Praise is agreement with GOD’S Character and is the highest expression of faith!
Clarity produces authority and when you praise GOD, your clarity increases. You align your mindset with HIS. Once you do, the battle is won. Praise brings you into the continual awareness of GOD’S triumph!
It is written by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Chronicles chapter 20:
20 So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.”
21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of Holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: “Praise the LORD, For His mercy endures forever.”
This is clearly contradictory to what man would do.
22 Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.
Praise defeated their enemies! How?
King David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 22:
3 But You are Holy, Enthroned (and inhabit) in the praises of Israel.
Praise shifts the battlefield and atmosphere: Praise moves believers from the seen to the unseen realm, focusing their eyes on God rather than the attack. When praise rises, the enemy’s influence collapses.
Praise is not about moving God, but about aligning oneself with what God has already done. It shifts believers into a realm governed by God’s promises.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 16:
23 And when they had laid many stripes on them (Paul and Silas), they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.
24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 Paul and Silas, undaunted, prayed in the middle of the night and sang songs of praise to God, while all the other prisoners listened to their worship.
They shifted the realm from the physical to the Spiritual. What was the result?
26 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.
27 And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.
28 But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”
29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
32 Then they spoke the Word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized.
34 Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.
Paul and Silas did not escape but were set free by the legal authority of the guard. Salvation came to the guard and his family because praise changed the atmosphere.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 3:
2 Yes, feast on all the treasures of the Heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with Heavenly realities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm.
Paul was not distracted by being in prison and shackled, he focused on the Heavenly realities and sang praises to THE LORD. He understood that praise is a weapon.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 149:
6 God’s high and Holy praises fill their mouths, for their shouted praises are their weapons of war!
Praise is a powerful spiritual weapon that the devil fears more than prayers or Bible reading. Unlike what many believers perceive as a soft emotion, praise is a war cry and Spiritual resistance.
Praise stills, stops, and shuts down the enemy’s mouth, stripping him of influence and denying him access. This is why the devil wants believers silent and focused inward.
Praise creates a realm around a believer where darkness cannot legally operate, building a “Throne Room atmosphere”. It’s the believer enforcing the reality of Christ’s finished work. Every act of praise reminds us of Christ’s triumph, declaring that satan’s authority has been broken. This is why the enemy tries to empty praise of its revelation and power.
Praise is a lifestyle and posture, not merely an emotion or a reaction to circumstances. It should rise from identity in Christ, righteousness, and the finished work of Christ, leading to clarity, strength, and authority.
The following song is such an expression of praise: