The latest from the desk of the Soul of Worship Ministry Team
A blog by Janice Colon-Crespo - Soul of Worship Ministry Team Member
So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Luke 17:6
When Jesus spoke in Luke 17:6, His use of the mulberry tree is purposeful.
It is known for one specific characteristic: its vigorous root growth.
So, if you garden you know that trying to pull even a weed out can make you break a sweat to get it from the root, so imagine a mulberry tree, with its wide and deep, penetrating roots!
This means that Jesus was telling us that with faith as small as a mustard seed, I can uproot and move a mulberry tree!
Often, we get stuck in our own ways and say “that’s just the way I am, I can’t change” when in fact no, that is not how God created us.
We may have...
As we dissected verse by verse of the second half of Psalm 3, we uncovered so many keys to unlocking the power of God.
The first thing we talked about last night in our Zoom discussion is found in Psalm 3:4 which says:
I cried to the Lord with my voice,
And He heard me from His holy hill.
Selah
This verse gives us a glimpse into the way that David worshiped God through prayer and praise: DAVID CRIED OUT TO THE LORD WITH HIS VOICE!
This was not a silent prayer or passive song.
David was PASSIONATELY VOCAL!
The MSG translation says, "With all my might I shout up to God..."
David let out a MIGHTY SHOUT!
With ALL HIS MIGHT!
And this moment of worship wasn't an exception.
David always worshiped God with EVERYTHING that he had.
WITH ALL...
Last night in Week 2 of The Psalms Study, we began to dig deep into the life of David, the "sweet psalmist of Israel." (II Samuel 23:1)
In studying his life, his priorities, his actions, and even his flaws, the power of God over David's life is so clearly evident.
Bottom line, David is described as a man after God's own heart. (Acts 13:22).
What does it mean to be a man after God's own heart?
It's someone who knows the desires of God’s heart and carries out His will.
How did David receive THE revelation of God’s heart?
HE INVESTED HIS TIME IN INTIMACY WITH GOD THROUGH RADICAL WORSHIP.
And these days and nights that David spent before the LORD from an early age, prepared David for the assignments, trials, and persecutions that would soon come.
This history of knowing with great confidence WHO GOD IS was helpful when the crowds cheered his name and David gave God all the glory for his successes, and what caused David to run barefoot and in tears to...
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"Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker." Psalms 95:6
In this one verse, there are 3 unique Hebrew words used to describe this invitation to worship the LORD our Maker.
worship = shâchâh = to depress, to bow down, or to fall down flat.
bow down = kâraʻ = to bend the knee; to sink, to prostrate
kneel = bârak = to bless God; to bow down and kneel in humble reverence
This verse alone is a picture of humility before Yahweh.
It is meant to inspire us as worshipers to bring ourselves low before God, not just physically bowing down but humbling ourselves before Him.
Bending down shows reverence, expresses honor, submission, and allegiance to His high authority.
We bow down because there is no greater or more powerful being and He is worthy of our complete surrender.
So come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker!
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When we lack the words to say, we can often open up to the Psalms and find that the psalmists seem to relate very well to our emotional pleas and deepest thoughts.
When we apply a psalm to our lives, often it becomes the first step towards our own deliverance.
A song of deliverance from the Psalms can bring words that are like honey to our souls. The Holy Spirit inspired words bring comfort, strength, healing, and remind us to keep our eyes up toward our Creator.
Let's unlock together the Holy Spirit's power through prayer and praise, by studying:
Did you hear the news?
Introducing....
praisekids: RAISING UP WORSHIP WARRIORS
The Lord has been leading me to ignite a sub-ministry of the Soul of Worship Ministry that focuses on educating our young ones to know who they are, whom they belong to, and the power in their sound!
And now the first of many releases for our praisekids: RAISING UP WORSHIP WARRIORS line of educational resources is here and ready for you!
Explore the Fall Season through the lens of worship to God, praise, thankfulness, and gratitude in the praisekids: Raising Up Worship Warriors Fall Mini Unit.
With a focus on 3 memory verses for each month of the season, the whole family can meditate on what it means to praise God and be thankful for this special season of change through copy work, activity pages, and beautifully designed digital art prints that you can display around your home.
This 15 page printable download is perfect for any parent looking to add some meaningful activities to their child's day,...
Every time we gather as ONE BODY to worship the ONE TRUE GOD, He releases His love, power, healing, peace, joy, freedom, and salvation among our community!
SAVE THE DATE and LET'S UNITE to PROVOKE the heavens to pour out the mighty glory of God over this region.
I can hear THE SOUND OF A GREAT AWAKENING!
*All local churches & ministries are welcome to be part of the program or have a community table*
A lot of the time, the enemy tries to put shame on our hearts and make us want to suffer in silence or not be transparent about the things we’ve gone through or places where God has pulled us out of.
But let us be like David - he was honest and transparent about all of his flaws, emotional stresses, and about his sin.
Yet, David always turned to God.
David sought God as the only solution, every single time.
And every single time, God delivered him!
And after every single deliverance, David released a new song.
Those songs are still testimonies that YOU AND I rely on to encourage us to keep pushing forward in the name of Jesus.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING of what we are going to be covering in the free virtual class I am hosting on Tuesday, June 14th at 8pm ET: SING A NEW SONG!
Learn how to release and offer to God the authentic worship that only you can bring, and perfume His throne with your unique song of praise.
Register here and...
The creation of a pearl is the result of a biological process. It is the oyster’s way of protecting itself from foreign substances. When something foreign slips into the oyster, it is immediately irritated. The oyster’s natural reaction is to cover up the irritant to protect itself. It covers the irritant over and over again until it eventually forms a pearl.
When an “irritant” enters our lives, we can either allow it to harm us, or we can cover it with praise as a form of defense.
We can say to that irritant, “You have come to try to steal my joy, but I know that the joy of the Lord is my strength. So, I will praise God anyway with joyful lips, and by His supernatural strength, you will have no effect on me!”
As we continue to cover that irritant with praise, it becomes a pearl, a precious gemstone of testimony.
In Week 9 of the WORSHIP: Are You Making a Sound? 12 Week Bible Study, we talk about how WORSHIP is a gateway...
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In this free Worship & Praise Bible study bundle, you'll receive a beautifully designed 9 page PDF that outlines three incredibly powerful worship concepts: Use Your Voice as a Trumpet Sound, Lift Up Your Hands in Victory, and the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving.
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