Wednesday 29th April 2026
TOPIC: THE PRESERVATION POWER OF PRAISE
SCRIPTURE: Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psalm 32:7
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: A major foundation for praise is thanksgiving. Until you are thankful, you can never be praiseful.
Our anchor Scripture makes us understand that praise is a preservative. Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble. And what does he use to preserve me? Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. So, praise, worship, carry preservation power. They carry deliverance power.
How does praise preserve?
- Praise is key to health and health is key to preservation.
Unhealthy people can be cut short before their time. A merry heart doeth good like medicine. Proverbs 17:22. So merriment, which is a major element of praise, carries healing power. An excited person will be healthier than a depressed person. Praise is key to health, which is key to preservation.
- Praise is key to strength and strength helps to withstand adversity.
The joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10. Your praise helps your strength. Praiseful people are strengthened people; they are not weakened people. Depression weakens; praise strengthens.
- Praise is key to God’s Presence and God’s Presence is a preservative of life.
Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Psalm 22:3
God lives in praise and anywhere God is, there is preservation. Those who praise God live in His Presence and His Presence is a preservative of life (Psalm 91:1-2).
- Praise activates the covenant of longevity.
Isaiah 43:21 says, These people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
When you know how to praise and worship, you are positioning yourself in the covenant of longevity. The breath of life you have is for the purpose of praising God Psalm 150:6).
When Hezekiah received the prophecy that he should set his house in order, that he was going to die, he pulled a trigger: For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Isaiah 38:18-19. And his life was preserved and extended for fifteen more years.
- Praise causes the Almighty to step into battles, turning enemy weapons against themselves.
And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
2Chronicles 20:22-23.
- Praise releases instruments of vengeance and judgement into the camp of the enemy.
Psalm 149:6–9 says, Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.
- Praise brings direction and direction averts destruction.
2 Kings 3:15 says, …And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.
Direction came, Provision came and destruction was averted at the instance praise. Your praise can cause God to show you which way to go. A major foundation for praise is thanksgiving, and until you are thankful, you can never be praiseful.
Beloved, endeavour to live a praise-full life so you can enjoy the preservation power of God.
Remember This: A major foundation for praise is thanksgiving, until you are thankful, you can never be praiseful.
ASSIGNMENT(S):
- Acknowledge every act of God’s help, mercy and goodness in your life.
- Be thankful to God for the gift of life.
- Praise God continually for all His wondrous works.
PRAYER: Father, thank you for the revelation of Your Word, I receive grace to praise you always. help me to always acknowledge and appreciate Your interventions in my life, Lord, in Jesus Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING GET THE MESSAGE: PRESERVATION POWER OF PRAISE. By Dr. Paul Enenche
QUOTE: When your altitude changes, your perspective will definitely change. Culled from the book: Riding the Storm of Life. By Dr. Paul Enenche.
DAILY BIBLE READING: Job 13-15
AMAZING FACT: The human skeleton renews itself every 10 years.
PROPHECTIC DECLARATION/WORD: I decree that every agenda of destruction targeted towards your life in this season be dissolved in Jesus’ Name.