Praise That Will Make a Dead Man (Woman) Walk Again

Rattling the Dry Boneshttps://youtu.be/xrAdbH28gIg

tomba large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.

an enclosure for a corpse cut in the earth or in rock.

a monument to the memory of a dead person, erected over their burial place.

tomb

tomb

What Has Been Your Tomb?

Jesus’ tomb was one that transcended death and transformed the cares and ugliness of this world into a place of joy, peace, and glory!The cares of life can at times “bury us alive” and we are like “dead men (or women) walking”. But praise has the power to resurrect what SEEMS dead and can SHAKE the foundation of our very existence and those around us!!!! (See Paul and Silas’story)

Ever Called on God from a Dead Place?

● A place of despair, hurt, and anger● A place of agony and defeat● A place of frustration● A place where you felt alone,

rejected, and misunderstood

MEET ME (AND WOMEN ATTHE TOMB) RIGHT THERE!!!!!

We must trust God at His Word no matter what it looks like!

Matthew 28:5 - 75 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

Where there had been great sorrow and death, is now a place of praise AND worship!

Matthew 28:8-9

8 And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.

9 And behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.

What is Praise?

“Praise, in the original Greek, means to sing, to tell of, to give, or to confess.” In other words, praise refers to being thankful for God’s blessings, and it means to announce this good news to God and to others.

At its core, praise is an outward expression to God and to others to let them know about His goodness. Authentic praise comes from deep in the heart, does not have to be accompanied by music. The result is that others see God working in us.

According to Strong’s Concordance:

Some Types of Praise Halal - To boast foolishly, to make a show of it. - Psalm 22:2

Tehillah - To praise vocally in song or shouts - Psalm 100:4

Zamar - To praise with instruments, alone or with voices. - Psalm 33:2

Towdah - to extend the hands; To declare openly, freely, unreservedly. Admit as real or true - Psalm 50:23

Sabah - Reach out with affection for God, to feel His hold on us - Ps. 63:3

Barak - To kneel or bow as an act of adoration. - Psalm 95:6

Shabach - To loudly give adoration to God in the form of testimony. - Psalm 145:3

Yadah – To throw out hands; to worship with extended hands - Psalm 7:1

The Resurrection Power of Our Praise

What does resurrection power look like?

Resurrection Power

Resurrection Power - The Bones of Elisha 2 Kings 13:20-21

20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

1 Kings 17:17-24 Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son 2 Kings 4:18-37 Elisha & the Shunammite Woman’s Son Luke 7:11-17 Jesus & Widow of Nain’s Son Luke 8:49-56 Jesus & Jairus’ Daughter John 11:1-44 Jesus Raises Lazarus Matthew 27:50-54 The Saints of Jerusalem are Raised at Jesus’ Death Acts 9:36-42 Peter Raises Tabitha (Dorcas) Acts 20:7-12 Pauls Raises the Young Man (Eutychus) Who Fell From the Window

Fairchild, Mary. "All the People Raised From the Dead in the Bible." Learn Religions, Aug. 27, 2020, learnreligions.com/people-raised-from-the-dead-in-the-bible-4109363.

The Resurrection Power of Our Praise

How does God respond to this type of praise?

Praise has the capability to change both the physical and spiritual environment! It shifts both you and all that is around you. Why? How? Psalm 22:3 says “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.”

God inhabits the praises of His people and with Him onboard what could possibly stand as an obstacle or hindrance to you becoming free or rather exercising the liberty that God through Jesus Christ has already accomplished for each of us!

PRAISE CAN SHAKE THINGS UP FOR EVERYONE!!!!Acts 16:25-26

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

Ezekiel 37:1 and 7 (ESV)

1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.

7 So I prophesied as I had been commanded. While I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.

His Presence Takes Us From Death to Life!!!!

In what things or ways am I flourishing?

We were made to flourish!

(of a person, animal, or other living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment

Psalm 92:13 KJV13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

But be careful,

looks can be deceiving!

What things have I let die in my life?

Take a closer look!In the midst of death, there is yet life on display!How many of us know that God is “displaying us” in the midst of what we may see or what may feel like a moment of death? (disappointments, despair, the decline and withering away of our hearts toward God or toward the things of God. We are living epistles read of men! So from just a small sign of life….

God can restore and bring forth new life!Flourish - an instance of suddenly performing or developing in an impressively successful way:

grow, thrive, prosper, grow/do well, develop, burgeon,

increase, multiply, proliferate, spring up, shoot up, bloom, blossom, bear fruit, burst

forth, run riot, put on a spurt, boom, mushroom

Psalm 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

Isaiah 66:13-1413 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

THIS IS THE PLACE OF BONE RATTLING, LIFE CHANGING PRAISE!!!!!

What kind of praise is this? It is the kind that….1. made David dance out of his clothes in 2 Samuel 6:14-222. destroyed the walls of Jericho. Joshua 6:15-203. turned Jehoshaphat's enemies against one another 2 Chronicles

20:224. brought forth God’s glory that filled the temple and slayed the

priests in the Spirit. 1 Kings 8:10-125. brought the dry bones together in Ezekiel 37:76. the angels sang at Jesus’ birth. Luke2:13-147. raised Lazarus from the dead when he was already stinking John

11:38-448. raised Tabitha from the dead Acts 9:36-429. shook the foundation of Paul and Silas’s prison Acts 16:25

10. the women at the tomb experienced as the worshipped at the feet of the risen Savior Matthew 28:8-9

How Do I Get My Praise to Do This? REMEMBER…..Praise is comely (becoming & appropriate) for the upright...Ps. 33:1Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord...Psalm 150:6From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same...Ps.113:3Come let us reason together…Isaiah 1:18Oh Taste and Seethat the Lord is good...Psalm 34:8I will bless the Lord at all times Psalm 34:1For God SO loved the world….John 3:16When we were yet sinners Christ died for us…Romans 5:8In Him I live, move, and have my being...Acts 17:28

There is life to found in the dead places through the resurrection power of Christ!

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