Hello, thank you so much for joining me today for Give Him 15. Holy Spirit gave my friend

Chuck Pierce a very important prophetic word this past weekend. It refers to a seven-day

window and an assignment running from this past Monday through this upcoming Sunday, November 10 through 16. In this week-long window,

the Lord is asking us to release praise to him three times a day on behalf of our nation. The seven days

have obviously already begun, but you can still participate.

Please do so, perhaps even adding a few days so that you also do a total of seven days.

God will certainly honor that. You can find Chuck's prophetic word, excuse me, and my explanation in yesterday's

post, you can use the link we give you right here. For today and tomorrow, I'd like to discuss

why we praise the Lord, and why God asks us to do so. Our title is, why our praise is a weapon.

Elevators are convenient, sometimes awkward.

Who in their right mind likes being in an elevator with people they don't know?

The longer the ride, the louder the silence. Several years ago, I was trapped in the back of one of those torture chambers in the airport

of one of the vacation capitals of the world, Orlando, Florida. There were only about a hundred people on this elevator.

Who hasn't heard of Disney World, Epcot, and other hot spots there? And based on the lines of

these tourist attractions, every person in the world has been there. Consequently, the airport is crowded and hectic.

When the elevator stopped at my floor and the door opened, no one moved. After a couple

of seconds, thinking no one else was getting off at this level. I spoke up rather urgently from the back.

Excuse me, I need to get off here.

You'd have thought I asked for everyone's phone number.

Backs stiffened, heads turned, eyes glared,

and the man closest to the door turned, and in the most

condescending tone, scolded me. Be patient, he snarled. I'm just trying to be a gentleman.

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