OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
THE SHOUT OF PRAISE 1
27TH , JUNE 2022
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BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 72-73
READ: Joshua 6:1-20
1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel:
none went out, and none came in.
2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand
Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about
the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’
horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the
priests shall blow with the trumpets.
5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the
ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall
shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and
the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take
up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’
horns before the ark of the Lord.
7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let
him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord.
8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the
seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the
Lord, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord
followed them.
9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets,
and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the
trumpets.
10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor
make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your
mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
11 So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and
they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark
of the Lord.
13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the
ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed
men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the Lord, the
priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into
the camp: so they did six days.
15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about
the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven
times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with
the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you
the city.
17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to
the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in
the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye
make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp
of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are
consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.
20 So the people shouted when the priests
blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of
the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down
flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him,
and they took the city.
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MEMORISE:
“And it came to pass at the seventh time, when
the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the
LORD hath given you the city.”- Joshua 6:16
THE MESSAGE:
There is something very
powerful about the shout of praise to the Most High God. It is a major weapon
against the devil. Some people have wondered why I don’t bind and cast the
devil out before I start to preach. Instead of binding and casting, I just ask
everyone to shout hallelujah and the devil runs away because nobody stays in a
place where they are praising his enemy.
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There was a very wealthy
woman who discovered that whatever she ate, she vomited. She went to the best
of doctors around the world, spent a lot of money, but she just could not hold
down any food. Finally, someone suggested that she should come to the
Headquarters of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, believing that God would
perform a miracle for her when nothing else was working. She came to the
Church. The service had barely started when I said, “Let somebody shout
hallelujah”; as she opened her mouth to praise the Lord, a worm came out of it
and from that moment, she received her healing.
Psalm 22:3 says: “But
thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.”
God inhabits the praises
of His people. For Him to inhabit their praise, He needs to stand from His
throne and go towards them. Psalm 68:1 says that when He arises, all His
enemies are scattered. Hence, if you belong to God, your enemies will become
His enemies. Thus, when He rises on your behalf, all your enemies must scatter.
That is what happened in Acts 16:16-34. He heard praises coming from the prison
and rose from His throne to inhabit the praises of Paul and Silas. When He
hears praise from wherever you are, He shows up and all chains, all shackles,
all prison doors are destroyed.
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Is there anything that
the devil has been tormenting you with? A shout of praise will send him
packing. In (1 Samuel 16:23), as David played the harp, the evil spirit left
Saul.
Is there something that
has proven too hard for you to reach or overcome? A shout of praise will bring
down that wall in your way (Joshua 6:20). If only you can give Him a shout of
praise today, you will behold the fall of Satan.
ACTION POINT
Shout Hallelujah!
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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