The Online School assignment begins with three actions: (1) to soak 2-3 times each week; (2) to encourage 5 people each week; and (3) to keep a brief record of your activity.
These three actions are the stage on which the School Of The Spirit plays out. Look to grow in three ways: more skill in prophetic song, more ministry opportunities, and more of God’s manifest presence in your life.
I won’t try to go into how it all works together here. What does a ministry of encouragement have to do with prophetic song? How will soaking lead to new ministry opportunities? I’ve gone into these and other issues in the first few categories listed in the sidebar, numbered from 1 to 6. Here they are:
5. More Prophetic Song Opportunities
This will be enough to get you started.
Use The Online School Resources
1. Use the numbered categories to learn how the school works. Then if you want God to start teaching you, start acting on what you read. The focus of the Online School Of The Spirit is action, not information. This is how Jesus trained the twelve, it’s how He has taught me, and I’m confident that He will teach you the same way.
2. Use the rest of the categories to read any articles that interest you. They are on a variety of topics, and they all present material I have used and that has worked in real life.
Coming soon – I’m looking for a way to recategorize the articles so it will be easy to link them to the three actions and three ways you can grow in the Online School. But it will be a few weeks before I can begin…
3. Use the search feature to find articles that talk about whatever you’re interested in.
What You Won’t Find On The Online School
No music lessons. I won’t try to teach you how to play the piano or guitar; I won’t provide sheet music. Instead, I’m writing teachings and testimonies about the flow of Holy Spirit inspiration in prophetic song. This isn’t a music course; it’s an inspiration course.
No preferred style. I have heard God move prophetically in a variety of musical styles: operatic, jazz, blues, rock, rap, and more. Sometimes I’ve been led to sing a prophetic song in a style I didn’t even like. For years I’ve heard teachers try to explain why this style is godly and that style isn’t, and frankly it all sounds great but it just isn’t in scripture. God will use any style.
I can’t teach a school of the Spirit. I can teach the school of Stan Smith, but only the Holy Spirit can make a school of the Spirit work. I’ve posted these materials, keenly aware of my limitations. It’s only as you engage with Him that He can teach you. That’s why the articles are action-oriented.
It’s Up To You…
You can get involved with the Online School as an individual, as a worship team, or as a church.
I travel in ministry and can often schedule a workshop for prophetic musicians on an off-night; or if your church wants to press into prophetic song, we can schedule a workshop. But you don’t have to wait for me; use the materials presented on this blog as an outline and press into prophetic song on your own. God will lead you into it if you keep seeking Him; Jesus said, “Seek and you will find.”
Finally, every article on this blog (except this one, oddly enough) fits on a bulletin insert – this may be helpful if you want to train your small group or your church. I use 11 point type with a big headline and a couple of custom fonts, but you can lay it out yourself or email me at stansmith888@sbcglobal.net for a template.
It’s up to you. Go for it; start the discipline of the three actions and reach for three kinds of growth, and let the Holy Spirit teach you. He’s a great teacher.
I think your suggestions are great.. it is sometimes hard to know how to to approach spontaneous worship in a practical way..I find these statements encouraging and anointed!!!
Wonderful Godly advice. God bless
I heard about soaking and I have tried it God spoke to me and then it was manifested God is so good.
He like to share secrets with His friends.
Feed me with more information as possible. I really want to equip my self.
The schools of man are about information, but the school of the Spirit is about impartation. Nothing can substitute for spending time with Him, either in prayer, in waiting silently on Him, or in acting on His word. In those experiences, He becomes our teacher, and we learn things no man can teach us. Acts 4:13 says the Sanhedrin was persecuting Peter and John, “And they realized they had been with Jesus.” May people realize the same about us!