A People of Worship:
Aloha;
Today I am writing form Hawaii, where Bonnie and I have been spending some time with our family. Our son and daughter-in-law, and our daughter all live here. Joanna, our daughter, will be headed to Panama in a couple of weeks so it was our last chance to see here for several months. My son Aaron gave me a flight in a helicopter Friday morning. I even got to fly it myself from one airport to another. That was pretty cool. My wife was in the back seat and lives to tell about it. Not bad!
I am sorry I missed writing a blog last week. We had just finished our School of Worship and had graduated our I.M.T.S. students on the Sunday evening. I was busy finalizing grades and getting ready for this trip to Hawaii. I have been behaving myself while I am here, but felt a blog to everyone would be good.
Our 2009 School of Worship was awesome. We had a great time in the presence of God and there was a new breakthrough in worship. We did many “New Song” activations and it was great seeing people respond to the prophetic presence of the Holy Spirit. God was very good. I thought I would blog a few thoughts on worship.
We must first keep in mind that worship is not just music. It is a lifestyle. I have been talking on the subject of ‘generations’ for some time. Can you imagine a multi-generational people of worship? What is that people like? They are a people who know how to feast and celebrate in God! Worship is a FEAST and Celebration (Jer. 33:10-13). If we can become a multi-generational people of worship we could change the world! True worship of God is an antidote to desolation and death. It is the sound of heaven made known in the earth. We need to think about this in more than our musical worship time. We need to embrace the spirit of worship in our ways of life. Our lives must exhibit the testimonies of being voices of JOY and GLADNESS! If we would all choose to embrace the presence of God for a spirit of JOY and GLADNESS we would impact the world in which we live.
The sound of worship is heard as the voice of the BRIDEGROOM and the voice of the BRIDE. The sound of our lives should be that of Christ in all that He is. He is the Head and the Body! He is the activator, facilitator, and releaser of the life of God in the earth. He is also the testimony of that which is activated, facilitated, and released of God in the earth. We should live with a generational intention of fulfilling these attributes in the earth.
The sound of worship is the voice of God’s GREATNESS, God’s GOODNESS, And God’s MERCY. It can be expressed in many words, but those words say that God is GREAT, God is GOOD, and God is MERCIFUL! God GREATNESS, GOODNESS, AND MERCY should be the sound of our lives.
The sound of worship is a sacrifice of PRAISE! It is the evidence of God being at work in our lives. There should be something coming off of us in all that we do. It is also a choice. When we don’t feel like it, we make a SACRIFICE of PRAISE. It is an attitude we choose to have, an action we decide to take, and a atmosphere we create.
When we decide to become people of worship we discover a fresh connection with God as the one who cares for us. The testimony of our lives creates a dwelling place of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. The flocks once again pass under the hands of Him who counts them. This is the testimony of a people who choose to come before the Lord with gladness and singing in their hearts.
Let’s be the people who worship God! Can we increase this testimony in the generations of our lives? I believe there should be no end to the increase!
Apostle Ted J. Hanson
Today I am writing form Hawaii, where Bonnie and I have been spending some time with our family. Our son and daughter-in-law, and our daughter all live here. Joanna, our daughter, will be headed to Panama in a couple of weeks so it was our last chance to see here for several months. My son Aaron gave me a flight in a helicopter Friday morning. I even got to fly it myself from one airport to another. That was pretty cool. My wife was in the back seat and lives to tell about it. Not bad!
I am sorry I missed writing a blog last week. We had just finished our School of Worship and had graduated our I.M.T.S. students on the Sunday evening. I was busy finalizing grades and getting ready for this trip to Hawaii. I have been behaving myself while I am here, but felt a blog to everyone would be good.
Our 2009 School of Worship was awesome. We had a great time in the presence of God and there was a new breakthrough in worship. We did many “New Song” activations and it was great seeing people respond to the prophetic presence of the Holy Spirit. God was very good. I thought I would blog a few thoughts on worship.
We must first keep in mind that worship is not just music. It is a lifestyle. I have been talking on the subject of ‘generations’ for some time. Can you imagine a multi-generational people of worship? What is that people like? They are a people who know how to feast and celebrate in God! Worship is a FEAST and Celebration (Jer. 33:10-13). If we can become a multi-generational people of worship we could change the world! True worship of God is an antidote to desolation and death. It is the sound of heaven made known in the earth. We need to think about this in more than our musical worship time. We need to embrace the spirit of worship in our ways of life. Our lives must exhibit the testimonies of being voices of JOY and GLADNESS! If we would all choose to embrace the presence of God for a spirit of JOY and GLADNESS we would impact the world in which we live.
The sound of worship is heard as the voice of the BRIDEGROOM and the voice of the BRIDE. The sound of our lives should be that of Christ in all that He is. He is the Head and the Body! He is the activator, facilitator, and releaser of the life of God in the earth. He is also the testimony of that which is activated, facilitated, and released of God in the earth. We should live with a generational intention of fulfilling these attributes in the earth.
The sound of worship is the voice of God’s GREATNESS, God’s GOODNESS, And God’s MERCY. It can be expressed in many words, but those words say that God is GREAT, God is GOOD, and God is MERCIFUL! God GREATNESS, GOODNESS, AND MERCY should be the sound of our lives.
The sound of worship is a sacrifice of PRAISE! It is the evidence of God being at work in our lives. There should be something coming off of us in all that we do. It is also a choice. When we don’t feel like it, we make a SACRIFICE of PRAISE. It is an attitude we choose to have, an action we decide to take, and a atmosphere we create.
When we decide to become people of worship we discover a fresh connection with God as the one who cares for us. The testimony of our lives creates a dwelling place of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. The flocks once again pass under the hands of Him who counts them. This is the testimony of a people who choose to come before the Lord with gladness and singing in their hearts.
Let’s be the people who worship God! Can we increase this testimony in the generations of our lives? I believe there should be no end to the increase!
Apostle Ted J. Hanson
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