One of the most important things we experience in our prayer time in Lois Ministries is the time we spend in praise and worship to our great God. It is so very important to begin with this time because it helps to get our focus on God instead of the heavy concerns we have.
The main reason we spend time in worship shows God that we recognize He is so much more important than what is going on around us. Worship also means that we are lifting God up and bringing oneself low. God is all powerful and He is to be lifted up and praised. David realized this and talked a lot about it in the Psalms and was a great example to us on how to praise God.
The more we praise God the stronger our belief comes and the result of that faith is that God is able to do much more than we can ever ask or imagine. We, as Christians, live in the Spirit realm. The Spirit resides in us, controls us, teaches us, etc. The more we praise God, we focus on Him and the heavenly realm and not the hassles of this world. The heavenly or spirit-realm, brings comfort, empowerment and the result of the praise is seen in answers to prayer. It is only after much praise to our God, for who He is and what He does, that we should bring our requests to Him. Praise and worship empowers our requests. Sometimes all He wants us to do is just praise Him.
I experienced this a few years ago. I had just finished reading a devotional about God being able to heal and I was meditating on this thought when I heard God say, "test me in this." He knew I had been bothered by a spot on my leg for several weeks. It had bled, gotten bigger and it would not heal. After trying all kinds of things, I was becoming concerned and wondered if I should set up a Dr. appointment. After I heard this whisper from the Lord I then asked how to do it, since everything else I had tried hadn't worked. He instructed me to put my finger on it and pray. Well, first of all I wanted to help by putting antibiotic cream on it and he said no, just put your finger on the spot and not ask anything, just praise Him!! So I began to thank Him for the healing, for His power, and for his greatness. Everyday my praise became more and more full of faith and I was rejoicing, and thanking Him for being the Creator God, for creating me, and for the healing He would do!! I prayed Scripture that was just worship and praise to God.....often out of the Psalms. After a week or so of this I began to see the spot dry up and He even told me I could begin to put something on it. It completely healed with no scar at all!!! Praise God!!
I was surprised by this healing and also surprised how my faith grew as I just spent time in worship and praise!! This was a very great lesson for me and one I will never forget.
One of my favorite stories in the Bible is from II Chronicles 20 where we read of the story of Jehoshaphat, who was able to win the day, because he sent his Praise Team in first before anyone else and the battle was won in a miraculous way. You need to read this!!
