OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : SATURDAY 9 MAY 2015.....

THEME : ENGAGE IN WONDER-
WORKING PRAISE
Memorise:
But thou art holy, O thou that
inhabitest the praise of Israel. Psalm
22:3
Read: Acts 16:25-26
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas
prayed, and sang praises unto God:
and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great
earthquake, so that the foundations
of the prison were shaken: and
immediately all the doors were
opened, and every one's bands were
loosed.
Message
Praise directed towards God is a
lethal weapon of spiritual warfare.
This is so because God inhabits the
praises of His people. Children of
God must not joke with their praise
life. It would be logical to say that if
prayer is the “master key”, then
praise is the “principal key”. You
need to catch the revelation of what
the Psalmist is saying in Psalm 22:3:
“But thou art holy, O thou that
inhabitest the praises of Israel.”
in other words, God, the wonder-
working Father, dwells in the praises
of His people. The implication of this
revelation is that wherever God is,
the supernatural is always present.
In the habitation of the Almighty,
wonder-working power is present and
breakthrough is commonplace.
However, we must get it right; it is
the praise we channel towards God
that He receives. God will only take
what you give to Him. Those who
sing the praise of pastors or of
themselves, particularly during
testimony time, are missing a great
point without knowing it. It is not
your prayer or the prayer of your
pastor that did the wonders; rather,
it is the mercy of God in action upon
your life. He alone deserves your
praise.
Although Paul and Silas were kept in
prison, they did something unusual
of people in trouble. Even when
people know that they are the
architect of their own problems, they
still try to justify themselves by
raining curses on their tormentors.
This was not the attitude of Paul
and Silas. Their case was different
because they were apprehended for
preaching the gospel. They were
thoroughly beaten and cast into
prison. While they sang praises, the
Almighty God came to inhabit their
praises. This should not be
surprising, because the promises of
God are Yea and Amen. He had
already promised that He would
inhabit the praises of His people.
Since this is true, what prison gate
could have resisted the coming of
the King of glory? None! It is
written:
“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and
be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors;
and the King of glory shall come in.”
Psalm 24:7
Paul and Silas engaged in wonder-
working praise and they experienced
wonder in their ministries. God is no
respecter of persons; what He did for
them, He can do for you also. Learn
to engage in the praise of God to
unleash His wonder-working power. I
pray that as you engage in the
praise of the Almighty God, you shall
receive the wonders of a life-time in
Jesus’ Name.
Action Point :
Devote at least one hour to the
praise of God the Almighty without
asking for anything.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : 1 SAMUEL 14
and MARK 6:7-29
AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE.