Prophetic Song / Spontaneous Worship, etc.

[HelenaZF]

My understanding of prophetic song / worship is it's between songs. . . staying on a few chords. . . singing whatever comes out from God. . . . (very basic description here). . .whether in tongues or words. . .can be to the same tune as the last song, doesn't have to be. Isn't necessarily "prophecying things to come" but telling of God's goodness and such, calling His people to deeper worship etc. . . . am I on the right track?

I'd say I'd agree with that, and expand it to include songs which are songs of the church sung TO the Lord (song of the Bride) and actual prophetic words to the church (song of the Bridegroom), which don't necessarily have to flow out of something else, but can be stand-alone songs inserted anywhere in the appropriate moment. But I suppose a distinction should be made between what is really prophetic song and what is "singing in the Spirit", which IMO cannot always be categorized as prophetic song.



It is tempting to make a definition of prophetic song as something that is always spontaneous, always new-never-before-heard, and recognizable from our normal songs, but I don't think that is necessarily the case. I think sometimes prophetic song can be a pre-written, even known song that is the exact right thing to sing in that moment because it is exactly what the Spirit is saying.



as to my testimony....

I don't have it chronicled on this site, but your question gives me an . I'm wondering if it would be good to have a place here where we could write our testimonies. Would that be of interest to y'all? Any ideas on how you might like to see that work?

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In a nutshell, though, my testimony is much like others. I didn't like my life, didn't want responsibility for it anymore, and said to God, "I can't do this anymore, if you want my life, You can have it." And He took me up on my offer.