8 Levels of Life Style Praise & Worship both Inwardly and Outwardly

Teacher: Bryant L. McNeal
Wednesday, Oct. 20th 2010



The Hebrew has eight words or levels of praise and worship, each one is distinctive and yet complimentary of the other. For study purposes I want to put them in alphabetical order; Barak, Halal , Shabach, Tehillah, Towdah, Yadah, Karar and Zamar.



Let us now take our time to explore further. Let us begin with the word BARAK.





Barak



The word Barak means to kneel or bow and bless God, to give reverence to God as an act of adoration. It is done with an attitude of anticipation. Throughout the Old Testament this word is continually used. Thoughts on the word 'bless' bring to mind all God through His Son Jesus Christ has done for us in the past and what He is doing presently. However, have we ever stopped to wonder how we can bless God? David in psalm 103: 1-2 tells us how, when he says: 'bless the Lord, o my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name...." . [Some bible translations use the word praise.] David continues on, by recalling and distinguishing all God has done. “Barak” praise can also be used as a form of prayer, as the word suggests kneeling and blessing God in worship or devotion. The song "father, we love you, we praise you, we adore you" is an expression of “Barak praise”. Scriptures to study are: Ps. 72:9 and Ps. 95.6.





Halal



Halal means to be boastful, excited and enjoying the greatness and goodness of God. It is the root word for hallelujah. While in this mode you are celebrating God in very much the same way you do when your local ‘soccer team’ or favourite contestant wins. It’s amazing how much energy goes into this display. Well, ‘halal’ is the way Christians should celebrate God’s goodness every day. Scriptures to study are: Psalms 104 -106 are good illustrations of this, 2 Chron. 20:19-21-21, Psalm 22:22-26, 111:1-3.





Shabach



This word Shaback is best illustrated in Psalm 117:1; 'o praise the lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.' As it is used here it means to speak highly of, to address in a loud tone, to command triumph, glory and to shout. This category of praise is also pictured in psalm 63:4. Terry Law in his book "the power of praise and worship" says this type of praise "makes the devil shut up". Scriptures to study are: Psalms 47:1, 63:3-4, 32:11, 65:13, 117:1, 35:27, 145:4, 147:12, 132:9.





Tehillah



Tehillah relates to singing and for all intents and purposes means singing our halals. Tehillah is portrayed in psalm 22:3 states that God dwells in the praises of Israel . [Most refer to it as “his people”.] It refers to a special kind of singing that is unrehearsed, unprepared and which today is referred to as "singing in the spirit". This exhibition of praise brings unity into the congregation and allows God to move in miraculous ways. Scriptures to study are: Psalms 34:1, 40:3, 66:2, 100:4, 22:3, 9:14, 33:1, 65:1, 147:1-2, 149:1-2, Isaiah 61:3 and 2 Chronicles 20:22.





Towdah



Towdah translated means 'thanksgiving' and involves the raising of hands in adoration. It suggests an attitude of sacrificial praise. In other words, we give thanks and praise before we receive from the Lord, and/or delivered out of a situation. We rejoice and thank God for his promises. Our praise and thanksgiving become a sacrifice unto the Lord when we are ill or in dire straits. Scriptures to study are: Psalms 50:14, 95:2, Colossians 4:2, 1 Timothy 4:4-5, Isaiah 51:3 and Amos 4:5.





Yadah



Yadah means to worship with extended hands and it signifies a deep surrender to God and a heart that desires to pay tribute to Him. Scriptures for study are: Psalms 100:4, 134:2, 27:1, 28:7, 33:2, 42:5, 44:8, and 141:2.





Zamar



In the Hebrew language there are several musical verbs, but the one that is predominant throughout the book of Psalms is called ‘Zamar’. It demonstrates music in praise to God and advocates that praise and music are similar. In the Old Testament the Hebrews used music as an expression of praise and worship. The popular praise & worship chorus: "let everything that has breath praise the lord" is really Psalm 150 set to music. Scriptures for study are: Psalms are 92:1-3, 81:1-2, and 1 Chronicles 15:16.





Karar

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Karar is the Hebrew word for "dance". We should dance before the Lord like King David did in the Bible. The Bible says according to the following: Ps 149:3 - "Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp." Ps 150:4 - "Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs." Ecclesiastes 3:4 - "A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance."









While I have shown the meaning of each level or word, it should be noted that in a lot of cases the levels are combined. A mixture of Barak, Karar and Zamar praise can be found in Psalms 98, 95 134 and 145. In Psalm 50 you will find a mix of Towdah and Yadah.

The Power of Followship in the Kingdom

JOSHUA CHAPTER 23:1-13
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Please Read the following scriptures:

1. “And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.”

 God will give you rest from your enemies round about you
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2 “And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:”

 Joshua gives instructions to the servant leaders concerning the Lord and them
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3 “And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you’

 The Lord is committed to fight for you because He loves you, inspite of you
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4 “Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.”

 This is your year to possess the enemies land for God’s glory
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6 “Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:”

 Be careful in all things that God receives the Glory and not man
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8 “But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.”

 The devil don’t like you because GOD is for you! So cleave to the Lord!
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10 “One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.”

 God has been faithful to you so be faithful to Him and noone else!
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God has a plan, with your name on it!


By: Pastor, Bryant McNeal

God Is In Control

Wednesday, Sept. 29th, 2010
By: Bryant L. McNeal


II KINGS CHAPTER 7:3 -10




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Please read the scripture lesson below:



3. “And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?”



 Sitting still in the mist of adversity wont get you no where.

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4. “If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.”



 Moving in the direction of your enemy, to defeat him in the Name of the Lord is greater then retreat. Don’t back down! You are more than a conquer. Faith at times involves taking risks!

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5. “And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.”



 They went into the enemy’s camp, and the enemy had already fled.

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6. “For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.”



 God will dispatch a host of angelic angels to fight your enemy for you and win! Your enemy is really scared of you!

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7. “Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses (donkeys), even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.”



 It’s time to put the enemy in his place, by putting him on the run.

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8. “And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.”



 You will eat and drink from the labor of your adversary. He will make your enemy your footstool.

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9. “Then they said one to another, we do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.”



 When God is at work, share it with others to strengthen their faith.

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10. “So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses (donkey) tied, and the tents as they were.”



 We are overcomers by the blood of the Lamb, and the word of our testimony.

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The Sound of Praise is equal to the Sound of a Heavenly Angelic Host of Angels preparing the way for God to move on your behalf!



God Is In Control!

Living Beyond Myself

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
By: Sr. Pastor, Bryant L. McNeal



David Get Over Yourself!!!!!!!!!!

II SAMUEL CHAPTER 12

Read Today’s Scripture Lesson Below:
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1 ¶ And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
15 ¶ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.



David was so focused on his fleshly desire that he overlooked the care and concern of another man’s family. “Living Beyond Yourself”

Having the “Right Spirit” in Ministry & Life

Wednesday, Sept. 8th @ 7pm
By: Sr. Pastor, Bryant L. McNeal

(Please read the scripture references)




Ps 31:5 -
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.




Ps 32:2 -
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.




Ps 34:18 -
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.




Ps 51:10 -
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.




Ps 51:11 -
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.




Ps 51:12 -
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.






Ps 78:8 -
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.




Ps 106:33 -
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.




Ps 143:10 -
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness




Pr 14:29 -
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.




Pr 16:18 -
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.




Pr 16:19 -
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.




Pr 16:32 -
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.


"When you have the Right Spirit, you will always get the Right Results". - Bishop Noel Jones

The Mind of Christ - "Get Your Mind of Jesus"

Wednesday, Sept. 1st 2010

By: Sr. Pastor, Bryant L. McNeal


Discovering the Power of a Godly Mind to overcome the battles of this world to give God the glory!



Php 4:8 - (We must be sure to steward the way we think)

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.



Eph 3:20 - (Asking & Thinking work together in the plan of God)

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,



1Pe 4:12 – (The scriptures are also designed to cultivate your thinking about even your trials that come)

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:



Lu 12:40 - (Jesus is coming soon at an hour you think not)

Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.



Joh 16:2 - (Make sure your thinking regarding God is CORRECT)

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.



Ro 12:3 – (Don’t blow yourself up! You may not be all that you think)

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.



Ac 17:29 – (Don’t put God in the same category with money and silver, He’s bigger then that)

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.



Jer 29:11 – (God wants you to think of yourself, like He sees you)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.



Jer 17:9 – (Only God can reveal the true nature of the - heart of mind)

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?



Ro 1:28 - (This is the worst mental condition in the world)

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient (or holy, lawful, just, appropriate);



Ro 7:25 – (We must serve the Lord with our Mind, Heart & Soul)

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.



Ro 7:23 - (The Mind Vs. the Flesh at war)

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.



Ro 8:5 – (The Mind of the Flesh Vs. the Spirit)

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.



Ro 8:7 – (The carnal mind is an enemy to the will of God and has not hope)

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.



Ro 12:16 - (Operate in Unity of Mind)

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.



Ro 15:6 - (One Mind to Glorify God)

That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.



Php 2:5 – (You must possess the Mind of Christ)

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

22 Keys To Success in Life

Teacher, Senior Pastor, Bryant L. McNeal
Wednesday, August 25th 2010 @ 7pm
Scripture Theme: Eph. 3:20





1. Pray first, before you make a decision

2. Never lose, Self-Control

3. Never, jump to conclusions

4. Remember there’s two sides, to every story

5. Never let your enemy, see you upset

6. Be Humble at all times

7. Don’t lose Faith, in difficult times

8. In all things give Thanks unto God

9. If you don’t want people to know, don’t tell them

10. Don’t become, what you despise

11. Love is Unconditional

12. Trust God always!

13. In every tragedy, you can find Destiny

14. If you fail, You fail because you stopped trying

15. Knowing when to say: NO

16. Knowing when to say: Yes

17. Knowing when to say: NOTHING AT ALL

18. Don’t let your emotions, control your life

19. Judge not, that ye not be judged

20. The Ministry of Forgiveness: is for every believer to embrace!

21. Stop crying, pick your head up, and move ahead, beyond and above!

22. Winners are determined not by the result of the battle but by the outcome (the positive change) of the person







Which “tips” out of the 22 listed do you need to work on, and why?

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