Translation from Spanish
Today I want to testify to you about the power of praise in spiritual warfare.
Yesterday, while I was trying to upload a prophetic message about the rapture to the internet, I felt a great deal of opposition and spiritual warfare in my house. It was really difficult. The computers went crazy, and we couldn’t edit the video or upload it to the internet.
I felt that God was showing me what it’s like when there are presences that are not from Him. I could sense those presences in my house: I felt opposition and witchcraft attacks, because the devil wanted to keep that video from reaching the public.
In the end, we managed to upload the video, but as I was getting ready for bed, I could still feel evil presences in our home. And as I was falling asleep, I had a dream.
Normally, the Lord gives me revelations in those moments when I’m about to fall asleep, right in that space between wakefulness and sleep. Even while I’m awake, I receive revelations through the gift of prophecy or the interpretation of tongues, or through visions. But many of the teachings He’s given me about spiritual warfare have come through dreams, as happened last night.
In the dream, I kept feeling those evil presences around me and in my house. I saw that there were witches around, trying to hinder the normal progress of our ministry and our work for God. So I began to call on the name of Jesus Christ, saying, “In the name of Jesus, I command you to leave! I cancel all witchcraft!” But those demonic presences wouldn’t leave.
At that moment, I felt the need to sing. It wasn’t that I heard God’s voice in the dream, but I knew He wanted me to sing. So I began to sing in Spanish: “God, praise be to You. Blessed be Your name. Lord, come, enter my house. Lord, come to my house. Lord, come to my house.”
When I began singing, lifting my hands, praising the Lord, and calling on Him to come into my house and protect us, I felt as if a bomb had gone off in the spirit and every evil presence and every demonic spirit disappeared.
I woke up and understood that the Lord wanted to show me the power of praise in spiritual warfare. This wasn’t the first time the Lord had shown me this; He had already spoken to me before about the importance of singing, both in our own language and in tongues, and He had made me understand that singing is a very powerful weapon in the spiritual realm.
It’s not about singing like professionals or having the best technique. What matters is that the motivation and willingness to sing to God come from the heart.
From what I’ve experienced, I can tell you that singing and calling on God through song is a very powerful weapon in the spirit, even if we’re not professional singers, and now I use it all the time in my life and in my home.
I’ve also seen this in other brothers and sisters. When we sing together, whether in tongues or with songs others have composed for the Lord, you can feel the atmosphere and environment change.
The Lord has shown me through visions and the interpretation of tongues that when we sing to Him, a spiritual shield is formed around us. There are other forms of praise, but this time I’m speaking only about singing.
Through the interpretation of singing in tongues, I’ve seen visions in which the Lord has shown me that when we sing in tongues, angels draw near and praise God beside us, singing and playing instruments in the spirit. Demons can’t stand it and flee in terror.
The Lord teaches me a lot through dreams. They are lucid dreams; at some point my consciousness awakens, and the Lord tells me what I need to do. Within the dream, I can decide whether to do what He tells me or not.
I’m going to share a passage from the Bible that speaks about this. There are many verses that speak about the importance of praise and worship, and God encourages us, urges us, and teaches us that we must praise Him constantly.
One reason He does this is that praise is a powerful weapon in spiritual warfare and has tremendous power in the spirit. What happens in the spirit when we sing to God is truly striking.
[2 Chronicles 20:21-22] And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. 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.
When the Lord shows me that someone wants to attack us in the spirit, or that there are evil presences, or that something is wrong in our home, what I often do is start singing and praising the Lord, blessing Him and glorifying Him. I improvise and tell the Lord what’s in my heart: I tell Him that I love Him, that I bless Him, that I want to be with Him, that I want to serve Him and please Him. And right then, the atmosphere changes, and you can clearly feel how much the kingdom of darkness detests and rejects praise and worship directed toward God.
I hope this builds you up, helps you, and motivates you. I want to exhort you to join me and praise the Lord at all times and in every place, simply to glorify Him, to love Him, and to offer Him our songs.