Sharing a VERY Powerful and Important Message from Glenn Jackson!
(Note from Linda: As men and women standing on the power and promise of God’s Word for the restoration of our marriages and families, this is a very important and powerful message from Glenn Jacckson, which I STRONGLY urge everyone to read and meditate on, because to the extent you put it into practice, you will see the glory of the Lord manifested in your life and marriage. And you will indeed be blessed and encouraged beyond belief when you do!)
The Life Of Faith And The Glorious Church – September 28th 2008
….”Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear”…. Ephesians 4:29 NASB
One of the greatest hindrances to the life of faith is a lack of understanding our confession, or, in other words, the importance of the words we speak. It must be clearly understood by ALL believers that when we are born again and become children of the living God we are no longer of this “world”, despite the fact that “physically” we remain in the earth. In our old lives our hearts and minds were filled with thoughts of fear, sickness and death [darkness] and, because of this, the words we spoke were a manifestation of these things. As children of God our words must come into “perfect” accordance [agreement] with the Word of God [a “revelation” of that Word] in order
that we might continually be found speaking words of life [light] and love instead of words of fear and death. The importance of words has been VASTLY UNDERESTIMATED by vast multitudes in the church at large and, because of this, fear, darkness and death have been allowed to “infiltrate” most congregations through the words that they continually speak, and this produces an “open door” from which the Evil One is able to operate – causing strife and darkened understanding to exist in the midst of God’s children rather than the Love and power of God to “heal” and enlighten. Once again we must see clearly the importance of filling [saturating] our hearts with God’s
Word in dealing with this problem.
As children of God stand on their Heavenly Father’s Word their replies and responses must ALWAYS be in accordance with the portion of the Word they are standing on in order to reach the “goal” [revelation of the Father’s will] that they
desire to attain – that desire of course being in line with the will of God which is the Word of God. When a circumstance arises in the situation that appears contrary to what we are believing God for, our response MUST be based on the Word of God alone and, THEN, if we will continue to stand firm in this, we shall see the results of this continual exercising and releasing of faith. In the beginning, this may seem a hard thing to do but the “continual practice” of speaking God’s Word against anything the Evil One attempts to do to hinder us will result in a strong confession of trust in our Heavenly Father, and we will indeed “walk by faith and not by sight” [our 5 physical senses] in all things. Quite simply, words that are spoken that are not in complete accordance with the Word of God are a “lie”, and put into motion the law of sin and death [Romans 8:2]. On the other hand, words that are spoken in complete agreement with the Word of God are truth and put into motion the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. Throughout the Bible we read of men and women who triumphed over the Enemy continually and every one of them had one thing in common: every word they spoke and every action they took was in agreement with the Word of God and, ultimately they gained the victory. There is glorious victory in the lives of those who will wholeheartedly trust in God’s Word and “imminent defeat” impending in the lives of those who steadfastly rely on their own understanding – without any regard for the integrity and “trustworthiness” of the Father and His Word.
There is no way for us to exercise faith apart from our words which, in turn, cause our actions to come into line with our confession of faith – the end result being that everything we do in this earth will be of faith and we will, therefore, please the Heavenly Father. When believers continually call or speak things that have not yet manifested themselves in the physical realm as though they “already” existed – thoroughly believing with all their heart that they have “already received” the petition they have sought [that petition being based on the will (Word) of God], their confession of faith will be bold and steady and CANNOT FAIL to inherit the blessing [revelation of the promise].
Related Scriptures:
Proverbs 18:21; John 15:7; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 4:16-21; Mark 11:23-24;
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Wow. I love this. Just this morning, I had to remind myself to speak life and to declare and decree what I KNOW AND BELIEVE God has already done in my husband and the restoration of my marriage. I found myself saying “I choose to BELIEVE” God and His word and then I began to go down the list. It is amazing how much a strategic exercise in FAITH like this really helps push us through. Linda, I was just looking for something to truly meditate on tonight and this week. So I’m so glad you posted this.