“Shout to the Lord all the earth, let us sing Power and Majesty, praise the King. Mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of your name.” -Shout to the Lord lyrics
Let’s talk about the use of the shout as it is mentioned in the Bible. “One generation shall praise they works to another and declare they nightly acts.” Psalm 145:4
In this verse, the word praise in the Hebrew word shabach, which means to address in a loud tone, to triumph, to shout, to still, to command, to glory. This is a shouting praise – you don’t sing it, you shout it. A shout commands out victory. It stills the enemy. This kind of praise is a battle cry; a cry of victory.
This is the word used when the Israelites shouted and the walls of Jericho came down. A praise shout is a weapon of spiritual warfare. When we face walls in our lives, we need to give a shout of victory in order to see the victory. In Joshua 6, they shouted before the walls fell. If they had not shouted, the walls would have remained. We shout the victory we already have in Christ, no matter how the circumstances appear, in order to see it manifest in out lives.
As we shout a praise to God, walls will fall -walls of sickness, walls of poverty, walls of oppression. When we hit a wall that looks to keep us from possessing what God has promised us, it is time to shout. Bondage, strongholds, conferences, we need to shout them out in the name of Jesus. Shout doubt and fear out.
As I am writing this I remember the movie “War Room” where the woman is known as shouting to kick Satan out of her life, her house, and her husband. Yelling, Satan cannot have them, they belong to the Lord.
As we shout unto God, we shout at the devil. The power of an appointed shout will bring breakthrough, deliverance, provision, answers…manifestations. It puts demons on the run.
There Is Victory In Our Shout!
From Pity to Praise 