ENGAGE IN WONDER WORKING PRAISE

Saturday May 9, 2015

Memorise: But thou art holy, O thou that
inhabitest the praise of Israel. -Psalm 22:3
Read: Acts 16:25-26 (KJV)
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and
sang praises unto God: and the prisoners
heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great
earthquake, so that the foundations of the
prison were shaken: and immediately all the
doors were opened, and every one’s bands
were loosed.

Bible in one Year: I Samuel 14, Mark
6:7-29

MESSAGE:
Praise directed towards God is a lethal
weapon of spiritual warfare. This is so
because God inhabits the praises of His
people. Children of God must not joke with
their. It would be logical to say that if prayer
is the “master key”, then praise is the
“principal key”. You need to catch the
revelation of what the Psalmist is saying in
Psalm 22:3:
“But thou art holy, O thou that
inhabitest the praises of Israel.”
In other words, God, the wonder-working
Father, dwells in the praises of His people.
The implication of this revelation is that
wherever God is, the supernatural is always
present. In the habitation of the Almighty,
wonder-working power is present and
breakthrough is commonplace. However, we
must get it right; it is the praise we channel
towards God that He receives. God will only
take what you give to Him. Those who sing
the praise of pastors or of themselves,
particularly during testimony time, are
missing a great point without knowing it. It is
not your prayer or the prayer of your pastor
that did the wonders; rather, it is the mercy
of God in action upon your life. He alone
deserves your praise.
Although Paul and Silas were kept in prison,
they did something unusual of people in
trouble. Even when people know that they are
the architect of their own problems, they still
try to justify themselves by raining curses on
their tormentors. This was not the attitude of
Paul and Silas. Their case was different
because they were apprehended for preaching
the gospel. They were thoroughly beaten and
cast into prison. While they sang praises. The
Almighty God came to inhabit their praises.
This should not be surprising, because the
promises of God are Yea and Amen. He had
already promised that He would inhabit the
praises of His people. Since this is true, what
prison gate could have resisted the coming of
the King of glory? None! It is written:
“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be
ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the
King of glory shall come in.” -Psalm
24:7
Paul and Silas engaged in wonder-working
praise and they experienced wonder in their
ministries. God is no respecter of persons;
what He did for them, He can do for you
also. Learn to engage in the praise of God to
unleash His wonder-working power. I pray
that as you engage in the praise of the
Almighty God, you shall receive the wonders
of a life-time in Jesus’ Name.

Action Point: Devoted at least one hour to
the praise of God the Almighty without asking
for anything.