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that they can start praising immediately. Every time you encounter a problem, you should pray for mercy that you would stop manipulating and plotting and that you would learn the lesson of praising instead. Much warfare can be won by praise. Many battles are lost because of the lack of praise. If you believe in God, you can tell the Lord in the midst of your problems, "I praise Your name. You are higher than everything. You are stronger than everything. Your lovingkind ness endures forever!" A person who praises God transcends everything. He overcomes continu ally by his praise. This is a principle, and this is also a fact.
III. FAITH-PRODUCING PRAISE
Psalm 106:12 is a very precious word. "Then they believed His words; / They sang His praise." This was the condition of the children of Israel in the wilderness. They believed, and they sang. They believed, so they praised. Praise has a basic ingredient—faith. You cannot praise vainly with the mouth. You cannot say in a flippant way, "I thank the Lord! I praise the Lord!" You must believe. Only after you have believed can you praise. When you have some problems or when you are sorrowful, you pray, and as you pray,