“On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, the priests blowing the trumpets. When they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and all the people shall charge straight ahead.” Joshua 6:4-5
At the sound of a joyful heart praising the Holy Name of Jesus, all the walls tumble down, the demons flee and the very gates of hell shake. There is power in the Name of Jesus and when a soul exclaims it’s praise to Jesus, nothing can stand before it.
“at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:10-11
When you lift up your arms and voice in praise, have you ever felt tingles, become lost in the song or find yourself forgetting your problems (even for the moment)? This is the power of praise being activated in your life.
I love to praise. I prayed God show me my spiritual gifts and He opened my heart to see one of my most powerful gifts is the Gift of Praise. From the first men’s conference I attended and the first Emmaus retreat, I have felt my heart and soul lifted in these moments of joy. To be honest, even before I knew God, back when I was a teenager who was pursuing fun and self, God planted praise into my heart. I was drawn by friends to, let’s just say, not very God centered music. Music that I didn’t realize at the time was demonic in nature and in many instances praising Satan. But, God showed me an 80’s metal band called Stryper. They played the style of music big at the time, big guitar riffs and loud big stage music. But, all of their songs were Christ centered. All their albums displayed “Isaiah 53:5” on their cover. “But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.”