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Introduction
Part 1 Building a Soldiers Character
1. Our Struggle with Obedience
2. Who Will Qualify?
3. Requirements for Gods Army
4. Finding Inner Harmony
5. Testing vs. Chastening
6. The Hardest Test of All
7. Denying the Old Man
8. The Role of Worship
9. Victory in Praise
Part 2 Holy Spirit Training
10. Know Your Guide
11. Letting the Holy Spirit Lead
12. No Place for Hypocrisy
13. The Holy Spirit and the Word
14. Taking Up the Spiritual Gifts
15. Developing Spiritual Fruit
Part 3 Battle in the Heavenlies
16. Understanding Our Enemy
17. The Spirit of Antichrist
18. Angelic Intervention in Human Lives
19. Warfare in Heavenly Places
20. Principles of Spiritual Protection
21. The Weapons of Our Warfare
22. The Climax of the Conflict
Part 4 Enduring to the End
23. Humanism: Forerunner for the Antichrist
24. Will Satan Ever Be Reconciled to God?
25. Opposition to Jesus Return
26. Learning from Balaams Mistakes
27. Preparing to Reign with Christ
28. Character That Stands the Test
29. The Quest for Character
30. Finishing the Course
Derek Prince reached the zenith of his visibility and vigor well before the current era of the media ministry star. Nevertheless he stands as one of the truly extraordinary Bible teachers and theologians of the twentieth century.
A British citizen born in India, Prince was Eton educated and Cambridge trained, a contemporary and acquaintance of C. S. Lewis. For a time prior to his dramatic conversion experience, he held a prestigious fellowship in ancient and modern philosophy at Cambridge. But once his amazing intellect was submitted to Christ and illuminated by the Holy Spirit, he became a formidable force for communicating the truths of Scripture. As a classically trained philosopher and unabashed charismatic, he was that too-rare confluence of academic rigor and openness to the supernatural. The Word and power. Truth and Spirit.
Across the better part of nearly six decades, in countless cities on six continents, Derek Prince taught, preached, encouraged, proclaimed, imparted and inspired. And all along the way, he wrote. It would be difficult to overstate the impact and influence this humble, self-effacing teacher has had around the world.
In the autumn of 2003, Derek Prince died in his beloved Jerusalem, his home for nearly twenty years. He was 88. He left behind some wonderful gifts. To those who had the privilege of knowing him, he left an inspiring exampleone of yieldedness to God, love for the Church, a heart for Israel and a roaring passion to see Gods people walk in the fullness of the freedom and authority Christ purchased for them. To all of us he left an astonishing volume of teaching in books, articles, sermons and letters.
You now hold in your hands a unique fragment of that treasure. Between 1993 and 2003, Derek generated scores of teaching letters written expressly for his friends and partners in ministry. These ministry letters represent some of the deepest and richest teaching you will find on important but neglected topics such as personal character, true worship and the power of the Word of God. It is our pleasure to present some of the finest of these in this collection.
It is especially appropriate that we do so because, on more than one occasion, Derek expressed his strong desire that his ministry continue beyond his homegoing. Few things meant more to him than the knowledge that the truths he spent his life proclaiming would continue to be proclaimed to the saints.
In life he poured himself out to see Gods people grow to maturity in the Word. May this collection be an extension of that legacy in your life.
The editors of Chosen Books
Victory in Praise
We learned in the last chapter about three concepts found in Scripture that are closely related, yet distinct: worship, praise and thanksgiving. Worship is primarily an attitude or posture of the body: bowing the head, bowing the entire upper part of the body, prostrating yourself on the ground or even bowing the human spirit before God. Praise, on the other hand, is an utterance. The Bible is emphatic that praise must come out of the mouth. Thanksgiving, quite simply, is thanking God for what He has done.
Think of it this way: In worship, we relate to Gods holiness. In praise, we relate to Gods greatness. In thanksgiving, we relate to Gods goodness.
In this chapter we discuss praise. Great is the L ORD , and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain (Psalm 48:1). The Lord is great, and for that reason He is to be praised. He is to be praised in proportion to His greatness. Following are seven scriptural facts about praise.
Gods Address
Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Psalm 22:3, KJV
First, praise is Gods address; it is where He lives. If you want to be where God lives, you must offer Him praise.
The Hebrew word that means to live in a place is the same word for to sit. A settlement, for instance, is a place of sitting. The New King James Bible has beautifully translated that verse as: You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel. Praise is Gods throne. Our praise does not make Him a King; He is a King whether we praise Him or not. But when we praise Him, we offer Him His throne. We welcome Him and recognize His Kingship. Praise is Gods dwelling place and His throne.
The Way into His Presence
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the L ORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.
Psalm 100:45
Second, praise is the way into Gods presence; the way into Gods gates and courts is with thanksgiving and praise.
This Scripture gives us three reasons why we ought to praise God: The Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endures to all generations. Each of those statements is always true no matter what happens.
God lives in a city surrounded by walls called Salvation:
Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
Isaiah 60:18
Scripture states clearly and emphatically that the only way through that wall is by a gate, and every gate is praise . In other words, without praise there is no access to Gods presence and the place where His people dwell. If you want to get into Gods presence, that is the only gate. There is no other.
Gods Reason for Blessing
Save us, O L ORD our God, and gather us from among the Gentiles, to give thanks to Your holy name, to triumph in Your praise.
Psalm 106:47
Third, praise is Gods reason for blessing us, the interest on what He invests in us. God saves us and brings us together to fellowship with Him and with one another because He wants us to give thanks to His name and to triumph in His praise.
David had been through a long dark period in his life. Many of us could look back over similar times in our lives. In these verses David broke out into praise.
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, to the end that [this is the purpose] my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O L ORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
Psalm 30:1112
Notice that God does these things so that our glory may sing praise unto Him and not be silent. But what is our glory ? If we compare the following two Scriptures, there is no doubt to the answer. First, Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices (Psalm 16:9). Then, second, on the Day of Pentecost, Peter quoted this very verse saying: Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad (Acts 2:26).
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