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Bible Study 9.15.14
Topic: Spiritual Warfare Training Part 11: Warfare of Praise and Worship
Apostle DoQuoi “The Duke” Green
Praising and worshipping God is not just showing honor to God, but it is also an act of spiritual warfare against the enemy!
You should make a conscious decision to do this often.
Our praise and worship isn’t what God needs, but it’s what He delights in.
However, it’s what we need to be renewed and to fight the enemy!
It’s amazing how much is working in your favor.
No demonic attack can withstand the pressure and force that comes with the power/authority and all the other weapons God entrusted to you!
You shake up demonic foundations when you praise and worship God!
The two are separate, but often go hand in hand.
When you praise God, you are driven by His power.
When you worship God, you are driven by His presence!
This is why praise can be loud, emotional, passionate, full of energy, etc. Worshiping God can bring tears to your eyes, and sometimes you have few words to say because of His presence being magnified in your life.
When you praise God, it hurts the ears of demons and it annoys them!
So, while you’re praising God, also know that it is an act of spiritual warfare.
When you worship God, demons tend to run away until you’re done b/c you create waves in the spirit and angels also show up with you!
You shake up demonic foundations when you praise and worship God!
The two are separate, but often go hand in hand.
When you praise God, you are driven by His power.
When you worship God, you are driven by His presence!
This is why praise can be loud, emotional, passionate, full of energy, etc. Worshipping God can bring tears to your eyes, and sometimes you have few words to say because of His presence being magnified in your life.
When you praise God, it hurts the ears of demons and it annoys them!
So, while you’re praising God, also know that it is an act of spiritual warfare.
When you worship God, demons tend to run away until you’re done b/c you create waves in the spirit and angels also show up with you!
Praising God is a weapon against the enemy, and worship brings shame to demons b/c it reminds them of their defeat and what they lost!
It is truly an honor and a privilege to be in a position to be able to serve the true and living God! Satan was demoted and excommunicated from heaven, and he’s jealous that what he once had access to we now have!
You can’t afford not to give God the praise and to worship Him.
It should be a part of your daily diet!
Every demon won’t respond the same way to the use of every spiritual weapon, so use as many as you know!
There was a time in my life in 2011 when I was experiencing heavy demonic attacks as soon as I drifted off to sleep.
My prayer life had catapulted to a new level during this time, so quite naturally it caused Satan to send higher ranking demons to try to slow me down.
Normally when I would be attacked and tried to come out of spiritual consciousness (as dreams are), back into natural consciousness, I would plead the blood of Jesus or just say Jesus.
Normally that would quickly give me enough strength to overcome.
However, during that season, the demons weren’t responding to it as quickly, so I added in worship to calling on Jesus and pleading the blood of Jesus, and it instantly caused them to lift the attack and flee.
It wasn’t anything I thought of, but it was just revelation of the Holy Spirit.
It was a greater level of attack,
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and it required a combination of spiritual weapons to weaken the enemy.
This is why we need to remember about all our weapons.
Sometimes, you might have to plead the blood, call on Jesus, worship and call angels to fight.
Demons tremble at your worship of Christ b/c your worship gets the attention of heaven and the reinforcement you need in warfare!
You should not stop persistently seeking God.
Everything and everyone on earth has the ability and choice to praise God, but as God’s chosen on earth, we ought to lead the praise party!
You confuse the enemy when you praise God in a situation that you normally would have had a breakdown in!
There is power in your praise!
Worship has a smell!
When you glorify God through praise and worship, you send an aroma to heaven that is pleasing to the Lord!
It’s opposite for the enemy.
Your worship to God creates a pleasant smell in the spirit realm, but it is an offensive smell to the enemy!
Stink up the enemies camp!
If you want to spoil the enemies appetite, make sure that praise and worship unto God is on your menu!
The only thing is that some demons will enter a church if they know they are able to influence others or to set traps.
Some demons are on assignment to enter churches to deceive, and your praise has the ability to make them change plans for that day!
Your hands and feet are not only instruments to give praise unto God, but they're also mighty weapons against the enemy as you praise!
Not only are your hands and feet important, but your mouth is another very powerful tool in spiritual warfare.
When you sing unto God, you distract the enemy b/c they love music, but only music they can control!
This is why demons try to control the airwaves.
This is why they love to influence the lyrics of music artists.
Words are seeds.
That’s why you shouldn’t listen to any music b/c your ears are gates into your life and seeds can be planted, good or bad! Satan has an elaborate plan, and as stated before, he and his demons are patient.
They can sow seeds that are scheduled to be released at a later date.
So, if you’re a parent, you should also monitor what your children listen to b/c there are some demonic seeds you can prevent from being sown!
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Eyes are also gates and demons use certain things to try to sow seeds to get you to do things contrary to God.
This is why you must also guard what you watch.
Entertainment can quickly turn into much more.
Always watching/entertaining drama or negativity can invite drama and negativity into your life unknowingly b/c that’s how the enemy works!
What you must realize is that the more you feed into those things, it’s actually a form of praise.
Are you praising drama more than God?
No Christian would naturally say yes, but it’s something to think about and watch closely.
When you send praise and worship up to God, the life power of the Holy Spirit is renewing you!
Every time you praise God, you literally start a praise party in heaven!
We will discuss 3 specific types of warfare weapons pertaining to praise and worship:
1.) Warfare Weapon of hands 2.) Warfare Weapon of Feet 3.) Warfare Weapon of Voice
1.) Warfare Weapon of Hands , “You therefore, son of man, prophesy, And strike your hands together.
The third time let the sword do double damage.
It is the sword that slays, The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers.
17“I also will beat My fists together, And I will cause My fury to rest; I, the LORD, have spoken.”
In these two verses, we find God talking to Prophet Ezekiel.
God was going to bring judgment on Jerusalem because of their continual sin and ignoring the warnings God sent through prophets like Ezekiel.
Demons are also warned by God.
We have the authority of Christ to warn demons to back off before the fight gets ugly.
What we lost temporarily won't compare to their loss!
In verse 14, God told Ezekiel to strike his hands together or to clap his hands.
God said the 3rd time to let the sword do double damage.
This was referencing the damage God was going to allow the enemy army to do to the Israelites b/c of their constant worshipping of idols.
So, the judgment was not just on the people, but it was also on the demons the people were worshipping.
Ezekiel being instructed to clap his hands was to be an expression of righteous anger.
Clapping of the hands here encouraged the sword to be drawn.
When you clap your hands when you engage the enemy in spiritual warfare, you’re encouraging angels to make use of the sword!
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Clapping your hands during warfare prayers is symbolic of God bringing judgment upon the enemy.
Not only did God tell Ezekiel to clap his hands, but God also clapped His hands in v.17.
It showed his righteous anger of the continual sin and evil practices of the people.
It represents God’s fury b/c God also said He will clap His hands and will cause His fury to rest.
So, once the judgment was done, He would stop it.
He wouldn’t allow it to continue beyond accomplishing its task.
When you clap your hands in spiritual warfare, you are able to release God’s righteous fury upon the enemy!
At this point the children of Israel became an enemy of God b/c they were worshipping idols, which of course are demons.
Notice how God told Ezekiel to clap his hands, and it was in unison with the sword.
When the enemy attacks you and you clap your hands, you’re literally counterattacking them in the spirit, and each clap strikes the enemy!
Ezekiel’s claps represented something prophetically as well.
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