When you praise God in spite of your circumstances, you confuse the enemy. I learned ten years ago that the best way to fight the enemy is to praise God until the enemy flees.
Fear had gripped my heart. On a Thursday night, I sat in the parking lot of the church I was attending at the time and cried my eyes out. I was terrified because my doctor suspected I had ovarian cancer. My children were small (3, 5, 7, and 9), and I had only been married for ten months.
I was crying so hard that my chest began to hurt. I told myself I had better calm down because even if I did not have cancer, I would surely die of a heart attack from the panic I was feeling. I had to get myself out of victim mode and demonstrate my faith.
I went home and posted scriptures all over my bedroom wall...then I began to sing. I began to sing songs of praise to God. One minute I was allowing the enemy to attack me and the next minute I was attacking back. I felt so much better because I was giving credit where credit was due. The devil had no choice but to flee. The devil can't stand to be around us when we are ignoring him and praising God.
The bible tells us to submit ourselves to God and resist the devil. Then he will flee. It is not enough to just try to fight him alone. We have to redirect our attention to the One who really deserves it.
When we sing in the rain, we bring sunshine into our storms.
CLICK A LINK BELOW TO HEAR SONGS OF INSPIRATION DURING YOUR STORM
The Storm is Over Now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtNVn9IvWyI&feature=player_detailpage
I Told the Storm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nVIPymcDpbA
Bow Down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQNp4n_5VFE&feature=player_detailpage
A Song in the Night:
