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Breakthrou
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to Glory

By A.L. & Joyce Gill

Gill Ministries
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Big Bear Lake, CA 92315

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Books by A.L. and Joyce Gill
Destined for Dominion
God’s Covenant Blessings for You
God’s Promises for Your Every Need
Miracles Are Still Happening
Promise of God’s Name
Out! In the Name of Jesus
Study Guides by the Gills
Guide to Christian Writing
Freedom from Iniquity
Breakthrough to Glory
Manuals by the Gills
Authority of the Believer
How to Quit Losing and Start Winning
Church Triumphant
Through the Book of Acts
God’s Provision for Healing
Receiving, Ministering in Healing Power
The Ministry Gifts
Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist,
Pastor, Teacher
Miracle Evangelism
God’s Plan to Reach the World
New Creation Image
Knowing Who You Are in Christ
Patterns for Living
From the Old Testament
Praise and Worship
Becoming Worshipers of God
Prayer
Bringing Heaven to Earth
Supernatural Living
Through the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
 Table of Contents

Revival Is Here 5

God of the Breakthrough 6

The Veil of Darkness 8

The Gory of the Lord 11

Building Altars of Worship 19

Praise Brings Breakthrough 30

Going Back to the Original 38

Ministry
What Are We To Do? 40
 Revival Is Here!
Awesome manifestations of God’s glory are
being experienced as God is moving in revival
around the world. Believers are feeling an
overwhelming drawing to come, live and abide in the
presence of God. Lives are being transformed as
believers are overwhelmed by the awesome glory of
God’s presence.
Unbelievers are being supernaturally drawn to
meetings. They are running to the altars to repent and
meet Jesus as their Savior and Lord.
Churches are hungering and thirsting for more of
God. They are lifting Jesus up in high praise and
prolonged intimate worship. We are in the time of
fulfillment of Jesus’ words, “If I am lifted up
from the earth, I will draw all peoples to
Myself” (John 12:32).
Years ago, we parked our car at a large church in
Southern California on Sunday morning. As we got
out, we felt a powerful desire to be in the church, and
we almost ran across the parking lot and into the
building. The service started as usual with the choir
singing, but this morning the presence of God was so
strong, we were almost in tears. One of the pastors
prayed, and the presence of God became even
stronger. Almost in a whisper, the senior pastor
asked, “Is there anyone here who would like to
receive Jesus as your Savior?” Instantly the aisles
were full of people streaming forward to get right
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People are longing for a real touch from God.
They are in desperate need for breakthroughs in their
marriages, families, health and finances. They long to
experience God in a new way.
As David exclaimed, our God is the God of the
Breakthrough
God of the Breakthrough
One spring we had an unusual amount of rain in
our mountain valley. The large man-made lake was
full almost to the point of overflowing, and they
opened the flood gates of the dam, to relieve the
pressure. Soon the people in our valley were talking
about the unusual sight. The calls went from one
house to another. “Have you seen the front of the
dam? You must take time to go to the look-out point!
You must see what is happening!”
The water was not just flowing through the gates
and down the face of the dam. It was bursting
through the gates with such tremendous force that it
was shooting into the air at least forty feet and then
tumbling down to the stream below.
When David was anointed king over all Israel, it
was his third and highest anointing. As a young man,
he was anointed by Samuel to be the future king.
Years later, he was anointed the King of Judah. But
now, he was anointed King of all Israel. What an
honor! Now he could sit back and relax. He had it
made. The struggle was over – or was it?
The minute the Philistines heard of this anointing,
they came against David – not against the nation of
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Israel, but against David personally. They knew his
anointing, his strength, and their goal was to destroy
him.
Just as the demonic forces knew the power of
David’s anointing in that day, they know the power
of God’s anointing to break every yoke of bondage in
our time, and they still try to stop those anointed by
God.
But let’s read the story in 2 Samuel, Now when
the Philistines heard that they had
anointed David king over Israel, all the
Philistines went up to search for David.
And David heard of it and went down to
the stronghold.
The Philistines also went and deployed
themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.
David knew with God’s help, he could defeat the
enemy. But he also knew, that to win, he must first
hear from God.
David inquired of the LORD, saying,
“Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will
You deliver them into my hand?”
And the LORD said to David, “Go up, for
I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into
your hand.”
How exciting! God is still saying to His people,
“Go up! Have faith in me and I will deliver your
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Baal Perazim
So David went to Baal Perazim, and
David defeated the Philistines there. He
said, “The LORD has broken through my
enemies before me, like a breakthrough of
water.” Therefore he called the name of
that place Baal Perazim (2 Samuel 5:17-
20).
Imagine the mighty forces of God, breaking
through the enemies. The force we saw as the water
burst through the dam in our valley, was nothing
compared to this!
Samuel said, “David defeated them there,” but
notice that David immediately gave the glory to the
Lord. He said, “The Lord has broken through my
enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.”
The name of the place of David’s victory, Baal
Perazim means “He is Lord of the Breakthrough!”
David knew the Lord of the Breakthrough.
The enemy may be coming against us from all
directions. Spirits of poverty, depression and
discouragement, those things that war against our
mind, doubt and unbelief, spirits of sickness and pain,
are the Philistines in our lives.
When they come, it’s time for us to run to the
stronghold, to inquire of the Lord, and then to go out
and defeat the enemy. It’s time for us to know the
God of the Breakthrough in our lives!
It’s encouraging to talk about a breakthrough, but
what is it we need to break through?
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The Veil of Darkness
The prophet Isaiah tells us that there is a veil of
darkness that has been cast over this earth. He wrote
about this covering of darkness in two passages:
For behold, the darkness shall cover
the earth, and deep darkness the people…
(Isaiah 60:2a).
And He will destroy on this mountain
the surface of the covering cast over all
people, and the veil that is spread over all
nations (Isaiah 25:7).
We’ve been in over sixty nations of the world
including places of great spiritual darkness. We’ve
experienced evil, depressed, spiritually dark places!
We have been in villages where no one has ever
heard of Jesus, where there were idols and idol
worship everywhere we looked.
But idolatry is not only erecting statues and
bowing down before them. Even where the gospel is
known, there are other types of idolatry. Idolatry is
anything that exalts itself above God – anything that
exalts itself against the knowledge of God.
There is a spiritual darkness that covers our cities,
our states and our countries. It covers our nation as
well as the other nations of the earth.
Lucifer Created to Cover
The prophet Ezekiel, going back to eternity past,
wrote that Lucifer was the anointed cherub that
covers.
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You were the anointed cherub who
covers; I established you; you were on the
holy mountain of God; you walked back
and forth in the midst of fiery stones
(Ezekiel 28:14).
Lucifer was created to cover; to be a covering
was his nature. In heaven, he provided a covering of
praise and worship before the throne of God. We
have come to despise the name Lucifer, but it
actually means “Hallelujah.” At one time, Lucifer
was praise, but then, he rebelled against God. He was
cast out of heaven to the planet Earth. It’s still his
nature to cover. But the covering he now has is not a
beautiful covering of radiant light, reflecting the
glory of God before the throne of God, it’s a covering
of spiritual darkness.
What is the veil of darkness?
The apostle Paul wrote, But even if our
gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who
are perishing, whose minds the god of this
age has blinded, who do not believe, lest
the light of the gospel of the glory of
Christ, who is the image of God, should
shine on them (2 Corinthians 4:3,4).
It’s a covering of darkness designed to prevent
the glory of God from shining through.
In Ephesians we are told, We do not wrestle
against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this age, against
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spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12).
The god of this world, Satan, has assigned rulers
of darkness over every territory. But we are the
church of Jesus Christ. We are His body. We are to
be territorial, cutting-edge believers. Our main
function is to cut through the darkness so that the
light of the glory of the gospel of Christ can shine
through to the unbelievers in our territory.
How can we cut through the veil of darkness?
Daniel’s Breakthrough
God has given us an example of the battle in the
heavenlies in the tenth chapter of Daniel. Remember
how Daniel set himself to pray and fast before God?
He fasted and prayed all day, and there was no
answer. He fasted and prayed another day, and
another day, until a whole week had passed. But
nothing seemed to happen. Daniel didn’t give up. He
went on eight, nine, ten days and the second week
passed and still nothing seemed to happen.
Daniel continued to pray and fast. He didn’t say
“I guess this doesn’t work.” Twenty days and still no
answer, but Daniel remained faithful and on the
twenty-first day, breakthrough came!
What did the angel tell Daniel?
Then he said to me, “Do not fear,
Daniel, for from the first day that you set
your heart to understand, and to humble
yourself before your God, your words were
heard; and I have come because of your
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words. But the prince of the kingdom of
Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and
behold, Michael, one of the chief princes,
came to help me” (Daniel 10:13,14a).
Through Daniel we see the importance of
continuing faithfully to seek God. Day after day,
week after week, year after year, if need be, until the
breakthrough comes. It’s not always easy, but we can
win, if we don’t give up.
The Glory of the Lord
Isaiah wrote, For behold, the darkness
shall cover the earth, and deep darkness
the people; but the LORD will arise over
you, and His glory will be seen upon you.
The Gentiles shall come to your light, and
kings to the brightness of your rising.
Lift up your eyes all around, and see:
they all gather together, they come to
you; your sons shall come from afar, and
your daughters shall be nursed at your
side. Then you shall see and become
radiant... (Isaiah 60:2-5a).
From Isaiah, we learn that the glory of God will
arise upon you and upon us. The glory of God that is
going to arise and break through is going to be on us!
What is this glory of God?
We used to try and picture the glory of God.
Maybe it would be a radiance in the sky like a special
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God would be like an unbelievably large spotlight in
the sky that focused here and there on the earth.
But Isaiah wrote that the glory was something
that was going to arise upon us. The glory of God
which is going to break through, is going to be seen
upon us!
Earth Will be Full of His Glory
In Numbers we read, ...but truly, as I live,
all the earth shall be filled with the glory
of the LORD (Numbers 14:21).
Isaiah wrote, The earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the LORD as the waters
cover the sea (Isaiah 11:9b).
Habakkuk expanded on this when he wrote, For
the earth will be filled with the knowledge
of the glory of the LORD, as the waters
cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14).
We used to assume that when God’s glory came it
would flow like a huge wave over the whole earth. It
would fill the earth as the waters cover the seas. We
thought the glory of God would come as a sovereign
act of God and have nothing to do with what we did.
But Isaiah wrote that the glory of the Lord was
going to arise upon you – upon us – upon believers.
We are very much involved!
It’s time we ask ourselves if we’re ready for His
glory. This move of the Spirit of God, this last great
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glory of God. And this glory will be on the lives and
faces of His people.
What a wonderful promise! The glory of the Lord
is going to fill the whole earth as the water covers the
sea. Is there any dry place in the sea? Is there any
nook or cranny under the sea that is dry? When God
fulfills this promise, there will not be any place on
earth that is not filled with the glory of God!
The Presence of God
What is the glory of God? It’s the presence of
God. It’s His presence shown clearly, and
demonstrated plainly. The glory of God can also be
called the anointing. It’s the radiance of God. It’s
light.
And the city had no need of the sun or
of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of
God illuminated it, and the Lamb is its
light (Revelation 21:23).
But, how can it be that the radiant glory of God’s
presence can arise upon us? Is there any biblical
illustration of this?
Shown on Moses’ Face
Moses is a wonderful example. He came into the
presence of God and stayed there for forty days and
forty nights. And we read that when he came down
from God’s presence, the glory of God was all over
him. It so radiated from him that he covered his face
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Now it was so, when Moses came down
from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of
the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when
he came down from the mountain)., that
Moses did not know that the skin of his
face shone while he talked with Him. So
when Aaron and all the children of Israel
saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to come near
him. And when Moses had finished
speaking with them, he put a veil on his
face (Exodus 34:29,30,33).
Moses was in God’s presence and the glory of the
Lord radiated from his face! The glory of the Lord
had arisen upon him!
Shown on Stephen’s Face
We have another example of the glory of the Lord
being on someone’s face in the New Testament.
Before Stephen was stoned, he was speaking to the
council and, all who sat in the council,
looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as
the face of an angel (Acts 6:15).
Stephen knew and referred to “the God of glory.”
He said, “Men and brethren and fathers,
listen: The God of glory... (Acts 7:2a).
Stephen’s breakthrough came in the midst of
great persecution. They were gnashing at him with
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But he, being full of the Holy Spirit,
gazed into heaven and saw the glory of
God, and Jesus standing at the right hand
of God, and said, “Look! I see the heavens
opened and the Son of Man standing at
the right hand of God!” (Acts 7:55,56).
An Example for Today
Moses and Stephen are examples of what will
still happen when we come and linger in God’s
presence.
We were created to radiate God’s glory. Adam
and Eve were clothed in that glory until they sinned.
Isaiah told us we were created for glory. ...
everyone who is called by My name,
whom I have created for My glory; I have
formed him, yes, I have made him (Isaiah
43:7).
Soon after we received the baptism in the Holy
Spirit, we went through a heavy transition time. We
lost most of our friends, our church family, and even
our jobs since we worked for a Christian, but “non-
Pentecostal” organization. It was not an easy time,
but because of our new-found relationship with God,
it was a joyful time. We spent hours praising God for
who He was, for the new-found reality that He was in
our lives, for the miracles He was doing around us,
and through us.
During this time, A.L. and I had gone to our new
church about half an hour before the service started
and I was spending this time in prayer. Suddenly I
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felt everyone around me turn and look up the aisle.
Since Hollywood celebrities often visited, I turned to
look, too. I was so surprised. The people were
looking at A.L. as he came down the aisle to join me.
I saw him, as they were seeing him, and a
supernatural glow was radiating from his face. God
was so present for us in the midst of our personal
time of trouble that His presence could actually be
seen on A.L.’s face that morning.
I never wear perfumes of colognes, but during
this same time, people often asked me what fragrance
I was wearing. Until they asked, I wasn't even aware
of the fragrance.
Now we know these were two manifestations of
God’s presence.
Often, you can see a glow coming from the face
of people when they are ministering. It’s the
anointing of God, the glory of God, or the presence
of God visible on their faces.
The reports of this glory on the faces of Bible
characters may be the reason so many early artists
depicted them with halos over their heads.
The Priests in the Temple
The glory of God is described in another place in
the Old Testament.
Then the priests brought in the ark of
the covenant of the LORD to its place, into
the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the
Most Holy Place, under the wings of the
cherubim.
And it came to pass when the priests
came out of the Most Holy Place ... and
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the Levites who were the singers ...
clothed in white linen, having cymbals,
stringed instruments and harps, and with
them one hundred and twenty priests
sounding with trumpets.
Indeed it came to pass, when the
trumpeters and singers were as one, to
make one sound to be heard in praising
and thanking the LORD, and when they
lifted up their voice with the trumpets and
cymbals and instruments of music, and
praised the LORD, saying: “For He is good,
for His mercy endures forever,” that the
house, the house of the L ORD, was filled
with a cloud, so that the priests could not
continue ministering because of the cloud;
for the glory of the LORD filled the house
of God (2 Chronicles 5:7,11-14).
Notice the words – the house of the Lord was
filled. The presence of the Lord filled the building
and the priests couldn’t even stand to minister. They
were overwhelmed – overpowered – by the glory of
God’s presence.
This is still happening. One time, when we were
visiting a church in Texas, the minister was using a
glass of water to illustrate how we were to come back
to the Word, back to the Lord, over and over, just like
we would get another drink of water every time we
were thirsty. Each time he wanted to illustrate this
point, he would return to the pulpit and take another
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But something supernatural was happening.
Every time he took a drink of water, he was being
more and more overwhelmed by the power of the
Holy Spirit. For a time, he didn’t seem to notice. But
as he took one more sip of water, he suddenly
stopped teaching and clung to the pulpit. He couldn’t
stand by himself. “Honestly,” he declared, “There’s
nothing in this glass but water!”
When the morning service ended, no one left.
Spontaneously, everyone stood and began to praise
and worship God. The praise team quickly took up
their instruments, and one person after another lead in
praise and worship and this continued for about an
hour and a half.
When we truly come into the presence of God,
it’s life-changing – transforming us more and more
into the image of God.
In Malaysia, after we had taught on Breakthrough
to Glory, we entered a time of high praise and
prolonged intimate worship. Suddenly, the power of
God surged through the auditorium. Almost everyone
was slain under the power of God. The pastor and his
wife fell forward on the floor and they didn’t get up
for about an hour and a half. The assistant pastor fell
backwards. His body balanced across the backs of
three theater seats and he remained there for about
forty-five minutes. In the natural, this would have
been painful, and it would have been impossible for
him to stay there.
In city after city where we have taught on this
subject and then led the people into breakthrough
worship, hundreds have been healed as they came
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and began to walk through the “power spot” of God’s
glory at the front of the auditorium.
God is Baal Perazim; He is the God of the
Breakthrough. And when the breakthrough comes,
the glory of God takes over.
When we come into the presence of God, we are
changed!
Paul wrote, But we all, with unveiled face,
beholding as in a mirror the glory of the
Lord, are being transformed into the same
image from glory to glory, just as by the
Spirit of the Lord (2 Corinthians 3:18).
Isaiah wrote, Arise, shine; For your light
has come! and the glory of the L ORD is
risen upon you (Isaiah 60:1).
Even though there is gross spiritual darkness
covering the earth, we have a promise that God’s
glory is going to arise, that there is going to be a
breakthrough in the Spirit.
Building Altars of Worship
Everywhere Abraham, Isaac and Jacob went they
built altars and worshiped God. And almost every
time, there’s a record of an appearance of angels, or
of a theophany – an appearance of God – in the very
place where they built the altar. Could it be that it is a
coincidence that this happened right after they built
an altar and worshiped God? No!
When we worship God we are making a spiritual
sacrifice. We are building spiritual altars. Something
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very real, powerful and tangible happens in the spirit
realm when we build altars through worship.
David wrote, I will freely sacrifice to You; I
will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is
good (Psalm 54:6).
Jeremiah wrote, The voice of joy and the
voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the
voice of those who will say: “Praise the
LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good, for
His mercy endures forever” — and of
those who will bring the sacrifice of praise
into the house of the L ORD (Jeremiah
33:11).
In a Soccer Stadium
One time we were ministering with some
evangelists in Brazil. Thousands had just received the
baptism with the Holy Spirit and they were standing
shoulder to shoulder praising God in their new
language. The atmosphere became electrifying as
they continued on and on, shouting praises to God.
Suddenly, it was as if a crack of thunder came from
the clear blue sky. And at that instant, a paraplegic
young man whose spinal column had been
completely severed, leaped from his wheelchair. He
hit the ground running and ran about two-thirds of the
way around the soccer field to the platform. He was
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An Awesome Place!
When Abraham left Ur and journeyed to Canaan,
he came to Bethel.
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and
said, “To your descendants I will give this
land.” And there he built an altar to the
LORD, who had appeared to him (Genesis
12:7).
This is the first time we are told that Abraham
built an altar.
Over three hundred years later, Abraham’s
grandson, Jacob, came back to Bethel. He took
one of the stones of that place, and put
them for his pillows, and lay down in that
place to sleep (Genesis 28:11 KJV).
Picture what happened. Jacob hadn’t planned to
spend the night at a certain place. He was just tired
and this “happened” to be where he was. Sounds a
little like the “just happened” in our lives, doesn’t it?
Jacob was so tired, he used a rock for a pillow! We
always wonder at these little, seemly insignificant
details in the Bible. Why is it important that Jacob
put his head on a stone? Why is this fact recorded for
us to read thousands of years later? We believe that
so many years had passed since Abraham built the
altar that it had broken apart and the stones had
become somewhat scattered. Jacob took one of these
very stones and used it for his pillow.
Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder
was set up on the earth, and its top
reached to heaven; and there the angels
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of God were ascending and descending on
it. And behold, the LORD stood above it
and said: “I am the LORD God of Abraham
your father and the God of Isaac; the land
on which you lie I will give to you and your
descendants” (Genesis 28:12,13).
God renewed His promise of the land to Jacob at
the same place He had first given it to Abraham.
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and
said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and
I did not know it.”
And he was afraid and said, “How
awesome is this place! This is none other
than the house of God, and this is the gate
of heaven!” (Genesis 28:16,17).
When Abraham built the first altar and offered a
sacrifice to God, there was a breakthrough in the veil
of darkness that covered that place. It took time to
gather the stones and build the altar. It took time to
prepare and make the sacrifice. But Abraham took
the time and there was an opening in the heavenlies.
When Abraham built the altar and worshiped God
something real and tangible happened in the spirit
realm.
When Jacob woke up he said, “Surely the Lord is
in this place, and I didn’t know it! How awesome is
this place.” Jacob recognized this opening. He knew
it was a gate to heaven – a place where the angels
were ascending and descending – that God was there
and that God spoke to him.
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For years, we have read this passage and never
considered the Bible might mean exactly what it said
– that this was an awesome place – a house of God –
a gate to heaven.
Something definite happens in the spirit realm
when we truly worship God. When we build spiritual
altars of worship, we tear a hole in the veil of
darkness that is cast over our territory to hold back
the glory of God.
In Isaiah God said, He will destroy on this
mountain the surface of the covering cast
over all people, and the veil that is spread
over all nations (Isaiah 25:7).
As we go where God sends us, we have a key for
breakthrough in that area and it makes no difference
how strongly the rulers of darkness have held back
the gospel. We can tear a hole through the veil of
darkness in that place and let the King of Glory come
in.
David Opened the Gates
David wrote about Jacob and then about the
gates. This is Jacob, the generation of those
who seek Him, Who seek Your face. Selah
Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be
lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the
King of glory shall come in. Who is this
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Lift up your heads, O you gates! And lift
them up, you everlasting doors! And the
King of glory shall come in. Who is this
King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the
King of glory. Selah (Psalm 24:6-10).
David knew how to worship. It is interesting to
note that first David was a mighty worshiper of God,
and then he became a mighty warrior.
It’s Happening Today!
If we spend time building spiritual altars by
worshiping God and being in His presence, we have a
promise – the King of glory shall – not might – shall
come in. The King of glory will fill the territory once
ruled by the prince ruler of darkness.
Years ago, when we were still in the business
world, we had a group of friends meeting in our
home on Tuesday nights. We would share what God
was doing in our lives and give praise and worship to
God, and the glory of God would come week after
week. People started bringing their friends and they
were being saved, delivered, baptized in the Holy
Spirit, and healed. We didn’t think about it, but there
was one area in our living room where we usually
prayed and ministered.
One Wednesday morning, Joyce was on her way
to the kitchen to fix breakfast and as she passed
through this area in the living room she had her hands
up praising the Lord when she suddenly fell to the
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I felt a strange bump in the house and then heard
her calling me. I came running to see what had
happened.
“A.L.,” she said, “start praising the Lord with
your hands in the air and walk over here.” I did, and I
too fell to the floor. From that morning until we
moved away, you had to be careful if you were
praising the Lord in that area of the house, or you
would be on the floor. Something real and tangible
had happened to the area where we spent hours in
praise and worship. From that morning on, we called
it our “power spot” and loved to put people who
needed ministry right in the middle of our special
place.
A church we have visited in Baguio, The
Philippines, met in a rented building. They started
every service singing the chorus, “What a Mighty
God We Serve.” This continued for years until they
moved to a larger building. A few months later, the
missionaries’ daughter was at a political banquet and
the man across from her asked if she was connected
with the church. “Yes,” she replied, and he told her
he had rented the building for his business and some
“strange” things were happening. He didn’t tell her,
but she knew his business was prostitution. He said
they couldn’t keep a cook because when they came
downstairs in the morning to get breakfast they heard
the walls singing “What a Mighty God We Serve.”
Every time they hung their sexually enticing pictures
on the walls, they would be on the floor the next
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building was “haunted” and his business was being
forced to move!
We were in a civic auditorium in Canada where
years before a friend had an awesome vision of the
Holy Spirit coming in as a wondrous dove whose
wingtips touched both sides of the building. As we
spoke of her vision and let our minds imagine again
what had happened, the power of God became so real
we had to catch the seats near us to stay on our feet.
There is something awesome about the places
where we build altars and offer sacrifices of praise
and worship to God. The places where we continue
seeking God, He will visit and His glory will break
through!
When we open gates in praise and worship, God’s
glory will come and fill the place, fill the town or
city, fill our state, and fill our nation. Oh, we have
His promise – His glory will some day fill the earth
as the waters cover the sea.
Watch the Sheep and Worship
As a boy, David watched the sheep in the fields
outside the town of Bethlehem where he lived with
his family. Most of the time, this could be considered
a boring job. But David was a worshiper of God. He
would sit with his harp, watching the sheep while he
praised and worshiped God hour after hour.
Is it just a coincidence that it was in the same
shepherds’ field, hundreds of years later, that the
angels broke through singing, “Glory to God in the
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Was it just a happenstance, or had David opened
the gates to heaven in that place? There was a
breakthrough in the heavenlies, and the angels
appeared in that place at the birth of Jesus.
A friend of ours was going through a hard time in
his personal life one Christmas season. He took a job
with the Salvation Army supervising others, and also
manning one of their kettles for donations. He loves
to play the trumpet and took it with him to play
Christmas songs. He played the usual Christmas
songs, but sometimes he would just point his trumpet
to the heavens and begin praising and worshiping the
Lord.
One day, a man walked up to him and said,
“You’re breaking holes in the veil!” Our friend
finished the short phrase he was playing and turned to
thank the man, but – he was gone. There hadn’t been
enough time for him to walk into one of the stores, or
to his car, but he was nowhere in sight. Could he
have seen an angel? “You’re breaking holes in the
veil,” what an encouragement!
Just as David, just as our friend, we can be doing
our normal work and praising God at the same time.
David wrote, I will bless the LORD at all
times; His praise shall continually be in my
mouth (Psalm 34:1).
The writer of the book of Hebrews wrote,
Therefore by Him let us continually offer
the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the
fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name
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Sacrifice Your Son
The first time worship was mentioned in the Old
Testament, was when Abraham was to offer his son
Isaac in the land of Moriah. What an awesome act of
worship! This intense sacrifice is so important that
we have included the entire scripture reference.
And He said, “Take now your son, your
only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to
the land of Moriah, and offer him there as
a burnt offering on one of the mountains
of which I shall tell you.”
So Abraham rose early in the morning
and saddled his donkey, and took two of
his young men with him, and Isaac his
son; and he split the wood for the burnt
offering, and arose and went to the place
of which God had told him. Then on the
third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw
the place afar off.
And Abraham said to his young men,
“Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I
will go yonder and worship, and we will
come back to you.”
So Abraham took the wood of the burnt
offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and
he took the fire in his hand, and a knife,
and the two of them went together. But
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and
said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
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And he said, “Look, the fire and the
wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt
offering?”
And Abraham said, “My son, God will
provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt
offering.” And the two of them went
together.
Then they came to the place of which
God had told him. And Abraham built an
altar there and placed the wood in order;
and he bound Isaac his son and laid him
on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham
stretched out his hand and took the knife
to slay his son. But the Angel of the LORD
called to him from heaven and said,
“Abraham, Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
And He said, “Do not lay your hand on
the lad, or do anything to him; for now I
know that you fear God, seeing you have
not withheld your son, your only son, from
Me.”
Then Abraham lifted his eyes and
looked, and there behind him was a ram
caught in a thicket by its horns. So
Abraham went and took the ram, and
offered it up for a burnt offering instead of
his son. And Abraham called the name of
the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is
said to this day, “In the Mount of The
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LORD it shall be provided” (Genesis 22:2-
14).
Have you ever wondered why Abraham was
forced to wait so long for the fulfillment of the
promise of a son? Year after year, he believed God, but
still there was no son.
So many times in our own lives, we are
concerned with the fulfillment of a promise, but God
is concerned with the development of the person.
God was developing the strength of character in
Abraham – the strength of his faith – so that when the
time came, Abraham could willingly offer his only
son as a sacrifice. Year after year, Abraham knew
God more.
Why did God say “take your only son?” Was He
thinking forward to the time He would be offering
His only Son?
Have you ever wondered what God shared with
Abraham as he and Isaac were walking together to
the mountain God would show them? God had
said, ... the mountains of which I shall tell
you. What did He tell him?
Many Bible scholars believe that Jesus was
crucified years later in the same place Abraham built
this altar for the sacrifice of Isaac.
The Bible is not a book of coincidences. There
are no unrelated, random events. Abraham’s act of
obedience in building an altar of worship on Mount
Moriah had a special significance in the spirit realm.
He opened the gates to heaven in preparation for an
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even greater sacrifice to take place. He was willing to
offer his only son in the same place God would offer
His only Son thousands of years later.
Abraham named this place Jehovah-Jireh. This is
one of the prophetic redemptive names of Jesus. It
was a prophecy of the coming sacrifice, and it means,
“In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen (KJV), or
“In the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”
What was seen? What was provided?
The Lamb of God that would take away the sins
of the world – our Substitute Redeemer!
Praise Brings Breakthrough

Put the Praisers First!

The victory of King Jehoshaphat and the armies
of Judah is one of the greatest examples of victorious
breakthrough through praise and worship. They were
surrounded by the armies of three nations. They were
hopelessly outnumbered. But King Jehoshaphat and
the people of Judah knew what to do – they began to
seek the Lord.
It happened after this that the people
of Moab with the people of Ammon, and
others with them besides the Ammonites,
came to battle against Jehoshaphat. And
Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to
seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast
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Now all Judah, with their little ones,
their wives, and their children, stood
before the LORD. Then the Spirit of the
LORD came upon Jahaziel ... and he said,
“Listen, all you of Judah and you
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King
Jehoshaphat! Thus says the L ORD to you:
‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of
this great multitude, for the battle is not
yours, but God’s.
You will not need to fight in this battle.
Position yourselves, stand still and see the
salvation of the LORD, who is with you, O
Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be
dismayed; tomorrow go out against them,
for the LORD is with you.”
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with
his face to the ground, and all Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before
the LORD, worshiping the LORD.
Then the Levites ... stood up to praise
the LORD God of Israel with voices loud
and high.
Notice the boldness with which they praised the
Lord, “with voices loud and high.” They weren’t
whispering, They weren’t hiding from the enemy.
And when he (Jehoshaphat). had consulted
with the people, he appointed those who
should sing to the LORD, and who should
praise the beauty of holiness, as they
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went out before the army and were
saying: “Praise the LORD, for His mercy
endures forever.”
They weren’t yelling at Satan, they weren’t
flaunting their weapons – physical or spiritual. They
were praising God for who He was. They were
worshiping the Lord.
When God’s people began to sing and to praise
Him, something very powerful happened in the spirit.
The Lord sent ambushments.
The people of Ammon and Moab destroyed the
people of Mount Seir. And then the people of
Ammon and Moab destroyed each other.
Now when they began to sing and to
praise, the LORD set ambushes against the
people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir,
who had come against Judah; and they
were defeated.
For the people of Ammon and Moab
stood up against the inhabitants of Mount
Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And
when they had made an end of the
inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy
one another.
So when Judah came to a place
overlooking the wilderness, they looked
toward the multitude; and there were their
dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one
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What happened when the people began to praise
the Lord? Mass confusion came on the enemy. They
turned on one another and killed themselves.
The word of the Lord came to Jehoshaphat and
the people when they were surrounded and
outnumbered. The word of the Lord said, “Don’t be
afraid.” And today, even though the devil looks like
he has us outnumbered, even though there is a gross
darkness that covers our territory, God says don’t be
afraid or dismayed.
Faith cannot work in an atmosphere of fear. If
we’re going to receive our breakthrough, fear has to
go. We cannot be afraid, dismayed, discouraged, or
disgruntled and operate in faith.
The battle’s not ours, but God’s. We should learn
to seek God and to battle God’s way. God’s word to
Jehoshaphat was “Position yourself,” and that
position was one of worship. We are told in
Chronicles that they all bowed before the
LORD, worshiping the LORD.
Imagine what we may have been thinking in their
situation. We can have a song service later. Right
now we’re surrounded. The enemy is going to get us.
We’re going to be hauled off as slaves. It’s great to
praise the Lord, and we will after we get out of this
mess, but right now it’s time to fight. It’s time to
scream and shout at the enemy.
But Jehoshaphat, all Judah, and all the inhabitants
of Israel bowed before the Lord. They began to praise
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To have breakthrough in our lives, we must
position ourselves by praising and worshiping God.
We must come to Him for direction, listen to Him,
and then do as He says.
The President of Zambia, Frederick Chiluba, gave
the following testimony at a large church in Houston,
Texas on January 30, 2000.
The Lord had awakened him at two o’clock in the
early morning, and he began to praise and worship
God. About an hour later, the Military Commander
came in with horrible news. There was a powerful
political uprising and it looked as through he would
be thrown out of government. His forces were being
overrun. There was no escape and he and his family
would probably either be imprisoned for life, or
killed!
What did President Chiluba do? He continued
praising and worshiping God! About an hour passed
and the Commander came in again. “Things might
be changing,” he reported.
What did the President do? He continued praising
and worshiping God. Another two hours passed and
the Commander came in one more time – the revolt
had failed. His government was safe!
Sounds just like biblical times, doesn’t it?
Let God Arise
It’s a sad fact, but many believers are divided
today. Some argue about doctrine, or the times of the
services, or the color of the carpet. Isaiah wrote, All
we like sheep have gone astray; we have
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turned, every one, to his own way. Everyone
seems to want his or her own way. Churches are full
of this committee and that committee trying to work
out their differences.
Many believers, knowing the disunity in the
church, think of the enemy as being strong,
powerful, committed, and unified. But the enemy is
in unity over just one thing – its hatred of everyone
who believes in Jesus and its hatred for God.
We need to change our mental picture of Satan
and his demons. By their very nature, they are rebels.
They aren’t in unity under Satan’s authority. Their
nature is hate. They argue and fight over everything.
The defeat of Mount Seir, Ammon and Moab when
they came against Jehoshaphat is an illustration of
this disunity!
Yes, there is a governing structure, but the rulers
of darkness are very territorial. They are arguing with
one another over who has which rights.
Our enemies, in eternity past, were the praisers
and worshipers of God. Today, they hate the sound of
praise and worship. It reminds them of their past and
how greatly they have fallen. In their hatred, they are
thrown into mass confusion, and in their confusion,
they will turn and destroy one another.
Powerful things happen in the spirit world when
we praise and worship God.
David wrote, Let God arise, Let His
enemies be scattered; let those also who
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He also wrote, Let the high praises of God
be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword
in their hand (Psalm 149:6).
Isaiah wrote, For through the voice of the
LORD Assyria will be beaten down, who
struck with a rod. And in every place
where the staff of punishment passes,
which the LORD lays on him, it will be with
tambourines and harps; and in battles of
brandishing He will fight with it (Isaiah
30:31,32).
May we reword and shorten these verses? “For
through the voice of the LORD, Assyria will be
beaten down, and it will be with tambourines and
harps.”
Powerful things happen in the spirit world when
we forget about ourselves, and forget about the
demons and Satan. Powerful things happen as we
begin to focus on God – to praise God and worship
Him – and worship Him – and worship Him.
We were praying with a group of people in our
valley when God told us about one of the strongest
entrances to evil in our valley. He said a certain hotel
was a powerful gate for evil. There were several nude
statues around the building and more used inside as
part of the decor. We asked God what we were to do
about it, because we know that when God shows us
something, there is always an action we can take.
We were led us to hold a Praise and Worship
Seminar in a church which was located right beside
this hotel. Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday
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morning we praised and worshipped God. Nothing
was said about the reason for holding the seminar at
this place at this particular time. We had a wonderful
time praising God, but in the natural, nothing seemed
to change. But we had done what God had led us to
do. Within a few months, the hotel was sold to a
national chain, the statues and the evil influence were
gone.
We set our hearts to worship God, and just as
David wrote, God did arise and His enemies, our
enemies, were scattered and in our situation, they did
flee from our valley!
Praise in the Midst of Adversity
Paul and Silas at Philippi are a great example of
praise and worship bringing victory. At the
beginning, it didn’t look like victory – it looked like
defeat! They had been stripped naked, beaten, and
locked into stocks in the most filthy dungeon you can
imagine.
If anyone ever had the right to question what was
happening, they did. How had they missed God?
Why were they in this situation? Why was God
allowing this to happen to them? They could even be
killed in the morning!
Being locked in stocks for hours, unable to move,
would cause terrible pain, but they were also in
tremendous pain from being beaten. Every time they
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in agony. How could they keep the moans from
escaping?
About midnight, in the darkest hour, when it
seemed like the enemy had them totally defeated, a
sound was heard coming from that dungeon. Not a
sound of moaning, or complaining, not a sound of
yelling at the devil and his demons, but a sound of
praise, a sacrifice of praise was heard. Paul and Silas
began to sing to God. They were positioning
themselves for breakthrough.
Suddenly, the jail began to shake – their chains
fell off – the prison doors flew open. There was
breakthrough in that place, and not only Paul and
Silas but all the prisoners were set free! The devil
thought he had them safely locked up, but God set
them free and salvation came to the jailer and his
family.
When the body of Christ – we – stop wanting to
have things our own way, when we stop reasoning
away the power of God, when we stop questioning if
God’s Word means what it says, when we stop
complaining over every imagined snub, when we
start offering God praise and worship continually, we
are going to be set free! Others are going to be set
free! The people around us will be affected!
Unbelievers and their whole households will be
saved. God’s glory will break through. God’s glory
will arise upon us.
Jesus said, If you are filled with light
within, with no dark corners, then your
face will be radiant too, as through a
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floodlight is beamed upon you (Luke 11:36
Tyndale Living Bible).
Ushering in the presence of God, letting the glory
of God arise upon us, requires sacrifice. It requires
that the dark corners in our lives be cleaned out – no
more unforgiveness, no more complaining, no more
wanting our own way. It means making Jesus Lord of
our lives in every area.
Going Back to the Original
Ministry
In eternity past, before the fall of Lucifer, there
was only one ministry. That was ministry to the Lord
– the angels gathered round the throne worshiping
Him day and night. Lucifer led this glorious praise,
and he began to shine and radiate the glory of God.
We were created to worship God. We were
created to minister unto the Lord. We were created to
fill the void, the emptiness that was left when Lucifer
and his angels rebelled and were cast out of heaven.
We were created in God’s image to provide a
covering of praise and worship to God.
In Ephesians we read, And He put all things
under His feet, and gave Him to be head
over all things to the church, which is His
body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all
(Ephesians 1:22,23).
We are to be the fullness of Him. What an
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It’s time to return to this original ministry. It’s
time for us to position ourselves for breakthrough by
becoming true worshipers of God in Spirit and in
truth.
As we build altars of worship, we, like Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, and David, will be tearing holes
in the veil of darkness over our territory. We will be
opening the gates of heaven, so the King of glory can
come in. God will manifest Himself again as Baal
Perazim – the God of the Breakthrough!
Our hearts should cry with David’s, O God,
You are my God; Early will I seek You; My
soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land where there is no
water.
So I have looked for You in the
sanctuary, to see Your power and Your
glory (Psalm 63:1,2).
It’s no longer time to seek the hand of God – to
seek what He can do for us. It’s time to seek His face
– to seek His presence.
John, the beloved disciple, was in heaven and he
saw an angel that was so awesome he started to fall at
his feet to worship him.
What did the angel say? “Worship God!”
What happened when he worshiped God? Then I
saw heaven opened... (Revelation
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What Are We to Do?

Worship God
and the heavens will be
opened!
Worship God
and The King of Glory will
come!
Worship God
and we will be changed!
Worship God
and our breakthrough will
come!

For the earth will be filled with the

knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
as the waters cover the sea!
(Habakkuk 2:14)

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