God’s promises are a matter of the heart. Deliberately feed them into your spirit. Allow the Holy Spirit to make the Word a reality in your heart. Your spirit will become quickened to God’s Word, and you will begin to think like God thinks and talk like God talks.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord; may it be done unto me according to what You have said (Luke 1:38). According to my faith let it be done unto me (Matthew 9:29) [because to a great extent in spiritual things, we get what we expect of the Lord!] Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord (Luke 1:45). Blessed are they who do not doubt the Lord (Matthew 11:6).
Speak these words aloud for you, all the world, and especially all the angels (good and fallen) to hear. Do not be shy in speaking aloud God’s promises, for they are able to build you up. Just believe that God is trustworthy enough to make what has been spoken a reality.
You, my Lord, are faithful to all Your promises. Although You are sovereign and You do what You please, You are righteous in all Your ways and loving toward all You have made (Psalm 145:13, 17). These things He has spoken unto me that His joy might remain in me and that my joy might be full (John 15:11). They are not just idle words for me. They are my life! By them I will live in the land (Deuteronomy 32:47). For God has promised: “I am with you and will protect you wherever you go. I will not leave you until I have done that which I have spoken unto you” (Genesis 28:15).
A word of warning! Once you delve into speaking God’s Words, you must commit to ordering all other conversations aright. You cannot pray effectively for yourself or others, and then talk negatively about the matter.
By your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned (Matthew 12:37).You are trapped by the words of your own mouth, caught by your own promise (Proverbs 6:2). Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing (Proverbs 12:18).
Do not negate your confession! This is the devil’s main line of attack. Because words work – either for you or against you – whether you realize it or not. Proverbs 10:24 warns us that the thing you fear will come upon you, all you have to do is voice it out loud. Fear will activate the devil.
Understand this: Words work. They are working FOR you or AGAINST you, whether you realize it or not. We have programed our vocabulary with the devil’s language. We have brought sickness and disease into our vocabulary, and even death. “I’m just dying to do that” and “That just tickles me to death” or “That’s going to be the death of you!” Hebrews 2:14 tells us death is of the devil. Proverbs 10:11, 21, and 24 warn you that the thing you fear will come upon you, all you have to do is voice it out loud. Fear will activate the devil.
Loving Father, with Your guidance and Spirit in me, I profess the following words: I will put a stop to idle and foolish talk (Ephesians 4:27, 5:4). I aim to be a blessing to others (Galatians 6:10). My desire now is to please and to bless the Father. I will let no foul or polluted language, nor any evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of my mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace to those who hear it. (Ephesians 4:29 Amplified).
Meditate hard and store up God’s Word in your heart. This is your job. This is God’s plan for you. Then speak God’s Word out loud – with confidence in Him rather than in your own ability to believe. Yet watch carefully the words you use, for being in His image, our tongues have a creative force! Speak aloud, but speak truth!
I will keep my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking lies (Psalm 34:13). I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin. I will put a muzzle over my mouth as long as the wicked are before me (Psalm 39:1). Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from trouble (Proverbs 21:23). He who guards his lips guards his life (Proverbs 13:3). Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent; and discerning if he holds his tongue (Proverbs 17:28).
I will not be quick with my mouth. I will not be hasty in my heart to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven and I am on earth. So I will let my words be few (Ecclesiastes 5:2). O Lord, please set a guard over my mouth; and keep watch over the door of my lips. Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil (Psalm 141:3-4).
If I speak, I want to speak the very words of God (1 Peter 4:11). Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit (Proverbs 18:21). I love speaking God’s Word and so I will bear much fruit.
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