10 Aug
Speaking God’s Word Out Loud
A lot of us have big dreams. We have a vision for our life, our families, our career, and our purpose. But the devil has a plan for us as well – and his plan is not a good one. Satan would like to crush your dreams; he wants you to doubt God and His goodness and love towards us. Well I have a solution to share with you from the Word of God to stop the devil dead in his tracks. How do we remove doubt? How do we take control of our emotions? How do we deflect the fiery darts of the devil? – By speaking the Word of God – OUT LOUD.
2 Corinthians 4:13 reads “Yet we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, I have believed, and therefore have I spoken. We too believe, and therefore we speak” The Bible is describing here an attitude of faith that is defined as – first you believe in your heart, then you speak it with your mouth.
Romans 10:17 tells us “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God” So each and every time we speak the word, we are hearing the Word, and by hearing the Word we are growing our faith! And that faith will give us the strength to stand against the attacks of the devil. It will be a strong faith for tough times.
Even when the devil came to tempt Jesus in the wilderness (found in Matthew Chapter 4) Jesus’ response was speaking the Word. He replied to each of the devils temptations with “It is written…” Jesus was giving us the example of how to cast down thoughts, temptations, and negative emotions by speaking the Word.
Joshua 1:8 tells us – “Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” That means you should never be caught not having the Word in your speech, and when you build a habit of speaking God’s word, those words you are speaking are creating your own future! A future of prosperity and success!
Ephesians 6:17 describes the “sword of the spirit” which is the spoken (Rhema) Word as a part of the “Armor of God”. This is the only offensive piece in the Armor of God and is used to fight your way into new territory and push back the devil from stealing your future. And it comes from simply speaking God’s Word out loud.
Mark 11:23 says “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” You see it talks about speaking twice, but believing only once. So if you speak in faith more than your mind tries to doubt, you will overcome the doubt and believe the word of God.
To sum it all up,
Speaking God’s Word out loud will:
- Release faith into your life
- Help you control your thoughts and emotions
- Creates your future
- Expands your life and pushes back the devil
- Conquers doubt
So the next time you face a battle, a struggle, or a time of doubt and hopeless in you life – go to the Word, find a scripture, and say loud enough that the devil can hear it – “IT IS WRITTEN…”
Posted by Diana Canoy on 10.08.11 at 9:49 am
Leave it to you, Pastor, to give me the words that I need to hear at a time that I need to hear them. I praise GOD for leading me to you. Your words and the fellowship at Church on the Rock have lead me in a different outlook on my life. I faithfully attend our church every sunday and have completely read the Bible from beginning to end. You were so right to say, just pick up the Bible daily and start reading it. You will notice the changing happening from within. The closer you get to the end of the Bible the more you can feel the spirit of GOD within you. When you have finished reading it, all you want to do is start it again and feel the changes that are taking place in your life.
I truly love you, Pastor, and would love to read your words of encouragement.
Diana Canoy
Posted by JONATHAN ELIJAH NEWSOM on 10.08.11 at 9:49 am
Dear Pastor David Blunt,
my name is jonathan elijah newsom..i was named after two great men..i was raised in decent homes. The first i visited cotr you torpedoed me closer to god and christ then i ever been at that time…n it grew with each visit…my love for you sir..grew with each visit…n i learned to seek the word…well that was quite some time ago..5or6years ago…out of my 22years of living… I come asking for prayer..your wisdom of the word never fell short on my ears…Sir i felt as if it were you and me in the house alone…and that you were explaining my struggles of the weeks..and how to fight…Well after leaving stl for the military…i became lost over the years…drugs….all types of…liquor is one of the worst drugs out there also note…but i thought that i had a handle on it…no…ive woken up scared…i realized that i am a druggie…i swung from drug to drug…graduating to cocaine..which if you dont know will kill you as a person..or kill your personality..i realize i havent eaten in days…and im not sure what wrong ive doneto answer to…ive looked in the mirror and im a image of gumbi…i weighed in 165 5′9 two months prior…im positive ive lost tens of pounds since…i woke up in a nasty triflin home with no energy to clean it…wat woke me up was the fear of the law after me…ive been hanging around some shady characters…calling myself attempting to reach people..didnt realize that the drugs changed my logic…common sense…just mind period..i had no control…iask that you pray for me pastor…
Posted by April Windmann (Barbetta) on 10.08.11 at 9:49 am
Wow! I needed this. My husband & I are trying to adopt. We are really having a difficult time. We feel like God is calling us to do this but the devil keeps trying to crush our dreams of having/adopting kids.