DANCING UNTO THE LORD*

*MEMORISE*
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him
with stringed instruments and organs. Psalms 150:4
*READ* Psalms 150:1-6*
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary:
praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according
to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise
him with the psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him
with stringed instruments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon
the high sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.
Praise ye the LORD.
*MESSAGE*
There are many people who think it is only when they
pray to God that help comes down. The greatest
victories that the children of Israel experienced
manifested in an atmosphere of praise. There is
always a point where you don't know what to do again,
especially when you have done all you can. This is the
time when you should begin to dance to the Lord and
praise Him. Paul and Silas were just unjustly thrown
into the prison, when they did not know what to do
next, they turned to praise. The next moment, all
door leading into the prison flung open, not for them
to escape, but for the people to know the potency of
God they were praising. Are you in prison? Do you
think there is something the enemy has stolen from
you? Have you just lost something very precious to
you? Have you just received a sack letter or a
negative medical report? Whatever your case is, just
begin to dance before the Lord. This is a way of
committing God to rise on your behalf.
The moment you begin to dance in the midst of your
situation and circumstances, you are simply telling
the whole world that you are not victim. You are
provoking God to action and when He rises on your
behalf; you become the talk of the town. There are
some people who cannot mind their business, they are
always wondering why people dance the way they
dance. When they see a rich man forgetting his
wealth and dancing before His Maker, they continue
to wonder why the man has forgotten who he is. The
question is who are you before the Almighty God? You
are nothing. If we remove God from your life, there
is nothing else to see.
David understood this and he danced and praised God.
Dancing shows gratitude to the Almighty God. Dancing
is loaded with blessings, when we dance unto the Lord;
He turns our mourning into joy. There are people who
only dance when the Lord has given them a testimony
to share, but those who understand better will
continue to dance even before the arrival of their
miracles.
When you dance before God and you praise Him with
the whole of your heart, you will begin to enjoy divine
favour and there will be a divine acceleration of your
place of celebration. When you praise God, all your
enemies become silenced because your dance will
provoke God to rise in your defence.
It is not the dance of everyone that God will rise
for. It is only the dance of those who worship Him in
spirit and in truth. Sin is the only thing that can stop
Him from rising on your behalf because He is too
pure to behold iniquity.
*PRAYER POINT*
Father,please remove everything that will stop You
from rising on my behalf.
*BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
Acts 12:6-13:52 and Song of Solomon 3
*AUTHOR * Pst E. A ADEBOYE
*HYMN* DEEPER, DEEPER
Deeper, deeper in the love of Jesus
Daily let me go;
Higher, higher in the school of wisdom,
More of grace to know.
Chorus:
O deeper yet, I pray,
And higher every day,
And wiser, blessed Lord,
In Thy precious, holy Word.
Deeper, deeper, blessed Holy Spirit,
Take me deeper still,
Till my life is wholly lost in Jesus,
And His perfect will.
Chorus:
Deeper, deeper! though it cost hard trials,
Deeper let me go!
Rooted in the holy love of Jesus,
Let me fruitful grow.
Chorus:
Deeper, higher, every day in Jesus,
Till all conflict past,
Finds me conqu'ror, and in His own image
Perfected at last.
Chorus:
Deeper, deeper in the faith of Jesus,
Holy faith and true;
In His pow'r and soul exulting wisdom
Let me peace pursue.
Chorus.