In true worship, we become detached from self and are lifted by the Spirit into the realm for which we
were created, to worship and adore God.
In real adoration, there are only three words which can be used in English, "worthy, worthy, worthy;"
"glory, glory, glory," and "holy, holy, holy." Worship is the adoration of God for who He is, above and
beyond all He could do, or has done for us.
Praise expresses our gratitude for the things that God gives us. He does something for us, so we offer
praise and thanksgiving for that which He has done. Thus, in praise, we are occupied with the thought
of things.
But when we are caught up in the Spirit, we no longer think of praising the Lord for things, but rather
we become occupied with the Lord Himself. This worship is born of the Spirit, as it cannot be
produced by us.
Whenever we give the Holy Spirit opportunity to really pour forth worship and adoration, it is unto
God for who He is in Himself. When we come into this level of adoration, we are no longer able to give
expression to our feelings, as we do in the realm of praise.
The Holy Spirit often catches us up from the realm of praise into another level, in which an anointing is
released from within us and all we can do is move along with the Spirit in the expression of adoration.
This adoration finds its expression in "holy, holy, glory, glory, worthy, worthy." We are not merely
saying words, but worshipping the Lord for who He is in Himself. He is worthy, for worthy is the Lamb
of all glory and adoration.
Our Lord greatly desires a people who will come beyond the realm of praise into a pure worship, which
will bring Him forth into view, in all His beauty and power. Our worship alone will do this.
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John Follette (1883 - 1966)
Follette was a gifted Bible teacher and author, who had both perspective and spiritual depth in his interpretation of the Word. He was an illuminated spirit in the field of spiritual reality, and had an unusual ability to impart “spirit and life” into those who sat under his ministry.He received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1913 while a student at a Bible School in Rochester, New York, and later became a teacher there until the school closed. He also taught for many years at Southern California Bible College. During the later years of his life, he was called into a wider field, ministering in conferences and retreats which took him around the world. He passed into his eternal reward in 1966 at the age of 82.