I happened across an article a while back that speaks to the spiritual warfare worship topic in regards to worship. It gave me some worthwhile considerations that I haven't really touched upon in my posts. Here's an excerpt...
"But worshipers, who by faith see what God has done, declare Him the present king over their lives and their spheres of influence. And in those spheres, He rules. Even as you who read this article speak His name and declare His praise, His domain expands. It expands as the church’s praise moves out of halfheartedness into wholeheartedness. When the woman at the well became a worshiper and declared God’s greatness to her town, the boundaries of the kingdom grew.
The implication is that when Christ is enthroned in our praises, someone else is dethroned, someone who is called “the ruler of the kingdom of the air” (Ephesians 2:2) and who thinks it all belongs to him. And now you know why there’s a battle. The relationship between worship and warfare is twofold: first, worship is the issue behind the fight, and second, worship empowers warfare."
(from The Adventure of Worship by Gerrit Gustafson - Chosen Books, 2006)
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