Recap: Extravagant Worship- Explosive Praise

This week we talked about the amazing power of praise.  Praise isn't just the appetizer or the "fast" songs.  "Praise is a declaration, a victory cry, proclaiming faith to stand firm in the place that God has given you.  Praise is a proclamation that the Enemy's intent to plunder you will not rock you" pg. 52

Praise isn't a passive thing.  Praise is going on the offensive.  We are declaring who our God is!  We're taking ground for the Kingdom of God when we enter into true praise.

Darlene describes it this way, "high praise...is confronting; and you cannot stay in your comfort zone if  you want to enter in.  Praise is a powerful war cry declaring that you will stand strong and you will praise God at all times through all circumstances...." pg. 53

I have to say that when I think of the power of praise... I think of Braveheart and the mighty battle cry.

Much like ours, their shout had purpose.  It spoke louder than words.  It declared without a shadow of a doubt, the stance that they were taking on their current situation.  There would be no surrender.

When we shout we are releasing our faith.  We are declaring into the atmosphere that we will not be moved by what we see.  We are setting our faces forward and fixing our eyes on the victorious one.

That's why we shout in praise and worship.  It's not to make noise or even to get people psyched up.  "...a shout calls things that are not as though they were... a shout changes the atmosphere"pg. 63

When we understand the power of our praise the effects will be tangible.  When we declare the truth, that there is no one greater than our God,  the atmosphere changes and situations come into line with the word of God.