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Worship Before Warfare

• Alicia Graham

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Worship isn't just something we do on Sundays—it's a powerful weapon in spiritual warfare. Through personal revelation from the Holy Spirit caused Ali to just praise and give adoration to the Lord before engaging in battle.

When examining Psalm 144:1, we discover a profound pattern in David's approach to warfare. Before asking God to "teach my hands to war and my fingers to fight," David begins with praise: "Blessed be the Lord, my strength." This sequence isn't coincidental—it's strategic. The most effective spiritual warriors understand that worship precedes warfare.

Scripture repeatedly demonstrates this principle. Remember when King Jehoshaphat sent worshippers ahead of his army in 2 Chronicles 20? As they praised, God confused their enemies who ultimately destroyed themselves. Their victory came not through military might but through the power of praise. This same approach transforms my prayer sessions with others—we worship first, aligning ourselves with heaven before addressing challenges.

If you're facing battles that seem overwhelming, perhaps it's time to shift your strategy. Begin by praising God before you petition Him. As worship becomes your lifestyle rather than an occasional activity, watch how your perception of circumstances transforms. The enemy becomes confused, and God downloads divine strategies directly to your spirit. Your breakthrough might be waiting on the other side of your worship. Join our community as we discover how praise prepares us for victory in ways that human strength never could.

Speaker 1:

Hey everyone, welcome back to Faith Bits with Allie. I'm your host, allie, with your daily faith bit. You know, I remember when God began speaking to me about breaking generational cycles and curses and my bloodline, I didn't know right away, or have the term for it, regarding what he was doing, but when he did, he called me to a place of presence and intimacy and I would sit and I would just worship, just worship him for hours and I would thank him and praise his name and, yeah, I would pray as well and he would teach me how to engage in spiritual warfare. But one thing that's standing out to me is the worship. It's the praising, because that's what he would have me do before I even engage in all of that. You know, this week one of my mentees shared a scripture in our community Psalm 144, 1. Blessed be the Lord, my strength, which teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight. Now, I've read the scripture plenty of times before, but what I love about the Bible is that you can never get enough. There's always more revelation and every time you read it you can always get more.

Speaker 1:

When I meditated on the scripture, what stood out to me was how the scripture started. Different Bible versions say blessed be the Lord. Thank you, lord, I praise you, lord. And then it goes on to say who teaches me how to war and prepare for battle? Before David asked God to teach him to war, he was actually praising and exalting God. He was actually praising and exalting God. That ought to be our weapon. For instance, check out 2 Chronicles, 20, 21-23.

Speaker 1:

Here, jehoshaphat sent out singers and worshippers to march in front of the army before a battle. As they went out singing praises to the Lord, god confused their enemies and they turned on each other, which led the enemy to be defeated. Worship is a powerful weapon because we see here the people trust God to fight for them instead of relying on their own strength. Even before I do prayer sessions with people, a lot of times we sit and worship first. This is a pattern. If you're struggling in the battle, it's time to confuse the enemy, begin to praise and worship God and watch how the very perception of your circumstance begin to shift.

Speaker 1:

Let me pray for you, lord. I thank you that. You are an awesome God. You are worthy to be praised. We give you the glory and honor and we just thank you. You're our healer, you're our deliverer, you're our way maker, and so we just come to you, glorifying your name, desiring more of you. I pray that we would be even more intentional about praising you and worshiping. May worship become our lifestyle. May worship become our lifestyle and as we go forth in worship and praising your name, god, that you would download the wisdom and the strategies to our spirit man on how to handle the war, on how to handle the battle. In Jesus' name, I pray amen, peace, love and blessings.