Offering Praises of Victory

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses (RcV) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Psalm 8:2  Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings you have
 established strength because of Your adversaries, to stop
the enemy and the avenger.
Matthew 21:16 ...Have you never read, "Out of the mouth of
 infants and sucklings You have perfected praise?"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
We have to see that praising is the way to overcome
spiritual attacks. The ultimate goal of Satan is to stop all
 praises to God. Prayer is a warfare, but praise is a
 victory. Prayer signifies spiritual warfare, but praise
 signifies spiritual victory. Whenever we praise, Satan
 flees. Therefore, Satan hates our praising the most. He will
 use all his strength to stop our praising. God's children
are foolish if they stop praising when they suffer under
 adverse environments and downtrodden feelings.

Many times praise works where prayer fails. This is a very
 basic principle. If you cannot pray, why not praise? The
 Lord has placed another item in your hands for your victory
 and for you to boast in victory. Whenever you run out of
 strength to pray and you find your spirit heavily oppressed,
 wounded, or sagging, praise Him. If you cannot pray, try to
 praise. We invariably think that we should pray when the
 burden is heavy and praise when the burden is over. But
please bear in mind that there are times when the burden is
 so heavy that you cannot pray. That is the time for you to
 praise. We do not praise when there is no burden; we praise
 when the burden becomes too heavy. When you encounter
unusual circumstances and problems and are bewildered and
 feel like collapsing, just remember one thing, "Why not
 praise?" Here is a golden opportunity. If you offer your
 praise at that moment, God's Spirit will operate in you,
open all the doors, and break all the chains.

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Prayer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lord Jesus, You have won every victory !  As I offer praise
 to You, Your enemy is defeated.  Let me always turn from my
situation and my feelings to praise You.   Remind me that
 even when I cannot pray, I can praise.  Amen.

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Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the
Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry from Watchman Nee,
 Messages for Building Up New Believers, pp. 250-252.  Both
are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (repeat 12/27/99)

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