Your Words Hold a Miracle: The Power of Speaking God's Word (4 page)

T
HE
S
OUND OF THE
N
AME OF
J
ESUS
!

What a refreshing sound it is. We know that we will rise no higher nor sink lower than our confession of Jesus.

The Bible says that the Name of Jesus is above every name! “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9–11).

When our words have become His Words, every evil force around us must bow to that Name. Jesus has given us the authority to use His Name.

Stop speaking the sound of fear. Stop speaking the sound of depression. Stop speaking the sound of sickness and defeat. Stop speaking of lack and uncertainty.

Make the decision to live your life full of the blessings of God, full of His joy, and full of His peace.

Put on your lips the sound of the Name of Jesus!

Reflections from
            JOEL

I
met a young woman who described how she lost about two hundred pounds after failing on one diet after another. She said, “One day, I decided to start seeing myself the way I wanted to be—losing the weight and running and playing with my children. I spoke words of victory into my life and said, ‘I am well able to lose this weight. I have discipline and self-control. I am more than a conqueror.’ ” Once that new image of herself showed up on the inside, God could easily develop it on the outside. Today she’s living out her dream and enjoying a happier, healthier lifestyle.

You must get an image of what you want to be on the inside first, if you want to see it come to pass in your life on the outside.

CHAPTER THREE

The Power
of
Words

W
ords! Words! Words! There are millions of words in the world. They are written in books, newspapers, on the Internet, and thousands of other places. They are just words.

Then there are words written in the Bible. Thousands of them are there in this “miracle” book. They look just like all the other words in the world. They are spelled the same and sound the same,
but they are different.

Jesus said, “The words that I speak to you are
spirit,
and they are
life
” (John 6:63). God says His Words “are
life
to those that find them, and
health
to all their flesh” (Proverbs 4:22). He says, “For the word of God is
living
and
powerful,
and
sharper
than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a
discerner
of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12).

The Bible states that “
all scripture is given by inspiration of God,
” or “
God breathed
” (2 Timothy 3:16).

Though the words in the Bible may look the same as those in all the other sources, there is an incredible difference.
They are God’s words. God has breathed life into them. When we take these “God-breathed” words and declare them, miracles come to pass!

T
AKE
G
OD’S
W
ORD AND
D
ECLARE
T
HEM

God used words to create this world. He created everything by the word of His power. He created by using words. In Genesis 1, He repeatedly said, “Let there be,” and it came into existence.

The words in God’s mouth were powerful! Correspondingly, His words spoken by our mouths are also powerful!

What shall you take with you when you turn to the Lord for a miracle? What is it He wants to see you bringing to Him?

• Hosea 14:2 says,
  “Take words with you, and return to the L
  ORD
  .”
  Take words! Take God’s words! Take God’s promises and declare them before Him!
  

• God says,
  “Put Me in remembrance”
  (Isaiah 43:26). God wants you to
  remind
  Him of His promises.
  

• Proverbs 6:2 says, “You are snared by the words of your mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth.”
  

• Jesus says, “For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:37).
  

• Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” I used to say the power of life and death is in the tongue, but I was missing the whole point. That’s not what God said. He said, “Death and life are in the
  power
  of the tongue.” The emphasis is on the power of your tongue.
  

Your words are important. You can create hell on earth or heaven on earth with your mouth. You must change your world by changing your words! Put God’s words in your mouth and speak them out.

S
AY
, N
OT
P
RAY

It is important that we pray about our situation, but Joel 3:10 says, “Let the weak say, ‘I
am
strong.’ ” Let the weak
say
—not pray, but
say
.

If the weak are ever to get help, they must change what they are
saying.

If the troubled are to get help, they must change what they are
saying.

Let the weak
say
day and night, “The L
ORD
is
the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1).

Let the sick
say
, “By His stripes we
are
healed” (Isaiah 53:5). “They will lay hands on the sick, and they
will
recover” (Mark 16:18). Declare, “Hands have been laid on me, and I am recovering. The Lord is my Healer—He has taken sickness from the midst of me.” “Bless the L
ORD
, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the L
ORD
, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who
forgives
all [my] iniquities, Who
heals
all [my] diseases” (Psalm 103:1–3). Praise God, He said
all
iniquities and
all
diseases. Faith is agreeing with God and saying what He says about you.

Let the troubled
say
boldly, “God
is
our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1). Declare, “God is with me! He is my helper! If God is for me, who can be against me?” “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the L
ORD
delivers
him out of them all” (Psalm 34:19).

Let those who are tormented by fear also change what you are
saying
if you want victory. Let the fearful
say
boldly, day and night, “The L
ORD
is
my shepherd; I shall not want. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You
are
with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:1, 4). Speak out the word, “I fear not for You are with me. I am not dismayed for You are my God. You are
helping me!
You are
strengthening me!
You are upholding me with the right hand of Your righteousness” (see Isaiah 41:10)!

Let the fearful
say
over and over again, “The L
ORD
is
my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The L
ORD
is
the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell” (Psalm 27:1–2).

Let those who are haunted by fear
say
, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). Declare it so! “I have no spirit of fear. I have the Holy Spirit of power! I have the spirit of love! I have the spirit of a sound mind!” Declare this to everyone. Don’t talk about your fears; talk about what God says about you. Act the part as you speak the truth of God’s Word, and fear will melt away like the mist before the rising sun.

Let the weak
say
!

Let the troubled
say
!

Let the sick
say
!

Let the fearful
say
!

Let those in need of victory
say
!

Y
OU MUST CHANGE YOUR WORLD BY CHANGING YOUR WORDS
!

Put God’s words in your mouth and speak them out.

W
HAT
S
HALL
Y
OU
S
AY
?

What shall we say?
Say what God says!
It’s as simple as that! Take His promises and climb up to His throne, through the Lord Jesus, and “put Him in remembrance.” Declare that the promises of God are coming to pass right now.

Hebrews 13:5–6 says, “For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we may boldly say: ‘The L
ORD
is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?’ ” This is a most remarkable scripture!

Notice that it says,
“He Himself has said,… So we may boldly say.”

God has given us hundreds of promises in His Word to
believe
, then to
boldly speak them in our declaration for deliverance.

Search the Scriptures for one of His promises that fits your situation. Believe it in your heart. Now start to
boldly speak this promise
to yourself, your friends, your family, and to the enemy!
Boldly
declare to all, “This is what God, my Father, has said, and I believe it! It is mine now!” Hold on to it and declare it in pain, trouble, fear, sickness, and need. Jesus is the “High Priest of our confession,” and He will surely see that it becomes a reality in your life.

If you don’t think this spiritual law of speaking God’s Word works, try it in reverse. That’s what most people do anyway. First, they believe they are sick and are certain they are going to get worse. They tell everyone about it. Ask them, and they will say clearly and convincingly, “I am sick. I hurt. I probably will have to go to the hospital. This thing is getting worse.” On and on they go. They believe it and speak it,
and they get what they speak!

If it works in reverse, surely it works in forward motion.
It works when we exercise faith to declare God’s promises and truths about our lives.

What shall we say? Say what God says! It’s as simple as that!

So begin today. Do not doubt. Believe in your heart what God has said about you in His Word and speak it out constantly, and
you shall have whatever you say
(see Mark 11:23).

You see,
God watches over His Word to perform it
(see Jeremiah 1:12). This is a spiritual law grounded in His Word.

W
HAT
V
OICE
A
RE
Y
OU
L
ISTENING TO
?

There are three voices that talk to you:

• First,
  the voice from this present world, which is controlled by “the rulers of the darkness of this age” (Ephesians 6:12), cries out when disease, financial instability, relationship problems, addictions, and general woes come into your life. It cries out in powerful and thundering tones: “You’re sick! You’re in trouble! You won’t make it! You can’t change!” That’s one voice.
  

• Second,
  the voice from God in His Word tells us, “By His stripes we are healed. He bore our sicknesses. He took our curse, being made a curse for us. He bore our sins” (see Isaiah 53:4–5). “My God shall supply your every need” (see Philippians 4:19). Symptoms and circumstances say one thing, but God says another thing. The whole crux of the matter is…
  

• Third,
  what are you going to say about it? Whose side are you going to take? Are you going to throw in the towel and agree with what people are saying about your life or what you have been saying about your life? Or will you take your stand on the Word of God and declare what God has said?
  

Let me remind you, the Bible says, “Let the weak
say
,” not
pray
. “Let the weak say, ‘I am strong’ ” (Joel 3:10). That’s what God says. The weak must say something. Let the sick say, “I am healed.” Let the troubled say, “I am delivered.” Let the oppressed and bound say, “I am free.” Let the discouraged say, “I am filled with hope.”
Say it on the basis of the truths of the Word of God.

One of the most astonishing discoveries I have found in the Bible is about words! Consider the woman who secretly came to Jesus with the issue of blood. She said something! In Matthew 9:21, she
said
to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.”