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Praise the Lord!

Blessed weekend to you all. How are you? I hope your week was not stressful. Last week I discussed about the Miracle of Praise (I hope you were blessed) and I promised you guys that throughout this month I’ll be publishing posts on praise. I’m here to keep that promise. I understand how important it’s to keep promises as no products succeed on fake promises. That’s one lesson I’ve learnt in life: never over promise your clients; don’t raise their expectation too high. Let them know the truth, and trust me, they’ll understand. This principle had helped a lot when I was working as a D365FO support engineer. I would let my customers know, I could only give all my best but there’s no guarantee that I’ll solve all their issues and they would agree to that. I hope you’ve learnt something new. Now to the business.

What’s praise?

Praise is not just about clapping, drumming and singing. Praise is a commandment; It’s a spiritual weapon in the days of battles that guarantee victories (It’s a channel to transfer life’s battles to God) and praise is where God lives.

Let me start this discussion from the first point.

Praise’s a commandment. In psalm 150:6, “let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” That’s a commandment. There are two things you need to note from this scripture:

a) You don’t have options, it’s your obligation to praise God

b) The only thing you need to praise God is BREATH – not bread.

Hear this: God do not owe you anything, you owe Him praise. How much do you pay to breath? If there’s something you’ve lost, God’s the reason you’ve not lost everything. Are you giving Him praise for the remaining?

I don’t know why people run away from responsibility. When something bad happens to us, we would begin to point accusing fingers to God or someone else. That doesn’t solve the problem. Until we stop shifting blames on God and the people around us for our predicaments, our lives will never experience changes. Until you start taking responsibilities, you’ll end up as liabilities.

At Shiloh, Hannah blamed God, her husband, perhaps, the government but that didn’t move God. She cried and was fretted but nothing happen. As she changed her countenance, went home rejoicing, her miracle was delivered. If you’re joyful, you’ll be fretful. If you can turn all your hatred, anger and bitterness to thanksgiving and praise, you’ll experience more miracles happen in your life.

Have you ever noticed that when Jesus wept in the bible, there was no miracles? It’s a lie from the pit of hell to think that the more you cry the more God is moved. God’s not move by your cry, He’s only moved by your faith. Show Him your faith by your praise. When you praise God in the midst of hopeless situation is a sign of strong faith. A night preceding the execution of Paul and Silas, while in the prison, they dived into praise and something strange occurred. The bible says, there was an earth quake and their chains fell off (see Acts 16:25). I don’t know the kind of prison you’re in right now, all I know is that you’re breaking loose.

Praise’s spiritual weapon to obtain victories in battles. In second Chronicles chapter 20, three nations rose against Israel (still happening today), and the Israelite sought the Lord in a proclaimed fast, in the fast, God revealed to them that they should praise Him. We’re in an annual fasting season right now, Most churches are currently in their annual prayer and fasting (mine is 21 days). Be part of it. As God will guide you on what to do this year to overcome your enemies. Because the Israelites also did not know what to do (see verse 12). When they began to sing praises to the Lord, He took over the battle as the enemies killed themselves (see verse 22-24).

Many people are already at their crossroads. They are confused of what to do. They say, this issue will take God. Are you one of them? Are you at your wits end? What will take God will take praise. Praise is what to do when you don’t know what to do. Get this: the devil want you to be depressed and commit suicide but you must not let him have you. He depress people first in order to oppress them-that’s the devil’s trick. If you are not depressed, you cannot be oppressed. Put on the garment of praise and praise God in the wild dance. Have you ever noticed the reason King David didn’t loose any battle despite the fact that he fought the most battles? Because he was pressing the right button. Praise is the surest button to press to secure a daily victory in life.

Praise’s where God lives. If you want to seek God, Pray; if you want to see God, Praise Him. A praiseful atmosphere is a ‘Godful’ atmosphere; a ‘Godful’ atmosphere is a wonderful atmosphere. “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.” – Psalm 22:3. People can pray amiss, but you can’t praise amiss. While God sends angels to deliver answers to your prayers; God come down Himself when you praise Him. Praise’s the shortest and quickest avenue to God because that’s where He dwells. And when you enter into that realm, the supernatural begins to manifest.

A woman had a fire accident, there ware scars all over her body. Fortunately, she was present in a praise service at Winners Chapel. The minister had just finished preaching about praise and urged the congregation to praise God in the dance and unashamedly. As high praises began, this woman was dancing like a soldier because that was the metaphor the person beside her likened her to. In her testimony, she said: as she was dancing, she saw an invincible man who hugged her and all the scars were disappeared.

Friend, there’s a realm that’s beyond this natural realm it’s called the realm of the supernatural (the abnormal or above normal realm) and that’s where miracles, signs and wonders occur. Praise’s the fastest route to that realm.

Let me close with this scripture:

“Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders.” – Exodus 15:11

Just to remind you on what has been discussed briefly, in a nutshell:

• Praise’s a commandment and obedience to God’s commandment is the gateway to supernatural manifestations.
• Praise’s a spiritual weapon to obtain victories in battles.
• Praise is God’s habitation.

Have you been blessed and empowered by this post? If the answer is yes, could you please subscribe to receive new updates provided that you’re new because I’ll be posting about praise through out this month on a weekly basis; you may also like, share, and provide comments about your praise’s experience. Have you ever walked in the realm of the supernatural through the medium of praise? Or secured victories in battles? I will be glad to read your testimonies. Testimonies shared are victories sustained. There’s an important update on the about page, please make sure that you go through it. God bless you.