Power of praise
Feb 13
Routine is such a good thing. In fact it is a great thing. In the weeks I have woken up early to pray and study the word, and this morning, with the family flying out for the Midmar mile, my routine was broken, as I had to get up and fetch my son and help with bags and things. So I did actually spend some time in the word and meditating, but I never wrote it down in my blog. That is why I am sitting here at 7pm, and doing it now.
In my study this morning I came across this from Andrew Wommack which expresses it very well.
Praising God doesn’t just affect us; it is a powerful weapon against the devil as well. Psalm 8:2 says, “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.” In the book of Matthew (21:16), at the time of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), Jesus quotes from Psalm 8. When he quoted this verse, he interchanged the words “perfected praise” for “ordained strength.” This is a tremendous revelation: Praise is strength (Neh. 8:10)!