The Spiritual Song - Exploring Prophetic Worship by Mike Herron

and the Spirit each time we met and the results were supernatural. Worship was not for the artistic or the sensitive, it was for all of the church. The single chord without any musical accompaniment can best be described as the ‘C hant of the Lord.’ A chant is more mono or one toned without melodic movement or chord changes and has no discernible rhythm. Even the individual expressions of prophetic song were in the chant style, a person singing in the single harmony of the chord without melodic variety or rhythmic flow. It was quite beautiful and unlocked the sincerity of the congregation’s heart but it did have a sense of confinement to it. As our understanding of the Song of the Lord grew from scripture so did its expression in the public meetings. We began to add simple chord movement to the swelling praises of the voices. Often we would repeat some of the chords of the previous song continuing the rhythm as well. The Chant of the Lord became the ‘ Song of the Lord ’ with more melodic direction, changing harmony and pulsating rhythms. We had a 70 voice choir and 30 piece worship orchestra. We would ‘practice’ the prophetic song of the Lord encouraging people to sing their praises and thanks to the Lord as well as prophecies from the Holy Spirit. The choir was taught to back up the song sometimes wi th humming, syllables (‘oo’ and ‘ah’ etc.)