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Interview with Lionel Batke

8/25/2024

Pastor Dwayne interviewed Lionel Batke.
https://ReleaseMinistries.ca/LionelBatke/
Lionel's book can be ordered from
https://www.amazon.ca/God-Has-Spoken-What-Concision/dp/B0CX1C8Z46

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Marina brought today's message in the series "Why do we do what we do".
Primarily, it is not about the songs or the music - but about closeness with God.
God doesn't only want us to be saved. He wants growth and connection with us.

Revelation 21:3|MSG
I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: "Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They're his people, He's their God.
Psalms 22:3|WEB But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
Psalms 100:4-5|MSG
Enter with the password: "Thank you!" Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank Him. Worship Him. For GOD is sheer beauty, all-generous in love, loyal always and ever.
Hebrews 13:15|TPT
So we no longer offer up a steady stream of blood sacrifices, but through Jesus, we will offer up to God a steady stream of praise sacrifices — these are “the lambs” we offer from our lips that celebrate his Name!
Psalm 57:7-11|NLT 2007
7 My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises!
9 I will thank you, Lord, among all the people. I will sing your praises among the nations.
10 For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
11 Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over all the earth.

John 4:23|MSG
But the time is coming —it has, in fact, come— when what you're called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter. "It's who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That's the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before Him in their worship.
Psalms 51:1|NIV
A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
2 Samuel 6:14,16|NIV
14 Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might
16 And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.
Joshua 3:13|NIV
And as soon as the [Levitical] priests who carry the ark of the LORD —the Lord of all the earth— set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.

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7 Hebrew Words for Praise

8/11/2024

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After a wonderful time of worship, pastor Dwayne continued the theme of praising God.
There are 7 different Hebrew words that all were translated into the English word "praise".
The song in the message is "Praise Ye The Lord by Randall Wallace"

https://www.TheToneShepherd.com/blog/the-7-hebrew-words-for-praise

Yâdâh | Extend hands, throw a stone, shoot an arrow.
Psalm 44:8 In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise (yâdâh) your name forever.

Shâbach | To address in a loud tone. To shout. To commend, glory, and triumph.
Psalm 145:4 One generation shall praise (shâbach) your works to another.

Tôwdâh | An extension of the hand. Thanksgiving for things not yet received. A sacrifice of praise.
Psalm 56:11-12 In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?...I will render praises (tôwdâh) to you.

Tehillâh | A song of praise. A new song. A spontaneous song.
Psalm 22:3 | NKJV But you are holy, enthroned in the praises (tehillâh) of Israel.

Bârak | To kneel. To salute. To thank.
Psalm 103:1 Praise (bârak) the Lord, my soul;

Zâmar | To make music. To celebrate in song and music. To touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument.
Psalm 144:9 | NKJV I will sing a new song to You, O God; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises (zâmar) to You.

Hâlal | To boast, to rave, to shine, to celebrate, to be clamorously foolish.
Psalm 149:3 Let them praise (hâlal) his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.

2 Chronicles 19:4|NIV Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 20:1|NIV After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites came to make war on Jehoshaphat.
2 Chronicles 20:3-4|NIV
3 Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the LORD, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.
4 The people of Judah came together to seek help from the LORD; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.
2 Chronicles 20:12|NIV O our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you."
2 Chronicles 20:15|NIV He said: "Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: 'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's.
2 Chronicles 20:22|NIV As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
Ephesians 6:12|NIV For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Galatians 5:20|NIV idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
Galatians 5:22-23|NIV
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

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Praise & Worship's place in revival

8/4/2024

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Listen to testimonies from some of the people who were baptized last week.
While looking at Praise & Worship's place in revival, pastor Dwayne also look at it from an Old Testament perspective, recent history and the peak of a revival.

Tehillah: spontaneous new song from the heart
Acts 15:12-17|NIV
12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
13 When they finished, James spoke up: "Brothers, listen to me.
14 Simon has described to us how God at first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for himself.
15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:
16 "'After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
17 that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things'
Psalms 137:1|KJV By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

1 Chronicles 15:1&16
1 After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers to sing joyful songs, accompanied by musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.
2 Chronicles 20:21-22|NIV
21 After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: "Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever."
22 As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
Psalms 22:3|NIV Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel.

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Interview with Lionel Batke

Why Praise & Worship?

7 Hebrew Words for Praise

Praise & Worship's place in revival

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