Wednesday Evening of The Arts
Art, Choir and Dance by My Girls, Victoriana, Eviana
and many other talented students
at
Newport Harbor High School
Irvine Avenue
Newport Beach, CA
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
6:00 Pm til 9:00 Pm
Powerful Weapon of Praise
Our enemies are silenced
when we Praise
Oh Lord
They are coming to drive us out
of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.
For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us.
We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.
All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones,
stood there before the LORD.
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel
'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army.
For the battle is not yours, but God's.
You will not have to fight this battle.
Take up your positions;
stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you,
and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the LORD.
and praised the LORD, the God of Israel, with very loud voice.
Have faith and you will be upheld; and you will be successful.
Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD
and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness saying:
"Give thanks to the LORD,
for his love endures forever."
As they began to sing and praise,
the LORD set ambushes against the men who were invading Judah,
and they were defeated.
they helped to destroy one another.
When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert
and looked toward the vast army,
they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder,
and they found among them a great amount of equipment and clothing
and also articles of value—more than they could take away.
There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it.
Then returned joyfully to Jerusalem,
to the temple of the LORD with harps and lutes and trumpets.
for the LORD had given them cause to rejoice over their enemies.
2 Chronicles 20
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas,
and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.
After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison,
and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.
Upon receiving such orders,
he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God,
and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake
that the foundations of the prison were shaken.
At once all the prison doors flew open,
and everybody's chains came loose.
The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open,
he drew his sword and was about to kill himself
because he thought the prisoners had escaped.
But Paul shouted,
"Don't harm yourself! We are all here!"
The jailer called for lights,
rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
He then brought them out and asked,
"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
They replied,
"Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved
you and your household."
Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house.
At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds;
then immediately he and all his family were baptized.
The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them;
he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God
he and his whole family.
When it was daylight,
The jailer told Paul,
"The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released.
Now you can leave.
Go in peace."
Acts 16
Thank God!
Call out his Name!
Tell the whole world who he is and what he's done!
Sing to him!
Play songs for him!
Broadcast all his wonders!
Revel in his holy Name,
God-seekers, be jubilant!
Study God and his strength,
seek his presence day and night;
Remember all the wonders he performed,
the miracles and judgments that came out of his mouth.
He keeps his commitments across thousands of generations,
Sing to God, everyone and everything!
Get out his salvation news every day!
Publish his glory among the godless nations,
his wonders to all races and religions.
And why?
Because God is great—well worth praising!
No god or goddess comes close in honor.
All the popular gods are stuff and nonsense,
but God made the cosmos!
Splendor and majesty flow out of him,
strength and joy fill his place.
Shout Bravo! to God,
in awe of the Glory, in awe of the Strength:
Shout Bravo! to his famous Name,
and enter his presence!
Stand resplendent in his robes of holiness!
God is serious business, take him seriously;
he's put the earth in place and it's not moving.
So let Heaven rejoice,
let Earth be jubilant,
and pass the word among the nations,
"God reigns!"
Let Ocean, all teeming with life, bellow,
let Field and all its creatures shake the rafters;
Then the trees in the forest will add their applause
to all who are pleased and present before God
he's on his way to set things right!
Give thanks to God
he is good
and his love never quits.
and bask in life of praise."
Blessed be the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Then everybody said,
"Yes! Amen!"
and
"Praise God!"
1 Chronicles 16
Hebrew Words Describe The Action of Praise
http://www.tbm.org/there_is_power_in_praise.htm
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