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Beauty For Ashes, Joy For Mourning, Praise For Heaviness.
Contributed by Thomas Dibble on May 22, 2003 (message contributor)
Summary: God will console those who mourn in Zion. There is enough of God to comfort all who mourn around the world. But his word specifically states those in Zion or those in God’s house are going to get God’s attention.
ÿ When the devil says your not saved just tell him I know I’m saved because I was there when it happened.
ÿ When the devil says to worry, just remind him that God said don’t worry about anything
ÿ When the devil says be sick just tell him by his stripes I am healed
ÿ When he says be afraid remind him God said my peace I give to you.
ÿ When he says be defeated you say we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
We are all going to face adversity. Even Paul did.
Binding Matthew 18:18
Satan, in the name of Jesus, I bind your spirit of heaviness. According to Matthew 18:8. I recognize that you have taken advantage of me. Now I resist you in Jesus name. James 4:7 says “Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” Go in the name of Jesus and don’t bother coming back again.
Loose – Holy Ghost, oil of joy, praise
Praise silences the devil
1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
That you might still – that you make the devil shut up!
In Matthew, Jesus said thou hast perfected praise – he was interpreting the scripture not misquoting.
Praise is a garment of the spirit. Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
We must literally cloth ourselves in praise. We must put it on.
Every morning we decide what to wear. In the same way we must decide to put on the garment of praise.
In the Hebrew the word used for garment was more than something draped around the shoulders but it literally teaches us to wrap or cover ourselves in praise. The garment of praise is to leave no openings or holes which hostile spirits can penetrate.
When you are – then put on praise
¸ Under heaviness
¸ Depressed
¸ In despair
¸ Dejected
¸ Have inner hurts
¸ Hopelessness
¸ Broken hearted
It’s a matter of our will!!
Praise prepares us for miracles
Jonah
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Something in Jonah’s prayer got the attention of God – praise
Paul and Silas
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Put on the garments of Praise
Hebrew word – tehillah – to sing praise
It is used in Psalm 22:3 where it says God inhabits the praise of his people. God manifest himself in the midst of exuberant singing.
2 Chron. 20:22 – God sent ambushments
Psalm 34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times his PRAISE shall …
There is protocol to see:
¸ Pope
¸ President
¸ Queen of England
And there is a protocol for seeing the King of Kings
…but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
God is surrounded in a city, by a wall called salvation. The way to get into that city is through the gate of praise.
We don’t gain access to his presence by needs and petitions but by praise.
