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Faith involves thanksgiving and praise. You and God are working together. It is your prayer and His power.
"Stand therefore...Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit" (Eph. 6:14,18).

God's Word instructs us to pray always with all prayer. Other translations say, all kinds of prayer or different kinds of prayer. The Amplified Bible says, with all manner of prayer.

There is more than just one kind of prayer, depending on what you desire from the Lord. I'd like to discuss the prayer of thanksgiving and praise in the light of God's Word.

Thanksgiving and Praise
The Bible says that if you pray according to God's will, you know that He hears you and that you have the petitions that you desired of Him (1 John 5:14-15). God's Word is His will.

God is faithful. His Word can be relied upon. Do not wait until you can see the manifestation before you believe you have it. That will put you over into an area of waiting and hoping. If you believe you receive when you pray, begin to praise God for the answer.

Faith involves thanksgiving and praise. Philippians 4:6 says, "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing...let your requests be made known unto God." The thanksgiving and the praise are integral parts of the prayer.

You and God are working together. It is your prayer and His power. Praise is more than just words. There is power in praise. God did not ordain praise just so that we could brag on Him.

Psalm 8:1-2 says, "O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and avenger." Jesus quoted this verse of scripture and said, "...Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise" (Matt. 21:16).

Strength and praise are one and the same according to the Word of God. God ordained praise to stop Satan in his tracks.

Once you have believed that you received because of the Word, your faith is in action. Through praise you are throwing your faith up against that mountain of adversity in your life.

Jesus said that if you have faith and doubt not, you can speak to the mountain and it will be removed. You will have what you say. If you quit applying the force of faith, the mountain will not be removed. You want the mountain to keep moving until it sinks into the sea and is completely out of sight! Apply the force of faith by praising God that it is gone.

The only way Satan can stop you and your faith is with unbelief. He does not have any power to stop God. He cannot stop that mountain from moving into the sea. The only way he can succeed is to make you quit applying the pressure.

The mountain may be sickness, disease, alcohol, family trouble, financial trouble, or any evil work. Jesus bought and paid for the answer to all of it. You cannot face any problem that has not been taken care of through Calvary's Cross.

The psalmist David said, "I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence" (Ps. 9:1-3).

He did not say if. He said when the enemies fall back! As you praise God, those enemies will retreat. The Bible says that He inhabits the praises of His people (Ps. 22:3).

Praise is not something that you just feel once in a while. God is worthy of your praise. The Bible says to offer the sacrifice of praise. What did they do in the Old Testament when they had problems that they could not overcome? The priest would offer sacrifices to God and bring Him on the scene. God stopped the onslaught of the enemy.

As a New Covenant believer, you are a priest of God. No other sacrifice can be offered. Jesus offered the ultimate blood sacrifice. As a priest, you offer the sacrifice of praise. Hebrews 13:15 says, "By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name."

Being Made Whole
In Luke 17 beginning with verse 11, Jesus ministered to ten men who had leprosy. They said, "...Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed" (vv. 13-14).

The Bible says, "And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified [praised] God" (v. 15). They were all cleansed. But only one praised God unashamedly. Jesus said, "Were not the other nine cleansed? Where are they?" Then He said to the man, "Thy faith hath made thee whole" (v. 19).

The others were cleansed but this one was made whole! His faith kept working. His mountain did not stop at the seashore or sink halfway into the sea! No trace of his mountain was left. Whatever the disease had destroyed was restored.

That is the kind of power that you can have right now in your own life. If you are not familiar with praising God, or if it makes you feel uncomfortable, ask God to show you how. You can start by reading the Psalms aloud. They speak of the great and mighty works of God. They praise Him for His power, mercy, etc. God is faithful to perfect your praises!


Excerpt permission granted by
Eagle Mountain International Church, Inc.
aka:  Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Kenneth Copeland
Web site: Kenneth Copeland Ministries
 
For the last 50 years Kenneth and Gloria Copeland have been passionately teaching Christians all over the world how to apply the principles of faith found in God’s WORD to their lives.
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