ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL THINGS WE CAN DO IS TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD- Pastor David Ibiyeomie on “Understanding the Power of Praise” at Salvation Ministries 1st Service.
Zechariah 12:6
- When praise is done with understanding, destinies are released.
*You can stop the devil with praise.
*Dancing without understanding is entertainment.
*Praise stirs up the presence of God into manifestation.
*No matter how big a padlock is, a tiny key opens it: Praise is the key that opens all doors.
Lord, speak to us through your words this morning. Let your word produce results, thank you Father in Jesus mighty name. You may be seated give him big hands. This morning, we are looking at “Understanding the Power of Praise” Matthew 15:10
And he called the multitude, and said unto them, hear, and understand.
Lift your hands where you are seated and say Lord, I will not only hear, I will understand. Holy Spirit, help me to understand in the name of Jesus. Many hear, only a few understand. You will be among those who will understand in Jesus name. One of the most powerful things we can do is to worship and praise God, because he created you for that. Do you know many churches see worship and praise as only the part of the preambles of the service; or at best something to prepare the people to hear the word of God? Such that even when there is a delay, they just say keep praising, because they don’t really understand what praise is all about. Only if you understand what praise is, you will maximise it.
It is not enough to say we are praising God, you have to do it with understanding.
Praise is not about us, praise is about God. It is not about entertaining God, because you can’t even entertain God. When you are praising him, you are exalting him for who he is. If you don’t understand that, you can even be singing and saying it’s a fun fair. Praise means taking the attention from ourselves to God. In this service, I will tell you what praise can do. It says God inhabits the praise of his people. Psalm 22:3
Now, let us go into our. anchor text for this morning.
Zech.12.6
In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
Zechariah 12:6 is a very prophetic scripture and I will be dissecting it prophetically to see what God has for us. Praise as the power to shake nations and change lives in the days that we are in. It says the governors of Judah shall praise Him. Judah means praise. God wants you and I to be governors of praise.
Say, I’m one of the governors of praise. When praise is done with understanding, destinies are released; people are set free; promises are released; territories are taken for God’s kingdom. And right now, all those things will be fulfilled in our lives. The word, “people” prophetically means nation. So God is saying, by praise, I will make nations to submit to you. When studying that scripture, I realised that one of the greatest instruments for church growth is praise. When you praise God, He will make nations to bow to you and today, nations will bow to you in the name of Jesus.
It says, they will submit themselves to the glory of God. So, let God’s governors arise in praise and begin to rule in the power of the spirit as they praise him now.
You can stop the devil with praise.
Psalm 8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Praise stops the devil. How many people wants to stop the devil? Places where forces have been stopping us, we break it now and take over in the name of Jesus. Enemies will be scattered, How? God will arise through praise. Every time we praise, God arises and the forces of darkness bow.
God has ordained praise to clear the enemies of the people and the enemies of the Lord. How many people will take time to praise this morning?
When we praise, it says nations resisting us will give way. I went to one of the biggest Christian stations in the world. I went there with a great man of God and they interviewed me. I went to visit in Dallas Texas. After the visit, he just called the owner of the station, he said there is an African here, a Nigerian, who I want you to meet and we’ll be glad to talk. They were off-duty that day; it was a Tuesday. Well he said because of you, I will call my staff over. So the owner of the station said we are off today, but because of you I will ask them to resume work and so they resumed. I went to the station to be interviewed. That same day, I went to TBN as well. The two were in Dallas. After the introduction, I said we want to be on air; I even made some donations, thousands of dollars. We sent in our tapes. After the tapes, they sent in 16 reasons why they cannot air our tape. They said we did not meet certain qualities. Because of these sixteen reasons, there’s no way they could air our tapes. So I left the tapes. A year after, I did not edit the tapes; I did not meet the 16 reasons. I sent back the same tapes, then they aired them.
You don’t understand, there was resistance first. So that’s why you submit your papers, with all your qualifications, they pick your papers and throw it away. When there is resistance, no matter what you do people will not listen to you. Those things are not physical. It says subdue the nations with praise. Today, in that same nation, we are virtually on all stations. This day whatever resisted you before will bow in the name of Jesus.
A young man applied for UK visa four times and they told him no! He had the money; he had everything, they said no they will not give him any visa. The reasons were very flimsy and a very simple prayer was prayed for him. The same man they refused, when that prayer was done, they gave him and two others that were with him. The things that are resisting you, right in this service, they will bow to you.
All those nations you want to go to and they tell you no, they will give way in Jesus name.
It is not enough to say it is our dancing time. The dancing must be done with understanding. Dancing without understanding is entertainment. So, don’t just say in our church at this time we are dancing, do it with understanding.
Praise with understanding. When you praise God, things just open up for you. Even Jesus was referred to as the Lion of the tribe of Judah which means the Lion of the tribe of praise.
Isaiah 45:1
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Today, every door shut against you and I must be opened in the name of Jesus. Say with me, as I praise God today, every gate that was shut against me must be opened
As God goes before me, that gate must be opened. That was what Paul and Silas did
They understood praise, so the gates that were shut were opened. If you want gates to be opened, you praise God. You can’t open the gate with the energy of the flesh. No matter how big a padlock is, there is one tiny thing called key. The tiny key to open the closed gate of your life is called praise. When you have prayed enough, the next thing to do is praise. Let your supplications be with praise. How will the gates open? It says, I will go before you. When God takes the lead, you become a leader. God will not go before you until you praise. Praise is so powerful yet it is the most ignored in the body of Christ. In fact, we praise God when we want to feel good not with understanding.
Most people will praise God, just like let’s just praise to feel good now. Do you know there are people who sit down during praise because they don’t understand what praise is. If you do anything without understanding, it won’t yield any results. Some people will miss praise and they will say I didn’t miss anything, it is just the praise session that I missed.
For Paul and Silas, God went before them and the prison doors were opened. Every prison door over your life will be opened in the name of Jesus. From today, all closed doors will be opened unto you. Somebody will leave this service and get employment in Jesus name.
If God is ahead of you, will you have problem? That is why in the world, when an important dignitary is coming, you see siren and entourage coming ahead of him. Praise is the siren of God. Are you getting what I’m saying? When praise goes ahead, it clears the way for the arrival of God. The siren that will clear the way in this praise will be delivered to you.
The hidden things, secret place treasures that others cannot see, you will get the secret during this praise. Say God, go before me as I praise you. As you praise him, you stir up His presence for manifestation. Every good thing God has designed for you and I will be delivered unto us right now. This morning, I want you to have a specific expectation as you praise God.
We are going to take the next few minutes to give some quality praise to God.
PRAYERS
You say Lord, we have praised you. Right now, we decree Salvation Ministries to possess the nations of the earth. Also decree and declare what you’re praising God for be specific in your request.
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