Ecole de Louange

by Xaundelle

On Saturday, the team gathered with Ecole de Louange (School of Worship) in Geneva. It was a powerful time of worship, prayer and teaching. Matt taught from the beginning of man and women walking in the garden with God to the end promise of all nations around the throne of God. Matt shared about the importance of understanding the priestly order of worship from the old covenant to becoming priests under our High Priest, Yeshua.

1Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Matt shared 4 principles of worship (noted in bold). These were establishing an altar (Psalm 51) that will then hold the costly, pure sacrifice which we are instructed to offer at morning and twilight (Exodus 29:38-45. The fire of God falls on the sacrifice as a sign of acceptance of the offering which ultimately releases the sweet fragrance of the Lord. The fragrance pours out the favor of God like the royal favor upon Esther.

Today we enter the presence of the Lord through Jesus, who is our perfect lamb that was slain so all may enter into the Holy of Holies. Practically we give up an offering, first through a contrite heart that we may offer up pure worship (Hebrews 13:15-16) and our bodies as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1).

Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.