 Hey everybody, welcome back. I hope you had a good break signal. You're welcome. Thank you. Praise God All right, let's just let's continue now, okay, we are still in the notes of chapter 4 the power of praise page 16 right, so we we looked at the first passage that is second chronicles 20 we looked at almost half the chapter and Just understood so beautifully and so powerfully the power of praise, right and everything You know Jehoshaphat has a king and the nation of Judah and Jerusalem did for this beautiful You know Battle to be won and how they prepared themselves how they came together with one heart with one mind And how they sought after the Lord as a family Right and and it is wonderful to see how God Gave them the victory and all they had to do was fix their eyes on him Fix their eyes on God and praise him and sing to him and and be focused on his goodness. That's what they sang, isn't it? You know give thanks to the Lord for his love and yours forever There was no major introduction guitar intro Leading into the first one and chorus and a nice hook For the song and a powerful bridge and a tag nothing just two lines give thanks to the Lord For his love and yours forever. That's all they sang and as they did God the Lord set ambushes against men and they Defeated each other. They killed each other. So that's what we learned from that first passage Right and then in Daniel chapter 11 verse 32 as a cross in a text We see that those who do wickedly against the covenant He shall corrupt with flattery But the people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits Okay, the people who know their God should carry out be strong and carry out great exploits, right? So one of the backgrounds of that scripture where Daniel is writing is that when it So when when Antiochus Antiochus was one of the rulers at that time for Greek and Rome Turned on Jerusalem when he wanted to attack Jerusalem the Jewish people were divided It's some force of their covenant. They forgot about their covenant with God and they embraced Greek culture But those who knew their God made a stand for righteousness You know in the face of Incredible persecution some of them kind of come, you know, okay You know, I'm gonna just embrace the Greek culture and more on but then that's what that verse means in 1132 But those who knew knew those who know their God, isn't it? Shall be strong. All right. So from there on So that was just as a side note, you know, which is an encouragement for us to hold You know, hold fast to the promises of God in our hearts and in our lives, okay? Let's move on from there. Let's go to Acts chapter 16 Acts chapter 16 all the way and who doesn't know Acts chapter 16 Okay, let's stay from verse 16 onwards. Okay, it's got to act Should be careful about which book I'm looking at right act 16 Hope you're all there Let's read from verse 16 onwards. Okay. It says once When we were going to the place of prayer We is Paul and Silas We were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune telling This girl followed Paul and the rest of us shouting these men are servants of the most high God Who are telling you the way to be saved? She kept us up for many days Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit in the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her at that moment the spirit left her Okay, again, you know, I just don't want to we all know what happened right Paul and Silas stories Sunday school story They sang everything broke. Okay, we are not we are not here to just learn that and move on right But just a few you know, like see the build up again for that passage is Paul and Silas are now in Philippi. Okay, that's in modern day. It's it's in Greek trace. Okay, it's in so So that's what we're very important for us to know that their geographical setting that they are in Philippi right now Okay, and then they come across this girl in other translation It says in the original translations the text you see that she was possessed by the spirit of Python Pythonia actually, okay, Pythonia What is it? It's it's just another name for one kind of a snake, isn't it? Why is that significant? Why should we know that is again? The Python was associated with the Greek God Apollo Okay Right, so where are they in Philippi? Where is modern-day Philippi in Greek? Okay, and Python is associated with the Greek God Apollo and in the region of Philippi They also had a temple for who for Apollo Okay, so they also had a temple for Apollo in that region. Okay, so now we all kind of make sense Is it like oh, yeah, you know demons are very territorial right evil spirits are territorial Okay, and in a way it's so they would there were certain men, you know who in Acting like pimps, you know, like what do pimps do is they you know sell girls into prostitution Etc. Right, but they what they were doing here is they were using her for spiritual adultery Right in a sense, right? So they were making money out of her. They did not really care for her So that's the backstory here. Okay of the spirit of what the girl is carrying You know the men behind them. Okay, and then you know in many cases, you know, you have Paul is like Jesus, you know, you know who when every time Jesus came across demons, right? He Oftentimes the demons will say, okay, you're the son of God. You're the most high, you know Why why are you coming here? What you know, like for example in Matthew 828? Let's see a basic scripture I mean, we all know that we don't have a doll in the passage in your Bibles, but Matthew 828 We know that you know scripture When he had come to the other side to the country of Geregene's there met him two demon possessed men coming out of the tombs exceedingly fierce so that one of Could pass that way that no no one could pass that way and suddenly they cried out saying what have we to do with you? Jesus the son of God So they know who Jesus was right and Jesus doesn't really engage in a major conversation This is like, okay, let us go go to the pigs, you know, just leave us alone. Jesus is okay That's all okay, that's all he does right and another scene, you know where we see in Mark chapter 3 again paste that for us Mark chapter 3 was 11 and 12 it says and the unclean spirits whenever they saw him Felt on before him and cried out saying you are the son of God, but he's only one them that they should not make him known Okay, so But why am I kind of saying that is I I don't think Paul Paul really wanted You know endorsement from the devil Or an app, you know, it's like hey, you know, I don't need you to tell me who I am I know who I am, you know, so we say it says She kept doing that for many days doesn't tell exactly how many days I might have missed it She kept this up for many days. That's what my Bible says So Finally Paul became so troubled. It's like okay enough is enough. Okay. I don't care if you know me, you know I don't need the evil spirits to tell me who I am Okay, I know who I am and then he says in the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her at that moment The spirit left okay not one day after not two days after the moment spirit left. So when the owners verse 19 When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone What their hope of making money was gone. They seized Paul and Silas and Drag them into the market. Okay, imagine all of this imagine you in that place Okay, you being dragged in the marketplace publicly humiliating by your collar dragging your feet is Dragging the stone and the rocks and the mud and everything. Okay, your footwear your slippers are getting cut Everything I'm sure it's all a possibility. They dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities They brought them before the magistrates Before the government officials and said these men are Jews Look at their first comment. Okay These men are Jews. It is a condescending statement. Okay almost racial and are throwing a City into an uproar by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice Okay, so that kind of tells that there was a Small group of Jews already living there and that's how they could identify by the way they dressed that these men are Jews Okay, a small community not big community and once again Greek that region Philippi was Ruled by the Romans that's the word ruled. Okay And they're falsely accusing them by saying that they are turning our city into chaos everything is a lie, isn't it? They did not really create a chaos. All Paul did was Delivered or set free a girl from the demonic spirit Right and then what happens verse 22 this The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten Okay No, one of the things that we really need to understand is that It's strange that these people the magistrates the government officials and everybody who were attacking Paul and Silas They did not know that Paul and Silas were actually Roman citizens Okay, we'll we'll see that in the later part of the chapter chapter. Okay, but what's the significant about that? Okay, so now In the Roman Empire there were two very different laws. Okay one for a citizen of the Roman Empire Okay, and one who are not citizens of Roman empires. Okay, so Roman citizen had a specific Civil rights. They they were you know, it was awesome. They're civil rights were amazing Okay, if you if you don't know anything about civil rights Google Okay Okay, civil rights are very important for you and me as an individual of The place that where you're living in It's very important that tells you that you are the citizen of so-and-so place, you know country and whatnot. Okay So if you were a citizen of Rome you had certain specific and actually a very privileged Civil rights that guarded you. Okay, and non-citizens had no civil rights If you were not a citizen of Rome, you were just another slave. You were treated very badly. Okay, you had no civil rights Okay, you know the the government officials could do whatever they wanted to do to you and get away with it Okay, so Coming back to this context is since they assumed that Paul and Silas Silas were not Roman citizens They were offended that these Jewish men, you know, how could they come into this Roman town that is ruled by a Roman and create a chaos and As soon as they got to know that they were Jewish more hated towards them It's like, okay, you are preaching about the God that we crucified How dare you? Okay, so this is the settings. Are you with me guys? Okay So everybody in the town assumed just because they were Jewish they assumed that they were not Roman citizens Okay, simply because they were dressed as Jewish As Jews, okay, let's see what happened. Okay, so the crowd joined verse 22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten After they had been severely flogged they were thrown into prison and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully You know as I was preparing and I was reading right I mean even in the past now Again just going back to the point where you know as we understand the importance of being a Roman citizen is that if you Were a Roman citizen and if you were caught doing something illegal or something wrong You could not be you know punished without being Without going in for a trial Okay, like in the court of law you would be taken into a trial and then you know like a modern-day judge seen once they once they finalize Okay What you did is actually wrong only then you'll be thrown into prison or whatnot so without going into a trial There is no direct punishment Okay, so I'm here wondering Okay, was there no gap or time where Paul could have said I am the citizen of Rome in everything that was happening Yes, sure. He was being dragged into the town. He was being dragged, you know beaten One part of me thinks that okay, he must have not had any time or space to just say I'm the citizen of Rome or Oh, the other part of me, you know, it is after this persecution his ministry kind of explodes So something tells me that you know, I don't know This he must have had this prophetic moment where he sees okay because of this your ministry is going to explode And you know their lives going to be touched because of this persecution. I don't know, okay, but My question is why didn't he say it now because Paul says it later Absolutely, why didn't you say it earlier? He that could have saved him from being beaten and flogged and stripped and whatnot. Okay I just want to show share something for us. Okay So And I hope you can see it. I hope you guys can see it This is just an artist's imagination of all in service, but so what they feel what's on their feet is called stocks Okay, this is what it's called stocks. So once again, just look at our bible, okay Verse 23 after they had been severely flawed. They were thrown into prison. Okay severe now again, just pause And if you go back to the Jewish traditions, right? If someone committed a sin or whatnot There was a certain number that they could be beaten 39 Okay 39 lashes or whips that was the Jewish thing Okay, and that punishment was called grace. Why because the 40th slap would kill you Okay, uh, but here in the roman punishment. It doesn't say how many stripes they bore It just says they were stripped and beaten severely. They were flogged severely. We don't know if it was 39 or more We don't know, okay So after all of that they were thrown into prison and the jailer was commanded to guard them was 24 Upon receiving such orders. He put them in the inner cell Okay, and fastened their feet in the stocks So this thing is called stocks. Okay One of the historians says that you know these stocks unlike the picture it had more holes Not just for two feet. Okay. It had more holes. That means their legs could be separated For more discomfort Okay, so just get a good glance of this picture Because i'm going to stop sharing it Okay, everybody get a good glance of the picture all right Okay, so one of the historians says that That stock like I just said it had more holes You know where your feet can actually be Uh separated like parted So it's not just easy like it sees, you know, how the two legs just goes into the hole That's right in front of them another historian also claims that their hands Okay, their hands were pulled and also tied to their feet. Uh, okay, this is all so They are severely beaten. They are stripped They are flogged Okay, it's these are not just words guys Okay, these are not just words. That's there They were stripped Okay, let that sink in They were beaten We don't know how severely They were flogged Now as if that was not enough they were thrown in a inner cell Okay Fastened their feet in the stocks and like one of the historians says, you know It's possible from the punishments that was given in those days that their hands Were pulled and also tied to their feet Now if you know some grown men, it's not it's not easy for your hands to reach When you're sitting down like that, right? Right when you're sitting down, your hands don't Reach naturally So their shoulders were dislocated so their hands could be stretched And be tied to their feet Okay Just touch your shoulders Okay, just touch your shoulders. Okay You see the socket joint there that would be pulled out of it Now I've endured shoulder dislocation and the pain is excruciating. I bought the hospital down Okay, the pain is really excruciating. Uh, and uh, just to think that You know a historian claims that uh based on on those days Facts on punishment That's their situation Okay, now they've been falsely accused That's one thing, right People say the people therefore they've been falsely accused. They did not create any chaos Secondly, they don't know that they're the citizen of citizens of Rome yet Okay Which they could have said and you know, they could have escaped all this embarrassment But in all of this through it all verse 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying And singing hymns to God And other prisoners were listening to them now it It doesn't matter and I don't care if you are the world's best singer if you're the winner of How many Grammy Awards and whatnot? I don't think even the world's best singer Would be in the mood to sing After being stripped and beaten and flogged and shoulder possibly being dislocated Now again as a singer, right, uh, you know One of the techniques is when you're singing is that you don't have a crunch Stomach like this because you can't breathe and you won't be able to sing well and from the image that I just shared It kind of gives us an in an idea and with the hands being tied Yeah, that's not the most pleasant position to sing Okay, let alone everything else that's gone about That here we see that they were praying and singing hymns to God And other prisoners were listening to them and suddenly there was a violent earthquake At the foundations of the prison and the the foundations of the prison were shaken At once all the prison doors flew open And everybody's chains came loose Okay, uh, I'd like you to underline those lines at once all prison doors flew open and everybody's chains came loose. So it was not just Paul's and Silas's chains that came loose Everybody else who could who were in that vicinity Of their praise Their chains came loose. So There's so many points here guys for us to just highlight, you know, your praise is not For your own deliverance Uh, you know, your praise is for the deliverance of people around you as well Right, uh, so Yeah, and Verse 27 the jailer woke up and when he saw the prison doors open He drew his sword and was about to kill himself But he brought the prisoners But he because he had thought the prisoners had escaped But Paul shouted don't harm yourself. We are all here We know the rest of the story right and how that ended. Um so that again is just Hour of praise, uh, you know, it doesn't say what exactly he prayed but I'm you know Mr. Said, I don't know what to do lord, but my eyes are on you. He could have said that, you know, um I don't know. I'm just saying But wow, uh these are The sacrifice of praise praise that costs you something Uh, you know the fruit of your lips Uh, that's what hebrew 13 says. Isn't it the fruit of your lips? It's not the fruit of your pastor's lips or your neighbors Uh, you know, everybody else is it's your fruit your personal thing It's very personal right, uh offering offering up The fruit of your lips for him that is the sacrifice of praise and that's exactly what's happening here in paul and silas's life I don't want to go into the details later, but you can read the chapter for yourself Where paul tells that he's a citizen of rome and how everybody changes the in their behavior and how they begin to treat paul and silas very nicely Uh, that's a different story altogether, but uh You know in all of this Let's just continue to ask god pray, you know, him is like hey Yeah, give us faith like this You know in situations and in circumstances when we don't understand help us understand the power of praise You know in our own natural eyes, uh, you know, we can gauge the circumstances In our just in our own ways in our logic and in our understanding, but we need the insight of the lord Isn't it and like that song which to be I mentioned surrounded um It's inspired by this scripture where a laisha and his uh, you know And his armor bureau. I think he says, okay We are being attacked by the chariots around us and a laisha says, you know, we are surrounded. Don't worry You know, uh, we have more on our side And then he prays open the eyes of my servant lord and he sees the chariots of fire surrounding them So we need To look at us we need to learn To look at our situations our circumstances through the eyes of the lord and for that we need to Pray we need to ask god, you know to give us the faith and understanding so that we can see through every situation through his eyes, right? um So that's that and uh Is everybody good? Yeah Before we move forward in understanding the shouting of praise as mentioned in your notes Um, I again once wanted to just share some more details. Uh, you know, let's just do a um More study on praise and warfare Uh, which is not in your notes. I'm just going to present this Should be one moment Okay Whenever you're ready google meet I want to just You know dwell a little bit more on this topic of praise and warfare and understanding the power of praise and all of this Okay, uh, this is not in your notes and I will I will be sharing this pdf Uh in the stream section. So If you want to make notes, you are most welcome to you know make notes in your own way But I will be sharing this pdf on the class stream. So don't worry about it. Okay Um, yeah, is that okay? I just want to understand a little bit about a little bit more about praise and warfare and how uh, you know, just like as we read in second chronicles chapter 20 Uh, the king jihoshaphat put the worship team in front of the army Okay, uh Normal people would not do that. Okay. You don't put a bunch of musicians in front of an army But uh jihoshaphat does that right uh and time and time again We see that the worshipers went carrying the ark of the covenant before the army so Frontline worshipers you and I are frontline worshipers and like I mentioned you and I are born into a battle You and I are born into a warfare. We don't have a choice. Okay, so uh So just just a little bit for us to understand our work praise and warfare is just a few points for us here Okay as worshipers As worshipers you and I will encounter resistance Okay, uh, that's that's what satan's plan is. Okay, uh He wants to divert our attention take our focus shift our focus away from god. We see that in mackey four And second point is because true worship reveals the lordship of jesus christ and brings Release of his presence and power on earth Okay worshipers will encounter resistance because worship reveals the lordship of jesus christ And third point is because praise and worship are effective weapons of warfare used against the enemy uh, we We saw second chronicles 20 in ax chapter 16 the other two we look at it if you have time later on today Okay, so as worshipers we will encounter resistance Uh because that's the satan's plan point point. Okay. He wants to divert our focus He wants our worship Second thing is our worship reveals the lordship of jesus christ In this realm and finally praise and worship are effective weapons of warfare. Okay So that is why uh, you know, we we we will we will encounter resistance But as we read in second corinthians chapter 10 verse 4 it says the weapons of our warfare are not physical Weapons of flesh and blood our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses Our weapons are divinely powerful For the destruction of fortresses. Amen. Um, so Uh, the objective of this section is that uh to provide a biblical framework and theology for the connection between Praise and dethroning the rulers authorities powers and spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms Okay, so that's uh, that's the objective behind this section all right So what we will learn is we will learn about our enemy Uh in just very briefly. Okay about our authority About our attitude that we are expected to have in warfare and uh, And our weapons of warfare. Okay, uh, if we are in warfare I mean, it's a war, right? You're going to fight against an enemy, right? If you don't know your enemy, who are you going to fight and how are you going to fight? Oh, you know, um, Etc. So that's one of the reasons why it's not to give him, uh, too much of focus or attention. Okay We're not going to give the devil any focus or attention. Okay. Um But the bible talks about him. So we'll just learn about him Our authority in warfare our attitude we are expected to have in warfare and our weapons for warfare. All right. Um So that's what we will learn in this quick session And once again, I will share these notes with you all. Okay, so let's go First the enemy Okay, uh He is invisible efficiency chapter 6 verse 12 says for our struggle is not against flesh and blood Contending only with physical opponents These verses are from the amplifier guys But against the rulers Against the powers against the world forces of this present darkness Against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly supernatural places Okay, um, so one of the things is that he is invisible because he is not uh in this realm. He doesn't manifest himself in in the physical always But that's the thing so because our struggle is against an invisible for Uh, most of us and many of christians are passive. Uh, you know, uh, it's like, okay Because we can't see or you know, our enemy We are like We don't take him too seriously Okay, it's like, I mean imagine like johoshaphat again. I keep saying the sorry You know the vast army from all sides are attacking. It's physical. You can see it, right? It's tangible and you will be scared. Uh, but This enemy that uh, the devil that we are talking about he is he is more dangerous And what makes it more dangerous for us is that we are too passive as christians if we don't take it too seriously Simply because he is invisible Okay, so that's point one about our enemy and the two as mentioned in Ephesians 6 And in Ephesians 2 here. He is a ruler of the kingdom of the air, right? In which you once walked says you are following the ways of this world Influenced by the present age. Okay that word influence is very important In accordance with the prince of the power of the air The spirit who is now at work in the disobedient The unbelieving who fight against the purposes of god Okay, he influence he initiate He he kind of uh influences every kind of evil into this world He is the ruler of the kingdom of the air Okay, so one of the main areas of jurisdiction of the enemy is the heavenly realms or the kingdoms of the air That is beyond physical realm The words we speak and sing have divine power to penetrate Those realms the invisible realms That's the power of praise when we sing when we lift our voice and fasting and prayer and intercession and worship All of that has power to penetrate those realms Right. So first thing is that our enemy is invisible Our enemy is a ruler of the kingdom of the air, right? and finally our enemy is and As he is a thief a liar accuser In john 1010 he says that he comes to steal kill and destroy um Okay, he just he just doesn't come to break things. He comes into our lives to make sure all the good things that That's ever happened did not even exist He wants to completely wipe you out He wants to steal you of your joy your happiness your peace And he wants to kill you. He wants to destroy you Okay, the physical presence of evil in the form of lust abuse racism greed idolatry just a mention of you Um are merely an outward manifestation of the evil powers and spiritual forces Over the cities and nations where things are occurring Where there is despair divorce spiritual blindness immorality murder You know, etc. Etc. And every form of evil more often than not He is the one who influences. He is out there to steal kill and destroy That's the enemy, okay But the bible says we are more than conquerors Okay, someone say amen Okay, the bible says we are more than conquerors Amen, so our authority You know that we are expected to have Our authority we have overall the power of the enemy is not an authority presumed or assumed Okay, our authority is based on the finished work of the cross of jesus christ Our authority is not just an idea That will make you feel good. Okay, and luke 10 19 Colossians. Let me just share those scriptures for you on the chat Okay, all right there you are luke 10 19 Colossians 2 15 Okay, look at 19 says behold. I have given you authority To dread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall hurt you Okay, behold. I have given you I jesus have given you authority Colossians 2 15 he disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them in open shame By triumphing over them in him Okay, so our authority comes from where? Authority comes from jesus on his finished work on the cross. Okay, so it's not just presumed. It's not just a good idea It is done amen, um, so Let's move on from there Okay, my computer is acting a little strange all right Okay, uh, third point is our attitude God has called us to be his mighty warriors You know in judges chapter 6 verse 12. We see that God shows up before Gideon and he calls him as a mighty man of valour It simply means a mighty warrior That's how he addresses him right In second Timothy chapter 1 verse 7 we see that for God did not give us a spirit of timidity But a spirit of power of love and of self-discipline All of that is important, right? So point one here is we need to have an attitude of a warrior Once again reminding all of us that we are born into warfare Okay, uh, and if you're in the middle of a war that means you're a warrior Okay, you need to just remind yourself of that and you need to have that attitude that you are a warrior for God Amen, uh, second point is you need to have an attitude of persistence Okay, uh, the Lord your God will dry off those nations before you little by little step by step We are gaining ground. You know the song step by step okay With the persistent attitude we will possess what God has promised little by little Okay, we can't give up halfway through. Okay, that's the attitude God is calling us for and finally our weapons Music and praise is our weapons Personal praise corporate praise instruments and shouting Okay, all of these scriptures we've already read. Uh, that's why you know, I'm just not going to go through them all but we know it right Personal praise corporate praise instruments and shouting your instrument is your is your weapon. Okay Is that you're saying, uh, but roshan, I don't play an instrument. Hey, you have a voice voice your voice is an instrument Your voice is dangerous. It scares the enemy right, uh Everybody can everybody see the screen that I'm sharing right the pdf that I'm sharing Yeah, just a quick check Okay, cool Okay, our praise and worship is our weapon one of the weapon and next we see God's word The sword of the spirit and prayer in the spirit Okay, it is important to hear from God before going into war. Okay, uh, let's go to first Samuel Can we quickly go to first Samuel chapter 12 there please? As mentioned in the notes, uh, these two scriptures I would like for us to read And keep a finger in second Samuel five also Okay, uh first Samuel chapter 12 verse two So it's now you have a king as your leader as for me I am old and gray and and my sons are here with you I have been your leader from my youth until this day. Okay, let's go to 23 Uh, let's go to a chapter 23 verse four okay First Samuel chapter 23 verse four says Before going into the battle Once again david inquired of the lord once again Again, that means he's already inquired before Okay, so we see the verse four once again david inquired of the lord and the lord answered him Okay, uh, if you remember in second chronicles 20 Jehoshaphat He said it says he resolved to inquire of the lord before going into the battle And we see that uh, david doing the same. What is he waiting on? He's waiting on the word from the lord david did not have the bible like we do today, right? So he was dependent on the leading of the lord. Let's go to second Samuel chapter five Second Samuel chapter five verse 19 Okay, second chapter five verse 19. It says so david inquired of the lord Shall I go and attack the philistines with your uh, will you hand them over to me? The lord said to him go for I will surely hand the philistines over to you Verse 20, okay, follow with me guys verse 20 So david went to barl-parazim and there he defeated them He said as waters break out the lord has broken out against my enemies before me So that place was called barl-parazim Verse 21 the philistines abandoned their idols there and david and his men carried them off West 22 Once more the philistines came up and spread out in the valley of reffaheen So david inquired of the lord once again and he answered Do not go straight up But circle around behind them and attack in front of the balsam trees As soon as you hear the sound of the marching In the tops of the balsam trees move quickly because that will mean the lord has gone out in front of you to strike the philistine army So david did as the lord commanded him and he struck down the philistines all the way from gibion to geyser. Okay So david was dependent on the leading of the lord from the word That came from the from god, right? He could have been always uh over confident saying, okay, you know every battle I don't have to keep asking him But time and time again, we see that david inquired of the lord david inquired of the lord He went he was dependent on the word of god and I think that says something to say for us Is that we need to be dependent on the word of god, right? We worship and praise according to his word Okay, you're samah 119 I says oh lord. Listen to my cry. Give me the discerning mind you promise Listen to my prayer rescue me as you promised let praise flow from my lips for you have taught me your decrease So you have taught me Your decrease let my tongue sing about your word for all your commands are right In colossians 3 16 says let the word of christ dwell in you richly In all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another In psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts. Okay, let the word of christ Dwell in us richly And conclusion don't be drunk with wine because that will ruin your life instead be filled with the holy spirit Then you will sing then you will be singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourself and making music to the lord in your hearts Okay, the first two points we see that the importance of the lord, okay importance of the word of god Our weapons our praise and our worship and music our instruments Then god's word is our other weapon That we need to depend on to wait on his word to read his word And then to be filled with his spirit The obvious evidence of being spirit filled will be life overflowing with worship and thanksgiving because the father seeks True worshipers who will worship him in spirit So it is the holy spirit that enables us that empowers us to worship him in truth. Okay We'll get to that in in in the next section But as as conclusions musicians singers whoever you are, uh, you know We need to be trained in warfare. We need to understand how warfare functions Okay, yet realize that not every occasion of praise is one for war It's very important for us to understand and every occasion of praise is one for war the holy spirit who Often moves in seasons will from time to time emphasize the need for warfare and other times highlight other areas of restoration Our sensitivity to the leading of the holy spirit will ensure we're doing the right thing at the right time Okay So that is just uh, some extra, you know study on on praise and warfare just to give us a little bit more understanding On the power of praise on the weapon of praise that we that we are all trusted with all right eyes, uh And that's the end of today's section Is everybody doing all right? Is it where you're able to follow along? Okay All right, let's quickly pray and we'll bring the session to one end father We we thank you once again for your word lord We thank you for your holy spirit that enables and empowers us to worship you in spirit and in truth Father, I pray that the scriptures that we've looked at today lord. I pray that we will learn from From them father. I pray that we will learn to fix our eyes on you like jihosh affected I pray that we were in in the most difficult situation and circumstances I pray like paul and silas that you will give us the faith to end your and persist In worship lord through the hard times through the difficult times. I pray that you will build our faith father Because you are the faithful one We thank you for this opportunity to learn from your word We submit the rest of the day into your hands you lead us guide us. I pray in jesus name. Amen Amen. God bless you all. Thanks for joining in. Have a lovely lovely day. Bye. Bye