May 29
Worship Is Your Weapon
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NLT) “We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.”
I remember getting back from the oncologists office that Thursday back in August 2010 after just being told Bryan had the worst kind of stomach cancer. As soon as we opened the front door of our home, we called for the girls and worshiped by dancing, singing, reading the Word, and praying. We clapped aloud with our victory song. The Bible tells us so many times that we have overcome and that we win. So in our minds, why not worship because we have the victory.
You may be saying, Katherine, the devil won because Bryan died. No! Let me explain, the devil doesn’t have authority over life and death, God does. Look at Deuteronomy 32:39 “See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.”
The devil thought if he could just get Bryan to die then maybe we all would shut up & shut down, but what the devil didn’t know was that this huge mandate had already been placed on me and the girls long ago. And, that mandate, got stirred up even more so after Bryan’s diagnosis & eventually death. Now, there is no stopping us now! We want to shake the foundations of the earth with worship.
All throughout the Bible there are so many examples about worship, to name a few look at:
Shad rack, Me shack & Abednego- wouldn’t bow down to worship anything other than Jesus.
Wasn’t it the Israelites who built golden images to worship while Moses was on the mountain?
And in Matthew 4, the devil tried to get Jesus to bow down & worship him.
What will you worship today? Why not worship the one true God and use your worship to defeat the devil. God inhabits the praises of His people. I encourage you to give Him all your praise & worship. Don’t let anything get in your way of worshiping Him.
We are still worshiping even after all these months that have gone by since the death of Bryan. Infact, what the enemy tried to annihilate us with has become our stepping stones. I am more determined now to continue raising up a mighty remnant of worshipers around the world who will worship The Lord, and who will worship their way through whatever battle they are facing.
Will you be that worshiper? I live to worship Him. Are you living to worship Him? If you will, I can’t even begin to describe the freedom you will have when you use your worship as your weapon, and start shouting to God with praises in the midst of whatever you are going through. I love what the Message Bible says in Galatians 5:1, “Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.”
We are free to Worship Him because Christ has set us free from everything that would hinder us, or try to exalt itself above the one who is to be worshiped! With that being said, I think its so fitting to do what Psalm 47:1 says, “O clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with the voice of triumph.”
In partnership with Katherine Clift of DailyLiveWorship
http://dailyliveworship.com/blog/worship-is-your-weapon/
Worship Is Your Weapon
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NLT) “We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.”
I remember getting back from the oncologists office that Thursday back in August 2010 after just being told Bryan had the worst kind of stomach cancer. As soon as we opened the front door of our home, we called for the girls and worshiped by dancing, singing, reading the Word, and praying. We clapped aloud with our victory song. The Bible tells us so many times that we have overcome and that we win. So in our minds, why not worship because we have the victory.
You may be saying, Katherine, the devil won because Bryan died. No! Let me explain, the devil doesn’t have authority over life and death, God does. Look at Deuteronomy 32:39 “See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.”
The devil thought if he could just get Bryan to die then maybe we all would shut up & shut down, but what the devil didn’t know was that this huge mandate had already been placed on me and the girls long ago. And, that mandate, got stirred up even more so after Bryan’s diagnosis & eventually death. Now, there is no stopping us now! We want to shake the foundations of the earth with worship.
All throughout the Bible there are so many examples about worship, to name a few look at:
Shad rack, Me shack & Abednego- wouldn’t bow down to worship anything other than Jesus.
Wasn’t it the Israelites who built golden images to worship while Moses was on the mountain?
And in Matthew 4, the devil tried to get Jesus to bow down & worship him.
What will you worship today? Why not worship the one true God and use your worship to defeat the devil. God inhabits the praises of His people. I encourage you to give Him all your praise & worship. Don’t let anything get in your way of worshiping Him.
We are still worshiping even after all these months that have gone by since the death of Bryan. Infact, what the enemy tried to annihilate us with has become our stepping stones. I am more determined now to continue raising up a mighty remnant of worshipers around the world who will worship The Lord, and who will worship their way through whatever battle they are facing.
Will you be that worshiper? I live to worship Him. Are you living to worship Him? If you will, I can’t even begin to describe the freedom you will have when you use your worship as your weapon, and start shouting to God with praises in the midst of whatever you are going through. I love what the Message Bible says in Galatians 5:1, “Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.”
We are free to Worship Him because Christ has set us free from everything that would hinder us, or try to exalt itself above the one who is to be worshiped! With that being said, I think its so fitting to do what Psalm 47:1 says, “O clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with the voice of triumph.”
In partnership with Katherine Clift of DailyLiveWorship
http://dailyliveworship.com/blog/worship-is-your-weapon/
