Praise Is What I Do
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O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
I will be glad and rejoice in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
PRAISE IS WHAT I DO
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, THAT YOU CAN LIVE VICTORIOUSLY THROUGH YOUR PRAISE.
I THINK THAT I NEED TO TELL SOMEONE THIS AFTERNOON THAT THROUGH YOUR EXHORTATION AND THROUGH YOUR PRAISE THAT YOU CAN TEAR DOWN THE WALLS THAT THE ENEMY HAS BUILT.
NOW I UNDERSTAND THE PSALMIST IN PSALM 8 WHEN HE SAID OH LORD OUR LORD HOW EXCELLENT IS THY NAME IN ALL THE EARTH.
BECAUSE I DON’T CARE WHERE YOU GO, AND WHO YOU ARE THERE IS NO NAME MORE EXCELLENT THAN THE LORD’S WHEREAS YOU CAN PRAISE.
I NEED TO TELL SOMEBODY THAT THROUGH YOUR EXHORTATION AND THROUGH YOUR PRAISE YOU CAN TEAR DOWN THE WALLS THAT SATAN HAS BUILT.
PRAISE IS NEVER ABOUT ME ……IT'S NEVER ABOUT HOW I FEEL…….. IT'S ABOUT WHO GOD IS AND WHAT GOD CONTINUES TO DO IN OUR LIVES.
WE SHOULD NOT MIND DANCING AND RAISING YOUR HANDS FOR THE LORD
WHEN WE BEGIN TO REALIZE THAT WE'RE NOT IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SO GOOD AND WE'VE BEEN SO RIGHTEOUS
WE OUGHT TO SEND UP A PRAISE TODAY GOD….
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING BEYOND MY FAULTS AND YOU'VE MET MY EVERY NEED
SO THEREFORE IT'S NEVER ABOUT ME AND IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU……
YOU SEE DAVID KNEW SOMETHING HERE, DAVID KNEW THAT WHEN HE IS GOING THROUGH THAT HE NEEDED TO CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD. SO, DAVID BEGAN THIS PSALM BY MAGNIFYING THE EXALTED NAME OF THE LORD.
IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES, NAMES REPRESENTED CHARACTER. NAMES WERE CAREFULLY SELECTED, AND THEY WERE OFTEN CHANGED EVEN IN ADULTHOOD, WHEN PEOPLE’S LIVES WERE NOT ACCURATELY REFLECTED IN THEIR GIVEN NAMES.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS GOD HAS REVEALED HIMSELF IS THROUGH HIS NAMES. DAVID EXCLAIMED THAT THE NAME OF THE LORD WAS EXCELLENT OR MAJESTIC, AND THIS WORD MEANS WIDE, LARGE, OR BROAD.
SO, DAVID KNEW THAT HE COULD GET GOD’S ATTENTION. DAVID BEGAN THIS PSALM BY SIMPLY UTTERING, “O LORD.”
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MAY I TELL YOU THAT IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, I DARE YOU TO JUST DRY OUT OHHH LORD AND PRAISE HIM.
I NEED TO SHARE WITH SOMEBODY THIS MORNING AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST PRAISE GOD THIS MORNING IT WILL BREAK DOWN SOME BARRIERS, KNOCK DOWN SOME OBSTACLES, DESTROY SOME BARRICADES AND LOOSEN SOME STRONGHOLDS.
IN ORDER TO GET ALL THAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF YOUR PRAISE YOU NEED TO LEARN AND REMEMBER THAT THE BIBLE REMINDS US THAT HE INHABITS THE PRAISES OF HIS PEOPLE, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE IS POWER IN YOUR PRAISE….. TO PENETRATE DIFFERENT OBSTACLES, YOU MUST KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT PRAISE AMMUNITION FOR DIFFERENT DEMONS. WELL, SOMEONE MIGHT ASK, PASTOR WHAT TYPE OF PRAISE AMMUNITION SHOULD I USED?
YES THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRAISE:
THERE HALAL
HALAL IS THE PRIMARY HEBREW ROOT WORD FOR PRAISE. THIS IS WHERE WE GET THE WORD HALLELUJAH FROM THE BASE WORD HALAL. IT MEANS "TO BE CLEAR, TO SHINE, TO BOAST, SHOW, TO RAVE, TO CELEBRATE, TOO BE CLAMOROUSLY (VOCIFEROUSLY, VOCALLY, AND LOUDLY FOOLISH).
THIS IS A BLARING EAR-PIERCING SOUND, BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOT A HOLT OF A GOOD DOSE OF HALA. AND IF YOU WANT A PIECE OF THIS JUST SHOUT HALA.
AND THEN THERE IS YADAH
PS 63:5 SAYS “THUS WILL I BLESS THEE WHILE I LIVE: I WILL LIFT MY HANDS IN THY NAME” YADAH IS A VERB WITH A ROOT MEANING, WHICH MEANS THE EXTENDED HAND, TO THROW OUT THE HAND, THEREFORE, IT MEANS TO WORSHIP WITH EXTENDED HAND."
AND I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE TOO CUTE TO LIFT THEIR HANDS, AND OTHERS ARE TOO MEAN TO LIFT THEIR HANDS, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT THE LORD HAS DONE SOMETHING FOR, YOU OUGHT TO EXTEND YOUR HANDS IN PRAISE. YOU OUGHT TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD THAT GOD HAS BEEN GOOD TO YOU.
NOW THERE IS A SECOND MEANING TO YADAH, ACCORDING TO THE LEXICON, IT HAS THE OPPOSITE MEANING, WHICH IS "TO BEMOAN, OR WAILING OR CRYING WITH THE WRINGING OF THE HANDS, WITH SOAKED AND WET HANDS THAT ARE FILLED WITH TEARS.
AND SOME OF YOU CAN RELATE TO THIS KIND OF YADAH ALSO, BECAUSE SOME OF YOU HAS HAD YOU’RE YOUR PILLOWS WET WITH MIDNIGHT TEARS, SOME OF YOU HAS CRIED YOURSELF TO SLEEP, AND OTHERS HAS STAYED UP ALL DAY JUST CRYING WITH YOUR HANDS EXTENDED.
AND THEN THERE IS SHABACH.
SHEBAH MEANS, "TOO SHOUT, TO ADDRESS IN A LOUD TONE, TO COMMAND, TO TRIUMPH." AND I BELIEVE THAT WE OUGHT TO PRACTICE THAT THIS MORNING, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD SHABACH THE LORD THIS AFTERNOON WELL HOW DO WE DO THAT PASTOR?
WELL, IF YOU KNOW THAT HE’S BEEN GOOD TO YOU THEN LET’S PUT HALAL, LUJAH TOGETHER AND SHOUT HALLELUJAH.
IF YOU KNOW THAT HE IS A WAY MAKER SHOUT HALLELUJAH.
IF YOU KNOW THAT HE HAS TURNED THINGS AROUND ON YOUR BEHALF, SHABACH HIM BY SAYING HALLELUJAH.
BUT THEN THERE IS BARAK AND BARAK MEANS "TO KNEEL DOWN, TO BLESS GOD AS AN ACT OF ADORATION."
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE A SHABACH PRAISE, I DON’T KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE A YADAH PRAISE, OR A BARAK PRAISE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE BIBLE SAYS LET EVERYTHING THAT HATH BREATH PRAISE THE LORD.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE SEEKING YOUR DELIVERANCE AND BREAK THROUGH THIS MORNING, I CHALLENGE YOU TO PRAISE GOD LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE IT.
WE NEED A RADICAL PRAISE, WE NEED A PASSIONATE PRAISE,
WHY SHOULD WE PRAISE HIM PASTOR …..WELL BECAUSE SOME OF US WE NEED A YOKE DESTROYED, SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS A BURDEN LIFTING TYPE OF PRAISE
AND SOMEBODY OUGHT TO GIVE HIM A (IT’S ALREADY DONE TYPE OF PRAISE).
LIKE GOD HAS ALREADY MADE A WAY OUT OF NO WAY TYPE OF PRAISE.
I DON’T REALLY DON’T MEAN TO BOTHER ANYBODY THIS AFTERNOON, OR TO PULL YOU OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE, BUT IF YOU ARE READY TO PRAISE GOD TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU GOING THROUGH YOU HAVE VICTORY IN MY PRAISE…..
PRAISE IS WHAT I DO….FOR MY FAMILY.
PRAISE IS WHAT I DO…. FOR MY LIFE.
THIS NEXT PRAISE IS FOR MY JOB THAT I’VE BEEN WAITING ON.
THIS NEXT PRAISE IS FOR MY HEALTH.
YOU OUGHT TO PRAISE THE GOD FOR EVERY MOUNTAIN THAT HE’S BROUGHT YOU OVER, FOR EVERY TRIAL HIS BROUGHT YOU THROUGH, FOR EVERY BLESSING.
WHY PRAISE HIM DOC? WELL, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IN THIS YEAR OF THE LORD
GOD CAN TURN YOUR PRESSURES INTO PRAISE
GOD CAN TO TURN YOUR DOUBTING INTO SHOUTING
GOD CAN TURN YOU FROM BEING DEPRESSED TO BEING BLESSED
GOD CAN TURN YOUR MISERY INTO MINISTRY
GOD CAN TURN YOUR TEST INTO A TESTIMONY
GOD CAN TURN YOUR TRAGEDY INTO TRIUMPH
GOD CAN TURN YOUR PAIN INTO GAIN.
GOD CAN TURN YOUR SETBACK TO A COMEBACK
PRAISE IS WHAT I DO!!