The Power of Praise: Worship That Changes Everything

What if you remember that verse, the essence of it, and you purpose that you are never going to go out of here the way you came in here? Amen? You may have come through those doors, discouraged, and defeated, but we're gonna praise the lord, and we're gonna lift him up to the preaching of the word. And by the time it's all said and done, you may not have your need met yet, but you are stirred in your faith as far as knowing god is gonna meet it. Come on. He's gonna meet you right where you're at. [01:17:40] (42 seconds)  #LeaveChangedByWorship

And so here's what I want you to see. They began to pray and sing praises to god, and they did it before the chains fell off. They didn't praise god after the earthquake had come. How many know they praised god before the earthquake came? Amen? Suddenly, while that while they're praising god. You know, we're all we all want the earthquake. You know, we all want the thing that's gonna set us free, but we complain, we moan, we groan, we, know, we say words of discouragement, whatever the case may be. I wonder what would happen in our difficult times, in our midnight hour times when things are really bad, instead of giving place to that, if we started come on, praying and singing hymns to god. God, you're so good. God, you've been come on. How many know you might get one of them suddenly? [01:10:00] (58 seconds)  #PraiseBeforeBreakthrough

When I start praising god, listen to me. The enemy might be saying, you are done this time, mister. You're not gonna make it through this time. This is one come on. I've got you. Are y'all hearing me? And in the midst of that, you start praising god. You know what praise does? It shuts the devil up. Praise silences your enemy and the avenger. Amen? Amen. And then strength comes to your life. I love this. I'm closing. [01:13:57] (34 seconds)  #PraiseSilencesTheEnemy

Come on. Whenever we come to church, I mean, no. That's far more than your new tractor or a nice a great crop. It's far more than a basketball game, than a football game. How many know we are here glorifying the king of kings and the lord of lords? Amen? So if we can get excited about anything or something anyone has done, how many think we ought to be getting excited about our god? Amen? And getting excited about what he's done in our life. Absolutely. [00:36:22] (30 seconds)  #GetExcitedForGod

When you're raising hands, it really is an amazing act of worship because what you're doing is is you're reaching out to god, first of all. It's also and we say this a lot. It's a sign of surrender because it is when you, you know, stick them up. You raise your hands. But you know what? And I I noticed this. At the tournament, whenever you raise your hands like this, it's also a sign of victory. [00:51:18] (23 seconds)  #HandsUpWorship

Can I tell you I've lifted my hands a whole lot of times as a sign of surrender to the lord, but I've lifted my hands every bit as much in my life as a sign of victory in my life because my god has brought me victory on top of victory on top of victory? Amen? Once again, everybody say, lift your hands. Lift your hands. Alright. That was number five. Here's number six, and it's acts chapter four or verse 24. [00:51:42] (26 seconds)  #HandsDeclareVictory

You know? And sometimes I choose to praise god even though my life's not going exactly the way I'd like for it to. But I choose to praise god because I know god is good, and I know god is faithful. He's come to me always before. He's gonna come through for me this time. And I do it with emotion. You know? When you love somebody, there's gonna be emotion involved in that. You know? [00:31:53] (23 seconds)  #PraiseByFaithNotFeeling

Everybody say, because god asked for our praise. He really does. You know, it's really not up to us to decide which parts of god's word we follow and which part we don't. And it's very clear when you read the scripture that god asked for our praise and he asked for our worship. And he doesn't just ask for it one time. He didn't just say, well, you praise me one time. He actually asked for you to do it continually. He really does. [00:55:59] (27 seconds)  #GodAsksForPraise