Dear Friends,
I'm prompted to write this post because recently my family
has experienced a breakthrough by praising the Lord. In January of this year
work wasn't consistent and money became tight. So tight in fact that we were
forced to sell things. Thankfully we had items to sell and thankfully the Lord
brought buyers. When we were in this valley, the weight of the situation
started to loom. However every day on the way to work and back I would listen
to the Praise channel (Channel 64) on Sirius radio and I'd get caught up in
praising the Lord and professing victory over my life and my husband’s life.
The power of the Holy Spirit was present and the feeling of obscurity subsided
and destiny rushed in like a flood. I knew that I tapped into something my
husband needed to get a hold of too. So the next moment that James and I had
together I'd started to play gospel praise and worship music to push through
this funky-down-and-out feeling.
The next Saturday I played 'Kirk Franklin and Family' on Pandora and starting singing and praising and dancing to the Lord and soon
James was feeling it and joined in. The words of praise were powerful proclaiming the word of
God and the promises that he has given us over our lives. We were professing the victory that we have
because of God's word and in that action of praise and proclamation was
transcendent, and the atmosphere in our home changed. Furthermore, we started
to win the battle in our mind. We realized that God has created us for victory
and what we are in right now is going to go "bye-bye"- real quick. As
a result we felt a complete breakthrough in the spiritual realm and soon we had
complete victory in the natural. Weeks later the Lord blessed James with an
amazing job with all that we wanted and more. To my friends who have been in
the valley for far too long and want breakthrough this is for you. I'm sharing
what I've learned so you too can tap into this victory too!
Just last week I was listening to the praise channel again,
(OF COURSE, because when you experience the presence of God in worship, you
don't want any other kind of music), and I heard a great song from the
legendary gospel singer, Shirley Caesar, called "Worship Him". In
that song Shirley started the song saying, there are seven different Hebrew
words for the ways of saying Worship:
1. Yadah- (yaw-daw') cast out, make confession, praise, give thanks
A primitive root; used only as denominative from yad;
literally, to use (i.e. Hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an
arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands);
intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands) -- cast (out), (make)
confess(-ion), praise, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
“the extended hand, to throw out the hand, therefore to
worship with hands extended”.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Genesis
49:8, 2 Chronicles 8:14, Ezra 3:10, Psalms 22:22, Psalms 69:30, 2 Chronicles
7:6, Isaiah 12:4, Jeremiah 33:11, and 2 Chronicles 20:21
In short, YADAH is surrender to the Lord, yielding to Him
with hands extended. To lift your hands unto the Lord. It carries the meaning
of absolute surrender as a young child does to a parent - "pick me up, I'm
all yours". Scriptures: Gen. 29:35,
2 Chron. 7:6, 20:21, Psalms 9:1, 28:7, Psalms 33:2, 42:5,11, 49:18, Isaiah 12:1
2. Tehillah (teh-hil-law') praise, song of praise deep
place, depth (A new song) and unrehearsed song from your heart. This can be
done in the Spirit (tongues) or in the understanding.
You can TEHILLAH singing *Yadah, *Towdah & *Shabach
combined. (read below for meanings)
The word tehillah is derived from the word “halal”. This
word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms 22:3, Psalms 33:1, Psalms
34:1, Psalms 147:1-2, 1Chronicles 16:35, 2Chronicles 20:22, Deuteronomy 10:21,
Exodus 15:11, and Isaiah 61:3
3. Halal - (haw-lal') make boast self, celebrate, commend,
deal, make, foolish glory, give light,
A primitive root; to be clear (orig. Of sound, but usually
of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be
(clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify --
(make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory,
give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be
worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
In another translation it means "to lose your
mind"
David danced out of his clothes....he was Halal'ing God and
I bet people thought he lost his mind!
4. Shaback- (Shaw-Bahk) “to shout, to address in a loud
tone, to command, to triumph”.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Psalms
63:1-4, Psalms 117:1, Psalms 35:27, Psalms 145:4, and Isaiah 12:6.
5. Towdah- (to-daw') (MY FAVORITE) From yadah; properly, an extension of the
hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a
choir of worshippers -- confession, (sacrifice of) praise, thanks(-giving, offering).
Towdah, To give worship by the extension of the hand in adoration or agreeing with what has been done or will be. This word is commonly found in connection with sacrifice-applying the giving of thanks or praise as a sacrifice before reception or manifestation. Thanking God for something that I don’t have in the natural. Agreeing with His Word – faith in His Word.
Towdah, To give worship by the extension of the hand in adoration or agreeing with what has been done or will be. This word is commonly found in connection with sacrifice-applying the giving of thanks or praise as a sacrifice before reception or manifestation. Thanking God for something that I don’t have in the natural. Agreeing with His Word – faith in His Word.
The powerful aspect about TOWDAH is the act of surrender and
submission to God's authority. When you lift up the Lord and his word and
praise him for being God, omnipresent, omniscient, sovereign Lord. The giver
and the one that take away you are letting go of your situation and giving it
to God.
"This form of praise goes in operation just because His
Word is true. "Father, I thank YOU that YOUR WORD is TRUE. As we raise our
hearts and hands in praise to the Lord, it involves a sacrifice, especially if
one is very sick in body. The carnal mind would fight and ridicule this
particular action, but there is great faith in TOWDAH as praise. The lifting of
the hand symbolizes agreement. The right hand symbolizes my covenant with my my
Father. As I go through the scriptures, God is seen extending His Right Hand to
me. That's the covenant. When He extends His right hand to me, He's saying to
me - ALL THAT I AM IS YOURS, and when I extend my right hand to Him, I am
saying "All that I am is yours and I agree with what You're saying. It is
the sacrifice that God honors by His performing of miracles.
The ATTITUDE for TOWDAH is: I'm thanking God. I'm agreeing
with God that it is as He says. I don't care what it looks like. I'm agreeing
with what His Word says. Example: Father, I thank You that I am healed."
–from: http://www.tehillahword.com/7_types_of_praise
When offering a towdah to God, we are accepting His Word as
truth just because we know that it is true. Here is a scriptural reference from
Jeremiah 33:
Jeremiah 33
11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of
the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say:
“ Praise (towdah) the LORD of hosts,
For the LORD is good,
For His mercy endures forever”— (NKJV)
This passage says “I am praising (towdah) Him because He is
good and merciful forever.” I give him praise because I am in agreement with
these attributes of God and I find them to be true. This is enough reason to
praise Him. Here is another example of agreement:
Isaiah 53:5
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed. (NKJV)
Do you face adversity that is greater than you can bear
alone? There is victory in His Word.
Philippians 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
(NKJV)
Are you confused? Does life seem to make no sense?
Psalm 56
11 In God I have put my trust;
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God;
I will render praises (towdah)to You,
13 For You have delivered my soul from death.
Have You not kept my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God
In the light of the living? (NKJV)
I really felt the blessing of the Lord when we started to
TOWDAH.
A few great things that David understood that touched the
heart of God:
1. He knew the
sacredness of covenant, he made vows with the Lord and as a result knew those
promises are sacred and he couldn't go back on his vow.
2. David showed
His faith in God’s word was greater than his circumstances.
3. He stayed true
to the Vision God had placed on his life. David knew that God didn't call him
to be a slave but a King.
6. Barak- (baw-rak) to kneel; by implication to bless God
(as an act of adoration)
Example: Psalm 95:6 -- "O come let us worship and bow
down; let us kneel (BARAK) before the Lord our maker."
"Come let us throw ourselves at His feet in
homage." [NEB]
"Let us bend thy knee in the presence of Jehovah our
Creator." [Spurrel]
Other References: I Chron 29:20; Neh 9:5Job 1:21, Psalms
96:2, Psalms 103:1-2, Psalms 18:46, Psalms 95:6, Psalms 34:1, and 1 Chronicles
29:20.
7. Zamar (zaw-mar) properly, to touch the strings or parts
of a musical instrument, i.e. Play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the
voice; hence to celebrate in song and music -- give praise, sing forth praises,
psalms.
This word can be
found in the following scriptures: Psalms 66:2-4, 1 Chronicles 16:9, Isaiah
12:5, Psalms 27:6, Psalms 149:3, Psalms 30:4, Psalms 21:13, and Psalms 57:8-9.
Here's three extra Greek words for Praise too I've found but there is still more...
8 Agalliao (ag-al-lee'-as-is) (GREEK) means “(usually
translated: “rejoice”) to jump for joy, to leap to exult”.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Luke
10:21, 1 Peter 1:6, Revelations 19:7, and Luke 1:44.
9. Proskuneo (pros-koo-nay-tace')(GREEK) means “to prostate
oneself in worship; to reverence, to adore; to kiss, like a dog licking his
master’s hand”.
This word can be found in the following scriptures: Luke
4:8, Revelations 15:4, and John 4:24.
10. Thriambeuo (three-am-byoo'-o) (Greek) means “to make an
acclamatory procession, to conquer, to celebrate a victory, to Triumph. This
word is found in Colossians 2:15
So reading up on all of these words I realized when we were
praising the Lord agreeing with His word we were TOWDAH’ing the Lord and not
even knowing it.
Friends, there is deliverance and breakthrough in praise. If
you need breakthrough and healing I encourage you to take time to do this.
Here’s one of my favorite songs to get you started…
Kirk Franklin Pandora Station
With Love.
In His Grip,
Melanie
