In a 6am prayer meeting briefing late last year, my friend Joel made up the word “moracles” to describe musicians prophesying under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. At IHOP-KC, when a singer prophesies and sings over the room in a declarative way, we call it an “oracle”. Joel’s thought was “why not have a musical oracle where all of the musicians prophesy together?” We call that a “selah” in the spirit of the Psalms, but I think a “moracle” is distinctly different from a “selah” in concept. Rather than a “let’s pause and meditate on what this was saying” contemplative posture, a “moracle” is a declarative prophecy from one or all of the musicians emphasizing something last sung or something entirely new. Music is a language in itself that has the power to transcend the cultural language barrier to touch hearts at a deeper level.

Only a few of us knew about Joel’s new word, but I had someone prophesy the very same word over me a few weeks ago. He spelled out the word “m-o-r-a-c-l-e-s” and said “does that mean anything to you?” It took me a second to realize what he was saying as well as to realize that only the Lord could have given him that word, because only two or three others knew about it. My friend Jordan was in the room and, being a part of the original conversation with Joel, instantly knew what he was talking about as well.

This morning right near the end of our 6am prayer meeting the Lord just dropped the simple phrase “miracles through moracles” into my heart. I’ve been asking the Lord for the spirit of prophecy on my music, and so this phrase comes as a gift from the Lord to encourage my heart to keep asking. I long to see the Lord’s healing and delivering power released through the prophecy of a melody, riff, solo, or rhythm.

As musicians at the end of the age, we should not underestimate the power of music and song to not only communicate the knowledge and heart of God, but also to heal and to bring deliverance and miracles. The biblical precedent comes from 1 Samuel 16:23, where the shepherd boy David played his harp before King Saul. Saul was being tormented by a demon, and the only relief from his demon was through the power of anointed music played by a young man that God called “a man after My own heart”. I believe the Lord wants to release miracles of physical, mental, and emotional healing and deliverance from demons through anointed melodies played by meek and humble musicians operating under the power of the Holy Spirit.

But as with anything in the Kingdom of God, we’ve got to ask the Lord for these things. They won’t happen apart from someone on the earth partnering with the Lord in prayer and obedience (Matthew 7:7-11, 24). I’m asking the Lord for limbs to grow back in the midst of our prayer meetings because our drummer Joe is playing under the anointing, or for a blind eye to open as our electric player Jordan takes a solo that has the Holy Spirit’s power on it.

Will we let the Lord lift our vision higher than having a tight musical set or having some good congregation engagement on a Sunday morning? We’ve got to begin to dream bigger and ask the Lord to bring these things to pass.

This post is part of a continuing series on prophetic music at the end of the age. Be sure to check out all of the posts in the category.