Advancing Through Worship

Well, as many of you know I have had some challenging days in front of me. This week was even more challenging with hours and hours of hospital assessments, and no clear answers, and more physical deterioration for my sweet daughter.

By Thursday evening I was very weary, frustrated and very concerned to see my daughter suffering so much.
Some of the care she received at the hospital, was no where close to the care that is fit for a princess, and a daughter of the King.

This is where the frustration starts for me. I KNOW that my daughter is a princess, and often others are unable to see her priceless value.

I know that God is in charge and I believe in His promises to me and my family.
I believe that He is concerned about every thing that I am concerned about.
His word says that He even cares if a sparrow falls to the ground.


This is where the intense frustration starts for me. An intense turmoil boils within my spirit when my current reality has not yet aligned with His promises to me.

This is the same turmoil that has been around since Adam and Eve. This is the intense reality of living in a world where there is constantly a battle between Light and Darkness. We live in a fallen world. We are constantly faced with the outcome of a fallen world. The power to overcome this battle and push through only comes through worship.

This is where I know the victory lies.

The truth is I can choose to continue to partner with the Victorious One by engaging in worship. This is where the power is. This is where the light is, and this is where we can choose to be overcomer's. We can advance with praise.

Praise is our weapon of warfare. The bible is filled with stories of challenges, obstacles, and wars. The army of God always sent the worshipers ahead. They advanced through praise.

When we try to fight in the natural, we can become overcome with frustration and a need for justice. When we fight with praise, we partner with His kingdom, with the power that only He holds.

So, this week, although I was worried and weary beyond belief. Even though I have no answers, my sweet pea continues to be in pain, and in need of relief........I choose to fight with worship.


Worship pushes back the darkness and takes me into the courts of the King.

I was booked to lead worship at a few services and I almost decided not to lead, not to sing, not to play my instrument and not to try... and then....................................................... I saw the Light.

I saw that I had only one weapon with which to fight with. The weapon of praise. It is more powerful and more intense than all my emotions and need for answers. It is the answer.

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 2 Cor. 10:3-4

So, this week I chose to push aside my feelings of frustration and injustice and I chose to lead worship instead. I chose to worship in the midst of the turmoil, I chose to thank Him for who He is, and not what I see.

In these moments, I found release, comfort and confidence.
In these moments, I joined with all the hosts of heaven to declare His goodness, and His power.

In these moments, I advance through worship...... and I, am an overcomer.

I will have a testimony of His goodness.


They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. Rev. 12