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THE POWER OF PRAISE !

  • Writer: Evangelist/Bobby Lewis
    Evangelist/Bobby Lewis
  • Feb 16, 2021
  • 3 min read

THE POWER OF PRAISE !: Let me call your attention to the fact that this is the kind of atmosphere God can move in. We read in (Acts 13:2), "As they minister to the Lord, and fasted, The Holy Ghost Said. . ." With hearts full of love and praise, yielded to the Lord, the Holy Spirit can manifest himself and make known God's will and leading for His children's lives. It minister told me of an experience he once had which illustrates this power praise. Early in his ministry, while he was still a young evangelist, he was staying at a pastors house during one of his revival meetings during the night a call came from the pastor to go pray for a baby who was having convulsions. The past I had been called out of town to preach a funeral, but the pastor's wife asked this young evangelist to go with her and a few of the faithful believers to pray for the child. Relating this experience to me, he said, "we rebuked the devil, prayed at the top of our voices, and went through all the motions we sometimes feel are necessary to get God to hear our prayers. After about 40 minutes of such rigorous praying, the child was no better, but continued having convulsions. "I had done about all I knew to do this -- I'd done everything I'd ever seen anybody else do -- but nothing happened. Then the group gradually became quiet and the pastor's wife began to say softly, his praise the Lord, praise the Lord," and praises begin rolling from her lips. She continued in the spirit of prayed for about 10 minutes. Finally, one by one, all of us picked it up until we were all praising God. In the midst of that atmosphere, the child's conversions ceased and he fell asleep. "We stood around rejoicing, but while we were talking, the child awakened and went back into convulsions. We became along and started to pray and rebuked the devil. We anointed the child with oil and laid hands on him. We went through all the usual maneuvers again, but nothing seemed to happen. "Then when we settled down again, the pastor's wife began to praise the Lord, ministering to the Lord, and telling Him how much she loved Him. We all joined in, and soon the child's conversions stopped and he went to sleep, permanently healed. That night I witnessed the power praise." Many believers in their religious theology or their seminary training have missed it, because the traditions of men make the word of God will not effect. There is no power in performance or in programs ! This was an instance when the prayer of worship worked when nothing else would. As these believers, like those in the early church, "ministered to the Lord," the Holy Spirit move and manifested the mighty power of God's Word through those vessels of clay ! You will not see the power of God manifested in these days because of the Hollywood type of ministry, however if the believers will move back to the Bible and do it God's way then will see the power of God manifested in the lives of people and situations and circumstances of the lives of humanity. And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God." (Luke 24:52-53).

 
 
 

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