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Doubt and fear are the two tormenting twins of the enemy down here, sent to harass and rob you of God's blessings.

But faith and love come from above. Faith and love—for faith worketh by love.

And faith working by love will give you victory in every circumstance—will give you deliverance out of every problem.

Faith and love sent from heaven above.

Faith and love born of your spirit that is regenerated and born again:

The love of God shed abroad in your spirit. Faith rising up out of the Word upon which you meditate and think.

So cast aside doubt and fear for they have no place in you as you walk down here. For He has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

So cast away doubt and fear as you'd pull off your coat or cloak and throw it to one side.

And rise up and walk in love, and act in faith.

And all the heavenly blessings from above shall be at your disposal.

And in His great plan, you'll live and enjoy His blessings, as you walk in this clime.

And so you shall rejoice and be glad, for, you see, this is the day and this is the hour of your time.

These psalms came during Campmeeting, a public assembly, and they are in line with Colossians 3:16. Do you see how they both teach and admonish us? If you did not know what was contained in these psalms, they would teach you. If you already knew what was being spoken, they would admonish you.

There is also the speaking of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs in the private prayer life as believers commune with God. Such speaking is especially in line with Ephesians 5:19 as we have already seen in

Chapter 9.

"Well, how do you get there, Brother Hagin?" you may ask. "I've never spoken to myself in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs."

First, of course, you must be a born-again believer, having accepted Jesus as your Savior. Then, you must be baptized in the Holy Spirit with the Bible evidence of speaking in tongues.

As you begin to practice praying at length in other tongues, you will fine-tune your spirit to the Spirit of God. You see, psalms come out of your spirit where the Holy Ghost resides. He is not in your head, and your head has nothing to do with helping you "make up" psalms. Psalms are not of human invention, but come by the Holy Spirit's unction.

When you pray at length in the Spirit in other tongues, you will find that from the inside of you, from your spirit, a song or utterance will arise.

You may sing in tongues; then you may sing the interpretation. However, it is not always necessary to sing the interpretation. Just go ahead and sing in tongues, worshipping the Lord.

As you exercise yourself in these things, perhaps a word or phrase in a known tongue will rise up within you.

Step out in faith, and speak what you are given. If you will exercise faith in this area, it will enrich your life spiritually. You'll move up to another dimension, a higher level spiritually.

And when Spirit-filled believers will do this at home in personal communion with God, when they assemble together, the power of God will come into manifestation in a measure they have never seen.

God wants to bring us to the place where we will demonstrate glory to Him.

During the Monday night meeting of Campmeeting '87, just after I had shared what we have discussed in this chapter, we lifted our hands and worshipped God. And I heard the Spirit of God say, "It will take a little while for you to change. But after a little while, you will see the results. The power shall be manifested; the glory shall come to reside in your midst. It will not be manifested occasionally, but it will reside in your midst. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed unto thee and thou shalt be made a blessing unto many."

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True New Testament Worship

We must realize that the saints of the Old Testament weren't a spiritual house. Israel was called the "house" of Israel, and the word "house" was used in the Old Testament, but these people were spiritually dead people—they weren't born again. The Old Testament priests offered up only physical sacrifices. Therefore, they were not a "spiritual" house.

Under the New Covenant, in First Peter chapter 2, the Bible calls believers, "... LIVELY stones ... built up a SPIRITUAL house...."

1 PETER 2:5

5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood [the whole Body of Christ], TO OFFER UP SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

This verse says that as a holy priesthood, we are "... to offer up spiritual sacrifices.. . . " What are the spiritual sacrifices we are to offer up?