THE SHOUTS OF THE SHOWERED

JUICY JULY 2022| DAY 21

THEME: BUT FOR THE SHOWERS WE PLEAD

TOPIC: THE SHOUTS OF THE SHOWERED

TEXT: JOEL 2:23

BIBLE READING: JOEL 2:17-32

It is Day 21, sisters!

Today marks the completion of three full weeks of waiting on the Lord! Woww! Glory be to the Lord Almighty for bringing us thus far! Halllllellluuuuuyah!

Do you believe that all your prayers are not in vain with the Lord?

Do you believe that it is raining on you already?

Let’s take this song together passionately before we go on. It is an excerpt from Way Maker by Leeland

Let’s sing this together
Even when I don’t see it, come on, even when

Even when I don’t see it, You’re working
Even when I don’t feel it, You’re working
You never stop, You never stop working
You never stop, You never stop working (come on)

And even when I don’t see it, You’re working
Even when I don’t feel it, You’re working
You never stop, You never stop working
You never stop, You never stop working (oh)

Even when I don’t see it, You’re working
Even when I don’t feel it, You’re working
You never stop, You never stop working
You never stop (yeah, oh), You never stop working

Even when I don’t see it, You’re working
Even when I don’t feel it (yeah), You’re working
You never stop, You never stop working
You never stop, You never stop working (You’re the way maker, yeah-yeah)

Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness
My God, that is who You are
Yeah, yeah
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness
My God, that is who You are
Sing that is who You are

Oh, that is who You are
That is who You are
Oh and, that is who You are
That is who You are
Yeah, and that is who You are, yeah
That is who You are
Oh, that is who You are
That is who You are
Oh it’s who You are, now Jesus

Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness
My God, that is who You are
You are
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness
My God, that is who You are

Oh, His name is above
His name is above depression
His name is above loneliness
Oh, His name is above disease
His name is above cancer
His name is above every other name
Yes it is

That is who You are
(That is who You are)
That is who You are
(That is who You are) Jesus
And that is who You are
(That is who You are)
Oh, I know that is who You are
That is who You are

Halleluyah!

Even if I can’t see it, it’s raining!

Even if I can’t feel it, I’m showered!

It’s never stopped

It’s never stopped raining!!!

Sisters, today is a day of shouts!

A day of joy!

A day of rejoicing!

A day of celebration!

A day of testimonies!

A day of triumph!

A day of victory!

Halleluyah!

Are your eyes open to see?

Can you see the rain?

Can you see the showers?

Can you hear the sound of the raindrops on your roof?

Can you feel the breeze of the seasons refreshing around you?

It is how far you can see and feel that will determine how much you will receive today!

Because what you can see and feel will determine how you will shout!

Halleluyah!

Maybe my words make no sense to you, right?

Joshua 6:16 says:

And it came to pass at the seventh time when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.

The Lord has given us the city?

‘What is this Moses saying?’

‘Are you crazy?’

‘We should shout because God has given us the city?’

‘The city whose walls are as thick as these?’

‘Bring down dem walls, let’s see, then, we can shout!’

That would have been the thought of some of us. We want to see first, receive first, touch first, get first before we can shout! That is what makes sense to the normal reasoning!

But our God works contrary to the normal reasoning!

He wants you to see through His own eyes!

Believe His own voice!

Trust His omnipotence!

And then shout!!!!

Faith says: ‘SHOUT, THEN SEE!’ not ‘SEE, THEN SHOUT!’

If you are waiting to see through your eyes first before shouting, you may never shout for a long time! This is because the Devil will always put up a drama for you to see!

Key into the sight, power and promises of God, then shout!

Forget that the walls are still ‘there’!

Forget that you can still ‘feel’ the lump!

Forget that you ‘haven’t received’ what you are requesting for!

Forget that the enemies are still laughing at you from inside Jericho wondering when ‘you these mad BUDs’ would stop your ‘nonsense’ Juicy July ritual and rest?

So, even though we can’t see it, we will shout!

Amen?

Because it is raining on us!

There are showers all around us!

Let us sing another song joyfully before we go on, shall we?

IT’S RAINING BY MARVIA PROVIDENCE

Wet, Wet, Wet
How you feel? Tell me how you feel!

Oh, it’s raining, all around me
I can feel it, it’s a latter rain
Ride on Jesus, please send more rain
Until we are wet, until we are soaked
In the latter rain

It’s raining, all around me
I can feel it, it’s a latter rain
Ride on Jesus, please send more rain
Until we are wet, until we are soaked
In the latter rain

It’s raining, come on!

Oh, it’s raining, all around me
I can feel it, it’s a latter rain
Ride on Jesus, please send more rain
Until we are wet, until we are soaked
Until we are wet, until we are soaked
Until we are

Wet, wet, wet – soaked, soaked soaked

Halleluyah!

So, tell me how you feel?

Wet, yeah?

Soaked, right?

Showered, right?

Glory!

GIVE A LOUD SHOUT, SISTERS!

SHOUT WITH A TONE OF VICTORY AND FINALITY:

I AM WET WITH THE LATTER RAIN!

I AM SOAKED IN THE SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS!

I AM SWIMMING IN THE RAIN OF ANSWERED PRAYERS!

GLORY!

Let me show you some verses of the Scriptures as anchors for what we are doing today:

Joel 2:23 (NASB) – So shout for joy, you sons of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the early rain for your vindication. And He has brought down for you the rain, The early and latter rain as before. (NASB)

FOR HE HAS GIVEN YOU, SISTERS!

He already has, so, shout!

He’s given us the early rain!

He’s brought down for us, what?

RAIN!

We have both the early and the latter rain!

Our now and our then are showered already!

Amen?

Zephaniah 3:14 also says: Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Shout for joy!!!

Shout in triumph!

Shout and rejoice with ALL of your heart!

Why?

Because you have been showered!

Because your prayers for the past three weeks have been answered!

Zechariah 9:9 says: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation….

Here comes another repetition, sisters.

And you know, repetitions are for what?

E M P H A S I S!

Shout in triumph!

Shout in victory! Why?

Because your King is coming to you!

My King comes to me!

My blessings come to me!

My answers come to me!

My husband comes to me!

My children come to me!

My health comes to me!

Also, 2 Chronicles 13:15 says: Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

Sisters, can you see the power of your shout?

God doesn’t just tell you to shout for nothing!

Your shout achieves even more!

Do you believe it?

I WILL SHOUT TODAY AND MY VOICE SHALL DO MARVELOUS WONDERS BECAUSE THE LORD IS WITH ME! (3x)

Somebody shout Hallelujah

Let us take another song that will make us shout well before we go on, shall we? Make sure you shout, dance and believe that His glory has greatly risen upon you in the Mighty Name of Jesus:

GLORIFIED BY SALVATION MINISTRIES CHOIR

Call: I’m Head…

I am the head and not the tail

I am above and not beneath

Distinguished by His glorious light

To stand up wherever I’m found

I am a carrier of His Glory

To show forth His praises on Earth

His glory is risen upon me

[Chorus]

God has glorified me

The glory of the Lord is risen upon me

Glorified me …

God has glorified me

The glory of the Lord is risen upon me

Glorified me..

[Bridge]

We are a royal priesthood

Yeah! Glory, Yeah; Glory, Yeah;

Can You sing it, Yeah, Glory…

Call: G L O

Resp: G-L-O-R-Y,

G-L-O-R-Y, G-L-O-R-Y- G

Glory…

Call: G L O

Soprano: G-L-O-R-Y,

G-L-O-R-Y, G-L-O-R-Y- G

Glory…

Call: G L O

Alto: G-L-O-R-Y,

G-L-O-R-Y, G-L-O-R-Y- G

Glory…

Call: G L O

Tenor: G-L-O-R-Y,

G-L-O-R-Y, G-L-O-R-Y- G

Glory…

Call: G L O

All: G-L-O-R-Y,

G-L-O-R-Y, G-L-O-R-Y- Glory…

GLORY..

So, sisters, we are showered!

What does it mean to be showered?

If you check Psalm 65, you will see that showers represent:

– Blessings

– Abundance

– Growth

– God’s visitation

– Enrichment

– Provision

– Goodness

– Fatness

– Bounty

In Psalm 72, it means:

– Righteousness

– Abundance

– Peace

– Dominion

In Ezekiel 34, showers mean:

– Increase

– Fruitfulness

– Security

– Deliverance

– Breakthrough

– Restoration

– Plenty

– Honour

And in Joel 2, it means:

– Bountiful harvest

– Restoration

– Sufficiency

– Satisfaction

– An end to reproach

Can you go over the lists above and see? You will realize that you are fully covered! All your requests fall under some of these! And you have received all these and much more! In great amount!

My prayer for you today is that you shall squeeze out all the remaining blessings today in Jesus name. Amen.

Before we go on, just raise your arms and wave to the Lord for the blessings you cannot see. As soon as your heart is overwhelmed within you with gratitude, shout ‘HALLELUYAH’ 21 times to the Lord.

Sisters, shouting is a great weapon of warfare. But unfortunately, few believers don’t know its efficacy.

It is a weapon not commonly used by Christians because we believe that when we come to the presence of God, the whole atmosphere must be so quiet.

Yes, that is true. But there is time for everything according to Ecclesiastes 3:7b – a time to keep silence, and a time to speak (SHOUT). Emphasis is mine.

There are times to shout and rejoice. The word ‘rejoice’ or ‘shouts of joy’ appear 240 times in the Bible. This is to tell us that the time of being in God’s presence is not only for being quiet. We should learn to open our mouths and shout, especially in faith! It is a shout of victory!

Let’s shout HALLELUJAH 21 times once again

WHAT DOES SHOUTING DO TO BELIEVERS?

– IT WELCOMES THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.

1 Samuel 4:5-6 says: And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. [6] And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.

As you shout today, God’s presence will visit you in Jesus name.

– IT ALSO SHOWS HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE WE HAVE IN THE POWER OF GOD AND THUS INCREASES OUR FAITH IN HIM.

Shouting boosts your confidence in every sense of it. It takes the burdens off your chest!

– OUR OFFERINGS UNTO GOD ARE ACCEPTABLE WHEN WE SHOUT WITH GREAT JOY.

2 Corinthians 9:7 says: Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful (joyful) giver.

Your offering of worship and thanksgiving shall be acceptable in Jesus name.

– IT MAKES THE EARTH TREMBLE AND CAUSES DISARRAY IN THE CAMP OF THE ENEMIES.

There shall be a terrible shaking in the camp of our enemies as we shout for joy today in Jesus’ mighty name.

– IT CONFUSES THE DEVIL AND HIS AGENTS.

Every gathering of the enemy against your life and destiny shall scatter in Jesus name.

– IT MAKES THE ENEMY AFRAID.

1 Samuel 4:6-8 says: ‘And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp. [7] And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. [8] Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.’

In Jesus mighty name, we cause terror to the camp of the enemies as we shout in triumph today in Jesus’ mighty name

– IT BREAKS CHAINS AND FETTERS OF THE ENEMIES.

Paul and Silas were in prison and were to be executed the next day but both of them sang in the prison that all the prisoners could hear them. It means they were shouting while singing.

What happened next? The fetters were broken and prison gates opened!

Acts 16:25-26 says: And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. [26] And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.

Sisters, as you shout, those long-standing chains are broken in Jesus mighty name.

Every closed gate against you, against your destiny, against your academics and career, against your finances, against your ministry and against your marriage is flung opened in JESUS NAME!

– SHOUTING COMMANDS BLESSINGS.

In the Bible we saw how God blessed the Israelites abundantly after rejoicing and praising God.

2 Chronicles 20:26 says: And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord : therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

Unlimited blessings are yours today and beyond as you shout in victory in Jesus name

– IT BRINGS EFFORTLESS VICTORIES AND BREAKTHROUGHS.

There is a popular saying that, “the Shouting side is the winning side.”Several references are in the scriptures to proof that this statement is true. The Israelites won several battles when they shouted. One of the very notable ones was the fall of the wall of Jericho. A high and great wall fell down flat just with shouting.

Joshua 6:20 says: So the people SHOUTED when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people SHOUTED with a great SHOUT, that the WALL FELL DOWN FLAT, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

Your shout will bring in the desired showers of blessings, victories and breakthrough you need in your life in Jesus name

Let’s quickly do another SHOUT to our God:

MAPARIWO SELEDUMARE BY P.DANIEL OLAWANDE

Mapariwo sele dumare

(I will shout unto God)

Mapariwo sele dumare

(I will shout unto God)

Ma mope wa feledumare

(I’ll bring thanksgiving to God)

Ma mope wa feledumare

(I’ll bring thanksgiving to God)

Ma mujo wa Fe ledumare

(I’ll bring dances to God)

Ma mujo wa Fe ledumare

(I’ll bring dances to God)

Ese o

(Thank you o)

Ese o

(Thank you o)

Gba gbogbo ogo

(Receive all the glory)

Gba gbogbo ogo

(Receive all the glory

Gba gbogbo ola

(Receive all the honour)

Gba gbogbo ola

(Receive all the honour)

Gba gbogbo ijo

(Receive all the dances)

Gba gbogbo ijo

(Receive all the dances)

Ese o

(Thank you o)

Halleluyah!

Sisters, are you shouting already?

Is your voice being heard as the roars of the lion in the camp of your enemy already?

Ayaya!

Take Song 4 with your whole strength and vigour, you are moving around your Jericho SHOUTING

JERICHO BY PAUL TOMISIN