The Shout Of Praise

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The announcement came over the intercom, saying, 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:27.600 welcome to the very first totally automated commercial flight. This 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:32.480 airplane has no pilots. It is being completely controlled by 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:36.840 the most advanced computers available today. It has been tested 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:40.720 and retested. You have nothing to worry about. Just sit 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:44.840 back and enjoy the flight. Enjoy the flight. Enjoy the flight, 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:48.959 all right. Hold up your Bible. Say it like you 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:52.160 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.600 says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:57.800 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:01.280 I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:05.399 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:09.160 never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.680 I want to talk to you today about the shout 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:16.680 of praise. The scripture is full of stories where when 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:20.760 God's people lifted up a shout, supernatural things took place. 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:26.160 Prison doors were opened, enemies got confused, even huge walls 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:30.280 came tumbling down, all because of a shout of praise. 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:36.840 There's something about being vocal, being expressive, demonstrating your faith. 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.760 It releases God's power in a greater way. And it's 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:44.040 one thing to be quiet and reverent unto the Lord. 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:47.680 That's important. We should have a respect and a reverence. 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:51.400 But there are times when being quiet is not enough. 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.120 It's not even enough to just pray or sing or 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:59.560 quote scriptures. The shout is what pushes you over into victory. 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:03.480 The shout is what brings the walls down. When you 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:06.720 lift up your voice and say, God, I bless you today, 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:10.200 I lift your name on high. You are good. Your 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:14.920 mercy endures forever. When God hears those shouts of praise, 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:19.720 he says to the angels, get busy, send healing, Send favor, 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:24.320 send deliverance, send supernatural breakthroughs now. I know some of 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:28.120 you are like me. You're more quiet and reserved. It's 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.320 not natural for you to be very expressive, very exuberant. 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:32.160 I know. 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:35.360 I stand by Victoria during the praise in worship. She 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:38.719 is always swaying to the music, tapping her feet, She's 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:41.240 got her hands up in the air. I can hear 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:45.640 her singing with her whole heart, very expressive, so full 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:49.880 of joy. And here I'm there, quiet calm, reserved. The 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:52.480 other day she looked at me and I was in 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:56.640 deep prayer, deep meditation. She bumped me with her hips 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:02.280 and said, come on, stiffy, lighten up. I said, you 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:06.359 can't bump me. I'm the pastor. I'm dignified. She bumped 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:11.560 me even harder. But I'm naturally more reserved. But I've 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.839 learned if you want to go somewhere you've never been, 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:17.520 you've got to be willing to do something that you've 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:22.279 never done. It says in Psalm forty seven to one, 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:26.200 shout unto God with the voice of triumph. And I 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:29.600 realize that God hears us even when we whisper. But 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:33.279 when you let out a shout, you're not only announcing 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:36.440 to God. I trust you, I believe you. I know 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:40.120 you have great things in store. But that shout is 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:44.360 announcing to the enemy. Favor is coming, breakthroughs are on 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:49.320 their way, Supernatural opportunities are in my future. I know 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:51.920 I've been at a ballgame before, and in the middle 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.279 of the game, I'll go up to the concession stand 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.400 to get something to eat. While I'm standing in the line, 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.320 I can't see what's happening on the field. But all 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.880 of a sudden, I hear a loud cheer from the crowd, 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:07.680 a huge shout. The place erupts, and even though I 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:11.680 can't see it, I know something good just happened. We 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:15.240 either scored a touchdown, somebody hit a home run. But 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:20.799 the sounds of cheering, the sounds of celebration, are declaring something. 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:25.280 It's announcing to everyone around that a great victory has 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:29.040 just taken place. It's the same way in the unseen realm. 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:32.560 When we shout unto God, we are announcing to the 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:36.520 forces of darkness that a great victory is about to 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:40.720 take place. They can't see what's happening. They don't know 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:44.599 why we're shouting. All they know is somewhere God's opening 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.640 up a new door. Somewhere a wall is coming down. 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.760 Finances are turning around, somebody's child is coming back home. 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:55.640 Somebody's health is being restored, somebody's getting the break they need. 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:59.440 Those shouts of joy not only allow God to bring 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.960 the victory, but it's announcing to the enemy we're coming 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:06.799 up to a higher level. There's declarative power in a shout. 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:11.960 Psalm one talks about when we have the high praises 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.160 of God coming out of our mouth. That is shouts 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:18.520 of joy, shouts of praise. It says that God promises 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:22.840 he will go to war against our enemies. You may 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.400 be facing an enemy of sickness today, but instead of 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:30.440 being down discourage, going around complaining, you're saying, God, I 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:33.400 bless you, I praise you. I know you're still on 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.920 the throne. When you let out those shouts, God goes 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:40.880 to war against that sickness. Perhaps you're struggling with an addiction. 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:44.280 But instead of thinking, oh, I'll never break this, Saint Joel, 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:48.040 I'm just not disciplined enough. No, you're shouting Lord, you 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:52.600 are good. Your mercy endures forever. Those high praises coming 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.080 out of your mouth are what allow God to go 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:59.040 to war against that addiction. I know one time, years ago, 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.400 Victoria and I were involved in this business deal where 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:05.200 somebody had done us wrong. They had pulled us into 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.840 a big mess, and now we were having to meet 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:11.160 with the attorneys and go through the legal process. It's 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:14.640 a big waste of time and energy and money. We 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.200 came to the week where it was all going to 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.000 be resolved. We're going to have this one final meeting, 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:23.960 and the outcome was going to be determined. Early that morning, 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:27.320 we were in a parking garage downtown Houston waiting for 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:30.840 the meeting. Victoria said something that I'd never heard her 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.800 say before. She said, Joel, I think before we get 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:35.760 out of the car, we need to turn on some 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:40.040 praise music and just shout the victory. Well, it was 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:43.120 like six o'clock in the morning. I didn't feel like shouting. 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.599 I was barely even awake, but we turned on the 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:49.160 Lakewood Praise CD and it just so happened. It came 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:52.599 on at the end of the song we have Overcome. 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:55.760 We heard about ten or fifteen seconds, and then the 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:59.559 worship leader came on saying it's already done. We've already 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.559 won the victory, just shouting to God. So we just 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:06.079 joined into celebration and we said, God, we agree, we 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:09.160 praise you in advance for the victory. We believe it's 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:12.760 already done. We shout unto you with a voice of triumph. 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.959 We had the high praises of God coming out of 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.880 our mouth early in the morning in that car, and 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.679 I know, in the natural it probably looked kind of foolish. 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.880 After all, we had not won the victory. We were 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.679 still right in the middle of the battle. But this 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:31.040 is what faith is all about. You can't wait to 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.520 shout after the victory. You got to learn to shout 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.880 before the victory. The shout is what allows God to 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:40.920 fight your battles for you. We got out of the 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.040 car that morning feeling ten feet tall. We knew if 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.480 God before us, who dare be against us? We went 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.840 into that meeting and the other side God at odds 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.920 with each other. They begin to argue among themselves. Their 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:58.439 head attorney got so upset he even left the building. 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.800 What had dragged on for over three years that day 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:05.440 was totally resolved in our favor. Not only that everything 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:08.839 was restored back to us. Friends, when you have the 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.599 high praises of God coming out of your mouth, he 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:15.480 will go to war against your enemies. Proverbs twenty nine 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:19.959 six says evil people are trapped by their own wrongdoing, 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:25.400 but the righteous escape by shouting for joy. When you 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:29.040 find yourself in a situation where you feel trapped, looks 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:32.439 like there's no way out in your health, your finances, 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:37.719 a legal circumstance, don't get down discouraged. Don't start complaining. No, 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:42.520 you have a secret weapon. Start shouting for joy. Driving 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.320 to work in the car by yourself. Lord, I bless 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.599 you today, I thank you God. I say Hozanna to 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:52.319 you in the highest. Nowadays, most people just think you're 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.320 talking on your cell phone, just being animated. What they 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.360 don't realize is you are shouting under God with the 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:02.960 voice of triumph. When God hears those shouts, he goes 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:06.880 to work arranging your escape, moving the wrong people out 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:10.040 of the way, opening up the right doors, showering down 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:13.319 his favor. And I know some people think that we're 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:16.679 kind of loud, and they wonder why everybody's so excited 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:19.440 at our services. Why do you cheer at the end 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:22.079 of a song. Why does it seem like a celebration 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:26.839 of ball game. It's because we understand this principle. We 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.640 know when we have the high praises of God coming 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:33.440 out of our mouth, supernatural things are happening. New doors 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:37.880 are opening, favors being released, breakthroughs are coming. God is 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:43.360 fighting our battles. Well, you say, Joel, I'm just real quiet, reserved, 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:47.040 a little more dignified than that. That's a little far out, 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:50.400 a little overboard, a little radical for me. Listen, I've 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:54.040 been in this very auditorium when the Rockets were playing basketball. 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:56.920 I had season tickets right over there on the fourth row, 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.839 and when the Rockets were in the playoffs about to 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:06.280 the championship, I saw the most quiet, reserved, dignified people 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.880 that normally just sit there and passively watch the game. 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.880 They were up on their feet, pumping their fist in 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:14.880 the air, yelling at the top of their lungs, acting crazy, 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:19.720 doing the macarena. I saw ladies dressed to a tea 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:23.520 so proper, normally just very quiet and reserved. They were 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:27.240 up waving their hankies, giving high fives to people they've 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:31.240 never even met. What am I saying? We're all a 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:34.800 little radical about something I've made up my mind. I'm 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:40.000 gonna be radical about my God. I'm going to let 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.719 his high praise has come out of my mouth. I 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:47.120 know when I shout to the Lord, new doors are open, 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:51.280 barriers are coming down, healing is being released. The shout 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:55.079 is what's sealing the deal. I know growing up, certain 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:58.640 people referred to us as holy rovers. I like what 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:02.640 somebody said. They call us holy rollers, and yes, what 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.199 they say is true, But if they knew what we 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:10.400 were shouting about, they would be rolling. Two. I love 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:13.800 the story of Joshua, He and the people of Israel 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:16.040 who are trying to make it to their promised land. 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.079 But right in the middle of their path was a 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:24.000 huge obstacle, the city of Jericho. It had large walls 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:27.679 all the way around it. It stood between them and 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.120 their promised land. They couldn't go around it. They had 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:34.920 to go through it. Between you and your destiny. There 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:38.880 will always be a Jericho, something that you cannot go around. 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.559 There's no other route. You either have to defeat it 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:45.839 or it's going to defeat you. God told Joshua to 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:49.319 have the people march around the city walls for six days, 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.800 one time a day, and on the seventh day they 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.360 were to march around seven times, and they were instructed 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.959 to march perfectly silent. They couldn't say a word, no time, 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:04.439 no whispering, no complaining. Then on the seventh day, on 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:06.959 the seventh time around, God said, I want you to 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:10.280 do something different. On this seventh time, I want you 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:14.040 to let out a shout of praise. I can imagine 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:17.600 on that seventh day the people were so excited. They 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:22.200 marched around once and twice and three times. The anticipation 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.920 is growing. They can't wait they know something big is 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:29.640 going to happen. On that seventh time, after the priest 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:33.520 blew the trumpets, the people let out this mighty shout 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:37.400 of praise at the top of their lungs, saying, Hallelujah, 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:41.800 Hosanna in the Highest Lord, We bless you so loud, 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:45.360 no doubt, it sounded like a huge airplane passing by. 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:48.760 People could hear it from miles and miles. Now as 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:53.400 they were shouting, the impossible began to happen. Those huge 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:58.160 forty five walls begin to shake and rattle, and before 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:01.560 long roll they came toum lean down. The people were 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.920 able to go in, take the city and eventually make 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.720 it to their promised land. But here's the point I 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:11.480 want you to see. The shout is what sealed the deal. 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:16.120 The shout was the final straw. Marching around the city 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:20.600 seven times that showed their faithfulness, that proved their obedience, 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:24.680 But that in itself was not enough. That was part 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:28.280 of it. But the shout was what released God's favor 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.760 in a greater way. The truth is, they could have 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:36.040 marched around the city silently, week after week, even year 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:39.640 after year, showing God how faithful they were, but nothing 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:43.680 would have happened. Without the shout, the walls would not 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:46.920 have come down. Could it be that there are a 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:50.440 wall still up in your life because you've missed the shout. 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.200 You prayed, you believed, you've stood on God's word. But 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:58.800 now it's time for your shout. God is saying you 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.440 are coming in to your seventh day. You're about to 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:07.080 enter into your seventh lap, the victory lap. You've been faithful, 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:11.200 you've developed your character. Now it's time to come into 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:14.920 your promised land. And in the coming days, as you 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.880 have the high praises of God coming out of your mouth, 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.680 you need to get ready. You're gonna start seeing walls 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:26.760 come down. Bondages are going to be broken, Supernatural doors 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:31.600 are gonna open, Enemies are gonna be defeated. Chains of 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:35.920 addictions are going to be loosed, Limitations are gonna be canceled. 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:40.440 Increase is gonna come in extraordinary ways. I want you 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:43.280 to imagine you're on the seventh Day. You're about to 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:46.560 come into that seventh lap, the victory lap. God is saying, 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.880 it's your time to rise to a new level. It's 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:52.880 your time to see favor in a new way. It's 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:55.880 your time to go beyond barriers of the past. It's 0:16:55.920 --> 0:17:01.480 your time for divine connections. It's your time for supernatural breakthroughs. 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.600 Why don't we just take ten seconds and seal the deal. 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:13.200 Let's let up a shout of praise just to see them. Okay, okay, okay, 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:19.439 all right. I knew you couldn't keep it to ten seconds. 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:23.879 I know people are flipping through the channels right now. 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:27.959 When they see you shouting, celebrating, They think, what am 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:32.400 I watching? Did Peyton Manning just throw another touchdown? Did 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:35.560 Tiger Woods just clench the Masters? Did Lebron James just 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:38.240 did another game winning shot? They look a little closer 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.200 and say, no, it's just those crazy people at Lakewood. 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:48.159 They're always shouting about something. Here's why we're shouting. We 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:52.560 know walls are coming down, somebody's child is coming back home. 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:58.680 Somebody's marriage is being restored. Somebody's about to see a 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:02.040 business take off. Somebody's about to meet the man or 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:06.240 woman of their dreams. Somebody's about to see their health restored. 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.920 Somebody's about to make it into their promised land. The 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.360 shout is what releases God's favor in a greater way. 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:20.280 It doesn't take you must to make y'all shout. 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:20.479 Now. 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:25.159 Listen, some of you have marched around your city walls 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:28.879 four hundred and twenty two times. You're wondering when God's 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.159 ever going to do something. But God's waiting on you 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:34.840 for the shout. You don't need to march around another time. 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.080 You need to start declaring God's goodness in a greater 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:42.040 way when you get up every morning. Just imagine you're 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:44.440 on the seventh day and you're about to enter into 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:47.840 your victory. Laugh, dare to vocalize it. God, I bless 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:51.240 you today, I thank you today, I honor you today. 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:54.760 Those shouts not only allow God to bring the victory, 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:58.200 but you're announcing to the enemy this is my time. 0:18:58.760 --> 0:19:02.720 Sickness cannot stay. I will not live a depressed, defeated life. 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:06.240 I will not go around unfulfilled. I will not be 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:09.440 bound by these addictions. I Am coming in to my 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.800 promised land. We have a cleaning product here in the 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:16.840 States called a shout. It's a stain remover. You get 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:19.040 something on your shirt or something on the carpet, you 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:21.520 can spray that shout on it and it'll help remove it. 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:24.840 I remember the commercial they had for Shout when I 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:28.000 was growing up. It showed this little boy playing in 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:30.280 the backyard and he falls in the mud and gets 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:32.879 his jeans all dirty. The mom is looking out the 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:36.160 kitchen window and she shakes her head, and the announcer 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:39.000 says to the mother, what are you gonna do now 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:42.760 that little Johnny got his jeans stained? The mom smiles 0:19:42.840 --> 0:19:46.760 and says, I'm gonna shout it out. It shows the 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:49.240 father working on his car and he gets some grease 0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:51.760 on his T shirt. The announcer asks the mom the 0:19:51.800 --> 0:19:54.000 same thing, what are you gonna do this time she 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.639 gets the bottle of shouting. She looks in the camera 0:19:56.640 --> 0:20:00.600 and says, I'm not worried. I'm gonna shout it out. Really, 0:20:00.920 --> 0:20:04.320 there's some truth to that statement. When we face barriers 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:08.560 in life, when the financial situation looks impossible, when the 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:12.840 medical report says no way, when you encounter a jericho 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:16.680 on your way to your promised land. Instead of getting 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:20.960 discouraged thinking, oh, these walls are too big, they're too strong, 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:23.760 they're never gonna come down. Now, let's learn to do 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:26.720 like the lady in the TV commercial and say, you 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:29.400 know what, I know a secret. I can shout it out. 0:20:29.680 --> 0:20:33.000 I'm gonna kick my praise into a new gear. What 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:35.760 are you gonna do if you get a bad medical report? 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:39.040 Shout it out, declare God's goodness in a greater way. 0:20:39.680 --> 0:20:41.600 What are you gonna do if somebody cuts you off 0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:45.520 in traffic? Don't cuss them out, shout it out God, 0:20:45.600 --> 0:20:50.320 I bless you anyway. What are you gonna do if 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:53.720 you get overlooked for a promotion that you deserve? Shout 0:20:53.760 --> 0:20:56.400 it out God. I'm not working under man, I'm working 0:20:56.520 --> 0:20:59.800 under you. I bless you anyway. That's what it says 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:03.719 the Psalm fifty nine. The Psawmist said, my enemies come 0:21:03.800 --> 0:21:07.960 against me like vicious dogs, trying to destroy me. But 0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:11.280 as for me, I will shout for joy for you 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:15.040 or my refuge, my place of safety. Notice, in our 0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:18.920 times of difficulty, we're not supposed to get discouraged. Don't 0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:22.400 go around complaining talking about your problems. If you want 0:21:22.400 --> 0:21:25.600 to activate God's power in a greater way, you've got 0:21:25.720 --> 0:21:27.879 to do like the Psawmist and learn to shout for 0:21:28.040 --> 0:21:30.960 joy even when it looks bad all around you. Just 0:21:31.080 --> 0:21:33.680 lift your head towards the heavens and say, God, I 0:21:33.840 --> 0:21:36.719 bless you today. I know you're still on the throne, 0:21:37.000 --> 0:21:40.320 I say Hosanna to you in the highest. If you 0:21:40.400 --> 0:21:42.919 are to suffer some kind of setback in the natural, 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:45.760 you're gonna want to get discouraged. Self pity will try 0:21:45.800 --> 0:21:47.800 to set in. That's when you have to dig your 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:50.080 heels in and say, no, I'm gonna offer to God 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:53.639 the sacrifice of praise. And I'm not saying that this 0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:57.080 is some magic formula. If you shout one time, everything's 0:21:57.119 --> 0:22:00.400 gonna go away. But no, I am saying if you'll 0:22:00.480 --> 0:22:04.320 learn to magnify God and not your problems, you'll not 0:22:04.440 --> 0:22:07.680 only enjoy life more. But that's what allows God to 0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:11.560 turn negative situations around, and at the right time on 0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:15.159 your seventh day, on that seventh trip around, the shout 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:18.280 is what helps to bring the walls down. I think 0:22:18.359 --> 0:22:23.359 about Jehasiphat in Second Chronicles, chapter twenty. He received word 0:22:23.800 --> 0:22:27.200 that three major armies were surrounding him and the people 0:22:27.280 --> 0:22:31.040 of Judah. They were quickly closing in and about to attack. 0:22:31.400 --> 0:22:35.120 The people of Judah were greatly outnumbered. King Jehosaphat didn't 0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:38.320 know what to do, so he called them altogether. They 0:22:38.359 --> 0:22:41.200 got on their knees and begin to pray. Soon the 0:22:41.280 --> 0:22:44.000 word of the Lord came to them saying, don't worry. 0:22:44.560 --> 0:22:48.120 This battle is not yours. The battle is the Lord's. 0:22:48.920 --> 0:22:51.439 When the people of Judah heard the good news, they 0:22:51.480 --> 0:22:54.480 did something very important. I believe it was one of 0:22:54.520 --> 0:22:57.159 the keys to see in the promise come to fulfillment. 0:22:58.000 --> 0:23:01.840 Right in the middle of that trouble, surrounded by enemies, 0:23:02.320 --> 0:23:04.520 looked like there was no way out in the natural. 0:23:04.920 --> 0:23:08.600 What did they do? Get depressed, complained, run and hide? 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:12.639 Know the scripture says, they begin to shout praises to 0:23:12.760 --> 0:23:16.399 God at the top of their lungs. Don't you know 0:23:16.640 --> 0:23:20.119 that looked kind of foolish. Here they were celebrating like 0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:22.840 they had already won the victory. But the fact is 0:23:23.320 --> 0:23:27.560 they were still surrounded by powerful enemies. Nothing had changed, 0:23:27.640 --> 0:23:30.600 nothing was different. I'm sure some people look from the 0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:34.720 outside and thought, those people are crazy. Why are they shouting? 0:23:34.760 --> 0:23:37.800 Why are they celebrating? Don't they know they're about to 0:23:37.880 --> 0:23:41.320 be wiped out? Don't they know their days are numbered? 0:23:41.880 --> 0:23:45.560 Know what those people didn't realize was the shout activates 0:23:45.600 --> 0:23:49.280 God's power. The shout brings confusion to the enemy. The 0:23:49.400 --> 0:23:53.240 shout releases God's favor. The shout is what helps bring 0:23:53.359 --> 0:23:57.480 the deliverance. Really, it's the same way today. When people 0:23:57.640 --> 0:24:02.440 see us shouting, seeing celebrating God's goodness, they think, what's 0:24:02.520 --> 0:24:05.920 wrong with those people at Lakewood. Haven't they read the 0:24:06.000 --> 0:24:09.840 news lately? Didn't they see the medical report. Haven't they 0:24:09.920 --> 0:24:13.320 seen what their child's been doing. They're acting like they're 0:24:13.359 --> 0:24:16.720 gonna prosper in spite of the economy. They're acting like 0:24:16.800 --> 0:24:19.199 they're gonna get well in spite of the medical report. 0:24:19.680 --> 0:24:23.760 They're acting like they've already won the battle. See, most 0:24:23.840 --> 0:24:27.119 people only shout after the victory. We better learn to 0:24:27.160 --> 0:24:31.680 shout before the victory. The scripture says, as soon as 0:24:31.760 --> 0:24:36.480 they started shouting, something great happened. Notice it didn't say 0:24:36.640 --> 0:24:39.320 as soon as they prayed, as soon as they believed, 0:24:39.600 --> 0:24:43.000 as soon as they started fighting. No, the shout was 0:24:43.080 --> 0:24:47.080 the catalyst. The shout was what lit the fire. As 0:24:47.160 --> 0:24:51.320 soon as they started shouting, God sent confusion to the 0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:56.119 three enemy armies. They begin to fight among themselves, and 0:24:56.240 --> 0:24:58.120 when it was all said and done, they had destroyed 0:24:58.160 --> 0:25:00.720 each other. The people of Judah didn't have to lift 0:25:00.800 --> 0:25:03.159 up a sword. They just went in and gathered up 0:25:03.200 --> 0:25:08.439 the spoils. And I realized that when we pray, things happen. 0:25:09.080 --> 0:25:11.840 When we stay faithful, things happen. When we are a 0:25:11.960 --> 0:25:15.320 blessing to others, things happen. But when we lift up 0:25:15.440 --> 0:25:20.200 a shout of praise, when we vocalize our thanksgiving, when 0:25:20.240 --> 0:25:24.120 we bless the Lord with our whole hearts, those shouts 0:25:24.680 --> 0:25:28.520 cause God to release his power in a supersized way. 0:25:29.280 --> 0:25:32.399 It's like God shifts everything into a higher gear. The 0:25:32.560 --> 0:25:35.720 turbo boosters kick in. I don't know about you, but 0:25:36.160 --> 0:25:40.640 I need God's favor in supersized ways. I need God's blessings, 0:25:40.720 --> 0:25:45.879 his wisdom in extraordinary ways. Now I've learned shouts of praise, 0:25:45.960 --> 0:25:49.280 shouts of joy. They're the power boosters that can thrust 0:25:49.359 --> 0:25:52.720 you to a new level. It's interesting. In the Old 0:25:52.800 --> 0:25:57.200 Testament God used the phrase many times, be of good courage, 0:25:58.040 --> 0:26:01.400 But in the New Testament, in those translations you never 0:26:01.520 --> 0:26:05.520 read be of good courage. God changed the phrasing. He 0:26:05.680 --> 0:26:10.440 now says be of good cheer. Cheer is an action word, 0:26:10.880 --> 0:26:13.280 something that we have to do. When I go to 0:26:13.400 --> 0:26:16.000 a ball game and see a cheerleader, one thing I 0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:20.800 know is a cheerleader is not quiet. They are very vocal, 0:26:21.280 --> 0:26:26.119 very loud. They're always shouting, cheering their team on. It's funny. 0:26:26.400 --> 0:26:30.040 Their team can be behind forty to nothing, only a 0:26:30.160 --> 0:26:32.959 minute left in the game, no possible way for them 0:26:33.000 --> 0:26:36.040 to win, yet they're still on the sideline shouting to 0:26:36.119 --> 0:26:40.080 the top of their LANs the I C t oh 0:26:40.440 --> 0:26:43.800 or why we have the victory. I have never once 0:26:43.880 --> 0:26:47.879 heard a cheerleader saying l oh s e r s 0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:53.119 we are losers. No matter how bad it gets, no 0:26:53.280 --> 0:26:56.440 matter how far behind the team falls, they just keep 0:26:56.520 --> 0:26:59.760 shouting the victory. That's what it means to be of good, 0:27:01.080 --> 0:27:04.479 just like that cheerleader. It doesn't matter if the medical 0:27:04.560 --> 0:27:07.480 report says you only have six weeks to live, like 0:27:07.600 --> 0:27:10.080 it did for my mother in nineteen eighty one. It 0:27:10.160 --> 0:27:12.760 doesn't matter if it looks impossible for you to ever 0:27:12.800 --> 0:27:15.679 get out of debt. Doesn't matter if all the odds 0:27:15.720 --> 0:27:18.639 are against you, every door has closed. That's when you 0:27:18.720 --> 0:27:21.080 have to dig your heels in and declare it by 0:27:21.200 --> 0:27:25.440 faith the ict R y Father, thank you that I 0:27:25.560 --> 0:27:28.440 have the victory. I praise you. I shout unto you 0:27:28.880 --> 0:27:34.440 with the voice of trial. As soon as you start shouting, 0:27:35.640 --> 0:27:38.040 just like God did for the people of Judah in 0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:41.240 the unseen realm, things begin to change in your favor. 0:27:42.000 --> 0:27:43.760 I know right now some of you are in the 0:27:43.840 --> 0:27:48.640 midst of difficulty. You feel like Jehasafat, You're surrounded by troubles, 0:27:48.680 --> 0:27:52.200 looks like there's no way out, or like Joshua, You've 0:27:52.240 --> 0:27:54.840 got a big barrier in your path. But God is 0:27:54.920 --> 0:27:57.560 saying to you what he said to them. The battle 0:27:57.720 --> 0:28:01.040 is not yours. The battle is the Lord. But you've 0:28:01.080 --> 0:28:04.480 got to do your part and activate God's power through 0:28:04.520 --> 0:28:08.119 your shouts of praise. And it's one thing to shout 0:28:08.200 --> 0:28:11.160 by yourself in your car, in the shower. That's good, 0:28:11.240 --> 0:28:14.960 that's important. But when thousands of us come together and 0:28:15.119 --> 0:28:17.920 let out a corporate shout of praise, I believe that 0:28:18.080 --> 0:28:22.400 not only intensifies God's power, but the forces of darkness 0:28:22.520 --> 0:28:24.960 have to run and hide. And in just a moment, 0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:27.920 I want us to let out another shout that's gonna 0:28:27.960 --> 0:28:31.440 reverberate down through the unseen realm. Here's what's gonna happen 0:28:31.480 --> 0:28:33.600 when we shout. Get this down in your spirit, see 0:28:33.640 --> 0:28:36.840 it through your eyes of faith. Walls are gonna come down, 0:28:37.880 --> 0:28:43.479 bondages are going to be broken, Depression cannot stay. Healing 0:28:43.720 --> 0:28:48.920 is gonna be released, Relationships will be restored, chains will 0:28:48.960 --> 0:28:53.280 be broken. Negative situations are going to turn around. Favor 0:28:53.480 --> 0:28:56.360 is going to be poured out. Something is about to 0:28:56.440 --> 0:28:59.360 break loose in the unseen realm. When we let out 0:28:59.400 --> 0:29:01.720 this shout of raise, Are you ready? We're gonna do it. 0:29:01.800 --> 0:29:04.400 On three, We're gonna shout unto God with a voice 0:29:04.400 --> 0:29:06.520 of triumph. One, two, three, Come on, let out a 0:29:06.560 --> 0:29:07.520 shout a pray today. 0:29:14.320 --> 0:29:17.720 Thank you for listening to the joel Ostine podcast. Help 0:29:17.840 --> 0:29:20.520 us continue to share the message of hope with those 0:29:20.680 --> 0:29:24.520 all over the world. Visit joelostein dot com slash give 0:29:24.640 --> 0:29:26.320 Hope to give a gift today. 0:29:27.640 --> 0:29:30.520 Thanks so much for listening to today's message. I hope 0:29:30.560 --> 0:29:33.880 you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest podcast to 0:29:34.000 --> 0:29:37.160 keep you inspired all through the week. 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