It has been a while since my last post, i have been so busy trying to catch up with ALL the powerful signs and wonders that my Father has been hitting me up with this past few weeks.And so i decided to share with you my secret. (your permitted to leak this one). Lol.
Okay, what is my secret??? PRAISE!!!! (just a six letter word, i know righttt?). I am crazy about praising my KING. Where i am today is because of an act of praise i did yesterday! So y'all thinking, "Joann i praise God too, why is my life still stagnant? I see no changes! Am still at that same point in my life, nothing seems to move, so chill it!"
Well...... I will chill it after am done proving to you its the BEST thing that can ever happen to you and also guiding in the right way to your GREAT testimonies ahead. It is my desire that we all prosper and make it on this earth.
WHAT IS PRAISE?
To express respect, honor or gratitude to God. Praise is as relating to God's HOLINESS.
Psalm 29:2.
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
We were created for praise and worship. The greatest desire of our life should be to praise and worship God. (John 4:23).
I shared with you briefly in my 2nd post about my midnight praise with my god sister. Well, that 7days of hot midnight praise changed our lives forever. And as time goes by, i will share the testimonies.
It wasn't a command from our pastors or anyone. We just thought to ourselves, "why don't we praise God every midnight for 7days. Paul and Silas did it and see what happened? (Acts 16:25-26). Let us not ask God for anything but only present to Him praises". And we kicked off, every 12am-1am dancing like David danced, singing and screaming hallelujah to our King. His presence was heavily in our midst. From day 1 till now, we have been receiving good news calls and exceeding testimonies. It is soooo marvelous!!!
What did that little praise do?
1. It granted us access to God. Psalm 100:4.
2. It was the appropriate way to relate to God as King on His throne. Isaiah 61:3.
3. It opened the way for God to intervene in our lives. 2 Chronicles 20:22.
4. It became our weapon of spiritual warfare. Psalm 149:6-9.
Since that day till date, we have been receiving strange favors all round. You too can experience all this blessings but you must know this part. Before you qualify for accepted praises you must;
1. Come without an achievers mentality. (1 Corinthians 1: 26-29). Don't go praising with the thoughts of all you have achieved and all you have done to get you where you are today.
2. Come with thanksgiving. (Ephesians 5: 17-10). Be glad in your heart, thanking God for all He has done previously. Life, strength, protection, etc.
But there are a lot of disqualifications, you can also praise and miss. You can praise and nothing seems to happen. Check yourself if you fall under this disqualifications and i pray God delivers you and accept your heartfelt praises. This hindrances are;
1. Murmuring and complaining. (1 Corinthians 10:10-11, Hebrew 12:28-29). Murmuring displeases God and makes one to fail.
2. Spirit of heaviness. (Isaiah 61:3, Proverbs 12:25). Try as much as possible to praise with a light heart. Taking away every form of bitterness or sorrow. If you have to forgive anyone, do it. I forgave in 2010, praised in that pageant with all my heart, thanking God for salvation and deliverance. And what did He do? He gave me the crown and made me His queen and also a queen to Nigeria at large. Awesome GOD.
3. Discontentment. ( 1 Timothy 6:6, Proverbs 30:15-16).
4. Holding on to pass negative events. (Ecclesiastes 7:10, Proverbs 4:18). Like i explained earlier. Let go and let God.
5. Offenses. (Matthew 11:6, Job 1:22, Ecclesiastes 5:6).
This are very important hindrances and should be taken seriously or else your praises will just be an empty noise (not pleasing to God).
HOW SHOULD WE PRAISE GOD?
- With ALL our heart. (Psalm 111:1; 38:1).
- With your understanding. (Psalm 47:7).
- With your lips. (Psalm 63:3-5).
- With uplifted hands.
-With timbrel and a dance. (Psalm 150:4, Exodus 15:20).
- With stringed instrument. (Psalm 144:9).
A lot more to the list.
I see signs and wonders hitting you all round as you praise GOD with ALL your heart, body, soul and spirit in JESUS MIGHTY NAME. AMEN! Don't wait until you in church before you praise God, you can praise anywhere, anytime, and anyhow. Try it and watch testimonies locate you. See you at the top! Start now and show God how grateful you are for ALL the things He has done and is still doing for you. My pastor says, "when you thank God for His finger, He will show you His whole hand". "If your not grateful, your a great fool". That shall not be our portion in Jesus name. Amen.
Remember, when you PRAISE GOD, He'll RAISE you!!!
I love you but JESUS loves you more.
JOANN ENE-ITA
Thank you Sis Joann, for this wonderful post indeed chains are broken, testimonies roll out and Your cup of blessings overflow when you Praise The King of the universe; Praise also provokes the divine remembrance of God (numbers 10:9,Malachi 3:16), and when God remembers you all your enemies, problems, pain, depression, heart aches etc. turn their backs and run(exodus 23:27,ps 21:12). It also gives God joy and gladness when His children(1john 3:1) sing praises to His Mighty name, so therefore if His spirit dwells in us(Galatians 2:20) Then His joy becomes our strength(Zephaniah 3:17,1 Thessalonians 3:9,Nehemiah 8:10). Always give thanks to The King for His love is endless(Jeremiah 31:3 ,Romans 8:39), and also because we cannot give unto Him things that He created(Job 34:19), So then as children of God all we have to do is sing hallelujah to His awesome, Mighty, Holy Name with all love peace and joy in our hearts. Stay blessed brothers and sisters and keep praising Our King every second of each day(1 Peter 5:6-7, Psalm 92:4-5,Psalm 27:6,Psalm 47:1-3,Judges 5:2-3). He reigns forever...
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Praaaaaaaiiiiisssseeeee The LORD God Almighty. Thank you so much. I love praise too, for a few weeks I had a heavy heart and could not praise but after soil searching and handing over my heavy heart to GOD in prayer, He released love back to me and the Zeal has returned. The Zeal for praising GOD will never diminish in our lives in JESUS Name amen. Thank you Sis for this eye opening post.
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