Today’s Reading:
Psalm 68
God! Arise with awesome power, and every one of your enemies will scatter in fear! Chase them away—all these God-haters. Blow them away as a puff of smoke. Melt them away like wax in the fire. One good look at you and the wicked vanish. But let all the righteous be glad! Yes, let them all rejoice in your presence and be carried away with gladness. Let them laugh and be radiant with joy! Let them sing their celebration-songs for the coming of the cloud rider whose name is Yah!
Psalms 68:1-4 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Power dynamics are shifting with praise. The clouds of darkness, the veil of darkness, the ability of the darkness to reign is being broken by the power of prayer and praise. Faith-filled decrees are shifting the atmosphere. Powerful prayer of intercessors is shaking the Heavens and dislodging, displacing the footholds of the enemy. Strongholds are crumbling as My intercessors, My prayer warriors — those whose prayers thunder up to the Heavens and shake the Heavens with might through faith — they are disrupting the power dynamics. And demonic entities, demonic powers, and principalities are falling from the structures they have built on lies, deceit, wickedness, greed and perversion.
God Almighty declares the word of the gospel with power, and the warring women of Zion deliver its message: “The conquering legions have themselves been conquered. Look at them flee!” Now Zion’s women are left to gather the spoils.
Psalms 68:11-12 TPT
The spiritual battle has been fierce, but the intercessors and the worshippers are charging the atmosphere, setting the atmosphere for change. As they pray, Heaven responds, My angelic host respond, and I Myself respond. As they worship, the enemy loses strength, the enemy loses grip and the enemy must flee. This is how faith-filled decrees, prayer and worship turn the tide of battle. This is how they disrupt the stranglehold that wickedness and darkness has over a region and a nation.
Our God is a mighty God who saves us over and over! For the Lord, Yahweh, rescues us from the ways of death many times. But he will crush every enemy, shattering their strength. He will make heads roll for they refuse to repent of their stubborn, sinful ways. I hear the Lord God saying to all the enemies of his people, “You’d better come out of your hiding places, all of you who are doing your best to stay far away from me. Don’t you know there’s no place to hide? For my people will be the conquerors; they will soon have you under their feet. They will crush you until there is nothing left!”
Psalms 68:20-23 TPT
This is how demonic strongholds are toppled. First in the spiritual, and then in the physical. Your prayers and worship and decrees will cause strongholds to topple in the spirit realm, and then you will watch them fall in the natural realm. Set your targets by My Spirit, and you will see your battle plans succeed.
How to Respond
- Pray, Holy Spirit guide my prayer. Help me to strengthen myself and stir up my most holy faith. Put songs in my heart — old and new songs of worship that will terrify the enemy, weaken the enemy and cause them to loosen their grip and flee. I want to be one who storms the Heavens with my prayer and whose faith- filled decrees thunder and cause demonic strongholds to shake and topple — first in the spirit realm and the in the natural realm.
- Declare, Let all the nations of the earth sing songs of praise to Almighty God! Go ahead, all you nations—sing your praise to the Lord! Pause in his presence Make music for the one who strides the ancient skies. Listen to his thunderous voice of might split open the heavens. Give it up for God, for he alone has all the strength and power! Proclaim his majesty! For his glory shines down on Israel. His mighty strength soars in the clouds of glory. God, we are consumed with awe, trembling before you as your glory streams from your Holy Place. The God of power shares his mighty strength with Israel and with all his people. God, we give our highest praise to you!
Psalms 68:32-35 TPT - Decree, Great is the grace, the mercy and the faithfulness of the Lord. He is the Captain of Heaven’s Host and by His Spirit we shall succeed.
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