Are You a Musician or a Believer 2

Are You a Musician or a Believer? 2

ADORATION

Holy Holy
Is the Lord God Most High
We bow before You
And give You praise

THANKSGIVING SONG

You reign all over the earth
You’re seated on Your throne
My King, Lord over Heaven and earth
You reign, You reign

Over all the universe
Be exalted all hail the King
My God, Lord over Heaven and earth
You reign, You reign

SCRIPTURES

John 1:22-23
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

Luke 4:17-21
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

Matthew 11:2-6
2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Luke 23:2-3
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

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LESSONS

1. It is not good enough to know who you are; you must believe it – Do you believe that you are a child of God?
   Do you believe that you have been called into The Music Ministry?
   Do you believe what you are singing?

• Jesus knew who He was (John 9:5)
• You must know who you are (Mat 5:14, John 1:12)
• Many musicians are unable to rise to the Apex of their delivery because they fail the IDENTITY QUESTION: WHO AM I?
• As a musician, before you sing or play, always ask yourself “who am I”?

2. You need a good relationship to make a good report
   Your identity in the Kingdom of God is connected to Christ Jesus and the song you sing is an extension of the relationship you have with Him.
   
3. It is not good enough to know who you are; you must believe it – Do you believe that you are a child of God?
   Do you believe that you have been called into The Music Ministry?
   Do you believe what you are singing?

The relationship comes first before the song

Mark 7:6
6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

1 John 1:1
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

PRAYER

1. Father in Heaven,
   Grant me the grace to get deeper in relationship with You, to sing from a relationship with You and not merely a report about You

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