A Word for The British Church
A Word for The British Church — ALL Denominations!
Shofars Again!
“Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of The LORD is coming, for it is at hand.” Joel 2:1.
I’m hearing a lot about Shofars (trumpets) lately, and right now I’m hearing about the imminence of revival.
I heard the other day about America and Red River Meeting House in Kentucky. I heard about the Glory Cloud, the presence of The LORD, and especially, I had a Word for The Church about using the Shofar to help call down the Glory and Revival.
I was even reminded of a Word The LORD gave me about how and what calls on the Shofar to use.
Now, I hear The LORD saying to the British Church about Praise and Worship, with an emphasis on actually using the Shofar.
I heard The LORD say, “It’s time for the British Church to worship spontaneously and to use the Shofar.”
I asked what He meant by this and, in a nutshell, I believe He is a bit tired of the way the majority of Churches sing three, four, maybe five worship songs — then stop Worshiping — job done!
I read a bit of a damning comment today that The Church has, for the most part, trained its people to be spectators rather than contributors — allowed to join in the singing, but very definitely discouraged from leading a song — allowed to join in the prayers, but not lead them – allowed to enjoy the preach quietly, not commenting nor clapping!
I even heard a terrifying statistic that over 80% of American Pentecostal church members don’t actually speak in tongues; don’t get taught much about healing, prophecy, or deliverance; don’t actually get much discipling at all. It’s the same here in Britain!
So, I believe The LORD is saying to The British Church, “If you want to see revival in your Church, then I would like to see some things from you.
There must be repentance for watering down The Gospel; for failing to teach many of the things in The Great Commission; for failing to make disciples; for quenching The Holy Spirit in your meetings; and for many other things. It is time to stop making praise and worship a ‘production’ and make it a spontaneous expression of your genuine love for Me.
It’s time to introduce the Shofar as a ‘weapon of spiritual warfare’ to be incorporated into praise and worship.
Where are the spontaneous prayers? Where is the spontaneous worship — in tongues? Where is the suggestion to ‘just pray or sing in your prayer language as the Spirit leads you’?
You say you try to keep things simple so that even newcomers can understand — where are all these newcomers you are trying to appease?”
I know that for many reading this, I’m preaching to the choir.
I hear others protest that nobody knows or understands what a Shofar is and what it’s used for! Shame on your Church for lack of teaching!
Explain it — then incorporate it into your worship.
Be bold — The LORD loves bold worship!
If we want to see revival in our Church, then it’s time to upgrade our praise and worship!
“Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of The LORD is coming, for it is at hand:” Joel 2:1
This Word was part of our broadcast on February 16, 2022 on Facebook.
~ Chris G. Bennett
Chris Bennett came to salvation in 1962 but didn’t begin ministry until 2007 — a late-comer! Now mandated by The LORD to prophesy and open old wells of revival in the U.K., but especially in Wales. He has also operated Healing Rooms, and worked with deliverance teams, all with his wife, Linda. Happily now doing whatever The LORD asks of them! Founder, with wife Linda, of their ministry The Upper Room Encounter.
The blowing of the shofar is a relatively recent innovation in Christianity. It is fine if it is done in response to a particular rhema word and in faith, but the danger is that it is seen as part of a general formula for blessing and as a means to an end. Acts that were once originally fresh and prophetic can through repetition over time become stale and part of the liturgy of the charismatic church. I believe that true revival will follow the anointed preaching of the word, when the Holy Spirit blows on us to glorify the Son rather than when we blow on the shofar.
If God asks us to do something, He does not need our opinions, He only needs people who obey.
Exactly….
Agreed. We are meant to obey Christ’s general commandments and any particular rhema instruction He might give to each of us.
Once again, I agree with Mark Roberts. I too have seen something that was fresh being turned into a tradition or formula. I believe there is also a tendency to expect or demand that God ‘speak’ or show Himself in a certain way e.g. many ‘encounter’ meetings & evenings are set up with this expectation. God spoke to Elijah in the still, small voice – not the earthquake, wind or fire. I don’t know if access to the written law was available to all at that time, but would the laws & history not have been handed down verbally?