The Spirit of Faith Speaks

I have just returned from a week in Tulsa attending a school accreditation conference. I sat through several board meetings, business meetings, and conference meetings. All very interesting.

Countless words were spoken during these meetings. More important than the amount of words was the power of the words spoken. The words set policy and procedures for the accreditation association. They have set a new course that will effect a multitude of schools.

Because of these words, the accreditation process has changed.

My point: Words are powerful. Words change things.

Faith-filled words will frame your world: “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible” (Hebrews 11:3 NKJV).

Being strong in faith will cause you to speak things into being: I can... I will... I have... I understand... I am convinced... I am more than... I am prosperous... I am healed... I suffer no lack, limits, or loss... I am patient... I am loving... I am committed... I am favored... I am confident and courageous... I am an overcomer.... and on and on.

It’s not just because you are saying it, but because you are saying it in agreement with God’s Word and by faith. The spirit of faith speaks:

And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed

and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak . . . .
(2 Corinthians 4:13 NKJV)

Again, words are powerful:

Then God said,"Let there be light"; and there was light.

(Genesis 1:3 NKJV)

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

(Proverbs 18:21 NKJV)

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything   

according to His will, He hears us.

And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have

 the petitions that we have asked of Him.

(1 John 5:14-15 NKJV)

You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So

light will shine on your ways.

(Job 22:28 NKJV)

"And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you,    

whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.

Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive,

that your joy may be full.

(John 16:23-24 NKJV)