August 2024
Dear Family and Friends,
May the Lord’s love and grace surround you and refreshen you as you read this month’s Partner Letter!
This month I’m honored to be able to share with you that I believe the Lord wants us to see ourselves as the Victors in life and not the victims! He wants you to know that you are more than conquerors in life not just conquerors but MORE THAN!
Lately at Covenant of Faith Church we’ve been ministering on the Power of Praise and how it’s a powerful weapon not just musical. Through the Power of Praise we are taking back the atmosphere over our homes, our lives, our bodies, our thought lives and then some!
You see, Praise is not just about singing music to the Lord, but there’s a far deeper meaning that the devil doesn’t want you to know about because he knows when you begin to Praise God, God comes and manifests Himself on the scene! In Psalms 22:3 KJV it says, “But thou art holy, O thou that inabitest the praises of Israel.” God is always with us and He lives inside of us at all times, but when we begin to Praise with our sincere heartfelt praise, we let God from inside of us out into our atmosphere! You have to remember we are inside out people, not outside in people. We praise Him for What HE HAS ALREADY DONE! The Victory has already been won and the battle is the Lord’s and not ours! So when you Praise the Lord for the victory BEFORE you see anything happen in the natural circumstances you are RELEASING God on the scene and HE WILL FIGHT THAT BATTLE FOR YOU! Many times people think we need to praise God AFTER we get our breakthrough but that’s actually backwards. There’s many instances in the Bible where the people would Praise the Lord BEFORE they saw the breakthrough and then they saw the breakthrough! The Bible says in one instance that WHEN THEY BEGAN TO PRAISE THE LORD, the Lord moved on their behalf! A couple of stories to read about that are super powerful are:
2 Chronicles 20:1-25
Acts 16:16-40
Now I don’t have enough paper to type everything out but I want to mention that it was WHEN they began to praise the Lord things happened in this natural realm! And in Acts 16 when the devil persecuted Paul and Silas and placed them in prison that was a total setup by the enemy! The devil was all over that evil plan, but Paul and Silas didn’t stay down, it says they began to praise in the midnight hour and they were so loud in praising the Lord that the other prisoners could hear them! They were inside of the center part of that prison where there was no light, barely any air, and they had been beaten to a pulp and many times those inner most prisons were also where there was feces and sewage from the city above. BUT they began to praise the Lord and you know what?! God caused a supernatural earthquake to happen ONLY in that area for that particular building to where all of their shackles came off and they were free! There’s so much to say and to hear more on this in detail it’s in our online teachings on the power of praise but it is high time for us to rise up as the Strong Authoritative Body of Christ that we are and get fed up with the devil and remind the devil that he’s a defeated foe and put on some praise and WATCH and see the Lord’s deliverance like never before! Many of us have been taught on how we have Authority in the Name of Jesus but many times we don’t exercise it and put on our praise! So Rise up Mighty Warrior you are more than conquerors and know you are already victorious through what Jesus has done for you and I and begin to put on your praise! Inside of this month’s Partner letter we have enclosed a special declaration card that we’ve been putting into practice at our ministry and after we say it we begin to PUT ON our garment of Praise and Praise Him for what He’s already done! Sometimes you may not feel like it but you just begin to PUT ON your praise according to Isaiah 61 and begin to rejoice! You’ve got your victory it’s already done!!!
Thank you Partners for all of your love, prayers, and financial support you are a great blessing and we all here at COF are declaring you receive the highest and best favors! Jesus is Lord and You are BLESSED!
Love always,
Callie Bennett