Only Say What Faith Says: Call Things Into Being

Devotional

Day 1: Speaking Nations Into Being Before They Exist

Your faith voice carries creative power to call forth what God has promised, even when natural evidence contradicts it. Like Abraham declaring himself father of many nations while childless, faith speaks from spiritual reality rather than physical circumstances. This isn’t positive thinking or wishful theology—it’s aligning your confession with God’s eternal truth. When you vocalize God’s promises with conviction, you partner with the One who resurrects dead things and births worlds from nothing. [00:27]

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
(Romans 4:17, KJV)

Reflection: What promise have you stopped declaring because it seems impossible? How might speaking it again today shift your perspective from natural limitations to God’s creative power?

Day 2: Operating in the Impossible Where Faith Thrives

Faith isn’t meant for manageable situations or calculated outcomes. It flourishes in territory where human solutions fail—where medical reports shock, finances crumble, or relationships seem irreparable. Just as Jesus multiplied loaves in a hungry wilderness, your faith voice works best when there’s no plan B. The impossible isn’t a barrier for believers; it’s the launching pad for miracles. Stop negotiating with possible outcomes and start declaring Kingdom realities. [03:56]

And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
(Mark 10:27, KJV)

Reflection: Where have you been settling for “possible” solutions instead of trusting God for the impossible? What one situation needs you to stop strategizing and start declaring?

Day 3: Unshackled From Time’s Illusion

Faith doesn’t bow to calendars, biological clocks, or societal timelines. While the world says “wait your turn” and religion says “in due season,” your faith voice declares “now is the accepted time.” You’re not bound by earth’s clocks because you’re seated in heavenly places. The Shunammite woman didn’t beg for a child “someday”—she demanded a son now. Delay is not denial; it’s an invitation to intensify your declarations. [05:26]

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
(Ecclesiastes 3:11, KJV)

Reflection: What promise have you relegated to “someday” because of time’s pressure? How would declaring it as a “now” truth change your prayers and actions today?

Day 4: From Possible to Inevitable Through Faith’s Decree

Faith doesn’t just make outcomes achievable—it renders them unavoidable. When you truly believe healing is yours, debt freedom your portion, or family restoration guaranteed, these become inevitabilities rather than possibilities. Like ordering a meal with expectation of its arrival, your faith voice turns “maybe” into “certainly.” Stop begging God for what He’s already promised. Start thanking Him for what’s already done in the spirit realm. [07:33]

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
(Isaiah 65:24, KJV)

Reflection: What “maybe” in your life needs to become an “inevitably” through persistent faith declarations? How can you shift from pleading to proclaiming today?

Day 5: “It Is Well” When Nothing Is Well

The Shunammite woman’s declaration over her dead son reveals faith’s highest function—calling things that be not as though they were. While others saw a corpse, she saw resurrection. While logic said mourn, faith said proclaim. Your “it is well” isn’t denial of reality but affirmation of a higher truth. When you speak God’s Word over terminal diagnoses, broken marriages, or prodigal children, you’re not lying—you’re testifying to coming miracles. [28:34]

Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
(2 Kings 4:26, KJV)

Reflection: What current crisis needs your “it is well” declaration? How can you anchor this confession to God’s specific promises rather than wishful thinking?

Sermon Summary

Romans 4:17 sets the tone: God quickens the dead and calls things that be not as though they were, and Abraham echoes God with a faith voice. God starts the Book with a blunt line: in the beginning, God. No proof offered. He is a faith God, and faith talks. So the faith voice calls what is not until it is and refuses to give equal time to doubt, argument, or cursing. The faith voice does not live in the possible. It speaks, does, and thrives in the impossible. It is not led by time, because time is the enemy’s favorite delay tactic. Faith is a listener, then a sayer, and it puts the answer in the now, not always pushing it into the future. Now faith is.

Jesus models it. He only says what the Father says and does what the Father does. So the faith voice not only makes things possible, it makes them inevitable, if quitting is off the table. Hebrews 11 says a report is being written even now. That pushes the church from speculation into persuasion. Practical wisdom is welcome too: sometimes a knee isn’t sick, it is worn out, so get a new one, and rejoice when God uses means. Either way, the faith voice keeps talking.

Isaiah 65:24 brings God’s own cadence: before you call, I will answer; while you are yet speaking, I will hear. That is why asking for needs is beneath the promise that He supplies all. Tell Him what is wanted, and wants will swallow needs. The Lord is a shepherd who deletes want. The Shunammite woman shows the sound of it: with a dead boy at home, she says, it shall be well; then, it is well. She is not denying facts; she is mastering them with revelation, moving from confessing to possessing.

Proverbs 18:21 turns into revelation, not a slogan. Death and life ride the tongue, and saints in Scripture and in history chose their departure with a word of release, just like Jesus into the Father’s hands. Children already know how this works. A parent says they are going to Disney, and the house rings with praise without evidence. That is how the church should sound about Genesis 1 and 2 restored: ask anything in His name, and expect maximum effect. The faith voice carries creative power, vast energy, and a message from God. So store memories, live in obedience, pray the Word, study the Word, quote the Word, and keep calling those things that be not as though they were until they are.

Key Takeaways

1. The faith voice lives in impossible The faith voice does not rent a room in the reasonable. It speaks into the impossible because that is where God’s nature shows. When faith talks, the landscape shifts, and impossibility becomes the address where obedience thrives. That is why quitting is the only real disqualifier. [03:56]
2. Time is the enemy’s delay tool The enemy uses delay to squeeze confidence out of a promise. Faith refuses to hand over the clock, because now faith is. By listening first and then saying what God says, the believer keeps the answer in the present tense instead of locking it in the future. [05:26]
3. Faith makes outcomes inevitable Faith does more than open a door; it removes the alternatives. When the heart is fixed on God’s word, the end is not just possible, it is settled, provided quitting never joins the conversation. That certainty births bold action and steady patience at the same time. [16:05]
4. Move from shall be to is The Shunammite woman shows the turn: it shall be well becomes it is well while the facts still glare. That is not denial; that is dominion. Revelation talks like the end is already present, and that sound carries resurrection power into the room. [29:39]
5. Ask anything in Jesus’ name Jesus did not stutter. Anything means anything inside His name and mission. Asking for wants is not greed when Scripture promises shepherd-level care that removes want; it is trust that honors the Giver. Desire, rightly ordered, becomes a witness to the Father’s glory. [40:20]

Youtube Chapters

[00:00] - Welcome
[00:27] - Theme Use Your Faith Voice
[01:04] - God Gives No Proof, Believe
[03:56] - Faith Voice Thrives In Impossible
[05:26] - Time As The Enemy’s Delay
[07:33] - Now Faith Is, Not Later
[23:06] - Before You Call, I Answer
[28:34] - Shunammite Says It Shall Be Well
[29:39] - Shunammite Says It Is Well
[32:22] - Death And Life Revelation
[40:20] - Ask Anything In My Name
[45:21] - The Plane And A Word
[49:36] - Pray, Study, Quote The Word
[57:31] - From Heathen To New Creature
[71:28] - Everything’s Gonna Be Alright

Bible Study Guide

Bible Reading
Romans 4:17 (KJV)
“(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.”

Observation Questions

According to Romans 4:17, what two specific actions does God perform that Abraham’s faith echoes?
In 2 Kings 4:22-26, how did the Shunammite woman respond to her son’s death, and how did her declaration shift between verses 23 and 26? [28:34]
Isaiah 65:24 states, “Before they call, I will answer.” What does this reveal about God’s relationship with our requests? [23:06]
How does Proverbs 18:21 connect the power of the tongue to the concept of “revelation knowledge” mentioned in the sermon? [32:22]

Interpretation Questions

Why might the enemy use “time” as a delay tactic against faith, and how does “now faith” counteract this strategy? [05:26]
The Shunammite woman declared “it shall be well” and later “it is well” while her son was still dead. How does this illustrate the difference between denial and dominion? [29:39]
Hebrews 11 mentions a “report” being written about believers. What does this imply about the relationship between faith and eternal perspective?
Jesus said, “Ask anything in my name” (John 14:14). How does this redefine our approach to needs versus desires? [40:20]

Application Questions

Identify a situation where you’ve pushed a promise of God into the “future” due to doubt or delay. How can you shift to declaring it in the “now” this week? [06:07]
The Shunammite woman moved from “confessing” to “possessing.” What is one area in your life where you need to stop merely confessing Scripture and start acting as if it’s already true? [29:39]
The sermon emphasizes asking for “wants” rather than just needs. What specific desire (spiritual, relational, or practical) have you hesitated to ask God for, and what step will you take to boldly present it? [40:20]
Children celebrate promises (like Disney World) before seeing evidence. How can you cultivate childlike faith in a current struggle, and what tangible action will reflect that trust? [18:54]
The phrase “store memories, live in obedience” was highlighted. What daily habit (prayer, Scripture study, etc.) could you prioritize to strengthen your “faith voice”? [49:36]
Reflect on a time when you saw God answer a prayer before you fully asked (as in Isaiah 65:24). How does this encourage you to trust His timing in a present challenge?
The Shunammite woman refused to let facts dictate her confession. What “fact” in your life needs to be overruled by a faith-filled declaration this week? [30:32]

Sermon Clips

21s

#FaithForTheNow

“``Don't never say, well, when the Lord get ready. Get ready. He'd been ready before you were born. He's ready before this planet was ever created. He but why are you saying that? All you're doing is putting your your your answer into the future when you want it in the now. Faith can create a future, but it was made for the now.”

34s

#AskAndGrow

“``Why would you do such a dumb thing? When the Bible said he will supply how many need? All. How many? All. How many? All. What are you asking for a need for? And I said this when I was here before. Tell him what you want. Because when you get what you want, you destroy all your need. When you have what you want, you don't even think about need. Well, that's greed. No. That's growth. That's the Bible. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not”

28s

#FaithIsAState

“``He says, now faith is. Church don't preach that. They preach is faith now. No. Now faith is. And right now, there's a report being made on you even as I speak. For by it, the elders obtained a good report. There's a report being made on you. You're gonna stand before God. Yes. See what I'm saying? People say, don't believe that. It don't make no difference whether you believe it or not.”

36s

#ChildlikeBelief

“``Childlike. And children are born believers until you teach them the doubt. So don't do that. You go today and tell your kids, you in Omaha. I guess how you say it. I'm gonna take you to Florida, and we're gonna take you to Disney World. They start screaming. They're running down the street telling everybody that they're going to Disney World, and no evidence to the fact that they're going. But they believe you are I am.”

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Only Say What Faith Says: Call Things Into Being

Devotional

Day 1: Speaking Nations Into Being Before They Exist

Day 2: Operating in the Impossible Where Faith Thrives

Day 3: Unshackled From Time’s Illusion

Day 4: From Possible to Inevitable Through Faith’s Decree

Day 5: “It Is Well” When Nothing Is Well

Sermon Summary

Key Takeaways

Youtube Chapters

Bible Study Guide

Sermon Clips

Only Say What Faith Says: Call Things Into Being

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