Thanksgiving, praises and worship greatly please GOD and attract miracles and wonders from Him to us.

Yet, far too easily, we are drawn into, and drained by, thinking about our problems, instead of looking unto JESUS and praising Him fervently.

What you focus on is magnified.

Anything you focus on instead of GOD, magnifies and makes it more important to you than Him. And that’s idolatry.

No matter what is happening, be it in trials or triumphs, by The Help of THE HOLY SPIRIT, we must focus on GOD with continual thanksgiving, praises and worship unto Him.

We must focus on The Greatness and The Goodness of our GOD — Who He is, What He has done, What He can do (ALL things!).

We must engage in praising Him, not indulge in looking at our problems. Idolising problems does not solve them. Facing them with HOLY SPIRIT-led prayers and praises does.

This can only be done by THE HOLY SPIRIT. Fervently ask Him always to help you to pray and praise GOD. For “no one can say that JESUS is LORD except by THE HOLY SPIRIT.” (1 Corinthians 12:3).

On 12 July 2024, I heard some statements in sleep:

“Praises, not problems.”

“No, instead of setting the TV black and white, YOU set it in vivid colours.”

What is THE LORD saying?

Don’t focus on your problems, face them with praises.

This is what GOD instructed King Jehoshaphat, all of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do when three nations with far greater military might and strength came against them.

Just as THE LORD had commanded them, when they engaged in praises instead of indulging in self-pitying sorrows about the problem, THE LORD OF HOSTS — Who is A Man of War (Exodus 15:3), caused their enemies to turn on one another and destroy themselves, and King Jehoshaphat and his people were three days gathering the spoil — the riches of their enemies. (Please see 2 Chronicles 20:1-30).

Moses had this revelation, walked in it and sang it to GOD and about GOD:

“Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?” Exodus 15:11.

THE LORD is fearful in praises to our adversary the devil (frightening and striking him with His Fire, Light, Power, Arrows, etc.), and doing signs and wonders, with various miracles thereby and therein for us.

An example of this powerful reality is shared in this testimony:

This Truth of GOD was most dramatically demonstrated by Paul and Silas in prison.

As I wrote previously (in “How To Be Strong When Weak”), when, by THE SPIRIT, you fervently praise and worship THE LORD, He literally comes down with His Presence, deliverance, miracles, answers to prayer.

GOD is enthroned in our praises (Psalm 22:3).

As aforementioned, Jehoshaphat and his people had victory this way.

Likewise, Paul and Silas, while praying and praising GOD, were most POWERFULLY dramatically delivered out of maximum security prison.

”But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to GOD, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.” Acts 16:25-26.

Their prayers and praises triggered and released The Power of GOD Which caused a great earthquake that shook the foundations of the prison, opened the prison doors and loosed their chains. Hallelu-YAH!

Fervent HOLY SPIRIT-led prayers and praises will deliver you from any prison you are in, physical or spiritual.

You have to always ask GOD for Grace to praise and worship THE LORD exactly as pleases Him; to praise Him as the holy angels do in Heaven.

Ask for The Anointing of Hebrews 2:12 to do this.

Ask THE HOLY SPIRIT to help you praise JESUS (1 Corinthians 12:3).

As the testimonies of King Jehoshaphat, Paul and Silas demonstrate, worship makes GOD do wonders for us.

In that previous Word I shared that I had a dream in which there were two angels around. One of them was giving me some background information on how things work from Heaven.

He said: “Things that attract miracles are NUMBER one: Worship…”

What prison are you in?

What problem do you have?

By deploying prayers and praises led by THE HOLY SPIRIT, He will bring you out most gloriously victoriously. I assure you.

Receive beauty for ashes, The Oil of Joy for mourning, The Garment of Praise for the spirit of heaviness (Isaiah 61:1-3).

“For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with Peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; And it shall be to THE LORD for A Name, for An Everlasting Sign that shall not be cut off.” Isaiah 55:12-13.

Watch in true colours, not black and white

That second part of the statement I heard in sleep says: “No, instead of setting the TV black and white, YOU set it in vivid colours.”

Black and white TV does not show true colours of images displayed on it, and thus does not give true and proper perception of what is viewed on it.

Vivid colours on the other hand do not only show the reality, they are also exciting to and engaging our perception, understanding, assimilation and memory.

We can only truly see and triumph by THE SPIRIT, not the flesh (the carnal nature). This is more so in trials and tribulations.

“For to be carnally minded is death, but to be Spiritually minded is Life and Peace.” Romans 8:6.

Don’t set your TV (how you see, perceive and understand) black and white. Set it in vivid colours. See, perceive, understand and FIGHT in prayers and praises for Victory from Victory (The Triumph of CHRIST).

Lift Praises to GOD with Joy and warfare. It is A Divine Honour only we the saints of GOD have.

“Let the saints be joyful in Glory; Let them sing aloud on their beds. Let The High Praises of GOD be in their mouth, And A Two-edged Sword in their hand, To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute on them The Written Judgment— This honor have all His saints. Praise THE LORD!” Psalm 149:5-9.

 

“The LORD Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.” 2 Timothy 4:22.
“Farewell” Acts 15:29.
~ Jacob Addison Awagah

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Jacob, an apostle of JESUS CHRIST by The Will of GOD, according to The Promise of Life Which is in CHRIST JESUS, (2 Timothy 1:1).
Like John, I like to put my head to The Heart of JESUS so as to know and do His Will always. What’s in His Heart is what matters now and FOREVER. His Heart’s Desire is my only desire. My will is to do His Will.
As John was, I am the disciple whom JESUS loves. And like Paul, I am “the prisoner of CHRIST JESUS” (Ephesians 3:1) for His Purpose forever: to obey Him always.
NB. Surely, the disciple whom JESUS loves and “the prisoner of CHRIST JESUS”, like ALL The Promises of GOD, are available to every believer to obtain, just as John and Paul did.
“And having been perfected, He [JESUS] became The Author of Eternal Salvation to all who obey Him,” Hebrews 5:9.

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