

Unlike praying with the spirit which does not take any preparation and training prior to its operation, singing with the spirit requires two kinds of preparations.

a. Be filled with the Holy Spirit always.

When the worshipers were filled with a spirit ( Ep 5:18) they began to speak to one and another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and to make melody in their hearts ( spirit) to the Lord ( Ep 5:19).

b. Be saturated with the word of Christ in the heart.

Spontaneous singing with the spirit is a result of having the word of Christ in your heart always. Singing to the Lord when one has the word in the heart. - Colossians 3:16

May the Lord teach us more about worshiping in the Spirit!