Attributes of the Amen

Hebrews 1:3– He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine] and He is the perfect imprint and very image of God’s nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty Word of power…  [Emphasis mine]

The Word has left us no wiggle room at all in how we regard Jesus.  Over the centuries some have straddled the fence of decision by referring to Him as a moral man, a great teacher, or a philosopher aligned with the likes of Socrates, Buddha, and Gandhi.  Many have referred to His life and teachings as a powerful social doctrine of how men ought to live and interact with each other, indicating, through their assessment of His contribution to the great conversation carried on through the centuries, that this accolade would suffice in defining His life.

But the Word permits no such blurring of the lines of Truth.  The ultimate and eternal question for each man and woman is, “What will you do with Jesus?” (Matthew 27:22)  His words allow no easy alternative interpretations, no comfortable humanistic characterizations, no rational alignment with other well known moralistic, historical figures.  We don’t often follow our reasonings out to their most obvious conclusions, and that might have something to do with the way in which we have diluted the concept of ultimate Truth. For either He was Who He said He was, or He was a liar.  There are no other options.

C.S. Lewis has written in Mere Christianity:

“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher.  He would either be a lunatic – on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg– or he would be the devil of hell.  You must take your choice.  Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.  You can shut him up for a fool or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God.  But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher.  He has not left that open to us.”  [Emphasis mine]

As you read today’s  Scriptures (God’s Word on the subject) the message of our Lord’s divinity, eternal power, heavenly authority, and unique authorship of all that we see is non-negotiable.  We must either accept or deny.  We must either welcome Him as Lord and God or close our spirits off to the heavenly lifeline.  Allow the Truth of Scripture, the powerful life-giving force of God’s Word, to overcome indecision and settle once and for all your spirit’s understanding of the attributes of the Amen.

Revelation 3:14– The Amen, the trusty and faithful and true Witness, the Origin and Beginning and Author of God’s Creation.

God’s Word on the subject:

Matthew 11:27      John 1:3        Colossians 1:19

Hebrews 1: 2-3      Revelation 3:14

Heavenspeak

There are some people, gifted with an intelligence for language, who do not need the filter of their native tongue to operate fluently and effectively in another language.  Their innate ability, or years of speaking in that 2^nd language, allows them to entirely circumvent their mother tongue and think in that language.  For most of us, myself included, a translation process is required.  We think the words in our native tongue and retrieve the foreign words from our memory bank before speaking effectively in the foreign language.  It takes years of practice to be a fluent thinker as well as speaker in a foreign tongue.

As with all things in the physical realm, one can find a parallel to this process in the spiritual realm.  And so I ask you today, “How is your Heavenspeak?” Is speaking God’s Word into any situation becoming an automatic process for you, or do you still find yourself reasoning through, arguing against, coping with, etc, etc.  Are you “bearing up under the circumstances”?  The correct response might be, “What are you doing under the circumstances?”  According to God’s Word, we are “Above only and not beneath… the head and not the tail” (Deuteronomy 28:13 ). We are “more than conquerors” (Romans 8:37).  We are “blessed going in and blessed going out.” (Deuteronomy 28:6).

Heavenspeak will address a challenging situation quickly and effectively, for:

If God is for us, who can be against us? Who can be our foe if God is on our side? (Romans 8:31)

The Lord is on my side.  I will have no fear.  What can man do to me? (Psalm 118:6)

The Lord is my helper. I will not be seized with alarm. (Hebrews 13:6)

   Many years ago I heard Kenneth Hagin say, “You can locate a person’s faith by the words that come out of their mouth.”   In his book Extraordinary, The Life You’re Meant to Live, John Bevere has put it this way:

“Under pressure, or when we are not consciously thinking, what comes out of our mouth is what we actually believe.  This is evidence of our faith, or the lack thereof.”

Jesus said, “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”  (Matthew 12:34)

The language of faith, Heavenspeak, says what God’s Word says to any and all situations.  We are not to believe what we see with our eyes or hear with our ears if that “lying vanity” (Jonah 2:8, KJV) is contrary to God’s Word.  We are to stand on and speak every word that comes forth out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4).  It takes practice, Gospel encouragement, time with God, a good strong church that fully honors the Truth of God’s Word, and following the leading of the Holy Spirit.  The underlying Truth in all of this is the love of God for His people.  In all things we know that our Heavenly Father can be trusted to honor His Word (Hebrews 10:23).

To be “fluent” in Heavenspeak, we must mine God’s Word to discover who we are in Christ and then speak forth that truth.  Remember that our words are powerful entities, and that they create (for good or evil) our tomorrows.  Speaking forth God’s Word as our own words is the most powerful force that we have.  Memorize His Word.  Start a Scripture notebook of promises from the Word that you are standing on.  Soon you will discover that you are thinking and speaking God’s Word and promises automatically in any situation.  Then not only will your life steer a different course, but you will find yourself feeding and guiding many!

From the Lord one morning:

“Go forth in peace and be led forth in love.  Kingdom Truths precede you and under gird you – tapping into Kingdom principles, understanding My Kingdom and how it works.  There is a way to walk and live and talk and be that is offered by God to His children – a Kingdom authority, a Kingdom lifestyle, a Kingdom character that transforms every moment – a Year of Jubilee mentality  Once you’re there, once you’ve experienced and begin living in the blessing, it’s the Word that upholds you and maintains you there.”

God’s Word on the subject:

1 Samuel 30:6        Proverbs, 10:21, 12 :18           John 16:33

Don’t Despise the Process

“If God can get you to stay in His presence, He can handle any impossibility in your life.” (Hammond/Cameneti)

“There are some people whose whole personalities need to be changed and re-arranged before they can fit in the place where they have been called.  If you’ll sow time waiting in God’s Presence, you will reap the results.” (Hammond/Cameneti)

Many of us who have been walking with the Lord for a while can look back at the person we were when we first met Him and smile in wonder at the transformation.  We entertained attitudes and beliefs and assumptions that fully defined our lives, and they were founded on half-truths, or no truth at all!  We looked at life through the spectacles of established religion, or no religion at all.  We based our words, choices, and personal philosophical pronouncements on mere human understanding and reasoning; on concepts and precepts taught to us by other lost souls; those who Jesus referred to as blind guides and fools (Matthew 23:16).  So many of us established our belief system upon just such unstable and unscriptural error.  That is the raw material our Lord begins to work with when we are born again; when we come to that point when we understand that He truly is.

Then, released into His care and taught by the indwelling Holy Spirit, we begin the process of regeneration, transformation and renewal (Romans 12:2).  Having the eyes of our heart flooded with His light, His life, His Truth (Ephesians 1) totally reconfigures our reality.  Stepping out of the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of the Son of His love (Colossians 1:13), we see Truth for the first time and begin to address and discard our former ignorance (1 Peter 1:14). And that process of change is a continuous overcoming of our previous manner of living and thinking (Ephesians 4:22).

The good news for you, daughter of God, is that you are on that road.  The joyful entering in to Holy Spirit tutelage means that as you submit to His teaching and guidance you grow daily “from one degree of glory to another”(2 Corinthians 3:18).  Patsy Cameneti and Lynne Hammond remind us in today’s opening quotes, from their book Secrets to Powerful Prayer, that stepping into this new life in Christ, and ultimately accomplishing God’s purposes for our life is a process that is not to be despised.  God knows where He is taking you.  His plan for you is extraordinary – “far over and above all that we dare ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20).  Placing yourself, in trust and expectation, into your Father’s care and in faith submitting to His leading, you will become that woman of God whose life profoundly touches others for the Gospel. To grow beyond the born-again experience has everything to do with your determination to honor God by sowing time waiting in His Presence, reflect God through your growing knowledge of and obedience to His Word, and expect God to grow you into the woman He had planned for you to be from the very beginning.

God’s Word on the subject:

Matthew 7:24-27       Hebrews 5:14       Ephesians 1:17-23

The One Word

It is easily observed that there is extraordinary power in the name of Jesus.  In conversation one can bring up and discuss the likes of Attila the Hun, Charles Manson or Adolph Hitler. Even speaking of God in vague, politically correct terms will not ruffle feathers.  But speak out the Name of Jesus and observe the results – uncomfortable silence, a quick change of subject, incredulous stares that you would even deign to bring up such a topic.  People who are not in Christ are very uncomfortable with that one Name!

It is the one Word that saves the lost, and yet the lost avoid and reject Him.  It is the one Word that will silence demons, heal sickness, restore right standing with God, under gird our faith, and give authority to our prayers.

God did this.  He “highly exalted Him” and “bestowed” on Jesus “the Name above every name, that at the Name of Jesus every knee must bow in Heaven and on earth and under the earth.”  (Philippians 2:9-10)

   This God-established power in the Name of Jesus is what we observe daily as we interject His Name into conversation.  We watch those without a personal knowledge, or a right relationship with Him, falter at the Name.  Avoidance, irritation, and indignation bristle up at that one Word. Oh, what power is in the Name!   Selfish pride, rebellion, and ignorance refuse to yield to their antidote; they will not bend the knee.  They will not acknowledge this God-ordained remedy to their sin-sickness.

Do not allow anticipated worldly reaction to His Name intimidate.  Speak out that Name in faith, speak it out in love, speak it out in full expectation that at that one Word – at the Name of Jesus – resistance will crumble, demons will flee, and strongholds will be demolished.

Our beautiful Savior, our Healer, our wisdom, our “illumination of the knowledge and glory of God” (2 Corinthians 4:6), He is the world’s answer.  Keep speaking that Name.  Like water on a parched desert that creates streams of living water, something inside of the lost soul must bow.

God’s Word on the subject:

Matthew 1:21        Luke 1:31-33       Ephesians 1:19-21        Philippians 2:5-11

The Power of Our Words

Created in the image of our Father, we are called to represent our heavenly identity through the words of our mouth, to fill our hearts with the Truth of God’s Word in order to speak forth His Truth and His promises into every situation.

Two short stories will effectively illustrate this point, one from my own life experiences and one the story of another.  When I was teaching at a Christian school, there was a season of time when, in the middle of a winter flu season, many students and teachers fell ill.  I continued daily to claim my health according to the Word.  (Every day I imitate the words of a preacher that I read of who daily said, “Thank You, Lord that You quicken Your life to me according to Your Word.”) One afternoon a teacher at the school, who was also an assistant pastor and youth pastor at a local church, asked me how I had managed to avoid the flu that so many students and staff were troubled by.  My reply to him was, “I don’t get sick.”

“How do you manage that?” he asked.

“I stand on the Word of God,” I replied.

Every word that we speak either acknowledges God’s Truth and power in our lives, or demonstrates our failure to stand on His Word.  Our focus should always be for His glory.  Five simple words – “How do you manage that” demonstrates the heart of the matter.  You can locate a person’s faith by the words of their mouth. Daily, in big and little ways, our words defeat us or bring godly success.

I learned of a woman, a daughter of God whose husband was not faithful to their marriage vows.  Many of her neighbors and those from her church urged her to leave him.  They spoke badly of him, giving her the opportunity to join in their condemnation of his actions.   Her only response was to speak kindly of him and not to mention his indiscretions.  She even sat at home alone many evenings and, knitting or reading by the fire, looked over at his empty place and imagined him there with her.  She thanked God for her wonderful mate and for His work in her husband’s life.  She spoke godly and excellent things over his life, and thanked God that he was faithful to her.  One evening she did not have to imagine any longer because he was there by the fire with her and continued with her from then on out.

Matthew 12:36-37 – But I tell you, on the Day of Judgment men will have to give account for every idle (unproductive, nonworking) word they speak.  For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced.

We were created to praise God.  We were created to honor Him with our words.  We were created to trust Him.  We were created to “speak of the glory and talk of the power.”  What have you been speaking? Selah!

God’s Word on the subject:

Psalm 145    Matthew 12:36-37     James 3

Speak of the Glory and Talk of the Power

In Luke 6: 45, Jesus tells us that out of the abundance, or overflow, of the heart, the mouth speaks.  This is an incredibly important concept for citizens of the Kingdom to walk in.  Many mock what they refer to as the “You can have what you say” faith concept.  And while there may be thoughtless excesses attached to that concept, it is very much in line with God’s Word.  Besides an excellent explanation in James 3, which I encourage you to read, let’s look at several verses which speak to the power of our words:

Psalm 30:11-12– …You have girded me with gladness to the end that my tongue, and my heart, and everything glorious within me may sing praise to You and not be silent.

Proverbs 18:21– Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it (for death or life).

Hebrews 13:15– Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge, and confess, and glorify His  Name.

1 Peter 3:10 – For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days (good – whether apparent or not) keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit).

The age old questions that mankind has asked in every generation – Why am I here? What is my purpose? – are so beautifully answered in Ephesians:

“For He ordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will (because it pleased Him and was His kind intent) So that we might be to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy) which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.”  (Ephesians 1: 6)   [Emphasis mine]

Our purpose as born again children of God, citizens of the heavenly kingdom, is to praise and honor God.  How do we do that?  We speak of the glory and talk of the power (Psalm 145:11).  We are ambassadors of His Kingdom, “God making His appeal” to mankind, “as it were through us” (2 Corinthians 5:20).

When those near us hear us complaining about our circumstances, husband, children, finances, lack of clear direction, our neighbor, our brothers or sisters in Christ, etc. – then we are not anywhere near speaking of the glory and talking of the power And here’s some food for thought. If our words are not glorifying to God, then to whom are they glorifying?  Not only are we acknowledging the effectiveness of the works of the enemy in our lives, we are giving him ammunition to work with.  As we step away from God’s truth and God’s Words with our own words, using our tongue to negate His promises, we give Satan a foothold.

Gloria Copeland, in her book God’s Master Plan For Your Life, has some very effective words in this regard.  She states correctly that the devil is determined to get you in a grumbling and complaining frame of mind:

“Because if he can pressure you into thinking that way, he knows you’ll eventually start talking that way, and he needs your  words to work with.  He needs you to speak ungodly words because those words are what license him to do what he wants to do in your life. -“steal, kill and destroy”

Our words are powerful things.  They profoundly effect our present and our future.  Even something as simple as the phrase I often heard among my students when they experienced “less than” in their studies – “I am so stupid!”  Through that negative statement I was able to share with them Scriptural Truths about the power of their words. Monitor your words.  Ask the Holy Spirit to help you speak only excellence over yourself, your family, your future, and those you encounter throughout the day.

God’s Word on the subject:

Psalm 145      James 3 

Speak the Blessing

When my daughter Carly was born, very early on I developed a morning ritual.  It was clearly, to me, inspired by the Holy Spirit.  From her toddler years on, as she walked downstairs each morning, still sleepy, and came into my outstretched arms for a morning hug, she heard these words:  “Carly Erin, you are blessed and a blessing forever.  Receive your full measure of peace from the Lord Jesus, Who makes you exceedingly glad with the joy of His Presence.”  These same words were spoken every morning of her life from the age of about two through her teenage years.  Is there any more perfect way to start the day?

As she began to go to school, another morning ritual developed.  As I drove her to school each morning, I said the following out loud to her.  “Carly Erin Grodecki, you are the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath. You are blessed going in and blessed going out. You are surrounded by the Lord’s ministering angels and safe in His inaccessible place. You are a friendly and a friendful daughter of God and the knowledge that your teachers have for you is easy for you to understand.  Everything you put your hands to will prosper and come to full maturity.” Much of that statement is Scripture; some of the latter part were just positive statements about her life, spoken in faith.

So much was daily accomplished with these morning rituals.  First, I was teaching my daughter, through my words, about the blessings, the provision, and the love of the Lord.  Second, she was being introduced to the faith walk and the importance of our words. Third, we were beginning her day with graciousness, love, power and positive input.  Fourth, and so very important, we were speaking into her future days.

Hebrews 11:3 is a “Rhema” word for me:

By faith we understand that the worlds (during the successive ages) were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the Word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible.

By “Rhema” Word I mean that it comes alive for me, it speaks with living power directly to a situation I am experiencing – a life-changing, perspective-changing, thought-changing Word.  We fashion our futures with the words we speak today.  Every morning I was speaking God’s life, power, and promises into my daughter’s life.

I remember hearing a pastor’s wife speak about some difficulties her young son was having with his studies.  He was not successful at all and was beginning to believe that he was an academic failure.  That belief profoundly affected all other areas of his life, and he was exhibiting signs of depression.  The response of the school was to suggest remedial classes and an assignment for him to a “slower” classroom.  But the Lord’s plan was so much better!  These parents began to speak excellence over his life.   They began to remind him that he was a champion in everything that he attempted.  They said daily that he “had the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16) and that everything he put his hands to “prospered and came to full maturity” (Psalm 1:3), that the Lord was “an ever present help in times of trouble” (Psalm 9:9), etc.   In other words, the Word of God fashioned and put in order his future days, and they, of course, saw those words manifest success in the life of their son.

Our children need to see our reliance on God through our words of blessing.   They need to see our intense love for them through the fruit of our lips.  As we teach them in this way, they will then pick up that banner for their own lives and eventually for their own children.

One generation shall laud your works to another and shall declare your mighty acts…They shall speak of the glory of Your Kingdom and talk of Your power.  Psalm 145:4, 11

God’s Word on the subject:

Genesis 48:9, 15-16     Mark 10:16

Assessing Your Heart’s Temperature

How would you rate the temperature of your attention and allegiance to God?  It is directly related to the spiritual atmosphere in your home and the interactions with your family and friends.   Do you remember the childhood game “Blind Man’s Bluff”? Blindfolded, we searched for other players or a hidden object as players called out to us, “You’re getting warmer!” or “You’re getting colder!”  Distance closer to our goal meant we were warmer, distance further away indicated we were colder.

Jesus calls out to us in Revelation 3:15-16 revealing the heart temperature of the church in Laodicea (which, of the seven churches mentioned is the final church and a representation of the church of our day).  His reprimand is that they are neither hot nor cold – He wishes that they were one or the other, but they are lukewarm.  Initially it does seem surprising that cold is preferable to lukewarm, but upon further reflection the hierarchy is understandable.

Being hot – a heart aflame for God, a burning desire to walk in His ways and know Him intimately, a passion to daily minister to the Lord, to grow in grace, to be “transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another” (2 Corinthians 3:18), this is what pleases the heart of our Father and, incidentally, blesses and fulfills us.

Being cold – affections placed elsewhere, spirits closed off from the heavenly call, in the world without God, daily operating on the presumption that the world they see is the material point.  The life of the spirit is not considered.  In this fallen state, many finally and dramatically recognize their great need for the Lord.  Through the testimony of others, through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the spirit within them is awakened to the reality of the spiritual condition that they had so long avoided or denied.  When we finally recognize our great need we are quick to respond to the lifeline.

But the lukewarm heart is satisfied with the status quo. No need to change – all is well.

For you say, I am rich; I have prospered and grown wealthy and I am in need of nothing; and you do not realize and understand that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. (Revelation 3:17)

Complacency and self-satisfaction create a stagnancy that blocks spiritual growth.  A lukewarm heart does not honor the truth that daily we are to grow in God, daily we are to crave the lessons that the Holy Spirit has to teach us, moment-by-moment under the guiding hand of the Lord we are to grow “from one degree of glory to another”. A lukewarm heart foregoes the blessings of God.

This is God; the Creator of all things Who desires to walk with you, to teach you!  He knows you intimately and cherishes you!   He died so that you might live (2 Corinthians 5:15) an abundant life (John 10:10). That should set your heart on fire!

God’s Word on the subject:

Revelation 3:14-22             2 Corinthians 3:18

The Unforced Rhythms of Grace

I once heard a preacher say, “Jesus said, ‘Come unto Me all you who are weary and I will give you rest’ and everyone else is trying to get them all occupied!”   If the people of the quieter time when Jesus walked the earth needed rest, how much more the people of today?  One attribute of the “capable, intelligent, and virtuous woman” is that she expands prudently – not neglecting present duties to pursue new endeavors.  The pace of life today has the potential to seriously shatter your peace and rob you of your joy.  And yet Jesus promises us that yoked with Him we will encounter comfort, graciousness, and pleasantness; “relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet” (Matthew 11:29)

Notice here, in Proverbs 31:16 that it is due to the careful, prayerful consideration of new opportunities (or the expressed expectation of others on our lives, time, and energy) that we avoid the over commitment that diminishes our God-given purpose and effectiveness.  There is a direct relationship, stated here in Verse 16, between being wise about taking on new responsibilities and activities and being fruitful.   It is the fruitful part we want to get right!

The world, the flesh and the devil make noisy and unreasonable expectations in our lives. They are harmful taskmasters, “harsh, hard, sharp, and pressing” (Matthew 11;30).  But yoked with Jesus, walking peacefully in stride with Him all of those “ought-to’s” and “should have’s” are silenced.  We experience those wonderful, peace-filled “unforced rhythms of grace” (Matthew 11– Message Bible), yield to the Spirit and slough off the unnecessary in our lives in favor of the fruitful and fulfilling.  It is an acknowledgement that we are on assignment and that external clutter will not have a place in our days.  And in the process, through our example, teach others of “the eternal paths, where the good old way is; then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls” (Jeremiah 6:16).

Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to Me.  Get away with Me and you’ll recover your life.  I’ll show you how to take a real rest.  Walk with Me and work with Me – watch how I do it.  Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.  I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.  Keep company with Me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.  (Matthew 11-30 –Message Bible)

God’s Word on the subject:

Proverbs 31:10-31       Matthew 11:29-30         Jeremiah 6:16

A Treasure Trove – Part Three: A Paradigm Shift

The final stage of growth in the Word is the full heart acceptance that God’s Word is true and that I can base my life upon His promises.  It is a full renunciation of anything we come across that does not line up with the Truth of God’s Word.

Hebrews 10:23– So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His Word. [Emphasis mine]

One learns through ongoing personal experience that all things must bow their knee to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.  I have come to regard, for example, symptoms of illness in a Christian as an irritating attack of the enemy, not an expected occurrence of life here on earth.  I expect that through “steadfast patience and endurance” I will “perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away and enjoy to the full what is promised” ( Hebrews 10:36).  I expect that in all things God is my Provider.  I seek and speak the Word over members of my family, my finances, our continuous walk in divine health, our kingdom assignments, anything and everything – large and small.

There are to be two significant points to touch upon in this area. First, we are to be imitators of God (Ephesians 5:1), and our Heavenly Father spoke this physical realm that we live in into existence (Hebrews 11:3).  The Amplified Bible expands this verse intriguingly:

By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the Word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible.

This seems to indicate that as the ages went on, men, speaking the Word of God in faith, created, fashioned, put in order, and equipped future ages.  This certainly agrees with God’s Word on the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21,Proverbs 21:23, James 3:3-5) and the power of faith (Mark 11:24, Matthew 18:19).

Secondly, Jesus is the Word of God (John 1: 1).  When we speak the Word into any situation, we are speaking Jesus into the situation, and all authority and power has been given to Him (Matthew 28:18).  Every knee must bow to Him (Philippians 2:10).  Therefore, since we know that God watches over His Word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12), since we know that the Word of God that we speak into any situation is the Word of God made flesh, Jesus Christ  (John 1:14),  and since we know that God is faithful to His Word (1 Corinthians 1:9) , then we, with great assurance, speak the Word  over all areas of our lives, and expect manifestation of the Promises of God, whether that be for saved souls, a healing, a Word of wisdom, a needed provision – anything that He has promised is “yes, in Christ”  (2 Corinthians 1:18-20).

God’s Word on the subject:

John 1:1-5, 14          Hebrews 10:23          Hebrews 11:3