THE POWER OF WORSHIP | APOSTLE JOSHUA SELMAN

Brief Summary

This video emphasizes the importance of spiritual sensitivity and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide worship and ministry. It cautions against rigid organization that stifles the Spirit's movement and highlights the need for leaders to prioritize the spiritual needs of their congregation, ensuring every meeting is an encounter with God. The speaker stresses that true edification comes from the Holy Spirit's ministry, not just excellent speech or charismatic displays, and that spiritual maturity is cultivated through training one's spirit to discern God's will.

  • Extended worship leads to impartations and answers.
  • The Holy Spirit should govern personal and corporate worship.
  • Spiritual sensitivity is more important than rigid organization.
  • Ministry should focus on meeting the immediate needs of the people through the Holy Spirit.

Introduction

The speaker introduces the topic by illustrating how the Holy Spirit moves during worship. He explains that extended periods of worship indicate opening seasons, impartations, and deliverances. These impartations aren't just anointings but also answers to prayers and needs. Conviction is strengthened during worship, even without direct verbal communication, as the Holy Spirit speaks to the spirit.

The Holy Spirit vs. Over-Organization

The speaker acknowledges the value of excellence and organization but warns against letting it hinder the Holy Spirit's movement. Over-organization can lead to rigidity, preventing individuals from fully experiencing the Spirit. The Holy Spirit, like the wind, moves unpredictably, and those led by the Spirit must be flexible and allow God to alter plans according to His purposes.

The Secret Place and Spiritual Communication

The speaker encourages listeners to avoid boxing the Holy Spirit into rigid expectations. He shares a personal desire to worship freely in his secret place, emphasizing that prayer is not the only activity for that time. The Holy Spirit should govern one's secret place, and communication in the spirit realm can occur even without words. This spiritual intercourse leaves one with a profound sense of connection and understanding.

Edification Through the Holy Spirit

Spiritual maturity comes from training one's spirit to understand the Holy Spirit's actions, not just from prolonged exposure to Christian environments. The Holy Spirit knows what each person needs, and sometimes a song is more effective than a sermon. Anointing may reside in a single line or phrase of a song, ministering specifically to individuals' needs.

The Ministry of the Spirit

The speaker highlights that the Holy Spirit's omnipresence allows everyone to feel personally addressed, even in a group setting. Many receive edification during worship, and missing these moments would deprive them of God's intended blessings. He urges listeners to be spiritual, recognizing that canality hinders the Holy Spirit's fullness.

Allowing the Holy Spirit to Work

The speaker encourages allowing the Holy Spirit to work, even if it means deviating from the planned program. Shouting or outward displays are not necessarily proof of anointing but of God's activity. Angels read hearts and communicate needs, sometimes prompting a song to minister to those too depressed to receive a direct message. This is the ministry of the Spirit, not mere charismatism or a display of personal anointing.

Partnership with the Holy Spirit

The speaker emphasizes that ministry is about partnering with the Holy Spirit to meet people's needs. Even if the planned teaching is on a different topic, the healing anointing will flow if there are sick individuals present. A wise leader recognizes the people's hunger and allows the Spirit to move accordingly.

The Importance of Encounter

The speaker warns that religious teaching without the Holy Spirit's presence leads to stagnation. Members may continue attending but without transformation or expectation of change. He urges those in ministry to pay the price in the secret place and ensure every meeting is an encounter with God.

Spirituality in Ministry

The speaker stresses the importance of spirituality in ministry, even among workers. Skill is valuable, but spirituality must come first. Without it, even excellent musicians or singers can hinder the Holy Spirit's work. Excellence is only useful when spirituality is intact, enabling true communication and the ministry of the Spirit.

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0:02 [Music] are we together there are times you go to the kitchen ladies to prepare your meal and the nature of that meal is such that in one hour you can make it is that true there are times you go to prepare a meal can even be similar and two hours down the line you are still in the kitchen when you see the holy spirit move like this is a communication of many things for many people it's an indication that seasons are opening are we together yes seasons the week is living for the strong see that the less anointed is living for another dimension

0:48 number two when you see extended periods of worship in the presence of god like this there are impartations happening impartations are not just anointings they are answers sirs so in that worship the bible says be still and then you will know you may not hear a rhema but an anointing is bringing an answer it's not the one you've always received [Music] number three in these kinds of atmospheres deliverances you don't have to fall and shout out in this atmosphere's conviction are strengthened suddenly a worship song is rising and you just stand and you're just thinking and saying my life my life

1:35 will he continue this way prayerlessness will he continue this way no commitment to god and whilst the worship you are not hearing anything directly but the holy ghost is speaking to your spirit man and you can capture the impulses of the spirit so when when there are extended periods of worship like this you must understand that the holy spirit is doing something specifically now it is good to be excellent and organized we believe in excellence you know that but then i think the challenge sometimes is that there is too much interruption because sometimes we can be so organized we are more conscious of our ego and the regiment of things you see those who are like that cannot get the best of the

2:21 holy spirit because it's characterized the wind is that true the bible says the wind blew it where it listed you cannot tell from whence it's coming or where it is going he says such is the character is the nature it's not that the one who is led by the spirit is disorganized but that the holy spirit sustains an ability to navigate you at will and can be able to alter whatever according to god's divine purposes [Music] learn it don't get to a point where you box the holy spirit and say you move like this no sir no sir that's the reason why we never never experienced certain superior dimensions of him i

3:07 tell you this worship i can i just wish that i was alone in my secret place and i can sing like this and worship till morning not pray i'm not talking of praying many things should happen in the secret place if the only thing you do in the secret place is praying in tongues then there is a lot you are missing let me tell you praying in tongues is very important but you see the holy spirit must be the governor and the lord of your secret place there are times you go to the secret place and for one hour you cannot say a word you just see that yet you are communicating because you see in the realm of the spirit your mouth is not the only instrument of communication there can be a spirit communication happening yet your mouth is not saying anything your mind may even be fruitful

3:54 to that experience but after that secret place you know that you're left with something it's like an intercourse learn it this is how to be spiritual it is not longevity in the christian environment that makes people mature it is their ability to have trained their spirits to to train their sensitivity to be able to understand the things that the holy spirit is doing if all that the holy ghost wants us to do tonight is to just sing and sing and worship that's what we do he is the governor he is the one who is responsible for the transformation he knows what menu befits what situation there are people the situation in your

4:41 life right now sincerely speaking you don't need a salmon you need a song it's only a song that has the capacity to minister to you are we together when you've been beaten by life you've prayed you fasted sometimes he captures his thoughts in a song and like all the songs that we sang here you may not remember anything but there is a line that's where the anointing is the anointing may not be on all the songs it may just be on a line a phrase a clause a sentence part of it and you keep singing it in your spirit sucks that anointing are we together you must understand this is how people are edified you see because in a place

5:26 like this there are people inside outside are we together now and everybody has his needs as a man of god you don't just come with a redomented understanding you see people who keep looking at you but very soon your church will go dry because the truth is that the holy spirit the operation of the holy spirit his omnipresence is a mystery such that everybody can leave a meeting and say you were talking to me yet the experiences were different for many people half of your edification for tonight's meeting has happened in this worship if we did not capture this moment of worship there is something that god intended for you tonight that you would not have received

6:13 [Music] let's learn to be spiritual let's learn to be spiritual let's learn organization is good but canality is driving the fullness of the holy spirit from our lives from our meetings because of rejuvenated activities organization is good but brothers and sisters were talking about the spirit of the living god the holy spirit is not an angel when he comes you step back i think he's tried to resist the holy spirit i think he's seen to resist the holy spirit even if it is for the sake of the breakthrough of one person let's let him do it you hear people shouting he is not a proof that a man is anointed he's a proof that god is working

6:58 are we there now you left your house and you came and the spirit of god is walking the angels of god are excelling strength they are walking reading the hearts of men like pages of books oh this one is in need of a healing ah how do we communicate the healing okay there is somewhere in the message where will come and they leave you and they go to someone this person is depressed at this level of depression you will not even hear anything so he comes back to the preacher and says raise a son because there is somebody who is too depressed to start hearing any rhema no matter what you say it will not bless him it is in that song you find out that everyone may be tired but only two people are crying that song was for them this is called the ministry of the spirit

7:45 so the holy ghost is ministry you see that it's not it's not charismatism it's not an a man of god showing his anointing is the holy spirit this is the only way you bless people listen let me tell you it's not just by the excellency of speech it's by allowing the holy spirit you must give him right of way i've said it you can fake power you can't fake relationship you can't fake the secret place we must have the ears that here and the eyes that's as a preacher as a man of god you are standing here as a servant in partnership with the holy spirit to minister to the needs of people man of god let's never forget that this whole

8:31 thing is about the people if there are 90 people here who are sick even if i'm teaching on relationship the healing anointing will start flowing you see that because the holy ghost knows 90 people cannot come sick and go just because i plan to no no no no the holy ghost will say i know we prepared for this but the hunger of my people is and their faith compelling that dimension of the unknown and a wise man of god will be able to say even so come the spirit and the bride come come come lord jesus someone traveled far to come and get an anointing come lord jesus someone left the hospital with their

9:18 medical bills to come come lord jesus so after a meeting like this you find out that as people are going home everybody lives with a testimony or if you teach religiously a time will come where only a few people a few people not more than 10 out of thousands of people who will be saved let me tell you what members do they love you but the truth is that they are not being changed and they will they may not stop coming but their faith dies when they come they don't expect transformation they will not even invite anybody because they know it's an embarrassment or will i tell this visitor now come for coinoni and the businesses is

10:04 half of the service already i have not been blessed my depression is still there the headache is pounding me i thought you said the holy spirit is here if your ministry or god is calling you into ministry here i beg you in the name of jesus christ pay the price before you come and hold the mic give the people something let every meeting be an encounter an encounter from the worship that's why we pray that's why we prepare for every meeting as if it's the last because you don't know whose destiny someone may visit coinonia now once and may not have the privilege to come again

10:51 so he will live with his perception there's no excuse [Music] if you're a pastor here make sure your workers are spiritual i've said it skill is good but spirituality precedes you you see it in playing this thing someone can sit down be playing the keyboard and what he's playing is music and ultra what the holy spirit is doing another person can sit on the drums and just be playing whatever he wants to do another person can hold a mic here and stand to sing and just be twisting your tongue and the people know they are not getting blessed [Music] excellence is only useful when spirituality is intact

11:38 then you can communicate the ministry of the spirit [Music] let the weight of your glory [Music] let the life [Music] let this truth that brings healing [Music] glory [Music]

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