September 11 Praise and Worship
Psalm 149: Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand.
In Acts 16, Paul and Silas prayed and sang and worshiped God, there was a mighty earthquake and the prison doors opened! It is believed that their songs of praise and worship brought in the Presence of God who shook the doors of the prison! This is the power of praise!
Praise differs from worship. Praise refers to giving God glory for His greatness, might and goodness in connection to His deeds and acts, the nature He created and the wonders He does.
Worship is different. It is adoration of the Lord. We seek His Presence! We just adore the Lord and love Him with no connection to any of His deeds or wonders or creation. In that deep rich adoration, we are transported into the Holies of Holies and see the Lord, overcome by His Glory and just maybe even fall amazed to the ground. There sometimes are no words in the Holy of Holies. It is in the Holy of Holies that God can meet us in a new dimension and fill our hungry souls. In the Holy of Holies, we are not asking, not seeking, not knocking. It is still and quiet, but very powerful, like a roaring waterfall cascading around us.
In that meeting with the Lord, He transports on those Wings of Worship to walk on a new plane, the Highway of Holiness and when we walk out of that secret worship place, we are equipped with a new power from the Lord, and we have the privilege to walk on the Highway of Holiness where no evil thing has the power to touch us.
A very great preacher of our day who has impacted millions in the world shares about this worship he has with the Lord. He just goes into the Holy of Holies and adores the Lord and in that place, there are no words, no wanting, no asking. He just loves and adores Jesus and when he comes out of the Holy of Holies, he is transformed. The people around him feel the Presence of the Lord on his life and know he has been with Jesus. I do not name this preacher for certain reasons, but I do recognize that his life has impacted millions.
If we can walk into the closet of worship, just adoring the Lord, asking for nothing, we will have a Divine Encounter with Him and will come out of the closet of worship, glowing, filled with His presence and the more we have these wonderful worship times with the Lord, we will fly up on the Wings of Worship living on a higher realm even on Earth!
When we are breaking down strongholds, sometimes just spending time in His Presence and worshiping Him actually breaks the chains loose, sets captives free and God assigns His angels to caste down the strongholds very swiftly, which you have been praying for to be cast down even faster than you expected.
Rita
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