A FAITH-FILLED, PROPHETIC WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT!
August 5, 2026
BY CRYSTAL G.H. LOWERY
Praise in Faith for Victory in the Battle
When You Cannot See the Victory Yet, Praise Like It Is Already Yours
There are seasons in our lives when we find ourselves in a battle that seems to have no easy explanation. We pray, we seek the Lord, we search His Word, and we ask Him to intervene. We may pray for healing, restoration, provision, breakthrough, direction, deliverance, or simply the grace to make it through another day. We believe that God hears us, and we trust that He is working, yet sometimes the battle continues long after we expected it to end.
What do we do in those moments? What do we do when we have prayed and prayed, but the circumstances have not yet changed? What do we do when we know what the Word of God says, but our eyes are still looking at something that appears completely contrary to what we believe?
We praise.
Prayer is essential. We should pray. Jesus taught us to pray, Scripture repeatedly instructs us to pray, and prayer is one of the great privileges we have as believers. Yet there are moments when God invites us to move beyond continually petitioning Him about the battle and begin praising Him in the midst of it. Praise does not replace prayer; rather, praise becomes an expression of the faith we have exercised through prayer.
There is a place where we have to say, “Lord, I have asked You. I have surrendered this to You. I have believed Your Word. Now I am going to praise You while I wait for the manifestation.”
That is where faith becomes active in a different way.
I Am Writing This From the Middle of a Battle
I am not writing this article from the other side of a battle, looking back at something God has already brought me through. I am writing these words while I am in a battle of my own.
As I write this, there is something in my own life for which I have prayed, believed, sought God, and asked Him to move. I do not have every answer yet, and I cannot say that everything I am believing for has manifested. The circumstances are still unfolding, and there are still things I cannot see.
But something has changed in me.
I have realized that I do not want to spend all of my time talking to God about the battle. I want to spend more of my time praising Him in the middle of it.
So I have stepped up my praise.
I have intentionally increased my worship. I have been praising God when I can see no evidence of change. I have been praising Him when I have answers and when I have questions. I have been praising Him when my faith feels strong and when I have had to remind myself of what I know to be true. I am choosing to praise God not because the battle is imaginary, but because God is greater than the battle.
And I am writing this with expectation—not only for myself, but for you.
I believe there are people reading this who have been carrying battles for which they have prayed repeatedly. You have asked God to move, and perhaps you have even wondered why the answer has not yet appeared. You may be tired of waiting. You may have wondered whether anything is happening behind the scenes.
I want to encourage you not to mistake the absence of visible evidence for the absence of God.
God is still working.
Praise Does Not Deny the Battle
Sometimes we hesitate to praise when we are hurting because we think praise means pretending that everything is fine. It does not.
Praise does not require us to deny the reality of what we are facing. The Bible is filled with people who praised God while walking through very real difficulties. David knew what it was to worship while being pursued. Jehoshaphat knew what it was to worship while an army was approaching. Paul and Silas knew what it was to worship while sitting in a prison cell.
Faith does not require us to pretend that the battle isn’t happening.
Faith simply refuses to believe that the battle is the end of the story.
When we praise God in the middle of difficulty, we are not praising the circumstance. We are praising the One who is greater than the circumstance. We are not celebrating the problem; we are declaring the greatness of our God in the face of the problem.
There is a tremendous difference.
The enemy would love to keep our attention fixed on everything that is wrong. He wants us to rehearse the facts, replay the conversations, examine the obstacles, calculate the possibilities, and continually look for evidence that things will not change. But praise turns our attention in another direction. Praise lifts our eyes from the size of the problem to the greatness of the One who holds us in the middle of it.
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do in a battle is simply turn on worship and begin to praise.
Jehoshaphat Discovered the Power of Praise
One of my favorite examples of this principle is found in 2 Chronicles 20. King Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah were facing a formidable enemy. They were not imagining the threat. They were not exaggerating their circumstances. An actual army was coming against them, and they did not have the strength to overcome it on their own.
Jehoshaphat sought the Lord, and the people prayed and fasted. Then God gave them an extraordinary word through Jahaziel:
“The battle is not yours, but God’s.”
What happened next is remarkable.
Jehoshaphat did not simply tell the people to stay home and wait for God to do something. He appointed singers to go before the army, and they began to praise the Lord.
Think about that for a moment. The battle had not yet been visibly won, yet praise went out ahead of the army.
They praised God before they saw the victory.
And Scripture tells us that as they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against their enemies, and the armies that had come against Judah were defeated.
The praise did not mean there was no battle. The praise was part of how they walked through the battle.
That is an important distinction.
Sometimes we think we will praise God once the answer arrives. We will worship once the diagnosis changes, once the financial situation turns around, once the relationship is restored, once the door opens, once the prodigal returns, once the breakthrough comes.
But what if God is asking us to praise Him before we see it?
What if praise is one of the ways we demonstrate that we believe His Word even when our circumstances have not caught up with it yet?
Praise Is Faith Looking Beyond What Is Visible
Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Faith has always required us to believe beyond what our natural eyes can presently see. We do not need faith for what is already visible. Faith reaches into what has not yet appeared and trusts God with what we cannot yet comprehend.
That is why praise can become such a powerful expression of faith.
When I praise God while I am still waiting, I am saying, “Lord, I do not see everything yet, but I trust You.”
When I praise Him while the circumstances remain unresolved, I am saying, “I do not understand everything You are doing, but I know who You are.”
When I praise Him in the middle of uncertainty, I am saying, “My confidence is not ultimately in what I can see. My confidence is in the faithfulness of God.”
There is something powerful about praising God for what you believe He is going to do before you see it happen.
This is not presumption. It is not attempting to manipulate God into doing what we want. It is not declaring that God must fulfill our preferred timeline or answer every prayer exactly as we have imagined.
Rather, it is choosing to trust the character of God while we wait for the purposes of God to unfold.
And sometimes, as we continue to believe and praise, something beautiful happens: what we have held by faith eventually becomes something we can hold in our hands.
Faith becomes sight.
Expectation becomes manifestation.
The promise becomes a received reality.
Dance Like David Danced
David gives us another beautiful picture of uninhibited praise. When the ark of the Lord was brought into Jerusalem, David danced before the Lord with all his might.
David was not concerned about appearing dignified enough for everyone watching him. His heart was overflowing with joy because of the presence of God.
There are times when we need to stop worrying about how our praise looks to other people and simply praise God from the depths of our hearts.
Perhaps you need to dance again.
Perhaps you need to put on worship music in your house and praise God until the atmosphere around you feels different. Perhaps you need to worship while you are driving, walking, cleaning the house, working, or getting ready in the morning. Perhaps you need to lift your hands and thank God for what He has already done while believing Him for what He has not yet done.
You may even have to praise Him through tears.
There is nothing wrong with that.
Sometimes the most precious worship is not the praise that comes easily when everything is going well. Sometimes the deepest praise is the praise that comes from a heart that is hurting but still says, “God, I trust You.”
That kind of praise carries something different.
It is praise born out of relationship rather than circumstance.
Praise While the Walls Are Still Standing
Maybe your Jericho wall is still standing.
Praise anyway.
Maybe your Red Sea is still in front of you.
Praise anyway.
Maybe you have prayed about your family, your finances, your business, your ministry, your future, or a personal situation for longer than you ever imagined you would have to wait.
Praise anyway.
You are not praising the wall. You are praising the God who can bring the wall down.
You are not praising the Red Sea. You are praising the God who can make a way through it.
You are not praising the battle. You are praising the One who is greater than the battle.
There may be tears in your eyes as you praise. There may be questions in your heart. You may not know how the situation will resolve itself. You may not understand why the answer has taken so long.
But you can still praise.
You can praise because God is faithful.
You can praise because He is good.
You can praise because He has not abandoned you.
You can praise because the same God who was faithful yesterday is faithful today.
And you can praise because your circumstances do not have the authority to rewrite the character of God.
I Am Choosing Praise in My Own Battle
That is where I am right now.
My battle is not over as I write these words. I cannot tell you that everything has already changed. I cannot tell you that I have already received everything I am believing God for.
But I can tell you this: I am expecting victory.
I am not expecting victory because I know exactly how God will bring it about. I am not expecting victory because I have figured out the solution myself. I am expecting victory because I know the One to whom I have prayed.
I have made a decision that I will not allow the battle to become greater in my mind than the God who is with me in the battle.
So I am praising.
I am praising when I see progress, and I am praising when I do not. I am praising when I feel encouraged, and I am praising when I have to intentionally remind myself of what I believe. I am praising because my expectation is not built upon the evidence of the moment; it is built upon the faithfulness of God.
And I am expecting victory—not only for myself, but for you.
If you are reading these words in the middle of your own battle, I want you to know that I am believing with you.
I believe that God is able to move in circumstances that appear impossible. I believe that He is able to make a way where there seems to be no way. I believe that He is able to restore what has been lost, open doors that have been closed, bring provision where there has been lack, and bring forth answers that we could not produce on our own.
I don’t know exactly what your victory will look like, and I don’t know God’s timing for your situation. But I know that God is not intimidated by what is trying to intimidate you.
So keep praying.
But don’t only pray.
Praise.
There Is Still a Song in You
I believe there are people reading this who have been in the same battle for a long time. Perhaps you have become weary from waiting. Perhaps you have wondered whether you can keep believing for the thing you have asked God to do.
I want to encourage you to lift your voice again.
There is still a song in you.
The battle did not write your ending.
The enemy does not get the final word.
Your circumstances do not get the final word.
God does.
Your praise is not a denial of what you are facing. It is a declaration that what you are facing is not greater than the God you serve.
So praise Him while the wall is still standing.
Praise Him while you are waiting for the answer.
Praise Him when you cannot yet see the way forward.
Praise Him when you don’t understand the process.
Praise Him because He is worthy.
And praise Him because faith believes that God is working even when our natural eyes cannot yet see the evidence.
I believe that as we praise, something begins to shift—not because our praise manipulates God, but because praise shifts us. It turns our attention toward the Lord. It strengthens our expectation. It reminds us of His faithfulness. It helps us remember what God has already done and gives us courage to believe Him for what He is still doing.
There are battles that God will bring us through with prayer.
There are battles that He will bring us through with obedience.
There are battles that He will bring us through with perseverance.
And there are battles in which He will teach us to praise our way through.
From Faith to a Received Promise
Perhaps this is the moment to move from continually asking, “Lord, when will You do it?” to saying, “Lord, I trust You while You do it.”
There is a time to petition God, a time to intercede, and a time to cry out to Him. But there is also a time to lift our eyes, lift our hands, and lift our voices in praise.
Praise says, “God, I trust You.”
Praise says, “I believe You are working even though I cannot see everything yet.”
Praise says, “I refuse to let the appearance of my circumstances determine the posture of my heart.”
And praise says, “I will worship You in the waiting.”
I believe there are people who have been standing in faith over promises for a long time, and I believe the Lord is encouraging you not to give up at the very place where you are tempted to become weary.
Keep believing.
Keep praying.
Keep standing on the Word.
And keep praising.
I believe we are going to see things move from the realm of faith into manifestation. I believe some things that have been prayed over and believed for will become received promises. I believe there will be testimonies that cause us to look back and say, “Only God could have done that.”
And when the victory comes, we will know what to do.
We will praise Him then.
But let us not wait until then.
Let’s praise Him now.
I am praising God in the middle of my battle, and I am expecting victory.
I am believing for breakthrough in my own circumstances, and I am believing for breakthrough in yours.
So turn up the worship.
Lift your voice.
Let the praise rise even before the answer appears.
Dance like David danced.
Praise like Jehoshaphat’s singers praised.
And trust the God who has never lost a battle.
Your battle may be real, but your God is greater.
Your circumstances may be uncertain, but God remains faithful.
Your answer may not yet be visible, but faith can see what natural eyes cannot.
And your story is not finished.
Praise in faith for victory in the battle.
FAITH KEY
Don’t wait until you see the victory to praise God for it. Praise Him in faith because you trust the One who holds your victory.
Now, friend, praise your way through.
There is still a song in you.
There is still a reason to worship.
And there is still a God who is greater than anything you are facing.
Let’s Go Deep – IN PRAISE!!
Based on Faith.
Crystal G.H. Lowery, Esq. is a Christian Estate Planning Attorney, ordained minister, as well as faith and prophetic author. She is the founder and visionary of the Law Office of Crystal G.H. Lowery, LLC and Based On Faith—a ministry dedicated to deepening biblical understanding through faith-filled teaching, prophetic insight, and the integration of faith, life, and law. Crystal is passionate about equipping the Body of Christ to walk in bold faith and purpose.
She is the author of Abraham’s Sandals of Faith, Faith. Is. Now., and Sweet Love Letters to Jesus. Many of her books are also available in Spanish. Her resources can be found at www.basedonfaith.org, on Amazon, and wherever books are sold.
Crystal is also a mother to four precious and beautiful children, living out her message of faith in both ministry and everyday life.
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