Chapter 6
How to release the power
As previously mentioned, the Greek word for power is dunamis , where we get the word for dynamite. But dynamite is only latent power until it is detonated and released.
For power to be detonated and released, there must be a fuse and a fire igniting it. With God's power, faith is the fuse and our words are the fire. James says, “The tongue is a fire” (3:5, KJV), in the sense of imparting evil; but it can also be a fire for truth, because God Himself “is a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:29).
Let me emphasize:
God's dunamis (dynamite) power, like a stick of dynamite, is only latent (potential) power until it is detonated and released. Like dynamite, God's latent power needs both a fuse and a fire . Our faith is the fuse and our words are the fire that ignites and releases God's dynamite, supernatural power into the world, transcending natural law.
Summary: God's words (latent power) + our faith (fuse) + our words (fire) = God's dynamite power released.
This chapter will reveal key truths about releasing the power through both faith and words .
The late Smith Wigglesworth was a giant in the faith who repeatedly witnessed God's miracle-working power, even raising from the dead. Here are some of his words, so profound that I must put them in bold:
“There is something about believing God that will cause Him to pass over a million people to get to you because of your faith.”
What Wigglesworth said is scriptural, because the Bible says:
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him (2 Chronicles 16:9, NKJV).
Faith and loyalty are two sides of the same coin. You cannot have loyalty without faith, and faith without loyalty is dead.
Imagine the great Creator of the universe constantly scanning the human race and the world looking for the person of faith. Then He sees you! Out of the sea of humanity, your faith beams upward toward heaven like a laser light, and you catch His eye. He smiles. He listens to and heeds your words, because you are praying, speaking, and acting according to His own words, to which He is faithful, which you believe, and to which you are loyal. God will not deny His own words and promises.
In Romans 3:27, Paul speaks of “the law of faith.” The Bible has been described as a deep mine of treasures, continually inviting the seeker to dig deeper to discover them. Certainly “faith” is one of the treasures. We cannot exhaust the subject here, but I will share a few of the great truths, which can set you free.
Amazing faith. Faith is the most amazing phenomenon in the universe.
David Wilkerson observes, “When God says to humankind, ‘Believe,' He demands something that is wholly beyond reason. Faith is totally illogical. Its very definition has to do with something unreasonable.”
Yet, even though illogical from a human standpoint, it is very real and transcends human logic as well as the physical world of the senses.
It is invisible, yet it has substance. God says:
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1, KJV).
Faith gives actual substance to what we hope for (which becomes real), and in itself is the evidence of results not yet seen.
Faith is the ingenious invention of the Creator that makes sure every person in the world is treated equally. It is an equal-opportunity opportunity. An amazing thing about faith is that anyone can possess it, no matter how young or how old, no matter how strong or how weak, no matter how high or how low one's intelligence, no matter how rich or how poor, no matter how much education one has, and no matter what race or nationality.
Faith cuts across all lines equally. Its potential is a common denominator of all human beings.
However, keep in mind that faith can also be negative. Fear is negative faith. Fear-filled and negative words can have the opposite effect of God's words. They can cause torment, depression, sickness, and even death.
An example of negative faith is given by retired Jim Glennon of Australia , previously mentioned. He described a tribal custom of the native Australian Aborigines. If a member of the tribe violates one of the tribe's taboos, the witchdoctor comes to the man and performs a ritual over him. The ritual is to reach into a small leather bag, take out the bone of a bird, then point the bone at the violator. In all cases, after the bone is pointed, the person dies, sometimes instantly, but always soon. The ritual is called “pointing the bone.”
A similar practice in the civilized world is when a medical doctor tells a person that they have cancer or some other serious disease, and says that he may have only a certain amount of time to live, such as six months. In effect, that doctor is “pointing the bone” at the patient. While well-intended, this is nevertheless placing a self-fulfilling verbal curse on the person. Such curses are powerful, as with the bone. Typically, the patient has more negative faith in modern-day medicine than he does positive faith in God's Word, and he typically dies within the time frame given. Glennon says that people trained in God's Word are able to “step outside” such a diagnosis, calling upon God's Word as a resource unknown to medicine. A doctor's diagnosis and prediction cannot change God's Word, but God's Word can change a doctor's prediction. For example, see the next Chapter 7. Glennon has seen many miraculous recoveries, unexplainable by doctors.
What would happen if a person rejected the bone being pointed by a doctor and decided to believe God, when He says:
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up (James 5:14-15).
That passage does not say, “unless he has cancer, or lupus, or multiple sclerosis,” or “unless he has _____ (fill in the blank).”
Can you imagine how national health care costs would plummet and how many medical offices would go bankrupt if every person believed and acted upon those two verses, words from God Himself? It doesn't happen because most people, even Christians, do not believe God or take His Word literally and seriously.
Of course, people would have to find a church with elders who also believed that verse, but they are available.
Biblical faith is our access to the Creator. It is also the only way we can please Him:
Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him (Hebrews 11:6).
Faith is the door to the invisible, supernatural world.
The source of faith. What is the source of this mysterious but essential ingredient? Where does faith come from? God gives the answer in Romans 10:17:
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (NKJV).
Faith comes from God's Word, the Bible. Faith originates in the heart of God, who makes it available to us through His Word. As we prayerfully read and meditate on the Word, faith is transmitted to us. It becomes part of us. We become people of faith.
While faith comes by hearing, it stays by doing. But actually, you do not want faith to stay. You want it to be released. God does not want you to be a reservoir, but a river. He wants His power to “flow through” you to others. A man was bragging to a well-known minister, “I have a lot of faith.” The minister replied, “That's your problem. You still have it. You need to release it.”
Faith is dormant, inactive, ineffectual, and actually dead until it is acted upon by releasing it, as power is only latent power until detonated. That is why God says through James:
Anyone who doesn't breathe is dead, and faith that doesn't do anything is just as dead! (2:26, CEV).
Faith is an action word. Believe is an action verb. Faith always presupposes doing something -- acting on our faith. For faith in us not to be dead, it must be released, and a principal way for faith to be released in us is through our words, as we agree with and confess God's own words and known will into the word and into our life situations.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says (James 2:22).
A favorite quote I discovered says, “Faith is going to the edge of the light that you have, and then taking one more step” (anonymous). In other words, a faith person goes over the edge! For example, Peter went over the edge of the boat and walked on the water, by faith in the Savior. God always meets us at our point of faith. When we are over the edge, miracles start happening, like walking on water. I love the exhilaration of being “over the edge.”
The world says, “Show me and I'll believe it.” But God says, “Believe me and I'll show you.”
Change your thinking. This point is critical. One of the greatest hindrances to faith is thinking like the world thinks. The Bible says, “B e not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind , that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Romans 12:2, KJV).
We tend to think of that verse as referring to moral vs. immoral behavior, but it refers to our thinking . Our thinking determines our behavior. Joyce Meyer says, “Where the mind goes, the man follows.” God's Word says, “As (a man) thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7, KJV).
God's thoughts from the Bible are supernatural thoughts. It is easy to block out those supernatural thoughts with natural thoughts that conform to the world's beliefs and standards. For example, through a doctor, the world may tell you, “You have a terminal disease.” The pressure from the natural world is so great that most people accept such a report, conform to it, and soon die. Instead, we should check and believe what God says, such as, “(He) heals all your diseases” (Psalm 103:3). For more Scripture on this subject, see Chapter 7. When we do this, we are not conforming to this world, but we are transformed as our minds are renewed by faith in God's Word.
“We have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16). Think His thoughts, not the world's thoughts. Act on His thoughts, not the world's thoughts. Then you will get His results, not the world's results!
The radical faith words of Jesus Christ. Below are some of the radical faith words of Jesus Christ. Christ would not be welcomed in many Christian circles today because he was a radical and an extremist. He would be criticized as a faith preacher. But His words are nevertheless the words from the Father and Creator of us all and are 100 percent true for all time.
“I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him” (Mark 11:23).
“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours” (Mark 11:24).
“Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe : In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well” (Mark 16:15-18).
“I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it” (John 14:12-14).
These are just some of the faith words of Jesus Christ recorded in the New Testament. Is the Son of God reliable? Does He tell the truth? Can you believe Him?
We know the answer.
Words are containers for faith, and the principal way for faith to be transmitted and effectuated.
God's will and power are released in the earth by His words, and His words are released through the faith of His people. Our words are faith's trigger. Without a trigger, a gun is useless.
When we speak God's Words and will by faith, the physical order is transcended and changed. Situations change. Bodies heal. Provision comes. Blessings come. Storms calm. Relationships heal. Threats subside. Even armies have been victorious and nations have fallen.
God's Word. The Bible, which consists of the combined Jewish and Christian Scriptures, is referred to as “the Word of God.”
In the Greek language in which the New Testament was written, it is the logos (Word) of God, meaning “expression.” The Bible is the written Word, or expression, of God.
The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the living Word, or expression, of God.
In the beginning was the Word (logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us (John 1:1, 14).
Jesus is the eternal Word who was made living flesh. But the written Word is also living:
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart (Hebrews 4:12).
The King James Version translates that as “For the word of God is quick, and powerful….” Quick, of course, means alive, and powerful is probably a better translation than active. The Word of God has a unique, built-in power that no other book has. The Bible is not just ink on paper, or bytes on my hard drive such as with my computer Bible. These are only a means of representing and transmitting life and power. The Bible has a life of its own. That is because it is the mind of God.
See Appendix 2 for a summary of the proofs of the Bible's divine origin.
My testimony. When I was a little kid, I believed the Bible, without doubt, but I did not understand why I was so trusting. My parents did not attend church. It was just something God put in my heart. Years later as an adult, when God began to strongly deal with me, I began to really study the Bible for the first time.
One day about that time as a young captain, I asked my U.S. Air Force chaplain, “Is the Bible really infallible?” His answer was wishy-washy, which only fueled my interest. I learned later that many ministers attend theologically liberal seminaries where the authority of the Bible is under attack by unbelieving professors, no different from the way it has been under attack for centuries by avowed atheists. True, it doesn't make sense. You would think those professors would find some other line of work and way to make a living than by teaching something in which they do not believe, and damaging the faith of others. God only knows how much faith they have destroyed and damage to the kingdom of God they have done. But they need to know that God keeps score.
All this caused me to make a study of apologetics, the discipline that marshals all the empirical evidence for the Bible's reliability. I discovered that the evidence for the Bible's complete reliability is absolutely overwhelming. If it has any errors in it, you could not be sure what or where they are. Who would you trust to tell you? A professor? Hardly. They do not have divine authority. If you lined up all the professors in the world end-to-end, you would not have enough to reach a conclusion. I had rather trust God. If you cannot trust all the Bible, you cannot trust any of it. If it has one error, you cannot even be sure if John 3:16 is true, and if you are not sure John 3:16 is true, you have no hope of eternal life. But thankfully, it is all true, including John 3:16, even though we will spend a lifetime trying to understand it all, and we will still be trying when Jesus takes us home.
Even after I came to this conclusion, it was years later before I realized the sheer power of the Word. Let me explain.
He just “said.” That's all. And with simply those eight expressions, the entire universe and humanity were created! It was God's words that created all that is. He spoke words, and it happened. The New Testament explains:
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear (Hebrews 11:3, KJV).
There was nothing; He spoke; then all of a sudden there was something. By the sheer power of His words, God “calls things that are not as though they were” (Romans 4:17).
Once creation was completed, it is now God's words which sustain it all:
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word (Hebrews 1:3).
God speaks through the Bible. They are His words, transmitted through human vessels. And because they are His words, they have no less power than His words at creation. They have ongoing creative power. As mentioned, they are “alive.”
God says, “ I have put my words in your mouth” (Isaiah 51:16).
His words, from the Bible, when spoken by us, carry His power and purpose into the physical and spirit world, as we may be under His anointing. When we speak God's words, they carry that same creative power as when He first spoke them.
The English word “word” is also translated from the Greek word rhema . This means words from God, from the Bible, that carry His special anointing and revelation for a specific person or situation. For example, a person can read a certain passage from the Bible many times and it may mean nothing to him. You can mechanically read the logos , as do many skeptics and doubters. But on another day, you may read the same passage again and all of a sudden a light comes on in your mind. Your spirit leaps. The passage suddenly has meaning, and it jumps out at you like it was ablaze with neon lights. You have received a revelation from God. You have received a rhema word.
A good example of the power of the rhema word is some years ago I was suffering from chronic, painful lower back pain. I knew what God said in His Word about healing, and one day I decided because of God's Word I didn't have to take the pain any more. I decided to take my Bible and go upstairs to my bedroom, lock the door, and not come out until I got my healing. I was totally determined and was confident of both God's power and willingness to heal me. After being locked in the bedroom for an hour or so and reading the Bible, all of a sudden my eyes fell on a verse I had read many times before, but it never held any significance for me. But this time, it was as though the words were illuminated, not literally, but they just jumped out at me. They were from Hebrews 12:13: “And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.” Even if out of context, God had sent me a rhema word, and suddenly my back pain was totally gone! I had received my healing, via the power of a word from God. Sometimes rhema words come out of the biblical context, but they are still His words of power. It is important that we be open to them.
Another dramatic example happened over ten years ago when I began to have irregular heartbeats. This went on for several weeks and I became quite concerned. But I never went to the doctor because I was trusting God to take care of it. One day at a large church I was visiting, the congregation was singing and the words of the song were projected upon the front wall. The song included a Scripture, from Psalm 73:26: “God is the strength of my heart.” Now I had read that Scripture before. I liked it, but it never meant anything personal to me. But on that particular day in that particular church, God spoke to me. Those words, “God is the strength of my heart” were a rhema word to me from God. The symptoms suddenly disappeared during that service and never returned!
True to His nature, God's purpose in the world is to bring life. Jesus was the exact representation of God (Hebrews 1:3), and He only did the Father's will. He said,
The thief (Satan) comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life , and have it to the full (John 10:10, KJV).
He also said:
The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life (John 6:63).
When we speak the life-giving words of God from the Scriptures, we also impart life to people. Or if we speak words from Satan (words that are contrary to God's words), we impart death, or harm, to people.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit (Proverbs 18:21).
God is saying that you will eat the fruit of whatever you say! That is a sobering reminder of the power of our words, for positive or negative, for life or for death.
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing (James 3:9-10).
Angels are spirit beings created by God to serve His purposes and to minister to His people:
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? (Hebrews 1:14).
Angels hear and act upon God's words:
Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word (Psalm 103:20).
Some people may think that this only applies to words currently spoken from the throne of God in heaven directly to the angels. But the fact is, His words in the Bible were already spoken from the throne in heaven and they carry the same authority, power, and relevance now as when He first spoke them. Those words are eternal.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away (Luke 21:33).
When God's words from heaven are spoken in the earth through our faith-filled mouths, God's power is released. Angels hear the words, obey them, and do God's bidding, fulfilling their job description.
The apostle Paul wrote,
It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak (2 Corinthians 4:13).
Because of extremism in some circles, which you find with any truth, the emphasis on speaking God's words or the “power of confession” has come into disrepute, really an undeserved rap. Isn't it just like the devil to take one of God's most powerful truths and pervert it, thus denying its use by God's people to destroy Satan's work? That is what has happened. The devil has invented disparaging, mocking slogans such as “confess it and possess it,” “name it and claim it,” and “blab it and grab it” to make this great truth appear ludicrous.
But the fact is that our confession releases God's will, words, and purposes in the earth.
Often, if we do not confess it, we will not possess it. I had rather confess it and possess it than not confess it and not possess it.
Follow this logic:
If we are created in God's image as spirit beings who can speak, and we are; and if God calls things that be not as though they were, and He does; and we are commanded to be imitators of God, as we are; then by the known will of God we can also call things that be not as though they were, as long as we are speaking His words and are aligned with His will. That does not mean we can arbitrarily decide we want a new Mercedes automobile or anything else material and we can confess it into being unless it is God's will for us. But if it is His will for us, we may not get it unless we confess it, and we may miss it if we continually confess lack!
Confession is nothing more or less than agreeing with God and saying what He says. He has spoken in His Word, and we agree with what He has already said, then we speak His Word.
Confession is just affirming what God has already said in His Word or revealed by His Spirit, in agreement with the Word. We are just vocalizing our agreement with Him and releasing our faith through our words. Our words are a major way in which our faith can be released.
Christianity is called “the great confession.” Salvation begins with confession:
I f you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved (Romans 10:9-10).
Why is confession so important as to be a determinate even of salvation? Jesus explained it: “O ut of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh” (Matthew 12:34, KJV). The mouth reveals and releases into the world what is in the heart.
Remember, it was Jesus Christ Himself, not a modern faith preacher, who said:
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith (Mark 11:23, KJV).
Note the thrice-repeated reference to confessing, or speaking, in this one verse: say, saith, saith.
Job says, “ You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you” (22:28, NASB).
It works in reverse with negative confessions. We can confess negatives, and we will reap them. Job said, “ What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me” (3:25). People wonder what was the real reason Job suffered so much. Dr. Michael Landsman discovered the answer: It was Job's fear, which was the root cause of his problems. And no doubt, he confessed this fear, and got what he confessed.
Look at the importance God gives to what we say with our mouths:
From the same mouth come both blessing and cursing (James 3:9, NASB).
You are snared by the words of your mouth (Proverbs 6:2, NKJV).
For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned (Matthew 12:37, NASB).
A man has joy by the answer of his mouth (Proverbs 15:23). (Do you want joy? You can speak it out of your mouth.)
It is with your mouth that you confess and are saved (Romans 10:10).
According to Strong's Enhanced Lexicon , “saved” (Greek: soteria ) in the preceding verse, Romans 10:10, means “deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation.” It is also translated as “health.” Therefore, you could accurately paraphrase that verse and say, “It is with your mouth that you confess and are delivered, preserved, are safe, are saved, and have health.”
In verse 9, immediately preceding, it says, “I f you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
“Saved” here is the word sozo , which means “to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health.” I frequently confess out loud, “Jesus is Lord and I am sozoed!” I am confessing Jesus' lordship over me, which includes wellness, healing, and health.
Confess what God says, His promises, and His blessings, and you will get them, and you will spread them to others. Do not confess negatives, fears, and the lies that the devil says, or you will get them and also spread them to others.
Speaker/author Kate McVeigh tells of a friend who had diabetes for 40 years and had to have an insulin shot every day. One day the lady began to practice this principle and every time she took an insulin shot, she would simultaneously confess her healing, calling forth her healing (which was not) as though it were. One day some time later she became very ill and had to be rushed to the hospital. The doctors did extensive tests and finally gave her their diagnosis. They told her that the problem was caused by the insulin she was taking because she was not a diabetic!
Senior citizen Emily Dotson testifies that she was near death with lupus 13 years earlier. The doctors had given her only a short time to live. But after being ministered to by a full-gospel pastor who showed her God's Word for healing, she began confessing her healing throughout every day, constantly quoting Isaiah 53:5 and 1 Peter 2:24. It took about 12 months, but she did not give up and was finally and totally healed. A pastor asked her how many times she had to confess before she got her healing. She replied, “I never counted it. I don't know. I can only tell you that I did outtalk the devil.” (Yes, the devil will try to outtalk, discourage, and defeat you. But don't let him. Do not give up! Keep confessing what God says. Outtalk the devil with God's words, and he will shut up!)
The power of Psalm 91. Do you or others need protection? Begin to read, confess out loud, and by faith claim the promises of God in Psalm 91 and similar passages for yourself and/or others. Your faith and confession will release God's power. For example, God's Word promises:
I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you…. If you make the Most High your dwelling—even the LORD, who is my refuge— then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands… (Psalm 91:2-7, 9-12).
Quantum faith
Speaker Annette Capps writes:
In 1972, I first heard the teaching on faith and confession. It took faith in God's Word to believe that you can have what you say. I had never heard of such a concept and had it not been for the fact that the principle was plainly written in the Bible, I would have considered it to be crazy. However, there it was in red letters, spoken by Jesus no less!
“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” (Mark 11:23, KJV).
Looking at it from a surface level, it would seem a ridiculous statement. How is it possible that spoken words would send a mountain into the sea? For the past 27 years, it has required faith on my part to believe that my words are powerful. Recent study in the area of quantum physics, however, has convinced me that what Jesus spoke is absolute scientific fact!
Words are energy. Supporting Annette's statement about quantum physics, and containing information that she used, is an interesting article by Charles Capps that appeared in the Concepts of Faith Journal , third quarter 1999 edition, excerpted below:
Words are energy and energy affects matter. The energy of your microwave vibrates the water molecules and heats the water. The energy of electricity flows to your washing machine and powers the motor that spins the tub and cleans your clothes. So, we can rightfully say that energy affects matter. Your words are energy that affects the matter in your life. When you speak the words, "This is the worst car I have ever had! You stupid piece of junk!" Those words are vibrations of energy that affect the atoms that make up that car. You have spoken to it and it will obey you!
Scientists have performed experiments with atoms and their sub-atomic particles such as electrons. If you paid attention in school, you saw the diagram of an atom with the electron orbiting it like the earth orbits the sun. The interesting thing is that scientists have discovered that the electron that is shown orbiting the nucleus is not always there in particle form. It exists in a wave state (like a cloud, everywhere at once) until someone looks at it. When the scientist observes it, it suddenly appears as a dot (particle). What we all want to know, is, "How does it know someone is looking at it?" It obviously is responding to the observer.
One of the difficulties in quantum physics is that the particles behave somewhat differently for each observer, which leads me to the question, "Does it behave according to what the scientist believes?" In any event, we can definitely conclude that Jesus was right when He taught that all matter responds to faith and words. The substance from which our world is made is influenced and manifested by words. The things that you desire are made up of atoms. They know what you believe, hear what you say and behave accordingly.
Beliefs produce energy. The thoughts and beliefs that you carry also produce an energy around you. Have you ever noticed that when you are angry, things go wrong, and people are insulting and angry with you: Your thoughts and beliefs produce an energy that people can perceive and react to. If you believe that no one likes you, then you put off that rejecting type of energy, and people will be driven away from you.
If you love people and care about them, they will feel that and be drawn to you. Have you ever been around someone who is pleasant and full of love? It is an energy you can actually feel. The energy of love is a powerful drawing card for good in your life. After all, God is Love.
When you believe that God loves you and wants you to prosper, then you change your words and beliefs about money. When financial challenges used to come my way, I would fall into fear and begin to say things like, "Well, now we won't be able to pay off the car, house, (or whatever)!" The fear and speaking of it is an energy that affects your checking account and stops financial freedom. Now, I have learned to think and believe and say, "Things always work out for me. Everything that I do prospers and I have abundance, in Jesus' name." God is not limited to the things that you and I see. There is an infinite supply of substance waiting to be manifest according to your beliefs and words! "Faith is the substance of things hoped for..." (Hebrews 11:1).
...When Jesus spoke to the fig tree and said, "No man eat fruit from thee hereafter forever," then that fig tree dried up from the atomic level because of His words. When He spoke to the winds and the waves, they obeyed Him. He was teaching us the undeniable biblical principle that THINGS OBEY WORDS.
Jesus did not demonstrate this just to prove He was the Son of God. He demonstrated it and then told his disciples that they too can speak words of power. He wanted us to have the revelation that we are powerful spirit beings who can speak to the mountains in our life and they will obey us.
...Things are responding to your words every day, so speak good things to all that surrounds your life. If you really believe Jesus' words, you will monitor your thoughts and conversations, because you are the one giving substance to your world through words.
Persistent confession. Kate McVeigh gives the example of the woman in Mark 5:25-35:
Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said , “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?” But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?' ” And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well . Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”
When the above passage says, “ For she said, ‘If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well,'” Kate points out that The Amplified Bible clarifies the linguistic nuance of the phrase “For she said,” and translates that as “For she kept saying. ” She kept on saying! She was persistent in her confession. And Jesus told her that her faith (demonstrated by her actions and repeated confession) had made her well.
Hebrews 10:23 (KJV) says, “ Let us hold fast the profession (confession) of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised…).” Hold fast. Do not waver. He is faithful.
God's people should always be speaking God's words of healing, life, faith, and hope into everyday situations, and not Satan's words of sickness, death, fear and doubt. When such words are spoken by faith, they carry the full force and power of God Himself. For example, in Acts chapter 3, when Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer:
Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , walk .” Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God.
Note that Peter did not pray, “Lord if it be your will, please heal this man. But if it is not your will, just let him stay crippled.” Peter knew it was the will of God to heal this man, both from available Old Covenant Scripture, from his experience with Jesus, who never refused to heal anyone, and by revelation of the Holy Spirit. So he merely spoke the words, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk,” and the man walked.
Peter released his faith through his spoken words, words formed from a knowledge of God's Word and will. God anointed the faith-filled words, backed them up, and healed the man.
How many sick beds would be emptied today if Christians would be so bold and obedient?
Constantly affirm what God says in His Word about specific situations in your life, not what the world says or what the devil says. Speak the language of Scripture. You have heard the expression, “coinage of the realm,” that is, the currency of a country. David Ingles says that our words are “the coinage of the kingdom.”
Ingles says there are two kinds of truth: (1) sense knowledge truth, which comes from the five senses and the physical world, and (2) revelation knowledge truth, which comes from God's Word. They are often in disagreement. For example, sense knowledge may tell you that you are sick with an incurable illness. But God's Word says that He has laid your illness upon Jesus (Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 8:17, 1 Peter 2:24). Do not confess negative sense knowledge, but only confess what God says about any situation.
This is not denial! It is only the recognition of and the embracing of a higher, transcending truth. The sickness may be true in the physical realm, but the spiritual realm of truth transcends it. Spiritual forces are greater. “G reater is He that is in you, than He that is in the world” (1 John 4:4, KJV).
Don Gossette says we should affirm these things constantly by our confession:
• God is who He says He is.
• I am who God says I am.
• God can do what He says He can do.
• I can do what God says I can do.
• God has what He says He has.
• I can have what God says I can have.
This is not a magic formula. We cannot whimsically and recklessly speak God's words and expect anything to happen. God is very purposeful. We are not doing our will, but His. We must be led by the Spirit.
Years ago I read where the late, beloved Pastor John Osteen of Houston advised that the major test of whether we are being led by the Spirit is not the presence of goose bumps, but whether or not we are acting and speaking in love and not out of any selfish motive. Osteen pointed out that “God is love” (1 John 4:8), and He works through love channels. We must make sure that we are motivated by unselfish love and compassion for another person or persons.
If you are sure you are acting in love and compassion, then by faith begin to speak God's words to people in their need. You will be amazed at what happens and how God backs up His own words.
If people need salvation, speak God's good news (gospel) to them (Mark 16:15).
If people need healing, speak God's healing words to them (Mark 16:16-18).
If people need a blessing, speak God's blessing to them (Numbers 6:24-26).
If people need peace, speak God's peace to them (John 14:27.)
If people need comforting, speak God's words of comfort to them (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).
If people need a sense of self-worth, speak God's unconditional love for them (John 3:16).
If people need provision, speak God's promises of provision to them (Philippians 4:19).
The potential list is endless.
Speak, believe, and expect results. See what God says:
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it (Isaiah 55:11, KJV).
Recently I ran across the below powerful “never again list” (anonymous author). Be blessed, and disregard anyone criticizing you for “confessing” God's truths.
Never again will I confess "I can't," for “I can do everything through him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13).
Never again will I confess unmet needs or poverty, for “my God will meet all my needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).
Never again will I confess fear, for "God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (II Timothy 1:17, KJV).
Never again will I confess doubt or lack of faith, for "God has allotted to each a measure of faith" (Romans 12:3, NASB).
Never again will I confess weakness, for "The Lord is the strength of my life" (Psalm 27:1, KJV). Also, "The joy of the Lord is your strength" (Nehemiah 8:10).
Never again will I confess supremacy of Satan over my life, for "Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world" (II John 4:4, KJV).
Never again will I confess defeat, for "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ" (2 Corinthians 2:14, KJV).
Never again will I confess lack of wisdom, for “Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption" (I Corinthians 1:30, KJV).
Never again will I confess sickness, for "…with His stripes I am healed" (Isaiah 53:5, KJV). And "Jesus Himself took my infirmities and bore my sicknesses" (Matthew 8:17, KJV).
Never again will I confess worries and frustrations, because I "Cast all (my) anxiety on him because he cares for (me)" (I Peter 5:7).
Never again will I confess bondage, for "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (II Corinthians 3:17).
Never again will I confess condemnation, for "there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1).
Let this be your confession!
The below is taken from an article given to me and I am not sure of its origin, but this is a modification.
God framed His world by His words. (Hebrews 11:3)
I am created in His image. (Genesis 1:16)
By the dominion He has given me, (Genesis 1:28)
I frame my world by my words. (Proverbs 18:21, Mark 11:23)I am the prophet of my own life.
My words, in my life, determine
my well-being, my provision, my health,
my future, and my place in eternity. (Proverbs 23:7, Luke 6:45, Romans 10:9)My faith-filled words are alive and full of power.
Jesus is the High Priest of my confession. (Hebrews 3:1)
My words are the voice of Jesus in the earth.
Jesus is my voice in heaven. (Hebrews 7:25)
All things are under His feet.
I am in Him,
Therefore, all things are under my feet. (Hebrews 4:14, Ephesians 1:22-23)My faith-filled words dominate
the laws of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)
Satan is always defeated in my life
By the blood of the Lamb and my words. (Revelation 12:11)I am what the Word says I am,
I can do what the Word says I can do,
I can have what the Word says I can have.
I'm not moved by what I see.
I'm not moved by what I feel.
I'm moved only by what God's Word says about me.I am the dwelling place of God's Spirit.
He lives in me. (1 Corinthians 3:16)
I am the righteousness of God in Christ.
He gave it to me. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
From the abundance of my Word-filled heart,
my Word-filled mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45)I am filled with the Holy Spirit of the Creator.
I have His love, His joy, His peace,
His power and His Purpose.
Today is not a sick day, (3 John 2)
Not a sad day, (Isaiah 61:3)
Not a fearful day. (2 Timothy 1:7, 1 John 4:18)
But every day is a joyful, victorious,
Spirit-filled, Word-filled, Jesus-exalting day!
Now that's a good confession. May those words and the blessings be yours!