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How Do You Find Freedom? – Week 8

June 4, 2023

A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart. Luke 6:45 NLT

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 NKJV

We all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way. James 3:2 NLT

I love you I hate you

We are having baby I wish you were never born

You look great You’ve gained weight

I’m giving you a raise You are incompetent

I see potential in you. You are a failure

You’re smart You’re stupid

You make me happy You annoy me

I forgive you I should have never married you

I do I want a divorce

WHEN WE PULL THE TRIGGER OF NEGATIVE WORDS TOWARDS SOMEONE IT’S LIKE SPIRITUALLY SHOOTING THEM.  WE BECOME LIFE-TAKING!

So the lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. Genesis 2:19-20 NLT

THE TRUTH OF WORDS

1. THEY FLOW FROM OUR THOUGHTS

Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.  2 Corinthians 11:14 NLT

Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. 2 Corinthians 4:4 NLT

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Proverbs 4:23

My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body. Proverbs 4:20-22 NLT

2. THEY SHAPE OUR FUTURE

WE MUST STOP SPEAKING NEGATIVITY INTO A LIFE THAT IS FILLED WITH POSSIBILITIES.

MIRACLES ARE RESTING ON THE TIP OF OUR TONGUES, AND WE HAVE TO WAKE THEM UP AND START SPEAKING THE PROMISES OF GOD AND HIS GOD-ORDAINED DESIGN IN OUR LIFE!

This was their report to Moses: “We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country—a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces. Numbers 13:27 NLT

But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak!… But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!” But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”…We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!” Numbers 13:28;30-31;33 NLT

WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO BE IN LIFE.

3. THEY LEAD TO VICTORY

As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water. Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?” When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” Mark 4:35-40 NLT

Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” Mark 4:35 NLT

God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through? Numbers 23:19 NLT

WHEN WE PRAISE AND THANK GOD WE SEE BEYOND OUR CURRENT REALITY AND INTO OUR GOD-GIVEN DESTINY

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. Philippians 4:6-7 NLT

ACTION STEPS

  • GET INTO A PLACE OF GRATITUDE

Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. Colossians 4:2 NLT

  • SPEAK LIFE-GIVING WORDS TO OTHERS

Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. Ephesians 4:29 NLT

  • SPEAK POSITIVELY ABOUT YOURSELF

…Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2 NLT

I am blessed with God’s supernatural wisdom, and I have clear direction for my life.

I am blessed with creativity, courage, ability, and with abundance.

I am blessed with a strong will, self-control, and self-discipline.

I am blessed with a great family, good friends, good health, and with faith, favor, and fulfillment.

I am blessed with success, supernatural strength, promotion, and divine protection.

I am blessed with an obedient heart and with a positive outlook on life.

I declare that any curse that has ever been spoken over me, any negative evil word that has ever come against me, is broken right now.

I am blessed in the city.

I am blessed in the country.

I am blessed when I go in.

I am blessed when I come out.

Everything I put my hands on is going to prosper and succeed.

I claim these promises in the powerful name of Jesus!

  • YOUR PRAYERS MUST BE CONSISTENT

HEAVEN MOVES POWERFULLY THROUGH OUR PRAYERS

And when the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures saw the Lamb had taken the scroll, they fell facedown at the feet of the Lamb and worshiped him. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls brimming full of sweet fragrant incense—which are the prayers of God’s holy lovers. Revelation 5:8 TPT

(The Angel) was given a great quantity of incense to offer up, consisting of the prayers of God’s holy people, upon the golden altar that is before the throne. And the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the holy ones billowed up before God from the hand of the angel. Then the angel filled the golden incense burner with coals of fire from the altar and hurled it onto the earth Revelation 8:3-5 TPT

CONTINUAL PRAYERS CAUSE A RELEASING OF THE MOVE OF GOD

So above all, constantly chase after the realm of God’s kingdom and the righteousness that proceeds from him. Matthew 6:33 TPT

Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek, and you’ll discover. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. For every persistent one will get what he asks for. Every persistent seeker will discover what he longs for. And everyone who knocks persistently will one day find an open door. Matthew 7:7-8 TPT

Tremendous power is released through the passionate, heartfelt prayer of a godly believer! Elijah was a man with human frailties, just like all of us, but he prayed and received supernatural answers. James 5:16-17 NLT