Translation from Spanish
Today I want to share my testimony 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 lot of opposition and spiritual warfare in my house. It was really tough. The computers started acting up and we couldn’t edit the video or upload it.
I felt that God was showing me what it’s like when there are presences that don’t come from Him. I could sense those presences in my home: I felt opposition and acts of witchcraft, because the devil wanted to keep that video from reaching people.
In the end, we managed to upload the video, but when 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 being awake and asleep. Even when I’m awake, I receive revelations through the gift of prophecy, interpretation of tongues, or visions. But many of the teachings He’s given me about spiritual warfare have come through dreams, like what happened last night.
In the dream, I kept feeling those evil presences around me and in my house. I saw that there were witches nearby, trying to block the normal flow of our ministry and the 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 urge to sing. It wasn’t that I heard God’s voice in the dream, but I knew He wanted me to sing. So I started singing in Spanish: “God, may You be praised. Blessed be Your name. God, Lord, come, enter my house. Lord, come to my house. Lord, come to my house.”
When I started to sing, raise my hands, praise the Lord, and call Him to come to my house and protect us, it was like a bomb went 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. It 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, showing me that it’s a very powerful weapon in the spiritual world.
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 it in other brothers and sisters. When we sing together, whether in tongues or in songs others have written for the Lord, you can feel how the atmosphere and environment change.
The Lord has shown me through visions and interpretation of tongues that when you sing to Him, a spiritual shield forms around us. There are other forms of praise, but this time I’m talking only about singing.
Through interpreting singing in tongues, I’ve also seen visions where the Lord has shown me that when you sing in tongues, angels draw near and praise God alongside us, singing and playing instruments in the spirit. The demons can’t stand it and flee in terror.
The Lord teaches me a lot through dreams. They’re lucid dreams, where at some point my consciousness wakes up and the Lord tells me what I need to do, and I can decide in the dream whether to do what the Lord tells me or not.
I’m going to share with you a part of the Bible that talks about this. There are many verses that speak of 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 because praise is a powerful weapon in spiritual warfare and carries tremendous power in the spirit. What happens in the spirit when we sing to God is truly amazing.
[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, many times what I 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 in that very moment the atmosphere changes, and you can clearly feel how much the kingdom of darkness hates and rejects praise and worship toward God.
I hope this strengthens you, helps you, and motivates you. I want to encourage 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.