The Warfare Of PRAISE

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[0:33] Father, thank you for the entrance of your word, gives light and brings understanding to the simple. Inoculate us with your word. Give us an exposure to you, to yourself through your word.

[0:45] In the name of Jesus Christ, throw your weight about as we hear your word. Give us insight as we heard our sister when she heard the preaching, even not in a live service, but on a recorded tape.

[0:59] As she heard the preaching, recorded version, revelation done. So, Lord, as we hear it live, let's greater and amazing revelation done. In the name of Jesus.

[1:10] We thank you. We give you praise. In Jesus' name. Amen. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. What did I say I'm going to preach on?

[1:22] What? Praise warfare. Now, when you get born again, when you become a Christian, when you become a Christian, you have just enlisted your name into active and ending warfare.

[1:41] Warfare. Because Bible says, for we wrestle not against flesh and blood. The weapons of our warfare are not kind of. Our chief enemy is the devil.

[1:52] So, once you become a Christian, the devil will fight you. But God has not left us without ammunitions, without weapons.

[2:04] So, when you become born again, there are a few things that spiritually, they are mysteries. God has given to the body of Christ. God has given to the church. God has given to Christians to use as weapons for our warfare.

[2:17] One of it is prayer. Prayer. One of it is prayer. One of it is the blood of Jesus. Another one of it is the name of Jesus. At the name of Jesus, it's a spiritual weapon that works powerfully.

[2:32] And the blood of Jesus, prayer, the name of Jesus. There are a few weapons God has given. Not too many, but a few weapons God has given. The word of God in your mouth is a supernatural weapon.

[2:44] But one of the most potent, most effective weapons we have in the body of Christ or in Christendom is praise. But unfortunately, many people have reduced praise to music and dancing activity.

[2:58] Right? But praise is a weapon that is a superior spiritual weapon. And you see, it's not so expensive.

[3:12] It's not so expensive, but it's potent. And its potency is superior to many other weapons.

[3:23] So if you can use praise, if you can apply praise, if you can engage in praise, you are doing some serious stuff in the spirit. Say hallelujah.

[3:36] In the book of Psalm 8, verse 2, Psalm 8, verse 2, the scriptures make us to understand that, let's all read it from the screen together.

[3:51] Are you ready? Let's read, let's go. Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants, you have ordained strength because of your enemies that you may silence the enemy and the avenger.

[4:04] Out of the mouth of babes. Now, Jesus Christ came into town. They were praising him. The Pharisees said, tell your disciples to stop praising. Jesus said, if they stop, God is able to raise their stones to praise me.

[4:18] Now, out of the mouth of babes and King James said, the Pharisees and the Pharisees and the Pharisees and the Pharisees have that ordained strength, the strength in the mouth. So babes here, the children of God, the people of God, the strength in your mouth.

[4:32] He said, he has ordained strength that word because of your enemies that you may silent the enemy and the avenger. the enemy can be silenced.

[4:47] I said the enemy can be silenced. Whatever enemy against your marriage, against your life, against your health, against your finances, against your career, against your relationship, against anything good in your life.

[5:00] You know, everything good in your life will attract the enemy. So when the enemy comes, he's coming after something good in your life. And Bible says that the strength to silence the enemy in our mouth.

[5:15] Psalm 149, verse 6 to 9. Alright, let's read from verse 5. Oh, thank you Jesus.

[5:26] Let the saints be joyful in glory. Let them sing aloud. Where? Sing aloud! On your bed. Sing aloud!

[5:38] Bible said you should do that. Sing aloud, but make sure your wife is in agreement. Wife is in agreement. You don't want to offend her.

[5:50] She will slap your mouth or something like that. But sing aloud on your bed. Let's go to verse 6. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand.

[6:05] What for? Why do you need the high praises of God in your mouth? Let what be in their mouth? I can't hear you. High praises of God. What is praises? Giving it to God, praising Him, lifting His name, extolling Him.

[6:19] Let it be in their mouth. Alright? Talking about the saints of God. Say, sing out loud on your bed and they say, let the high praises. Now, that's why sometimes we begin to sing praises, we take it to another level.

[6:32] High praises. Let the high praises of God, let the high praises, it's so clear, we are praising God. It said, praising God, let it be in your mouth and two-edged sword, the word of God, in your hand.

[6:45] Whatever you are doing, let it be influenced by the word of God. But it says that, let praise be in your mouth. Why? Go to the next verse. That's serious. Praise, to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples.

[7:00] Did you see that? Praising, praising God wild, praising God hard can bring vengeance on nations, bring punishment on people. She said in their testimony, pastor said, some people will be sick so that they can get a job.

[7:15] Didn't you hear that? Five people out of the seven, they were all off. They had to go off so that she can come on. They said, we need you urgently because the expression is, we need you.

[7:27] I see somebody receiving a testimony. Watch this. to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment. Praises executes vengeance. Praises brings punishment.

[7:39] So, so, someone is frustrating you. Leave the person alone. Praise God. Pray God for the person. Praise God. You will see what's going to happen. I see someone having a testimony.

[7:52] Go to the next verse and see. Verse eight. Verse eight. To bind their kings with chains. Praise. Praise does that. Praise God. To bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron.

[8:07] There's no way they can escape. Go to the next verse. The last verse. It said, to execute on them the written judgment, this honor have all, he says. Praise the Lord.

[8:20] It's an honor. And he says, so long as you are born again, you have that honor. Yes. In other words, you have that weapon in your, in your armor. You have it. Execute. Use it.

[8:31] So, the fact that you are born again, the fact that you are a Christian, you have this at your disposal to use. He says that to execute, to execute the judgment written.

[8:42] So, anything that they rise, they come against you with, anything, whether personalities with bodies or without bodies. Because we deal with two groups of, categories of people. Personalities without bodies.

[8:54] You don't see them. Spiritual beings. Spiritual entities. Can you imagine that, that your, your, your child go to school, they begin to ask him unnecessary questions.

[9:06] And he said, the other time, my dad went to the garden, took a twig and, and gave me. Then they said, ah, your dad was giving you, he said, yes, and even my other brothers. And then, the next thing you see, the, the, the headmaster, the headmaster calls you, for, for a meeting.

[9:20] You go to a meeting, you didn't know, you are there, you two thinking, we're going to discuss you, because you'll be meeting. They said, oh wait, and the, the police is on their way. And they come and take you into, police sales.

[9:37] They said, don't go to your house again for months, till we finish the kill. Stay away from your children. Ah! This one is the enemy. This one is the enemy. This one is the enemy. To execute the written punishment.

[9:50] See, some of us, instead of crying, change into prison. Stop complaining. You are not, are you a Christian? Change into praises. You see, this is hard truth many people have ignored.

[10:03] And so, it has gotten their destiny stopped. Hard truth. Most of us, we are laden with emotional issues. I fail, I fail, I'm not happy about this, I'm not happy about this, this one has done with this, I don't like this person.

[10:17] What the fuck? Shut up and begin to praise God. Shout hallelujah. Shout hallelujah. You have someone disturbing you at work, you may not have a chance to come to church, fasting again, come and put it in the box.

[10:35] Get to the house. Put on your praise garment. Write the person's name. We are saying, thank you Jesus. Thank you my Lord. We are saying, thank you Jesus.

[10:46] You are doing your own thing and praising God, and praising God. 30 minutes of praise. The next time you hear, he say, I'm leaving the job. I can't come back. Shout hallelujah.

[10:56] Hallelujah. Now listen, I'm teaching you Christian things. This is how it is done in the kingdom.

[11:08] That's right. This is how things are done in the kingdom. It's sad to note, there are many Christians who have been denied this truth. So the thing, praising, coming to church, praise is only when you come to church because at least we have to sing some music.

[11:24] And our church is contemporary, so we sing maybe Hillsong, and we sing, no! This is a different matter. So listen, five people can be singing the same song, and two will be doing serious warfare, and the other one may be just blessing God, and the other ones, the two other two are just playing.

[11:44] They are just singing and sweating. But you are doing it with understanding. Praise to God. Listen, praise brings judgment against enemies.

[11:57] He said, let God arise. Psalm 68 verse 1. He said, let God arise. When God arises, he said, he's scattered. Do you have any enemy situation in your life?

[12:09] Regarding your health? I heard a story about this lady. This lady who one day, every now and then has menstrual challenges. And one day, I think, it was a season of praise in their church, so she was going to church.

[12:23] And just, I think, on the way to church or around church, suddenly she started having this terrible, menstrual challenges. Terrible. She said to the menstrual pain, ah, you came at the wrong time this time.

[12:36] It's good you came, but you came at the wrong time. She ignored it. One thousand praise. That ain't left for life. Wow. Because praise is warfare.

[12:50] It's a serious, superior weapon in the things of the spirit. Somebody shout hallelujah. Hallelujah. Shout hallelujah. Hallelujah. Praise is a superior weapon in the conflict of life.

[13:06] Say it, let's say it together. Praise is a superior weapon in the conflict of life. Some of you are not saying say it again. Praise is a superior weapon in the conflict of life.

[13:17] Let's say it together. Praise is a superior weapon in the conflict of life. While we gather here on Ajax, we are coming to take over. we didn't come to take cover we came to take over we are coming to take over so that's why I'm teaching this on a Friday we are going to finish and we are not praying we are praising praising it's different from praise night praise night is good but we are going to have our own praise night tonight not because we are coming to dance sometimes there will not be even instrumentation you'll be dancing you'll be dancing by yourself oh lord I praise you lord and see what God will do see what God if this bible works shout hallelujah hallelujah look at Psalm 68 let me show you something Psalm 68 I quoted it earlier on

[14:22] Psalm 68 verse 1 and verse 2 thank you lord jesus we praise your holy name lord jesus Psalm 68 let's already out loud let's go let God arrive let his enemies be scattered let those also who hate him flee before him did you see that what happens when God arises I said what happens when God arises and he said let those also who hate him flee before him go to the second verse verse 2 let's read it out let's go as smoke is driven away so drive them away as wax melts before the fire so let the wicked perish at the presence of God look at verse 4 why is he saying all this how do you get this done he said sing to God sing praises to his name who rise on the clouds by his name yeah you see that yeah I told you yeah yeah yeah yeah by his name by his name yeah and rejoice before him because when you sing praises watch this when you sing praises and you you rejoice before him what happens is that you cause God to arise alright

[15:59] God arise God is stirred up let me put it this way you switch on God you turn on God and God arises anything that will take God in your life is asking for praise anything that will take God this this situation you find yourself in if you take God that means give praise for it anything that will take God is asking for praise Psalm Psalm 22 verse 3 Bible says that God lives there natural habitat let's read it out loud let's go but you are holy and thrown in the praise give me the King James version I prefer the King James version yes let's read it out loud let's go but thou art holy oh thou that inhabited the praise now that does what in what what does it mean to inhabit how many of you are familiar with the word habitat what's the habitat an environment you live so when we say natural habitat that's the fish its natural habitat is in the water if you take him out of water he may not be able to function properly some of us you can put you can wear swimsuits and dive in but you can be there just for a few hours or you can stay there because you are not good you are not that good if a shark is after you you may not be able to swim faster because it's natural habitat now watch this

[17:46] God's natural habitat is praise God lives there that's his natural habitat he's most comfortable he's most at ease he's more by him he's more himself in the atmosphere of praise and so when you praise God he comes in because that's where he lives do you understand that and so when he said let God arise and his enemies be scattered listen I like this one when you begin to give God praise your enemies are not safe when you begin to praise God your enemies are not safe when you begin to praise God your enemies are not safe when you begin to praise God your enemies are not safe it does not matter how powerful they are it does not matter what case they got it does not matter what who is on their side when you begin to praise

[18:46] God your enemies are not safe shout hallelujah hallelujah god inhabits the praise of his people praise when you praise God or when praise is in his place the presence of God is compelled when praise is in place God's presence is compelled did you hear what I said so that's why I said sometimes you can pray and miss God because Bible says you pray and pray amiss okay because your objective for the prayer is not healthy but when you praise God you can't praise him and miss him do you know why because he lives in praise I see God rising up for someone a few things I've written here about praise one is a weapon let's say praise is a weapon so what happens about praise is that it is the price to pay in order to transfer the battle from your hands to God's hands in 2nd chronicles chapter 20 verse 15 2nd chronicles chapter 20 verse 15 can you imagine these guys were so disturbed the people of God they were so troubled because their enemies have come against them and then

[20:20] God tells them don't not be afraid for the battle is not yours but God's so if the battle is not yours but God's why do you still have it why do you still have it now you can't say okay I won't fight the thing is coming to you so this is how you transfer it from your hands to God's hands when you praise God when you praise you hand over you transfer the battle from your hands into God's hands someone shout hallelujah hallelujah I had a testimony as well about this gentleman who he was looking for a job he's graduated he's well qualified looking for a job for a long time wasn't finding any job so he decided to just take I think to be selling some malt I think so someone gave him malt go and sell it in the market and he makes some money so he started doing that every time he goes to the market to go and sell the malt fix a few go and sell it and at least he was living by it but he wasn't happy because that was not his job but in the absence of the right job he had to settle with this so he was doing that and then one day he went to church and the pastor was preaching on praise like I'm doing because what

[21:33] I'm doing someone's destiny is definitely going to change see watch here you will see the testimony this will be stranger than fasting testimonies he said pastor said when I went to my began praising as I praised I fall wrong and I picked hey what's wrong hallelujah instant miracles because when you praise God steps in instantly so this guy came to church he heard the message on praise went home and decided to go and give God praise for even the little bottles he's been selling the job that little job he went home he had the bottles there he started praising God dancing around the mortals dancing around the mort dancing around the oh God I praise you I praise you dancing like a drunk dancing praising God would that mean now if you see such a person maybe from your window you'll be sure the guy's sick there's something wrong with him but see that's how that's how praise looks like from from spectators they think that why is this guy doing this why are you doing too much too much hey there's nothing that is too listen when we finish we are beginning to dance please from this time on when you come to dance church dance somebody will think you are drunk it doesn't matter you know what you are doing you know what you are doing you are bringing

[22:56] God you are turning on God you are evoking God this guy went on by himself began dancing the next day he went to the market to go and continue doing what he and then he met this man he was selling to him this man said oh you sell this he said yeah I've been doing for some time now he said okay if you get a job would you like he said yes I want a job alright come and see me that same afternoon we took him to his office the guy was giving the malt company the manufacturing company that's one of their bosses the guy became the sales executive that same day he praised God for the thing and when within 24 hours it has changed his life and the job he was looking for now he was in the office so hallelujah so hallelujah I see it's your turn now I see it's your turn now I see it's your turn now if you believe lift up your hand and shout it loud hallelujah shout hallelujah in Joshua chapter 6 verse 20

[24:06] Joshua told them Joshua chapter 6 look at it and when they shouted Joshua 6 20 so the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets the people did what the people did what that shabak or wah they shouted unto God and it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet and the people shouted with what a great shout these are spiritual things oh I've shouted so my throat is hurt it doesn't matter let it hurt keep shouting because Because the miracle that is coming is worth it.

[24:54] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so, he said, the people shouted, the people shouted, back to the screen, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat.

[25:17] Then the people went into the city. Why Jesus? They shouldn't have added this, but it's trying to tell us something. Every man strayed before him and they took the city. So, see, it's not like, you know, when walls fall, someone has to go around this way.

[25:31] You know what I'm talking about? And this wall is thick. Seven, six horses can run side by side on top of the wall. No, they are on top of the wall. So, the wall is thick, like from the beginning here.

[25:45] He said, horses. Yeah, six horses. You know, run it. And that's how thick the wall is and very high. And it was built to keep them out.

[25:56] But not when praise comes in. They are saying, we will see if you marry. We will see if you marry. Let them say it and begin to praise God.

[26:07] Begin to praise God. Begin to praise God. Begin to praise God. And Bible says that, watch this. The walls fell down flat. And everyone, you don't have to use straight.

[26:19] You don't need extra energy. Just straight from where you are standing. Straight. Every man went straight before him and took the city.

[26:30] You are taking the city wherever you are. You do not have to relocate.

[26:44] You didn't hear what I said. Don't go to Birmingham. Don't relocate. In London here. Your husband is coming. Your wife is coming.

[26:56] Your new job is coming. Your breakthrough is coming. Right in the city of London, South. Yes. The people said, you won't come in.

[27:15] They praise God. They hand transfer the battle from their hands. Praise. Transfer the battle from your hands to the hands of God. I like this one.

[27:26] Number three. Evil spirits. They can't survive a praise-filled atmosphere. Because, why? I told you earlier on.

[27:37] Praise is the natural habitat of God. So, evil spirits can't survive a praise-filled atmosphere. They can't. They can't.

[27:48] They can't. They can't. They can't survive it. Bible talks about how the spirit and evil spirit was troubling skin, soul.

[28:00] And every time he comes. David comes. To play the harp. Because David was a praiser. It's not any ordinary person. A praiser. A worshiper. Comes to praise.

[28:11] And when he prays, Bible said, and the evil spirit departed. Evil spirits can't survive a praise-filled atmosphere. Yes. It's because. It's because. See, if you're having strange dreams regularly in your bedroom.

[28:24] Or in your house. And every time there's something strange in your house. Every time. Yeah. How can a house be haunted when the praise-filled Christian is there?

[28:35] Think about it. This house is haunted. God bring a troop for praise. Turn it up. Interpret demons with vamoose. Amen. They will escape.

[28:47] Because evil spirits cannot survive a praise-filled atmosphere. Evil spirits can. Evil spirits. Some sicknesses. There is an evil spirit behind it.

[28:59] Amen. This is your menstrual thing you are complaining about. This is your health thing you are complaining about. Stop telling me you have a waste problem. Or this problem. That is stopping you from praising God.

[29:10] If you remember. When I had an attack on my hip. And I couldn't even walk. That is interesting. That is on video. Remember. That was the night. That day.

[29:20] Praise broke loose here after church. It's on video. I remember. I was standing right here. And I would be shocked. But I would be praising God. It's on video. I think they've been putting it on YouTube. Go and watch it. We were praising.

[29:32] While we were singing. God. He said. God. That day. My hip. I couldn't. It was terrible. But after praising God. That thing said. I can't stay here. Up to now.

[29:43] I don't know where it came from. It has left without a trace. Yes. Yes. My wife is here. Pastors are here. They are dead. We live together.

[29:54] The thing has left without a trace. I didn't consult a doctor. I didn't go to hospital. I didn't. It's left without. Up to now. There's no sign. That I suffered that attack.

[30:06] So. Stop. Give God praise. Give God praise. Satan is behind that health situation. Praise God. Begin to praise God for that health.

[30:16] Begin to praise God for that health. How can you tell me. A praiser cannot be married. The devil is a liar. Evil spirits.

[30:27] In our family. It's in our family. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Don't you know this new family you have joined? Don't you know this new family you have joined? Okay.

[30:40] Okay. Listen to this. Listen to this. And in our family people don't get married. And stay married. And so that's why my marriage. And that's why I'm not getting anyone to marry me. Or anyone to marry. And my family. And you're forgotten.

[30:50] That we too. In the family of the lion of the tribe of Judah. The family of the praises. You can't be there and not be married. So you see.

[31:01] It depends on you. You can begin to live like a praiser in this family. Or choose to live in your natural habitat family. Which is killing your friends. And killing people.

[31:11] And stopping people in your family line. From breaking through. Change your. Use this new family. Pray. And this family we do things differently. When people are crying.

[31:22] We are dancing and praising God. We are dancing and praising. We dance. I'm going to show you. How you can dance warfare. Dancing warfare. Most of us.

[31:33] All we know is. Ayo. Ayo. Akele. Akele. Ayo. Ayo. It's good. It's good. But there's another level.

[31:45] The praise level. Welfare. We pull down. We pull down. Die by fire. Die by fire. Die by fire. Hey. Die by fire. It is good. It is good.

[31:56] It is good. But some of us. That's all you know. When we say. Satan. Say after me. Satan. You are coming down. You are coming down. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now. Now.

[32:08] Let's praise God. Put your hand in your pocket. Because you want to deal with demons. So. You are waiting for them. You say. Rick is out of the money. I get it. Someone getting something.

[32:21] Yeah. Hey. I'm giving you a key. That will unlock your destiny. the rest of this year. It's going to unlock your destiny. Your family destiny, your marital destiny.

[32:31] Nothing can stop you anymore. Shout hallelujah. Shout hallelujah. Praise God. When you enter the realm of praise, your enemies are not safe, as I told you.

[32:48] Look at Psalm 92 verse 11. It tells us that praise makes our enemies at risk. Puts them at risk. When you read from verse 1, Psalm 92 verse 1, it talks about how praise God for it's a good thing to give God.

[33:11] Psalm 92 verse 1, it's a good thing to give God thanks, to give you thanks, O Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O Mosai. Alright? And then it continues talking about praise to declare your loving kindness and the money of faithfulness.

[33:24] And then this operates. Then verse 11, look at verse 11. Verse 11 says that, my eyes also has seen my desire upon my enemies.

[33:35] My ears hear my desire upon the wicked who rise up against me. So, so when you stay in praise, your eyes see your desire against your enemies.

[33:47] They will resign and leave their job. Amen! They are telling you, you know, you watch, just be busy praising God. Be busy praising God.

[33:59] Add some dance like a mad woman. Like a mad man. Haven't you seen a woman in labor before? When a woman gets into labor, she's crazy. Sometimes, even when, before the baby comes, you see, they will sit down and get her.

[34:18] And that's not when you are talking about makeup, you are talking about hairstyle. They can't, who cares? They don't care about that. They are in, they want this load to come.

[34:28] So, so, so, in the same way, when it's time to praise God for your miracle, who cares who is watching? Don't mind anybody. Just do your own thing.

[34:40] Do your own thing. But make sure you know what you are doing. You are doing it unto the Lord. You are doing it unto the Lord. Give me two ladies. One has dressed like a, a, a, a, Cleopatra.

[34:57] Coming to display. Her looks. And the other one has just appeared normal, but coming to praise God. I can tell in the spirit who is going to have access first in God's presence.

[35:11] Who is going to, there, there, there, there can be thousands of men. One, it doesn't matter. You can be hiding in the crowd, but your praise will single you out. Your praise will single you out.

[35:24] So, stop, stop running from party to party looking for men to marry you. Ah! My friend, my friend is having a party, invite him. Maybe go, maybe, you never know, you know.

[35:36] Maybe, because mom has been saying you stay at home too much. You're always home and just go to church. So, sometimes go to other places, okay? Go socialize, you'll meet people. It's a, it's kind of okay idea, but sister, stop running from party to party, from function to function, from, uh, bridal shower to, bridal shower, from funeral to funeral, from outdoor to outdoor, from wedding to wedding.

[35:59] Stop running from place to place, from conference to conference. You are going for the conference not because you are going to look for God, but you are not going to look for him. So, I'm speaking some truth here, brothers and sisters.

[36:15] Stop chasing after men and I'm chasing after you. Chast after God. Be praising no matter what comes your way. I'll praise him. You will see how heaven will smile on you.

[36:28] Shout hallelujah. These are some of you things that you should know about praise. Let me just tell you the last three things about how to do praise warfare. Okay.

[36:39] So, when you're talking on doing praise warfare, we have the targeted praise warfare. Say targeted praise warfare. What is a targeted praise warfare? Targeted praise warfare is like, you look at the mountains and bring them down through praise.

[36:55] So, you are praising and the mountain is, you are aware of the mountain and you are praising God like the gentleman I spoke about. He went back home, he brought the bottles in front of him, the drinks, and started praising God, dancing around the drink.

[37:12] Praising God, oh God, I'm thankful. Dancing around the drink. Targeted praise. Targeted praise warfare is when you are believing God for anything, for a job, for a death cancellation, for a house, for a husband, for a wife, for healing.

[37:28] You are believing God and when you are praising God, that is on your mind, praising God for that thing. Alright, so you have that in mind as you praise God. I don't have a job.

[37:39] I've just loved my job. You are praising God. God, I thank you. I should be crying, but thank you. Thank you. I praise you. You are the God who created everything. There's nothing too hard for you. Oh, I bless your name.

[37:50] I am saying thank you, Jesus. Thank you, my Lord. And you are praising and you are dancing. Someone looks at you and says, what's wrong with that? It's changed. It doesn't matter. You are doing your own thing. You are blessing God.

[38:01] So it's a targeted praise warfare. In 2 Chronicles 20, from verse 21 to 23, Bible says that when they were going for war, they were going to war to fight the king of Moab, Mount Seir, and Ammon.

[38:21] And when they had consulted with the people, they appointed singers unto the Lord. They are going to fight to them. When you read the Bible, it says, tomorrow morning, go before them.

[38:34] I think from verse 19, it says, tomorrow morning, go before them. So they were going to fight. They rose up. So they appointed singers unto the Lord and that should praise the beauty of holiness as they went out before what?

[38:46] Before what? You are going to fight. Singers, go first. No, Judah doesn't go first. It should be the commandos.

[38:59] But singers go first. So the singers started going and they were praising. Bible says that they sang for his mercies and just forever. His mercy, God is good.

[39:11] His mercy, that's what they were singing. They were singing and they knew the enemy was there but they were going. God is good. God is good. All the time. God, hey, take cover.

[39:23] No, I'm not taking cover. I'm taking over. God is good. All the time. God is good. All the time. Hey, I believe that they said that those in front of the choir who were going, they'd be thinking, hey, but if he's supposed to shoot the arrow, I'm going.

[39:37] He said, ah, I'm in the first world. But you know what? I don't fear. I watched this. Watch this. That's a word for someone. I believe that is some of the resolution they made, those in front. They said, if I'm going to die, I better die praising.

[39:52] And guess what? You can't die praising. Because read the Bible. The Bible says that praise is the work of the living. Let everything that is alive.

[40:03] So, once you praise God, God says, hey, I need to keep you alive. You can't die praising God. David said, if I go to the grave, there's no use for me to you. Once I'm alive, keep me alive and I'll praise you.

[40:15] And God said, you're allowed. Keep staying. Keep living. And he kept praising God because he said, let everything that has breath praise the Lord. You can't praise God and go to the grave.

[40:28] It is not possible. Shout hallelujah. Hallelujah. If you're suffering financial coma, start praising God for the financial situation.

[40:40] Because things can go down when praise is given to it. God is giving praise for that thing. Things can go down. Things can go down. The devil is a liar. Sunday, I'll mention it.

[40:51] One of the things, the ingredients in my prayer. I gave you five ingredients on Sunday, part two. There's one more ingredient I didn't give you, which is joy. Joy. If you're not joyful, you can't be praiseful.

[41:03] So the devil will take your joy away and it stops your praise. Genuine praise must be full of joy. He said, I'll praise. That's why he said, make a joyful noise.

[41:16] Some hundred. Make a joyful noise. Praise the Lord. So, so, let's finish the text.

[41:26] Verse 22, 2nd Chronicles. So, and when they began to sing, I like this. You know what I like? I like, when?

[41:38] Say when. Say when. When did the miracle happen? When they began to sing. When they began to sing and to praise God.

[41:49] Now, when God said, the battle is mine, he now took over. Had they not sung to praise him, he wouldn't have been able, he wouldn't have been authorized to take over. So, when they began to sing and to praise God, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mansia, which were come against Judah.

[42:09] Judah means praise. Which were come against Judah and they were smitten. Now, look at how they were smitten. This is a funny, it sounds like a movie. It's a very strange way God defeated them.

[42:20] Look at the next verse. It's very strange. For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mansia and asked them to slay and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Mansia, everyone helped to destroy one another.

[42:37] You get it? Three groups of people. Okay, they were coming to find the people of God. So, group A, group B, group C. Guess what? When the people of God began praising, group C and group B joined up and finished group A.

[42:52] They destroyed. When they finished destroying them, it's okay, now let's fight too. So, group B, group A. No, that's what the Bible said. Read it. The children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mansia utterly to slay them and destroy them.

[43:08] And when they have finished, when they have finished destroying them, everyone helped to destroy, they helped to destroy themselves. Someone shout Hallelujah!

[43:22] So, you can't be praising God and be going down. You're any, look at Ephesians 24, that's a very interesting one too. 24, I like that one, that will be somebody's testimony.

[43:33] Watch this, and when Judah came towards, came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude and behold, there were dead bodies falling on the earth, falling to the earth, the last statement.

[43:47] Let's read it together. One more time. Read it out loud. Louder. They weren't singing.

[44:00] They weren't. They were just singing. So, when they got to the place and now looked where the people should, they only saw dead bodies and not one of their enemies escaped. Hey, praise is dangerous.

[44:13] I said, when you praise God, your enemies are not safe. Amen. When you begin to praise God, your enemies are not safe because they can't escape. When you begin to praise God, your enemies, tell someone, when you praise God, your enemies are not safe.

[44:30] Say it again, when you praise God, your enemies are not safe. I didn't say when you sing, I said when you praise God. Because some of us may end up singing, but when you praise God, what you are doing is in your heart. Haven't you seen praise night? Sometimes some pastors see me and they wonder, oh, wow. Because most times in our generation, pastors are supposed to behave like politicians, like very gentle, very diplomatic.

[44:55] Hey, not when it comes to praise. This is how I've made it so far. When it comes to, you can't stop me. You can't stop me. I will be more undignified than you can ever think.

[45:06] As long as I'm praising my God. I will praise Him anyway. I will praise Him anyhow. One day, Pastor, I will tell you, one day about I think in the year 2001, I think so.

[45:21] I think 2001. I did a musical program. I did a musical program. Huge musical program. Praise, I think it's called Celebration of Praise. I forgot to know. And we're actually recording some video. I don't know where it is.

[45:35] But the point is, I did a musical program and one of the pastors who I knew from Ghana, he was actually my pastor, not my, one of the pastors who when I got born again, he was saying, my pastor, he came. He saw me in town.

[45:48] He came around. So he said, well, come for the event. He came. And then after the event, I mean, the way I praise, no method, no formula, no diplomacy. That's our, that used to be our slogan.

[46:00] When we are praising God, no method, no formula, no diplomacy, just all out. All out. Rawr. Rawr. So I could, I would praise him with my head on the floor, my legs up and shaking.

[46:13] I would praise him lying on the floor, shaking. It's my normal way. Just, I praise God with everything. Everything, all. Because he said, let everything know. He says that, let all that is within me.

[46:25] Praise his name. All right. So, so, so later on, I think the same way after I finish, this big man, he's a big man from a CEO's church. So we went out for, he said, David, I like the program.

[46:38] But let me give you an advice. You know, now you are growing. And you must do things with dignity. I said, pastor, you can't be, you know, you can't be sinking and lying on the floor.

[46:51] I don't know. I was shocked, you know. But I was kind of, not very confused, but turning between two. Maybe he has a sense in what he's saying.

[47:01] Oh, maybe. But, I know when you are praising God, you just give it everything. Why is this man telling me? You see, if you don't praise God, you can't guarantee whether things will work or not.

[47:17] If you don't praise God, there is no guarantee that things will work for you. But if you can't praise God, there is every guarantee that it will be well with you. So, hallelujah.

[47:28] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. When you are praising God, if you feel like lying down, lie down. If you're like rolling, roll. Make sure you are praising him, roll. When we are dancing, dance, dance. I can't stand.

[47:39] When people come to church, we are praising him. They are so gentle. They are so gentle. I mean, that's my personality. That's a lie. When you are excited about something, you are excited about something, it shows.

[47:50] Okay? Give it to him. Give it to him. Give it to him. Give it to him. It doesn't matter who is watching. You don't care because you are giving it to him. That's the second level of praise.

[48:03] The next level of praise. Okay, let me go to Jericho praise first. Number one. Number two, Jericho. Number one is what? Targeted praise. Targeted praise warfare. Number two is Jericho praise warfare.

[48:16] Jericho praise. Jericho praise. When they got to Jericho, Joshua chapter 6 verse 1 to 5. Joshua chapter 6 verse 1 to 5.

[48:29] I see someone winning. I see it. I see it. You see the kind of testimony that are going to happen. Some of you will be shocked how instant things will change.

[48:43] You'll be shocked how instant things will change. I should be here to win. Now, now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel.

[48:54] None went out and none came in. Did you see that? The verse 2. And the Lord said to Joshua, this is funny. The Lord said to Joshua, see, I have given Jericho into your hand its kings and the mighty men of all of them.

[49:09] But, there's a shot. No one going out, going, come in. And God gives him the brook for you have to take over. He said, you shall march around the city. All you men of war, you, you shall go all around the city once.

[49:23] This, you shall do six days. So, every day you go once and come. Every day, go once. Six days. This, you shall do six days. And, and seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of Ram's horn before the ark.

[49:36] Say the ark. Before. I like the ark. Before the ark. But the seven days, you shall march around the city seven times and the priests shall blow the trumpet. Okay? Now, and it shall come to pass when they shall make a loud blast with the Ram's horn and when you hear the sound of the trumpet that all the people shall shout with a great shout and the wall of the city will fall down.

[50:00] How? What? And the people shall go up every one straight before him. So, before they did, God has already said it. He told them. It's like musica chess.

[50:12] When you are dancing, you are watching. You don't go too quickly because, you know, I want to enter through where, no, Rehob's house was not coming down. But I want to enter through the corner shop so I can get our, maybe they have Sainsbury's.

[50:26] You want to enter through Sainsbury's or they have Jaguar. You want to enter through Jaguar so you can take the whole Jaguar. So, wherever the, the blood of trumpet, they shout, wherever you are standing, you are taking it.

[50:36] You didn't get what I said. You are taking it. Taking it. So, you are praising. So, the Jericho praise is the obstacle removing praise. Guess what? Because in verse one, it says that the city, the walls of Jericho, the gate were strictly shut because the children of Israel, none went in, none came out.

[50:56] But God said, I'm taking you in. So, that's obstacle. God said, don't worry. Praise will take you of this obstacle. They've told you that I asked for you. You can't get a job in this city. Who says?

[51:07] If Obama can be president, then I have a case. As for you, you, because of the school you had, you didn't go to Cambridge, so you really cannot be, you cannot, you cannot, you cannot rise high in politics.

[51:21] Who told you? You don't need to. You don't need to. Whatever obstacle stands before you, as you praise God, I see it's coming down.

[51:32] I see it's coming down. I see it's coming down. In the name of Jesus. Shout hallelujah. Hallelujah. And then the third one, the last one.

[51:45] So, the first one is the targeted praise warfare. Second one is Jericho praise warfare. And then number three is being danceful.

[51:58] Be danceful. Danceful. Say danceful. Danceful. Say danceful. What does that mean? Just dance. I like when some of our sisters come in front and they are busy dancing.

[52:14] Sometimes you look at everything, hey, this woman too. Yes. She knows what she's doing. See, see, I'm going to show you something about this one. This danceful one makes it very dangerous for onlookers.

[52:26] Because if you are looking on, you better keep quiet. But as soon as you pass judgment, God is coming on you. It's very dangerous. It's very dangerous.

[52:37] So, if you come to church and you see people dancing, if you won't dance, even if you are dancing, if you are concerned about their dancing, just shut your eyes or shut up and do your own thing. Other than that, if you begin to judge them in your heart, God is going to come on you and say, who gives you the right to judge someone who's praising me?

[52:57] Praising me? Anything that, hey, hey, okay, let's look at the text. Second Samuel chapter six. Second Samuel chapter six. Alanda, my uncle, show, hey, second Samuel chapter six, verse 14.

[53:15] Thank you, Jesus. Someone say, thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. I see someone's destiny changing. Thank you, God. Second Samuel chapter four, six from verse 14.

[53:29] Six, 14. Then David danced before the Lord with all his might. How did he do it with all his might? Do I have some Davies in the house? Do I have some Davies in the house? Don't, don't wait for prophecy.

[53:49] Dance your way into your prophetic destiny. What did I say? Don't wait for prophecy. Don't wait for special prayers.

[54:02] Don't wait for special prayers. I'm telling you, don't wait for special prayers. You see, if I were you, when we come to church, I make sure I don't miss the beginning. I come and pray, and I pray, and when it starts, I'm with the one, whether the atmosphere is charged or not, I don't care.

[54:16] I just, you see, I've not said this so far. Permit me to digress how to interject this at this juncture. Allow, allow, say allow, say allow.

[54:36] One of the good things about church kind of praise is when you are praising, come, think about the words. All right? So when we are singing, he is the Lord and he reigns on high.

[54:50] Don't just be singing. Think about, that's what I actually like about our kind of singing in this generation. Preferably, I prefer that to, you know, some of the, some of the monosyllables.

[55:05] Hallelujah, it's a heavenly language. Hallelujah, it's a heavenly, hallelujah, it's a heavenly, hallelujah, it's a heavenly language. Hallelujah, it's a heavenly language. When I grew up, they sing songs like, I step on the devil, I step on the devil.

[55:20] I will jump very high, and high, and high, I step on the devil. I mean, I mean. How can this be phrased?

[55:33] He's crying, he's crying, he's crying, he's crying, ha, ha, Satan is crying, he's crying, he's crying, he's crying, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, can you imagine?

[55:52] Shout hallelujah. Shout hallelujah. Hallelujah. But I like, every praise to our God, every word of worship with one I call, every praise, that God my, sing it with, it's warfare, spiritual warfare, you have to sit down with understanding.

[56:17] So when people are singing, you are, you are concentrating on the word, and making it your confession, and singing it, and singing it, and singing it, God, so can you imagine, you are talking about, God my savior, and then someone is trying to make you lose your job.

[56:30] As soon as God must, you are thinking of a job. God my savior, God my healer, the doctors give you a report, you don't mind. God my healer, God my deliverer, yes he is, yes he is.

[56:48] So, so, so, you see, you are not just dancing to music, you know what you are doing. You are praising God with understanding. Shout hallelujah. Hallelujah. I feel miracles in the house.

[57:04] Watch this. All of a sudden, it feels like, some things have just dropped, they are hanging. It's just left with some praise to release them to God.

[57:16] They are already released. Now watch this. So, David, danced before God, with all his might.

[57:27] Now, now watch this. What is your problem? Why can't you just dance to God with all your might? Or if you will not do it, what do you have a problem with someone who is doing it?

[57:39] That's what, I don't understand. You won't do it. You will not do it. Leave me alone. Excuse me whilst I praise the Lord. I know you are gentle.

[57:51] Yeah, keep your gentility. I know you are diplomatic. Keep your diplomacy. I know you are very, very poached. Keep your poachedness. And let me, with my rawness, just praise my maker.

[58:05] Just praise my king of kings. And David has become a king if you chose one of us. Some of us, once you even change where you live. God has kept you humbly on George.

[58:24] because he knows that as soon as Louis Vuitton comes, you can praise him. I said George on purple because some of you don't know what George is.

[58:36] That's better. George is a brand. God keeps you on George. So you are wearing Georgian shoes.

[58:49] Georgian shirts. So at least you can dance because God can tell as soon as you get that Armani or Louis Vuitton, you can dance.

[59:00] You can dance. I have a problem when someone comes to church, he's dancing and looking at the show. This shoe. It's distracting me. Some of us, God may keep you on the punto for a while because he knows as soon as the Mercedes C class 14 number plates, as soon as he hits your hands, your praise will change because all of a sudden you feel so cool.

[59:23] It's so important. Some of us, God will keep us from the man for a while because as soon as you are found, we will see you in church. You come to church. So my boyfriend, he said, I have to be behaved.

[59:35] My husband to be, he said, I don't want him to think that I'm not. Ah. Ah. Listen, go wild.

[59:49] I like the song. It says that, I will become even more undignified than this. I will dance. I will sing to be mad for my king.

[60:00] Nothing else is hindering the passion of my soul. I'll become even more undignified than this. So you have to have this in your mind.

[60:11] That's my thing. If you watch when I come to church, even those days, you know, when we go to church, someone comes to stand in front of you, dancing with you. I don't really like that too much. Because we are not playing here. I don't care.

[60:24] So, oh, okay. First, I'll try. This is my company. Come. And, sometimes you are praying, let's stand. Hey, I'll become even more.

[60:38] You know, you know, I feel it distracts me. We can be out of excitement, do it a while, but you check me. It won't last. I'll move up from there. Because I'm not dancing with you.

[60:50] I'm dancing before God. So I'm not coming here to come and, when I come to church, we are dancing. I don't watch people. I won't watch people for me to be discouraged. Anyway, it don't bother me anyway.

[61:01] But I won't bother watching anybody. I'm doing my own thing. You watch me. Some of you have noticed. that's how I've lived my life. And that's what has brought me where I am. And that's what is taking me into my destiny.

[61:13] You can't take that away from me. You can't take that. You have to have this resolution that I'm dancing my way into greatness. I'm dancing my way to the throne.

[61:24] I'm dancing my way to my wedding. Hey, hey, hey, can you imagine? I'm looking for a day when we have wedding and we are praising God. Lucis is and begins to praise God. I praise God.

[61:34] And that's it. The people will be wondering, ah, is it not a wedding? You don't know where God is bringing her from. Praise has gotten her to the altar and praise is going to keep her there and take her higher. Someone shout hallelujah.

[61:47] Shout hallelujah. As you shout, you are getting a new job. As you shout, you are getting a miracle. As you shout, shout hallelujah. Shout hallelujah.

[62:01] Let me finish this. Let me finish this. So, David danced with all his might. Verse 15. So, David and all the house of Israel brought the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.

[62:15] Do you see shouting showing up in warfare? Do you see Joshua, the wall came down shouting. You can tell from here, shouting. Say shouting. Shouting. Verse 16. Now, the ark of the Lord came into the city of David.

[62:29] Michal. Michal. Saul's daughter. You know who Saul was? The previous king. So, the princess who, David, when David killed Goliath, the king said, if you kill, I'll give you my daughter.

[62:42] So, she had the privilege of marrying David because she was a reward to David. And Michal, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through the window. See, window watchers.

[62:53] Window shoppers. But, went through the window. So, when people were praising God, she was looking through the window. She was at home. Ah, look at my husband.

[63:09] This shepherd boy, he doesn't know how to behave as a royal. Wow. Ah, no. Then she goes for her mirror and begins to paint her face.

[63:23] Ah, look at him. Oh, man. How he'll break my heart. Look at that. He did that. He was dancing like that before everybody aching. Oh, no.

[63:37] So, she looked through the window. Put it back on the screen, please. She looked through the window and she looked and saw King David leaping and whirling like Ebenezer Jehu. David was leaping, whirling, like a whirlwind before the Lord.

[63:55] And King. He was doing that before the Lord and she despised him in his heart. Ah, in her heart. How can a king do this? She's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's she he's she despised him who was praising God because he was thinking about image.

[64:17] Is that what you are thinking about? Your image? What have you got? You? If someone would think about image, at least let others do about you. You know what I'm talking about?

[64:30] You? Think about your image? What have you got? And she despised. Go to the verse 17 quickly. So they brought the ark of the of the Lord and sat in this place in the midst of the terminacle that David had erected for it.

[64:47] Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. Verse 18. And David when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

[64:58] Verse 19. Then he distributed amongst all the people among the whole multitude of Israel both men women and men to everyone a loaf of bread and a piece of meat and a cake of raisin so all the people departed everyone to his house and then what was then David returned to bless he has blessed everybody.

[65:21] Now he's coming to bless their house. Those of you who are married to pastors and church leaders sometimes when they finish they are coming home with their blessing.

[65:34] Yeah I know sister I know she didn't wash the dishes when he was leaving. But he's coming home with their blessing now from the presence of David came back home to bless his household and because the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said hey how glorious was the king before Israel today uncovering himself uncovering himself uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants as one of the best fellows seamlessly uncovering himself how can you do that husband already she has despised he came to bless his house he was met what was his mistake because he danced too much before God hey in church there are too many people and you are dancing like that sister why are you dancing look look your tight that thing what's it called and it has become ladders all over because of this dance and you don't care

[66:36] I'm praising God when you finish remove it everyone knows that tights can do that doesn't matter and you have removed your shoes and you are dancing like someone you have masters for heaven's sake you have PhD you are chief executive you can't be here that's Mikau talking watch this she mocked David so David said to Mikau it was before the Lord who chose me instead of your father your father God chose me before she missed something she missed something please don't miss it when we come to church Mikau missed something she missed to acknowledge the father it was before God she said it was before the people so David was before it was God so David knew it was God but Mikau chose the people that's the difference observing the same thing was describing was true but her interpretation it was before God who chose me instead of your father and all his house to appoint me ruler over the people of the

[67:50] Lord over Israel therefore I will play music before the Lord and I will be even more undignified than this and I will humble myself in my own sight but as for the people you are talking about thinking that God will honor himself by them I will be held in honor because he knows that it's not that his behavior that made the people respect him it was God put them honor listen sister brother don't don't think that the man is choosing because of that hairstyle when he come to praise praise let the wake fall we all know it's a wake it's a wake we see anything before did you know we know when you go home you will hang it even children know there's nothing wrong with it's good to wear it but sometimes get to a time sister forget about all this thank

[68:55] God you are not bored or your hair is like one one thank God even if it's that you can praise God by the time you realize you have full hair hallelujah watch this let me tell you it's my time if God can make hair grow in the womb it's like hair growing at the upper part of your mouth hair growing it doesn't grow there so if womb hair can grow on the head of baby in the womb then your owner is in the air you don't have a problem hallelujah let me finish this look at let's finish the text let's finish the text I'll be more undignified than this watch this go to verse 23 this is serious let's read verse 23 together let's go therefore mikhail the daughter of saul had no children to the day of good say therefore it tells you why it's not because david didn't love her it's not because she wasn't capable it's not because of anything but because she despised a praiser when you praise god anything that mocks your destiny is in trouble anything that tries to mock your destiny is in trouble that mocks your marital destiny is in trouble that mocks your financial destiny is in trouble so why can't you praise him shout hallelujah we are going to put some world praise into warfare praise may we not have much time but we are going to dance please dance like you are drunk and it shouldn't be just tonight just get this message listen to it regularly when you are going to be listening to it you are on the train and you are singing show you up when you get down they don't know you they don't know you and actually in uk they don't care about you no one cares about you sometimes i see people and the way they are dressed especially in today's hot weather watch this the way they are dressed you are wondering this person has any sense of distance a man and you were wearing some skimpy shorts you are in town nothing and your skin is all like funny they have drawn tattoo on them like a newspaper and guess what they are not shy about it actually some people look at them you know some of the punks some people look at them a little funny but they don't care because no one actually cares you can do your own thing you can't choose to be doing something with your boyfriend girlfriend on the trip no one cares so then you too take advantage do something before God sometimes in the tube hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah is someone ready to give

[72:08] God some crazy praise thank you for listening for more resources please visit carys.org or call us on 0207 740 9960 God bless you