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1 month ago | Thu, Apr 19th, 2012 Tweet

Can Music Make You Feel God’s Emotions?

Music is a powerful entity — a force like gravity. It drives both the Christian and secular world. Some people say they live to make and listen to music.

Think about it.

Have you ever heard a song and instantly remembered where you were and how you felt when you first heard it?

Music is one of the only tools that can make you feel emotions without your knowledge. It can change your whole mood, even if it’s just instrumental.

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10 months ago | Mon, Jul 11th, 2011

Ways to Develop Prophetic Musicianship

The term “prophetic musician” simply describes a musician who, operating in the spirit of prophecy, testifies of Jesus. Because prophecy is simply the testimony of Jesus, it can be coupled with many different mediums. Preachers preach the testimony of Jesus; teachers teach it. Singers sing the testimony of Jesus; painters paint it. All these mediums can prophesy about who Jesus is and edify the Church.

“[T]he testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” (Rev. 19:10)

Listen to this musical interlude in Bethel’s song God, I look to You. Start at the 3:49 mark. What does the melody make you feel about God?

Keep that thought in your head, now go back and listen to the whole song and tell me if what you felt is at all close to the topic of the song. That’s what prophetic music does: it makes known God’s heart through melodies, rhythms and sounds.

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Can Music Make You Feel God’s Emotions?

Ways to Develop Prophetic Musicianship