This is when we need to raise a hallelujah and worship God for who He is. But instead of whispering our praises and our worship in times of trouble, we should be lifting out voices in worship. All we need to do is read the psalms to see that God not only isn’t offended by our cries of despair, He welcomes them God wants an honest and open relationship with us where we trust Him with our deepest and darkest hurts and fears. And there is nothing wrong in crying out in despair and anguish. Those are the moments when my voice gets loudest. I cry out to God in anger and anguish over what is happening in my life and in my heart. So often, instead of worshiping or singing louder, I lift my voice in despair.
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Yet, these lyrics wouldn’t go away, and the more I sang them, the more I realised that God was trying to remind to worship He was reminding me to sing louder in the face of my circumstances. Up until that day, my thoughts were not in the best place and there was a heaviness that was sitting over me. It was a somewhat odd thing because to be honest, God and worship were not on my mind at all. In between every thought and conversation on that day, the lyrics would pop up in my mind. There are more lyrics to the song, but they were the lyrics that I sung over and over and over. Sing a little louder (Heaven comes to fight for me) Sing a little louder (My weapon is a melody) Sing a little louder (Louder than the unbelief) Sing a little louder (In the presence of my enemies) Louder and louder, you’re gonna hear my praises roar I’m gonna sing, in the middle of the storm I raise a hallelujah, fear you lost your hold on me! I raise a hallelujah, in the middle of the mystery I raise a hallelujah, I will watch the darkness flee
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I raise a hallelujah, with everything inside of me
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The other day, as I was going about my day, the song ‘ Raise a hallelujah‘ by Bethel popped into my head: Have you ever felt that God is trying to get you to just stop and give praise?