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. |