Today, My children, I want you to praise Me from the depths of your hearts. Many of you have quit praising Me. You have allowed the devil to take away your praise. You have allowed him to steal and take away your reason to praise. You have allowed him to take what you had learning with the importance of stepping into My praise and cause you to lose the desire to praise Me. Get your focus back on Me and praise Me.

Praise is one of the biggest tools that I have been giving you, and you are not using it like you should. You have slacked off and this has allowed the enemy to steal some of the things that I have done for you. You have allowed the enemy to distract you by circumstance, situations, and through deception. Get back your focus and praise Me like you never praised Me before. It is time to tear his kingdom down around and through your life. Tear it down with My praises.

Take it back. Take all the things that enemy has stolen back. Praise Me. Praise Me. Praise Me. Do you not remember that it is through praise that you will receive your breakthrough? Do you not remember that it is through your praise that you get the biggest victories in your life? So what if things are not going the way you thought and planned. Did you not give Me complete control in your life? Then why are you letting yourself become defeated?

I am doing things behind the scenes and I have told you not to look at what the eyes see in the natural but to look through the eyes that I have given you in the spiritual realm. You are to walk by faith knowing that I do know what I am doing. Do not lose your trust in Me, little ones. Yes, I remember what I have said and what I have promised. I am bringing them to pass. In the meantime, you are to be praising Me and rejoicing that you have won and that you are blessed. You are to be pulling down the strongholds and walking in the anointings that I have given to you , and you are to be doing this through praising Me. It is through praises to Me that blocks the voice of the enemy and hurts his ears. It is through praising Me that you defeat him in all areas of your life.

It is through praising Me that you are calling things forth in your life. It is through praising Me that you are dying out to yourself and putting Me first. It is through praising Me that changes the atmosphere that you are in. It is through praising Me that brings My glory to you. The enemy cannot stand to hear the praise to Me from My children. He knows that he cannot interfere with the praises reaching My throne. So why are you not praising Me?

In your darkest valley, praise Me. Praising Me will bring you light. When you are high on the mountain top, praise Me. Praising Me will echo and bring My glory upon you. When you are feeling as low as you possible can feel, praise Me. Praising Me will lift you up. When you are hurting and feeling hopeless, praise Me. Praising Me will soothe your pain, will treat you wounds, and will give you hope again. When you have received a blessing, praise Me. Praising Me is showing the enemy that you are not going to take the blessing for granted and you are not going to allow him to take it from you. Praise Me. Praise Me. Praise Me.

Praise Me through the tears. Praise Me through the busiest part of you day. Praise Me in the calmness. Praise Me in the quiet. Praise Me in your travels. Praise Me while you cook. Allow your heart to be overflowed by your praises to Me. In My praise you will see miracles take place. Through My praises you will feel My presence. Through My praises you will get the strength you need to go on. In all things praise Me. This is what I am asking you to do today. I just want you to praise Me. I want you to get into your spirit what true praise it. I want you to seek My face and learn all the things that just a simple thing as praising Me will bring to you. Praise Me, My children, just praise Me. Watch everything turn around just by praising Me.

2 Chronicles 5:13 (NIV)
13 The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang: “He is good; his love endures forever.” Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud,

Ezra 3:11 (NIV)
11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

Psalm 61:8 (NIV)
8 Then I will ever sing in praise of your name
and fulfill my vows day after day.

Psalm 103:1 (NIV)
1 Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Acts 16:22-26 (NIV)
22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.

Hebrews 13:15-16 (NIV)
15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Isaiah 12:1 (NIV)
12 In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. 2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.” 3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
4 In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted. 5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. 6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”

2 Chronicles 20:22 (NIV)
22 As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

Matthew 21:16 (NIV)
16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read, “‘From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?”

Psalm 56 (NIV)
1 Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack. 2 My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me. 3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. 4 In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? 5 All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin. 6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life. 7 Because of their wickedness do notlet them escape; in your anger, God, bring the nations down. 8 Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll—are they not in your record? 9 Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me. 10 In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise— 11 in God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me? 12 I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you. 13 For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.