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ABOUT THE BOOK: THE
MUSIC THAT BRINGS REVIVAL
Music has
always played a great role in church ministration from time immemorial. Various
supernatural and spectacular feats have also been achieved through the right
approach to and use of music according to Biblical standards. However, a look
at church music in recent times leaves much to be desired.
The Word of
God reveals that a harp healed an insane king. A joyful noise brought down a
great wall. A group of singers were engaged in a battle with three great
nations and the nations were utterly destroyed through songs. Also, two
prisoners sang in prison and there a great earthquake that shook the
foundations of the prison, broke the chains of the prisoners and opened the
doors of the prison. As a result the jailer was saved.
This book
will reveal to you the prerequisites for achieving such results. Our music can
still bring revival.
The Music That Brings Revival: Introduction to the Book
I had an encounter with the Lord between 2nd and 4th January, 1996, while seeking His face. The Lord told me to reach out to the world in songs, and groom true worshippers who would worship Him in Spirit and in truth [John 4:20-24]. He told me to arise and shine in the midst of the gross darkness that covers the earth [Isaiah 60:1-3].
God said
that he is not interested in false, hypocritical, carnal and fake worshippers,
who are only worshipping Him with their lips, while their hearts are far from
Him [Matthew 15:7-9]. But, he is interested in true worshippers who will
worship Him [God] in Spirit and in truth.
Since then,
I have had a great burden in my heart to see great revival through music. If
there is anything I am thirsting, longing, hungering, yearning and craving for,
it is to see God move supernaturally through my songs. I took time to seek the
face of God in prayer that He may reveal to me the conditions to meet, the
price to pay, and the qualifications of the person whose music would bring
revival.
As I took
time to study the scriptures, the Holy Spirit began to enlighten me on the type
of music that brings revival. He revealed the secrets of heart-touching music
to me. The content of this book is what the Holy Spirit has taught me so far,
and I deem it fit to share it with Choir leaders, choristers, music ministers,
pastors and all who are thirsting for true revival through songs.
Do you want
sinners to be convicted of their sins as you sing? Do you want to see miracles
happening as you minister in songs? Do you want your music to move from the
level of mere entertainment to powerful impartation? Then this book will be of
help to you. If you feel blessed by this book after reading it, please
recommend it to others. Stay blessed.
Kayode
Olusoji
Great Revival through Music
What is Revival?
Revival is
the re-awakening in the condition or strength of something or somebody. It is a
recovery. It is the process of bringing something or somebody back to existence
or consciousness. One dictionary entry states that revival is “recovery from
apparent death.” Revival is said to be “the return to life.”
The verb
“revive”, when used in a strictly religious context can mean “to restore” or
“to awaken” or “to refresh” [Psalm 85:6; Isaiah 57:15]. According to a number
of Old Testament terms, revival can be defined in many ways. It is “an
outpouring of the Spirit” [viewed as falling rain or fire, or a mighty wind].
It is also God renewing His mighty deeds, where “in wrath He remembers mercy.”
[Habakkuk 3:2; Isaiah 64:1, 2] Revival is the extraordinary movement of the Holy
Spirit producing extraordinary results.
Whenever
there is a genuine revival, there will be the renewing of Christians “in spirit
and in truth” [John 4:24] as well as the conversion of unbelievers. Therefore,
one of the reasons revivals have often been termed “awakening” is that, during
revival, sinners and people with no previous interest in the things of God,
come to life in a widespread spiritual awakening. Also, real revival results in
an increase in passionate prayers, which in turn results in an outward movement
towards the lost world.
What is music?
Music is the
art of arranging and combining tones or sounds in order and often together to
make a complete unit which has beauty of form and which is usually intended to
communicate some emotions.
Music has
been a very powerful instrument that can bring happiness or sorrow, edification
or corruption, love or hatred, peace or conflict, depending on whether it is
rightly or wrongly applied.
Music has
always been a part of worship and praise to God, when God laid the foundations
of the earth, “the morning stars sang together” [Job 38:4, 7]. In Zephaniah
3:17, God also sings for joy. The longest book in the Bible, Psalms, is a
collection of hymns written by many composers.
After the
construction of the temple, the choir constituted a distinct group of priests.
David selected 4,000 Levites as singers and instrumentalists, for musical
service of the temple as a result of their skills. [I Chronicles 15:16]. Among
these men were 288 skilled musicians and others students [I Chronicles 25:7-8].
When the temple was destroyed by the Babylonians, many of the priests, along
with other Jewish leaders, were taken captive to Babylon. Some of them were
choir members [Psalm 137:2-4].
We have also
seen a lot of outstanding results in the use of music in the Word of God.
Nowadays, such results seem to be rare in the songs rendered in the church, on
television and in our praise and worship.
This is
evidence that we need to revive our church music for it to bring the expected
result.
The Word of
God revealed that the sound of a harp healed an insane king. A shout of joy
brought down a great wall. A joyful song destroyed three great nations. A song
brought about a great earthquake that opened the doors for the prisoners, set
captives free, and saved sinners. We can still experience these types of
manifestations in music in our time. We need revival through songs.
…to be
continued
Kayode Olusoji
A Music Minister & Music Business
Consultant
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