Your Words Hold a Miracle: The Power of Speaking God's Word (9 page)

These are the grave consequences of disobedience. This is the misery of sin. But, thank God, we are redeemed from the curse of the law! “Oh, give thanks to the L
ORD
, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the L
ORD
say
so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy” (Psalm 107:1–2).

David said, “Let the redeemed of the Lord
say
so.” Say, “I am redeemed.”

Look in the mirror and say these things. Say them to your spouse. “I am saved. I am born again. I am a new creature. I am delivered. I am redeemed.” Say it so the enemy can hear you. Say it so the angels will rejoice with you!

“Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot” (1 Peter 1:18–19).
The price of our redemption is the precious blood of Jesus.
He spilled His blood on the cross of Calvary for every person.

The Bible says that Jesus became our High Priest and with His own precious blood He obtained eternal redemption for us. He ascended into heaven, and there, in the presence of the Father, He presented His blood so that we could have forgiveness of sins (Hebrews 9:11–13; 12:22–24).

The blood of Jesus Christ is ever before the Father as evidence that we have been redeemed from every oppressive curse and every wicked work of the enemy.
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7). Through the blood of Jesus,
we are redeemed!

In the Old Testament, God instructed the children of Israel to kill a lamb and put the blood on their doorposts. This is known as the Passover, and it protected them from the death angel. “Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt” (Exodus 12:13).

In the New Testament, Jesus celebrated the Passover with His disciples. He took the cup and spoke these words: “For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom” (Matthew 26:28–29).

Jesus Himself was offered for the sins of the world. His blood was shed for our sins—He paid the price. But the responsibility of applying the blood of Jesus to the doorposts of our lives rests upon us. “Seeing then that
we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession” (Hebrews 4:14).

By our confession, we testify to Satan and all powers of darkness what the Word of God says the blood of Jesus does for us! “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death” (Revelation 12:11).

God is looking for blood on the doorposts of our lives. Where He does not find the blood of Jesus, there is no protection. He is not interested in which church we attend—He simply requires that we accept His Son as Savior.

T
HE BLOOD OF
J
ESUS
C
HRIST IS EVER BEFORE

the Father as evidence that we have been redeemed from every oppressive curse and every wicked work of the enemy.

When the enemy brings temptations into your life, remind him of the blood that bought your redemption. Say boldly: “Through the blood of Jesus, I am redeemed! I am redeemed from the curse of the law!”

6. W
E
A
RE
B
LESSED IN
C
HRIST

The sixth thing we have in Christ is the blessing of Abraham.
I want you to say,
“I am blessed.”

“Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” (Galatians 3:13–14).

I want you to say: “I am saved. I am born again. I am a new creature. I am delivered. I am redeemed. I am blessed.”

“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the L
ORD
your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the L
ORD
your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the L
ORD
your God” (Deuteronomy 28:1–2).

In Deuteronomy 28, we find the blessing of Abraham:

• Blessed in the city
  

• Blessed in the country
  

• Children will be blessed
  

• Land will be blessed
  

• Livestock will be blessed
  

• Basket will be blessed
  

• Blessed coming in
  

• Blessed going out
  

• Enemies will flee before you seven ways
  

• Blessed in storehouses
  

• Blessed in all you put your hand to
  

• Established as a holy people
  

• People can see that you are called by the Name of the Lord
  

• People of the earth will be afraid of you
  

• Surplus of prosperity through the fruit of your body, livestock, and ground
  

• The Lord will give rain to your land
  

• The Lord will bless all the work of your hand
  

• You will lend and not borrow
  

• You will be the head and not the tail
  

• You will be above only and not beneath
  

If you study Abraham’s life, you will find that it was never recorded that he was sick. His wife was so beautiful at ninety years of age that another man wanted her. The Bible says, “Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold” (Genesis 13:2).

If you are in a financial crisis, read the first fourteen verses of Deuteronomy 28 and remember that
Christ has redeemed you from the curse of the law in order that the blessing of Abraham might come on you through Jesus Christ.

Let your eyes rest on the blessing of Abraham, as you meditate day and night on these promises of God:

• Your financial situation will turn around.
  

• Your land will be blessed.
  

• Your children will be blessed.
  

• Your cattle will be blessed.
  

• Your enemies will flee from you.
  

• You will be known as a holy people.
  

• Your business will be blessed.
  

Begin to partake of these great blessings that God has provided for you and your family.

7. W
E
A
RE
O
VERCOMERS IN
C
HRIST

The seventh thing we have in Christ is the ability to be an overcomer.
I want you to say,
“I have overcome.”

“You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

What does it mean to overcome? It means
to win the victory over.
You may say, “Now, just a minute. There is no way I can have victory in my situation.”

Yes, you can! Reread 1 John 4:4 and begin to meditate on what God said through the apostle John. Because God is in you, you have overcome.

Have you paused long enough today to remember that you are not in the battle alone? God dwells in you. “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16).

We are of God—we are not of this world. We are in the world, but we are not of the world. We do not belong to this world.

Do not remain a child in your Christian life. Begin to understand how you have been blessed. “Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all” (Galatians 4:1).

God, through Jesus Christ, has brought total victory in every area of our lives, but we must enforce that victory. When you open your heart and receive these great truths, you can overcome sickness, depression, fear, torment, and every other curse of the law.

God predestined us to be
victorious
over:

• Evil influences of men—
  “Through You we will push down our enemies; through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us” (Psalm 44:5).
  

• Powers of darkness—
  “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10:19).
  

• Circumstances of life
  —“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:35, 37). “Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place” (2 Corinthians 2:14).
  

• Worldly attractions—
  “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith” (1 John 5:4).
  

• Satanic power at the end of the age
  —“And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God” (Revelation 15:2).
  

You may be in a battle today for your life, but you can overcome! Take the Word of God and the blood of Jesus and defeat the enemy. You can do it because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world! “And they overcame [Satan] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death” (Revelation 12:11).

Let us imagine that we are at the throne of God. Jesus—His beloved Son who bears the marks of Calvary—is at His right hand. He loves us with an everlasting love. He is God manifested in the flesh, the visible representation of the invisible God. Angels are lingering near. Satan, the accuser of the brethren, has come to accuse us. In the presence of Jesus, we want to tell the Father something. We want to say, “We are saved. We are born again. We are new creatures. We are delivered. We are redeemed. We are blessed. We are overcomers.”

Now I want you to say it just for yourself. “I am saved. I am born again. I am a new creature. I am delivered. I am redeemed. I am blessed. I have overcome!”

The Father smiles, Jesus rejoices, angels dance for you, and Satan trembles!

G
OD, THROUGH
J
ESUS
C
HRIST
,

has brought total victory in every area of our lives, but we must enforce that victory.

Reflections from
            JOEL

T
here was a man who traveled across the Atlantic on a cruise ship but never ate in the dining room. Instead, he would go off in a corner and eat cheese and crackers he had brought with him. Near the end of the trip, another man asked him, “Why don’t you come into the banquet hall and eat with us?” The traveler’s face flushed with embarrassment. “Well, to tell you the truth, I had only enough money to buy the ticket.” The other passenger shook his head and said, “Sir, the meals were included in the price of the ticket!”

Many of us are missing out on God’s best because we don’t realize that the good things in life have already been paid for in our redemption (1 Corinthians 7:23). We are surviving on cheese and crackers, while God has made much more available to us
in Christ.

CHAPTER SIX

A Declaration
of
Deliverance

T
oday, whether they recognize the source or not, many people are oppressed by Satan and the powers of darkness. They are miserable and tormented by guilt and doubt and lies. While many believers seem to be completely unaware that they are being assaulted by the powers of darkness, there are others who talk of demons and their work constantly. Neither is valid or profitable.

Let your eyes rest on the scriptures listed on the following pages. Let your mind dwell on the eternal truths set forth in these verses. Meditate on them. They helped me, and they will help you.

Boldly take the Word of God and train yourself to make it your constant confession. Read these scriptures aloud. Deliberately come before the throne of God with His Word and with this confession, and the enemy must flee from you!

Remember, what you continue to believe in your heart and say with your mouth will come to pass in your life. Never allow your mouth to speak what is contrary to God’s Word.