Praise, a tool for breakthrough and exploits  

What is Praise? This is the process of appreciating God for who HE is, for HIS Greatness, Might and Power. You don't have to wait for God to do something in your life before you Praise HIM and that is the essence of this message. In this series, I will be teaching on: What you get via praise, Examples of people who praised and Ways you can praise. When you praise, you can experience of the following and so much more, because praise provokes the hand of God to work, they are:

1. You can hear the Voice of God - One of the best ways to open up the mouth of God for your life is by praise. Isaiah 30:29 - 30 says "Ye shall have a song...as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. And the LORD shall cause His glorious voice to be heard and shall show the lighting down of His arm...and the flame of a devouring fire..." In another place, we have this, "Give unto the LORD the glory due to HIS name...The voice of the LORD is upon the waters..." Psalms 29:2 - 9, understand therefore that when you praise God, HE will speak to you. From now you shall begin to hear the Voice of God that will launch to greatness in Jesus Precious name.

2. Your Breakthrough is delivered to You - In Acts 16: 25 - 30, we have a practical example of the physical breakthrough that you can encounter through praise. Here, Paul and Silas praised and God moved mightily on their behalf, the prison doors broke and they were set free, after this message the praise that you are going to give to God will culminate in all-round breakthrough for you! In the precious name of Jesus

3. You are open up to supernatural insight - In the book of 2nd Kings 3: 15 – 16, Elisha requested for a minstrel (a singer) and when the singer began to praise, the hand of God came upon him and his insight was stirred up via praise, he released revelation with clarity and it came to pass as he said it. Receive grace for supernatural insight in the name of Jesus.

4. You experience God's Divine Presence - The presence of God is the best place one can be in life, understand that you can bring down the presence of God anywhere you may be, because the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. When you praise, you can invoke the presence of God, through which you experience heaven on earth. Understand that: Where the Presence of God is, His Power is available, where is Power is Miracles abound, I therefore declare that the presence of God that you will experience after this teaching will deliver your miracles cheaply to you in the name of Jesus Christ. These are the things that you experience via praise; any and every other things are hinged on them: your job, miracle marriage, car, money etc. will come when you are able to encounter any of these four. Therefore, receive grace to encounter God in the name of Jesus.

Examples of those who praised God
Here we will look at three people that praised God and how HE showed His great power on their behalves
1. David - In 2nd Samuel 6:14 - 15, we see David praising God in dancing when the ark of covenant was being taken back to Jerusalem from the house of Obed-Edom, he danced and praised God for not making the ark of covenant to do the same thing it did to Uzzah, and after he had done that, he spoke and it stuck i.e. what he said was stamped and sealed in heaven, the daughter of Saul was barren throughout her lifetime, as a result of praise, David became a man of authority in his words. As you say it henceforth, you shall have it in the name of Jesus Christ 

2. Jehoshaphat/Judah - There were three nations coming up against Judah to battle, and God told the king not to fear, neither should he call on the soldiers of war, but rather the choir should be gathered, in verse nineteen of 2nd Chronicles 20, the Bible says "And the Levites...stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high", in verse 22, we have it that "And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir ...and they were smitten", they provoked the power of God into action via praise. As you praise God from now, all your enemies will fall at your feet in the name of Jesus.

3. Jesus Christ - On two occasions we see Jesus performing miracles through praise and thanks, He multiplied bread and fish by giving thanks to God and on another occasion, He brought a dead man back to life after four days in the tomb, He understood the power of exalting and appreciating God in order to encounter HIS power and miracles.

Ways to Praise God
1. By Singing - In 2nd Kings 3, it was through song of praise that the hand of God came upon Elisha. You can praise by singing joyful songs talking about the greatness of God
2. By Dancing - We saw David dancing in 2nd Samuel 6 to appreciate the goodness of God to His people. You can also dance and let God step into your situation so shall it be in the name of Jesus
3. By your Finance - You can also appreciate the goodness of God in your life by giving money to the Ministers of God that are praying for and teaching you, the needy, orphans etc. Apostle Paul said "And I will very gladly spend..." So spend your money to glorify God.

As we come to the end of this series, I pray that Almighty God will visit you powerfully at the very point where you need the hand of God, by your praise; God will touch you in the name of Jesus. The God of Transformation Hour will manifest Himself to you and your life shall never remain the same in the name of Jesus Christ. If you have never had any reason to praise God before, from this hour, wonders that will provoke praise from your mouth begin to receive them now! In the Precious Name of Jesus Christ

Alo Olatokunboh Akin (ASM)
Pastor, Life Coach, Transformational Speaker, Facilitator, Blogger and Strategist
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