The Spiritual Song - Exploring Prophetic Worship by Mike Herron

 The corporate sound of praise is like ‘incense’, filling the atmosphere  The gifts of the Spirit function more freely in an atmosphere of praise  Singing scripture increases the power of corporate praise  The instruments can be a part of the creative process  The spiritual song can be practiced individually before singing publically My experience with the prophetic song began as a member and later as the worship leader of ‘City Bible Church’ (formerly Bible Temple) in Portland, Oregon in 1971. My pastor was K.R. ‘Dick’ Iverson who loved the presence of God and encouraged and taught the church about worship. He had instructed us on how to corporately lift our vocal praises to the Lord after singing prepared songs. There was a powerful sense of the Lord’s presence as we fulfilled the scripture in Psalm 22:3 ‘ But You are holy, Who inhabit the praises of Israel.’ Most of the previous historical examples of prophetic song in this chapter were super supernatural, highly unusual manifestations of the Holy Spirit’s presence. Our experience at Bible Temple was an ‘everyday’ version of the outpouring of worship. We were not in an ecstatic state beyond ourselves, we were naturally responding to the word Bible Temple: My Personal Experience