You can sense the presence of the Lord on music that is anointed.

Music should be more than just songs - it can become a vehicle into the heavenlies. Anointed worship can only ever be birthed out of a heart of worship. It cannot be concocted or derived. The presence of God is never something we work up - it is something that comes down. When we soak in anointed music, the presence and power of God becomes manifest in our lives, and we are changed. The Power of Anointed Worship Music By Dr. David K. Blomgren Breaks Spiritual Bondages 1 Samuel 16:23. This passage records Saul as being in spiritual bondage to an ev il spirit. David played an anointed song on his harp, and the evil spirit depart ed from Saul. Anointed music caused the power of the enemy to be broken and his spiritual bondage to be loosed. The same power of God accompanies anointed chris tian singers today whose spiritual songs can bring deliverance from the devil. T his power can also be released through "songs without words" - not only ministry in song but deliverance ministered on musical instruments without words. It is the anointing which breaks the yoke (Isa.10:27). Brings Spiritual Victories Hosea 2:14-18. The prophet Hosea prophesies that in times of restoration God s peo ple will again spiritually face the Valley of Achor (Heb., trouble ) as did the Isr aelites (Joshua, ch.7). There Achan had sinned grievously which had caused the d efeat of God s people at Ai. The prophecy here is that God s people in New Testament times would sing there, as in the days of her youth (Hosea 2:15). The days of Isra el s infancy when she sang, refers to the time when Moses and Miriam led the peopl e in spontaneous, new songs unto God besides the Red Sea (Exodus, ch.15). The promise is made that God s people will sing new songs of victory unto the Lord in times of trouble as they confront the enemy and will not suffer defeat as di d the Israelites. The Lord will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely . (Hosea 2:18). God has purposed victory and peace as we sing songs of victory. Brings Us Closer to the Lord Song of Solomon 2:12-14. This passage, speaking prophetically of the end time wh ere the coming of the Bridegroom is anticipated, describes it as a time of the si nging (2:12). The cry of god s heart is given, let me hear thy voice, for sweet is t hy voice (2:14). As we sing spiritual songs unto the Lord, our voice is sweet to Him. Verse 14 then mentions the secret of the stairs of spiritual ascent to God. We dis cover the secret of spiritual ascent as we sing spiritual songs amidst God s peopl e. Uplifts the Defeated Spirit Psalms 25:1, Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul . When David was downcast, he began to sing songs of praise unto the Lord. Even when David did not feel like s inging, he had disciplined his spirit to sing praise unto the Lord. The result w as that his soul was spiritually uplifted when he had sung unto the Lord. Isaiah 61:3. Isaiah here speaks of our exchanging a spirit of heaviness for a nt of praise . The Hebrew word for heaviness means literally failing . garme

There are times when a believer has a spirit of failing and accepts defeat. This p erson must clothe himself with the Song of Praise as a garment. In the Orient th e apparel expressed the mood of the mind. As one fills his mind the mouth with S ongs of Praise, the spirit of failing will be stripped off him as a worn-out gar

ment. In Isaiah 42:3 the spirit of failing and defeat is described under the image of candle wick burning in dimness, ready to be extinguished, the smoking flax shall h e not quench . The Hebrew word for smoking flax is the same Hebrew word as the spiri t of failing in Isaiah 61:3. The promise is that the spirit of failing and defeat whose flame seems about to be extinguished will not be allowed by God to be quen ched if we clothe ourselves with Songs of Praise. Brings the Presence and Glory of God Upon a Congregation 11 Chronicles 5:13-14. As the musicians and singers praised the Lord in song, th e Temple was filled with the cloud of God s glory. The priests could not even mini ster because of the profound presence and glory of God. This was God s response to the ministry of music in His house. God s presence is always associated with the praises of His people (Psalms 22:3). Testifies to Others of the Greatness of God Psalms 92:1-3. As the believer sings spiritual songs, the goodness and faithfuln ess of the Lord is shewn forth to others (vs.2). The testifying in song to God s g reatness is exhorted in this passage to be done every morning and every night. Quickens the Prophetic Word 11 Kings 3:11-16. King Jehoshaphat desired a prophetic word to give him directio n. He inquired for a prophet (vs.11), and Elisha was brought forward. Elisha sou ght for a minstrel to be played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him (vs. 15) . The anointed music quickened the prophetic word to Elisha, and then he prophes ied the Word of the Lord. Even a prophet such as Elisha had to have music to qui cken the prophetic word. 1 Samuel 10:5-6, 10. A company of prophets are seen as coming down a road, prece ded by those who played psalterys, tabrets, pipes, and harps. The result was tha t by the preceding of anointed music, not only did the prophets prophesy, but th e spirit of prophecy came upon Saul, and he also prophesied. It was the presence of music that quickened the prophetic word to Saul and the prophets. The annointing of God s Spirit abides within His people (1 John 2:27). One need no t wait for the anointing to hit him in the service to sing spiritual songs. One re leases the anointing by faith. One of the great blessings of this day is the restoration of spiritual songs to the House of the Lord. Let us with joy sing the Song of Praise unto Him and the Song of the Lord unto His people. As we do so, the Lord will be exalted and His people edified.