Transcription
To engage praise with understanding. Praise, praise! [Music] Praise as an instrument of warfare and praise as an instrument of faith. Praise as an instrument of warfare, but that you are blessing Him in advance. Listen, this revelation is first becoming a national anthem in the body of Christ. People are suddenly coming to the realization that priests can walk wonders. You know, people don't know why the presence of God is still mighty in Africa; it is because Africa is a prison continent. Yes, yes sir, yes sir. They laugh at us and think that when we are dancing, it is nonsense. Praise is a mystery. You want to turn around your situation, no matter what you do, if you have not praised, there is no Lord, believe me. [Music] Lord, give us understanding. Psalm 22:3, it says, “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Zion.” God makes the praise of men His habitation. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Joshua Salman. Listen, I’ve taught us how to praise. You don’t praise God without dancing; that that is nonsense. You are, you are singing a national anthem; it is when you are reciting the national anthem that you stand and put your hand on your chest. Moving your body is not a sign of, is not, you are not, you have problems, you can cry, but still praise. [Music] Are we together? This, this is a, it’s a powerful mystery. I want you to learn. Our father, Bishop David, when he almost, a few weeks ago, he almost had a plane crash that would have taken his life. As soon as that happened, they declared praise. I said, “Oh dear, spiritual intelligence.” Let me tell you what other people would have done; they would have organized a cocktail party and said, “You know, we…” Under the devil, said that I’m coming back. [Music]
Praise, praise is one of the most powerful ways to disgrace the devil. Because you see, let me tell you, one of depression is the absence of laughter and joy. Satan uses when people are about to die; there are few people who die smiling. Most people are depressed, then they keep quiet. It says that the joy of the Lord shall be your strength. So when there is no joy, your spirit becomes broken, and the Bible says, “A broken spirit drieth the bones.” You don’t praise God when things are going well; you praise God to make them go well. Listen, you don’t praise God when, when things are going well, and you praise God; it’s called thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is the dance you give and the testimony you give when things have manifested, but before they manifest, it is called perfected praise. Praise with understanding. Lord, You are so good. You are worthy of all my praise. Lord, You are so cool. You are exalted as the Lord Most High. Hold on, listen, let me tell you what Satan will tell you the moment you sing that. He will tell you, “Is He not your sister that just died? Is He not five carryovers we’ve seen? Oh God, did they not just suck you? Ah, the gentleman that has been promising to marry you is, you know, by 8 a.m. this morning, he says not doing again.” The devil brings it because he knows, you see, Satan knows that we function in the realm of the flesh; the senses. Are we together now? So he brings things that resonate with your senses. When you see them, you are now depressed, but that’s the time. Any time you are praising God, Satan says, “Why are you praising Him?” No reason, I’m praising Him to create my testimony. You see that? Listen, corporate dancing and praising is good, but you must learn to do this thing alone. If it means you trusting God to get one small room for yourself for the purpose of praise, is what it will, is worth it. Reserve the 40,000 for shoes and use it to pay for a small room. [Music]
Put worship, wake up in the night because there is, personally me, I don’t have time to do that dance and praise in the afternoon; all kinds of calls distracting. In the night, oh dear, oh dear. Ask God what I do in the night. Yes, yes. Sometimes I carry coin on your documents, drop it on the ground, dance before it and shame the devil. I carry my phone, put it there, not dancing before them. I say, “Lord, You are great.” I dance before You. People are coming, rain from everywhere, rain, publicity or no publicity, and God says, “You are doing this for Me.” I said, “Lord, who else will I do it for?” And you are celebrating Him. Lord, You are faithful, and you are worshipping Him. You are sweating like a fool, and while you are doing that, God is dispatching angels. Okay, make sure you wait that guy to transfer money to his account, that hundred thousand I gave you. I didn’t tell you who to send it to; send it to you. Oh, his mother is at home; for giving back to him, send an angel there too. My innocent mother is lying down; she’ll wake up in the morning and say, “Mama, where are you?” Say, “Who are you? Just come take…” Man, please, this our big manisy has cheated us beyond imagination. This pride that you don’t have results and you are still talking. You know, ah, okay, I agree that you can, you think I can dance? Look at me. You think… No, no, God, I don’t have that gift of dancing. It’s not a competition; this is your destiny; this is breakthrough. If a thief puts a God and say you should dance, won’t you do something? Some of us, when we were in the world, you know the kind of dance, demonic, satanic dance that you did for the devil for free that destroyed you. You got drunk dancing it; a spirit entered you dancing it. I’m not saying you should dance of nonsense dance in the house of God. What I’m saying, there are times you need to learn to sing and dance alone. Wait, listen, listen. Most people dance; you can turn your dancing time to a nightclub, and God will look at you and say, “You are wasting your time.” It is the revelation that makes the singing and the dancing profitable. Don’t just move your body around just because you are happy; that’s, that’s entertainment, brothers and sisters. There is the kind of dance that you dance with tears in your eyes, but you are doing it with your understanding. Don’t think you will only always be laughing. [Music]
Are you hearing what I’m saying? Yes. No job for you, no job for your wife, no job for your five children; they are all graduates. You are praying though nothing happened. Brothers and sisters, try singing and celebrating God, everyone in their room rejoicing. Jesus, You are full, and you are just dancing. Let me tell you what will happen; the Lord will start bringing testimonies. Remember when a cow would have killed you in 1995 and you say, “Lord, I remember,” and you start dancing it; you are, you are compressing doubt because something is about to be created. You will dance and dance till you fall under the anointing there and get up and clean yourself and be tired and sleep and wake up and drag yourself. Brothers and sisters, you have programmed something in the spirit. You will get up in the morning and just dress and say, “Father, thank You,” and get a phone call. “Who is this? I’m seeing a document that has been here four years on my table.” Who are you? So I finished… For what did you read anyway? It’s not what you… Where you come quickly. I like you. You just know that praise is walking. Praise is walking. [Music] Let the people praise Me, Psalm 67:5-7. Let the people praise Me; it’s an instruction. The earth has been programmed to deliver certain results, but “Let the people praise Thee, O God; let all the people praise Thee.” Verse 6, “Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our God, shall bless us.” You can stop there. Zephaniah, it may be difficult for some of us to find, but just right media, please give it to us. Zephaniah, chapter 3; let’s read 14 to 20. I hope we can just quickly hurry up. Zephaniah. [Music] Chapter 3, Zephaniah, chapter 3, and verse 14. We’re reading to verse 20. Listen, it says, “Sing, O daughter of Zion.” He’s not talking about a lady; He’s talking about human beings. You must read the Bible prophetically. When He says daughter, find out what He means. There are times in the Bible all people are sons; there are times all people are daughters. Are we together? So don’t think He’s talking to ladies. “Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.” We’re reading to verse 20. “The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, and hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thy hands be slack.” We’re reading to verse 20. Give us 17. “The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing.” Singing. [Music] “I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.” Verse 19. “Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflicts thee, and I will save her that halted, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I will gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.” You read that scripture and say, “Lord, whether You understand it or not, I am dancing with this revelation that You are turning something…” I can see everything. Do you see everything? [Music] [Applause] I can see everything. One more time, fancy everything turning around. Please sit down. When you go back home, continue, continue, continue. Apostle, I don’t have a house. Find a tree, find somewhere; it is a place that will give you a house. My brother, I’m staying with neighbors; I don’t want to disturb them. Find somewhere behind one rock. You don’t have to shout and disrupt the neighborhood; just engage in praise. Glorified. You may be tired, but it’s called a sacrifice of praise. Brothers and sisters, do this and see how things will turn in your life. There’s nothing the devil can do with someone who is full of joy and glory. This gloominess that you see people tie their face around it, doesn’t bring breakthrough; it adds to your sorrow. You’re losing up and say, “Father, You are faithful.” You are tying your face around, and people say, “Why you… Why should I not tie my face?” I will… You pay my rent for me? My brother, it is praised; I will pay that rent. So you turn everything and rejoice. Let me tell you what many people will say who see you engage in this, because they don’t mind all these men of God; there are 20 people to be stupid. You see that? But when you meet them for rents, they won’t give you. If you want God’s results, follow His methods. You…