I DECLARE THE SEASON OF FRUSTRATION OVER!
IT IS POSSIBLE TO PRAISE GOD AT ALL TIMES WHEN WE PRAISE WITH UNDERSTANDING
JOY IS NOT A GIFT BUT A CHOICE
SEASONS OF MANIFESTATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO BE SEASONS OF CELEBRATION
TO THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE IS TO MOVE HIM TO DO WHAT HE IS YET TO DO
CLIMATE OF FRUSTRATION, DEPRESSION AND DISCOURAGEMENT IS A SEASON THAT CALLS FOR PRAISE
THE DEVIL CANNOT OPPRESS YOU UNTIL HE CAN DEPRESS YOU
WHEN YOU’RE PRAISING GOD INSTEAD OF AGREEING TO BE FRUSTRATED AND BE DEPRESSED, YOU SECURE DIVINE INTERVENTION
WHEN YOU HAVE PRAYED AND THE ANSWER HASN’T COME, THE NEXT THING TO DO IS PRAISE
PRAISING GOD IN DELAYED EXPECTATION IS AN EXPRESSION OF FAITH IN THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD WHICH MOVES HIM INTO ACTION
YOUR PRAISE IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE BRINGS CONFUSION AND SETS THE ENEMY AGAINST THEMSELVES
I PROPHESY RIGHT NOW, JEHOVAH IS TAKING OVER YOUR BATTLES AND IT SHALL NOT CROSS 2022
WHEN WHAT YOU HAVE APPEARS NOT TO BE ENOUGH, IT CAN BE MADE TO BECOME MORE THAN ENOUGH BY PRAISE
WHEN YOU COMPLAIN, YOU CALL PAIN
THE ANOINTING FOR MULTIPLICATION FLOWS IN THE VEHICLE OF APPRECIATION
WHEN YOU APPRECIATE GOD FOR WHAT IS AVAILABLE, YOU ACTIVATE FROM GOD WHAT IS DESIRABLE
WITHIN THE 13 DAYS THAT IS LEFT TO END OF THE YEAR MY GOD AND YOUR GOD WILL CHANGE YOUR STORY
PRAISE GOD WHEN YOU NEED TO MAKE A DECISION AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
WHEN PRAISES GO UP, THE HAND OF THE LORD COMES DOWN
GRACES YOU CARRY AND ABILITIES INSIDE YOU THAT ARE NOT YET VISIBLE ARE TRIGGERED INTO RELEASE AT THE ALTAR OF PRAISE
– Dr. Pastor Paul Enenche on “PRAISING AT ALL TIMES AND SEASONS” || Combined Sunday Service || Glory Dome – Abuja.
Psalm 34:1-2. The Lord bless His Word in Jesus’ name. I am speaking on the subject, ‘Praising at all times and seasons’. I have two objectives for this preaching.
1. Understanding the times and seasons that are critical for our praise.
2. Understanding the profit of praise in those seasons.
Now, the service gives us the possibility of blessing God at all times, the possibility of having the praise of God continually in our mouths. “I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth – Psalm 34:1” – there’s such a possibility. I would like you to think about it. Church Gist. How is that possible? How was that possible? Does it mean that David was happy and on top of the world all the time? Does it mean that David had victory all the time, no battles? Does it mean that things were working positively and in his favour all the time? He never had a down time? Was he a normal human being? Church Gist. How then is it possible to bless the Lord at all times for His praise to continually be in our mouths? Two reasons may be possible.
1. It is possible to praise God at all times when we praise with understanding. Psalm 47:7. When we praise God knowing that we are not wasting our time.
2. It is possible to praise God at all times when we praise God by decision, not just from emotion. Church Gist. When we praise God deliberately, we praise by decision. What do I mean by decision? When you realize that joy is not a gift but a choice. Philippians 4:4. Malachi 3:17-19. Habakkuk 3:18.
What are the seasons and times that the praise is needed? All times, and I want to enumerate the season that we can praise God in, those seasons, all times. Time is also season.
1. Season of manifestation, that is season of fulfilment. The season where good things have happened, the season where your expectations have come to pass like the kind of season that we were in yesterday. Church Gist. Seasons of manifestations are designed to be seasons of celebration. I mean, it’s very natural to praise God when good things have happened, only ungrateful people won’t do that. Luke 10:17. When we praise in seasons of manifestation, what is our benefit and profit, what are we seeking to experience?
1a. To acknowledge the faithfulness of God as the doer of every good thing in order to see more of His faithfulness. Church Gist. When God is faithful to you and you acknowledge that He was faithful, you’re positioned to experience more of His faithfulness.
1b. To thank God for what He has done in order to move Him to do what is yet to be done. Church Gist. To thank Him for what He has done is to move Him to do what he is yet to do. Luke 17:11-17.
– I prophesy to someone here today, you shall experience what God is yet to do in your life in the name of Jesus Christ.
So, in seasons of manifestation, seasons of fulfilment, seasons where our results have been seen, we praise God.
2. Seasons of frustration or depression. Where you have a climate of frustration, depression or discouragement, it’s a season that calls for praise. Psalm 42:5. “Even when I am cast down, I shall yet praise Him”. Church Gist. When you praise at times like this, it is called the sacrifice of praise. When you don’t feel like nothing on earth wants you to praise, the only thing you want to do is to complain, murmur and grumble and be angry with God and yet you’re praising Him, it becomes a sacrifice. Psalm 42:11
– I take authority over every spirit of depression right now, I command it to die in the name of Jesus!
– I declare the season of frustration over!
What is the profit of doing this (Praising God in season of frustration and depression)?
1. To destroy the climate of evil that is created by Depression. There’s always the climate of evil, it’s called the spirit of heaviness. Isaiah 61:3. Depression is the foundation for oppression and foundation for affliction. Church Gist. The devil cannot oppress you until he can depress you. When you praise in that climate, you destroy that climate.
2. To secure divine intervention in the midst of frustration. When you’re praising God instead of agreeing to be frustrated and be depressed, you secure Divine intervention. Psalm 42:5. Church Gist. When we praise Him in the midst of depression, we secure His intervention. That was what happened to Paul and Silas when they were beaten black and blue and put in prison, instead of agreeing to mourn, they began to praise and in the midst of the praise, God stepped into their prison and suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaking and all the doors were opened and their bands were loosed.
– I announce to someone here today, in the name that is above every name, Jesus Christ the resurrected Lord, Divine intervention is coming your way right now! Church Gist. In the midst of any situation you have found yourself, I declare and decree the intervention of God in the name of Jesus!
3. Seasons of expectations delayed. When you’re expecting and it appears to be that there’s a delay. This is also the season between the prayer and the answer. When you have prayed and the answer hasn’t come, what is the next to do is called Praise. Church Gist. It’s the season between the prayer and the answer. Romans 4:20.
What is the profit of doing this?
3a. Praising at this time is the expression of faith in the faithfulness of God and that moves Him to action. Church Gist. Praising God in delayed expectation is an expression of faith in the faithfulness of God and that moves Him to action. Psalm 106:12. Romans 4:20.
3b. It is building a memorial altar that reminds God of what He is yet to do. It’s a memorial altar, your Praise is a memorial altar, especially when you’re praising Him in advance. When Jonah was in the belly of the fish, he prayed, there was no result yet, then he offered the sacrifice of faith. Jonah 2:9-10. Church Gist. When you’re trusting God for that opening, that mantle, that grace, that help, that favour and it has not yet happened, it’s not as if God has forgotten but you’re telling the Lord, “Lord, I thank you because You’re faithful and I want to appreciate you in advance for this door that I trust you to open” and you begin to praise God in appreciation of that door that has not yet opened and you’re building a memorial altar and God will remember you.
– I prophesy today, there’s someone seated here about to be remembered by God. If you’re that one, you’ll say a loud Amen! Your Praise today is going to remind God that you’re still there.
4. Seasons of confrontation, battles. “I will praise God at all times” and that includes time of battle, not time of playing, that is outright battle. Battle you don’t know or may know where it’s coming from. 2 Chronicles 20:22-23. Church Gist. What will this do for you?
4a. You bring confusion into the camp of the enemy. Your praise in the midst of battle brings confusion, it sets the enemy against themselves. Church Gist. Maybe there’s a gang-up against you in your office or your place of work, your community, your family and you decided to praise with that in focus, you bring confusion. 2 Chronicles 20:22-23.
4b. You invite God to take over the battle. “Lord, I am praising you in the midst of this battle, I want to confirm that this battle is not my battle, I want to tell you Lord that I’m not ready to fight. Church Gist. I want you to take over this battle” and He will take over.
– can someone say a loud Amen.
– I pray for someone here today, every enemy gangup against your life and your destiny, I decree confusion in their midst right now! Even before this December is over, there shall be confusion in the camp of your adversaries!
– I prophesy right now, Jehovah is taking over a battle from somebody here and that battle shall not cross 2022! That battle cannot cross this year. That battle you’re fighting currently cannot cross this year. Church Gist. Whether it’s a battle with cancer or a battle with a disease or a battle with an affliction or oppression or a battle with a demonic agenda, the battle cannot cross this year!
– if you believe that, shout the loudest Amen!
– help me look at somebody by your side, tell them, “God is taking over your battle and the battle cannot cross this year”.
5. Seasons of deprivation, scarcity, lack. I heard the story of a man, one day, during the times of extreme scarcity in his family, the only thing available was water for children and wife and everybody to drink. Church Gist. So they brought out the water and said, “Lord, thank you for this water, we appreciate you because water is available meaning there are people who can’t even get water, so let us begin to dance and celebrate” and they began to dance and celebrate because all they had was water before they drank the water. Church Gist. Before they will finish praising and dancing, they heard that a little truck drove into the house, brought food, frozen chicken, all manner from a quarter unbelievable. “How? Who told you we are in need?” It’s the power of praise in scarcity. Power of praise in seasons of shortage. Whenever it appears like you don’t have enough, don’t complain, celebrate. When you complain, you call pain. I’m sure you read it in Scripture. 1 Corinthians 10:10. Celebrate. When it is not enough, it can be made to become more than enough by praise. When what you have appears not to be enough, it can be made to become more than enough by praise. John 6:11. Church Gist. Jesus had only 5 loaves and 2 fishes to feed 5000 men beside women and children and all He did, He didn’t complain on top of the loaves, He praised, He gave thanks and what was not enough became more than enough. 5 loaves and 2 fishes, how many young men can it feed? Labourers, one person can eat all of it. “Beside women and children”, that is, not to count women and children but 5000 healthy appetite men had 5 loaves and 2 fishes ate until there were baskets left over. Church Gist. How many baskets? 12 baskets left over. If it is not enough, your praise can make it become more than enough. That’s the basis of that thing. Church Gist. When what you have appears not to be enough, it can be made to become more than enough by praise.
– I am speaking to someone in this Christmas period, in this season, what you have shall become more than enough in the name of Jesus.
– shout the loudest Amen.
When you praise God in deprivation, (you benefit) two things;
5a. You release the unction for multiplication. The anointing for multiplication flows in the vehicle of appreciation. Church Gist. The anointing for multiplication travels in the vehicle of appreciation. Business men, I want you to understand this, whatever you do, collect your salary at the end of the month and say, “what is this? What can this salary do now?” You have killed that salary already, you have killed the possibility already. Church Gist. “Oh yes, thank you Jesus, there are those who don’t have a salary at all, I’m excited, I praise you, I celebrate you”, then multiplication can come from diverse quarters until what you’re receiving as salary becomes one of your allowances because of what is flowing from different corners of the earth.
– somebody shall have that experience, you believe that, shout the loudest Amen.
5b. When you appreciate God for what is available, you activate from God what is desirable. Church Gist. Because there are many times when what is available is not what is desirable, what you have is not what you desire, you’re desiring beyond what you have. Church Gist. When you appreciate God for what is available, you activate from God what is desirable. These are secrets. John 6:11-12.
6. Seasons of confusion or decision. When you need to make a decision and you don’t know what to do, where confusion must be cleared is a season to praise. Can you see why the Psalmist said, “I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth”. Church Gist. When you’re in need of a decision. What do you do?
6a. You connect with the light of His countenance. The countenance of God carry light. Psalm 89:15. When light appears, you may not hear a voice but you know the road to follow. Am I communicating? There are times when it is not that you heard God say something but you know what to do. You just know the steps to take, you know where to go and where to avoid, that is what light does for you. Church Gist. It is not all the time that you will hear a voice that gives you direction. There are times of, “I will guide you with my eyes”, you just know what to do, there’s clarity. It’s just so clear that this is where to follow, this is the step to take and that can be activated with the joyful sound. “He will guide you in the light of His countenance”.
– everyone trusting God for direction, get set, after our praise today, the light of His countenance shall be made available to you.
What happens to us when we praise in confusion?
6b. It’s to connect His voice of direction. Isaiah 30:29-30. In 2 Kings 3:15-17, Elisha needed direction and he asked for a minstrel and as they brought the minstrel, while the Minstrel played, “thus saith the Lord” came into his ears. In the midst of confusion, you want to make a decision, “should I go, should I not go? Should I relocate from Nigeria or not? Am I to marry this man? Am I to marry this woman? Am I to get this job or that job?” (Sing Songs of praise). And you’re praising and blessing God, all of a sudden, your mind is saturated, your heart and your spirit is saturated with information and direction comes.
– somebody say a loud Amen.
7. Season of desperation for fresh unction. When you’re desperate for the hand of God, when you’re desperate for fresh oil and fresh grace, it’s a time for praise and worship. Why?
7a. When praises go up, the hand of the Lord comes down. Church Gist. “The hand of the Lord came upon Elisha”. The altar of praise is the altar of power.
7b. Praise activates the release of potentials. Graces you carry, abilities that are inside you that are not yet visible are triggered into release at the altar of praise.
– somebody say a loud Amen.
1 Samuel 10:5-6. Moses wrote many years ago, “spring up, O well; sing ye unto it” – Numbers 21:17. Church Gist. You want the well of the spirit inside you to spring, you want the graces inside to flow, you want the unction to explode, sing to it.
-somebody say Amen.
So, how many of us are ready to bless the Lord at all times and to have His praise continually in our mouth? What season are you going to praise God?
1. Manifestation. When good things have happened.
2. Frustration
3. Expectations delayed
4. Confrontations/battle
5. Deprivation. Now, deprivation doesn’t mean you’re totally in poverty. It can also mean you’re looking for 100 billion and what is available is 89 billion. So, I’m not talking about total poverty.
6. Confusion or decision. How many of you have ever come to a point where you need to know what to do? Church Gist. Except you’re not alive, you’d come to those points.
7. Desperation for fresh unction. How many of you have ever trusted God for fresh oil and fresh anointing? The two things I said at the beginning are the keys; Praise with understanding and praise by decision.
You have understanding of what you just heard, any realm you are in at all in life, the 7 points got you covered. Wherever you are, whatever be your station or your position, those 7 points got you covered. If you’re happy and you’re celebrating because you got results, congratulations, praise God, more will happen. If the devil is causing you to be discouraged, you have the need to praise for God to intervene. Church Gist. You’re expecting something, it is delayed, praise God and so on and so forth. Now you have the understanding of what this will do for you, now make the decision.
I am going to wait for things to decide my praise. I am going to praise God now.
– somebody the Lord a big shout of praise, the loudest shout of praise.
Within the 13 days that is left to end of the year, anything can happen. My God and your God will change your story. until not just people are shocked, you will be saying, “I didn’t know this thing will happen again this year, I thought the year has already ended”. When it is not only people that will be surprised at what has happened, you will be surprised.
– say the loudest Amen.
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