When The Only Weapon Is A Song

I. Praise God Before A Coming Crisis, 3-12.

1. He feared, 3a.

2. He sought God, 3b.

3. He fasted and proclaimed a fast, 3c.

4. He prayed, 4-13.

II. Praise God In The Midst Of Battle, 13-25.

Revelation 4:8 ESV

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

1. Focus-.

2. Fight-

3. Freedom-

III. Praise God In Final Victory, 26-30.

1. Praise manifests God’s presence.

“O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.” Psalm 22:2-4 (NIV)

2. Praise breaks preoccupation with self.

3. Praise expels Satan. “Surrender to God! Resist the devil, and he will run from you.” James 4:7 (CEV)