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    Praise, Worship and the Word: Powerful Weapons of Warfare
    Praise, Worship and the Word: Powerful Weapons of Warfare
    Praise, Worship and the Word: Powerful Weapons of Warfare
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    Praise, Worship and the Word: Powerful Weapons of Warfare

    By Julia M. Davis

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    The author has learned, from experience, how God moves in the hearts, minds, and lives of people who spend time with him in praise, worship, and studying the Word. When asked the question, “What do you want people to learn from your years of experience in living for God?” the author responded that she would like to “download” and “regurgitate” her life experiences regarding praise, worship, and the study of the Word into the hearts and lives of young people so that they will come to know the voice of the Lord, learn to listen to him, and follow his leading.

    You cannot go wrong if you follow where God wants you to go and what he wants you to do. We should ask God to, “Order my steps in thy word” (Psa. 119:133). “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds” (2 Cor. 10:4). Praise, Worship, and the Word opens you up to receive what God has to say to you, show you, and how he wants to lead you. You cannot follow God if you don’t listen to him. When Alice asked the question, “Would you tell me, please which way I ought to go from here?” The answer was “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there” (Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland). Listen to the voice of God, and you cannot go wrong.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPage Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateAug 30, 2021
    ISBN9781662424335
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      Praise, Worship and the Word - Julia M. Davis

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      Praise, Worship and the Word

      Powerful Weapons of Warfare
      Julia M. Davis

      Copyright © 2021 Julia M. Davis

      All rights reserved

      First Edition

      PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

      Conneaut Lake, PA

      First originally published by Page Publishing 2021

      ISBN 978-1-6624-2432-8 (pbk)

      ISBN 978-1-6624-2433-5 (digital)

      Printed in the United States of America

      Table of Contents

      The Definitions of Praise, Worship, Word, Weapons and Warfare

      Learning the Difference Between Praise and Worship

      Trusting God’s Plan

      Proof of God’s Faithfulness

      Encouraging Yourself in the Lord

      Overcoming the Enemy in Battle

      Your Words Have Power

      Acknowledgments and Dedication

      It would be remiss of me if I did not acknowledge and dedicate this book to God and my Lord and savior Jesus Christ for the wisdom, knowledge, and experiences I have had in my life. My life is the sum total of the trials and tribulations God has brought me through.

      I pray that anyone who reads this book will enjoy it and gain as much as they can from the successes and failures I have encountered. God has been my strength, my light, and my salvation. He has been a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. I give him praise and worship, and I study his Word for instructions.

      To my husband of more than fifty years, Eugene—thank you for your love, your support, your leadership, and our life together. I know I could not have made a better choice in a lifetime partner. I praise God for choosing you for me, and us for each other.

      To our son, Erwin—thank you for being a great young man, dedicated to your daughter and granddaughters. We love you, and we are so proud of the man you have become.

      My biological family and my spiritual family continue to be a major support to me as I endeavor to fulfill God’s purpose in my life.

      To my mother, I love you, and my desire is to be a strong and resilient woman like you are. I have learned so much from you, and I pray that I can pass on that wisdom and resilience to my granddaughter and great-granddaughters.

      To my siblings, thank you for the laughter we have every time we get together and remember our growing-up years.

      To my sister-in-love, Pam—thank you for your dedication to our family and the hard work we do together as a team during family get-togethers.

      To my spiritual family—Pastor Kenneth and first lady Roxie Sullivan, the New Direction Church, the NDC prayer teams and Extended Hand teams—God bless you for your dedication and encouragement.

      The Definitions of Praise, Worship, Word, Weapons and Warfare

      I like to begin by defining words that are used in messages or statements. So I would like to begin by defining the words, praise, worship, the Word, weapon, and warfare:

      What Is Praise?

      The dictionary meaning of praise is admiration or approval. The Bible meaning of praise is the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation; the offering of grateful homage to God. Hallelujah is considered to be the highest praise to God, a joyful word of praise to God rather than an injunction to praise him (Wikipedia). According to the Strong’s Comprehensive Concordance of the Bible, the Hebrew meaning of praise is todah (to-daw). As it is used in 2 Chronicles 20, it is the Hebrew word halal (haw-lal)—to be clear to shine, to make a show, to boast and thus to be (clamorously) foolish, to rave, to celebrate, to make foolish, glory, rage.

      Praise is characterized as the act of magnifying and honoring God for who he is and the act of exalting God’s great name. It includes thanking God for his many kindnesses. One of the good things that praising God can do for us is that it reminds us that our God is Almighty. It also reminds us that we exist only because of his love. In a nutshell, praising God makes you realize your nothingness (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).

      Praise is contagious; if you see someone praising God, clapping their hands, singing, tapping their feet, or making motions to the beat of a song you will find yourself doing some of the same things.

      Praise is healing; if you have ever been in a position that you felt really bad, and someone began singing or playing a good song that you love, you will forget how you feel and begin singing yourself. There are times I have gone to church and did not feel well. When the singing started and I began singing, I felt better. If I don’t feel well, I love to play my favorite praise songs. Soon I am feeling much better.

      Praise causes confusion; when someone is trying to harm you, and you start praising God, they become confused because the enemy does not understand how one can be joyful if they are being treated badly.

      Praise brings God on the scene: God inhabits. Dictionary.com defines inhabit as to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: small animals inhabited the woods. To exist or be situated within. Psalm 22:3 KJV says, But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

      What Is Worship?

      Strong’s Concordance defines worshipping in 2 Chronicles 20, fell before the Lord worshipping, as shachah (shaw-khaw), to prostrate in homage to royalty to God, bow down, crouch, fall down, humbly beseech, do make obeisance do reverence, make to stoop worship.

      What Is the Word?

      Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines word as a speech sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morphemes.

      There are so many scriptures in the Bible to describe and define the Word of God from Genesis to Revelation.

      What are some ways to use the Word as a weapon against the enemy?

      The Word can be written. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book (Jer. 30:1–2 KJV).

      The Word can frame. Through faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command [word] so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible (Heb. 11:3 NIV)

      The Word can be spoken. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all their host by the breath of His mouth (Psa. 33:6 KJV).

      The Word can be hidden. Thy Word have I hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against thee (Psa. 119:11 KJV).

      The Word can heal and deliver. He sent His word and healed them and delivered them from their destructions (Psa. 107:20 KJV).

      The Word can be settled. Forever, O Lord, thy Word is settled in heaven (Psa. 119:89 KJV).

      You must restrain yourself from evil in order to keep the Word. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word (Psa. 119:101 KJV).

      The Word is a lamp and a light. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Psa. 119:105 KJV).

      Steps can be ordered in the Word. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me (Psa. 119:133 KJV).

      The Word is pure. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it (Psa. 119:140 KJV).

      A word spoken in due season, how good is it! (Prov. 15:23b KJV).

      A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver (Prov. 25:11 KJV).

      The Word can save. By the gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the Word I have preached to you. Otherwise you have believed in vain (1 Cor. 15:2 NIV).

      The Word can set free.

      The Word is living. For the Word of God is living and active (Heb. 4:12a NIV).

      The Word is sharp. the word is sharper than any double-edged sword (Heb. 4:12b NIV).

      The Word is penetrating. The word penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow (Heb. 4:12c NIV).

      The Word judges. The word judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart (Heb. 4:12d NIV).

      The Word is a sword. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Eph. 6:17 NIV).

      The Word was in the beginning. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God (John 1:1 NIV).

      The Word can be made flesh. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth (John 1:14 KJV).

      Some of my favorite scriptures are the following:

      Genesis 1. The words God said or God called are used twelve times. In verse 1, when God created the Heaven and the earth. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light (Genesis 1:3).

      God said, ‘Let there be a firmament’ (Gen. 1:6 KJV).

      In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1 KJV).

      The same was in the beginning with God (John 1:2 KJV).

      All things were made by Him; and without him was not anything made that was made (John 1:3 KJV).

      And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the father,) full of grace and truth (John 1:14 KJV).

      In my prayer time I like to say the same things about me that God is sayings and that he has promised.

      I personalize Psalm 91:1–16. Here is my personalization of Psalm 91.

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