{"id":380,"date":"2017-04-19T17:44:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T17:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.estherdorotik.net\/blog\/?p=380"},"modified":"2021-08-12T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T15:10:09","slug":"waging-war-the-battle-cry-of-praise-video-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.estherdorotik.net\/blog\/waging-war-the-battle-cry-of-praise-video-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Waging War – The Battle Cry of Praise – Video Blog – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s face it\u00a0when you’re going through trials, struggling through praise is probably the last thing you \u201cfeel\u201d like doing. But this one act of sacrificial submission moves mountains of despair. It weeds out complaining and adverse thoughts because you can\u2019t praise and complain at the same time.<\/em><\/p>\n

Friends, praising in the midst of your storm doesn\u2019t mean your problems don\u2019t exist or that the situation you find yourself facing is not real because they are. Praising means you are choosing to believe more in your God and His ability than in your problems and your inability.<\/p>\n

When we praise, we are declaring for all who see that our God is bigger, that He is faithful, and He is\u00a0more than able to deliver us.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"praisingYou see, we were created for praise. Scripture is full of God’s adoration and praise.<\/p>\n

The heavens declare the glory of God. Psalm 19:1<\/em>
\nLet everything that has breath praise the Lord. Psalm 150:6<\/em>
\nThe people whom I formed for Myself will declare my praise. Isaiah 43:21<\/em>
\n All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name. Psalms 66:4<\/em>
\n \u2026the mountains break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12<\/em>
\n…every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, declares praise to the one who sits on the throne.\u00a0Revelation 5:13\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

So, if we are\u00a0created for praise, it\u2019s no wonder the enemy tries to stop it because he knows just how powerful the tool of worship is. When we choose to turn our problems into praise, God turns our battles into blessings. <\/strong>Praising God during trials\u00a0has powerful results. Here, we will focus on four, based on 2 Chronicles 20 and Acts 16.<\/p>\n

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    \u00a0Praise Redirects Our Eyes Onto Our Defender And Draws Us Into His Presence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Waiting on God can be hard and trying. We can feel forgotten, unseen. Perhaps, even unheard. We wrestle with thoughts of worst-case scenarios, what if, and if only. In all of this, what we are focusing on is us and our eyes become filled with the death of our situation<\/em>. But<\/strong>, when we choose to praise him, we are drawn out of \u201cus\u201d and into His presence.<\/p>\n

    Psalm 100:4 says, “We enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise.”<\/em><\/p>\n

    As we begin to thank and praise Him, we are redirecting our eyes off of our finite perspective and drawn into His throne room of presence. In 2 Chronicles 20, we read about Jehoshaphat who is attempting to defend his land<\/em> again a vast enemy army. In verse 12, he says, \u201cFor we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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    • When we face a battle, we must turn our eyes to the one who does know what to do<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Verse 15, “This is what the Lord says to you, Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God\u2019s.<\/strong> So take up your position, stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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      • Although we are a part of the battle, the battle does not belong to us but rather God. He is fighting for us.\u00a0Remember, we are not fighting for victory but from victory, <\/strong>which leads us to point 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          Praise Precedes The Victory<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Verse 21, \u00a0Jehoshaphat had prepared his men to move out, “he appointed men to sing to the Lord and praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army<\/strong>, saying: Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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          • Jehoshaphat didn’t send out his best, strongest warriors. \u00a0He sent a “praise team” ahead of the battle, which set the stage for those following. Declaring in the spiritual realm what they had yet to see in the physical realm.<\/li>\n
          • They praised and gave thanks to the Lord before <\/em>they won the victory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Verse 22, we see \u201cAs they began to sing and praise<\/strong>,\u201d the Lord sent an ambush into the enemy armies, and they turned on each other completely annihilating the each other.<\/p>\n

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            • The forces of evil cannot stand against the praises of God. Our praises send the enemies darts of confusion back across enemy lines completely annihilating him and setting ablaze his plans to destroy us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n