17th May 2026; Sunday 1st Service; Liberating Power Of Confession

Devotional

Day 1: Dry Bones and Divine Breath

Ezekiel stood in a valley littered with sun-bleached bones. God asked, “Can these bones live?” Ezekiel surrendered to divine wisdom: “You alone know.” At God’s command, he prophesied to the bones. Tendons snapped into place. Flesh wrapped skeletons. Breath rushed into lifeless bodies. A dead army rose, clattering with new strength. [01:33:53]

God’s word rebuilds what human effort cannot fix. Ezekiel didn’t rely on his own insight but obeyed the source of all life. When we speak Scripture into despair, we partner with heaven’s blueprint. Dry careers, relationships, and dreams still answer to His voice.

Your valley of dry bones awaits a prophetic declaration. What dead situation have you labeled “hopeless”? Open your Bible to Ezekiel 37:1-10. Read it aloud over your crisis. Where is God inviting you to prophesy life instead of accepting decay?

“So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.”
(Ezekiel 37:10, NIV)

Prayer: Ask God to highlight one “dry bone” area in your life. Beg Him for courage to speak His word over it today.
Challenge: Write Ezekiel 37:10 on a sticky note. Place it where you’ll see it hourly.

Day 2: Facing Giants With Prophetic Confidence

David gripped no sword as he faced Goliath. Instead, he declared: “I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty!” His words carried more power than stones. Before the sling swung, David’s prophecy marked Goliath’s defeat. The giant fell not by muscle, but by heaven’s decree. [01:40:43]

Transformational leaders confront obstacles with God’s promises, not human calculations. David’s confidence came from years of declaring Psalms over sheep and lions. Every “giant” you face—sickness, debt, addiction—is already defeated in Christ’s name.

What Goliath-like problem dominates your vision? Stop rehearsing its threats. Open 1 Samuel 17:45-47. Stand and read it aloud with your hands raised. How would your week change if you truly believed your words carry divine authority?

“All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s.”
(1 Samuel 17:47, NIV)

Prayer: Confess any area where you’ve trusted human strategies over God’s promises. Claim His victory over your giant.
Challenge: Text one person today: “I’m praying God’s specific promise over your struggle.” Name their issue and a related Scripture.

Day 3: Lazarus and the Loud Command

Four-day-old decay filled Lazarus’ tomb. Jesus didn’t whisper. He shouted, “Come out!” Grave clothes fell as resurrected feet stumbled into light. The same voice that ignited stars now rebooted a corpse. Death always bows when Christ speaks. [02:00:18]

Jesus models perfect prophecy—calling nonexistent things into being (Romans 4:17). His words bypassed natural laws because they flowed from the Father. When we declare Scripture, we don’t wish—we dispatch heaven’s power into timebound situations.

What “dead” situation needs a shout of resurrection? Stop murmuring prayers. Stand and command life into it using John 11:43-44. Feel foolish? Remember—Ezekiel looked absurd talking to bones. What miracle requires your bold proclamation today?

“When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’”
(John 11:43, NIV)

Prayer: Thank Jesus for His life-giving voice. Demand aloud: “Spirit, resurrect what’s dead in [name situation] now!”
Challenge: Set a phone alarm for 3:16 PM. When it rings, declare John 11:43 over your crisis.

Day 4: From Begging to Leaping

The lame beggar at Beautiful Gate expected coins. Peter gripped his hand and declared, “In Jesus’ name, walk!” Tendons fired. Ankles solidified. He leapt—not walked—into the temple, shocking regular worshippers. His testimony redirected glory to God. [02:13:58]

Miracles manifest to ignite testimonies. Peter used the man’s healing to preach Christ (Acts 3:12-26). Every breakthrough you’ve received—healing, provision, restoration—isn’t just for you. It’s evidence to dismantle someone else’s unbelief.

Who needs to hear your “leaping” story? Stop downplaying your victories. Recall one miracle God worked. Write it in detail. How can you share it this week to strengthen another’s faith?

“He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God.”
(Acts 3:8, NIV)

Prayer: Ask God for divine appointments to share a testimony. Beg Him for courage to speak openly.
Challenge: Call a struggling friend today. Say, “Let me tell you what God did for me…” Share your miracle.

Day 5: Wealth in the Word

Isaac sowed during famine, yet “reaped a hundredfold” (Genesis 26:12). His secret? Obeying God’s specific promise: “Stay in this land” (v3). While others hoarded, Isaac prophesied abundance through obedience. He became rich, wealthy, then very wealthy—all in one verse. [02:10:50]

God’s economic principles override market crashes. Isaac didn’t just pray—he acted on Scripture despite visible scarcity. Your financial breakthrough starts when you declare God’s promises over budgets, not bank statements.

What financial fear silences your prophetic voice? Open to Psalm 112:1-3. Read it aloud as a decree. Will you fixate on empty wallets or the God who fed 5,000 with a lunchbox? How can you “sow” prophetically today—tipping generously, giving sacrificially?

“Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever.”
(Psalm 112:3, NIV)

Prayer: Confess any anxiety over money. Declare: “My provision comes from Jehovah Jireh, not my job.”
Challenge: Give someone in need an unexpected gift today—with a note: “This is God’s promise for you.”

Sermon Summary

Ezekiel is taken by the hand of the Lord into a valley where the facts are brutal - very dry bones everywhere - and the Spirit asks a cutting question, Can these bones live. Ezekiel answers rightly, Sovereign Lord, you alone know, and heaven answers by putting a word in his mouth, Prophesy to these bones. Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. The text shows a school of prophecy where a tongue aligned to heaven speaks heaven’s language on earth. Proverbs says the tongue carries life and death, so the call lands here: fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, bosses, workers bring the tongue to God for a prophetic anointing and reject every death-invoking word spoken over them.

David stands up as a transformational leader before Goliath and kills him first with a prophetic sword. He says, This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, before the stone ever flies. Prophecy collapses time. It fetches destiny from God’s storehouse and speaks it now. Zerubbabel’s mountain becomes level ground by the Spirit, not by might. The valley, the giant, the mountain all bend when a tongue speaks what God is saying.

The source of prophecy is not opinion, mood, or fear. The source is God and the written word. Dry bones hear the word of the Lord is the pattern. Test every spirit. Keep the Book on the lips like Joshua was told. Let the word be both lamp for the next step and light down the shaft for the long path, so destiny can be fetched and declared with confidence. Fortune telling, stars, and paid tricks are counterfeits. The living and active word carries the heart of prophecy.

The power of prophecy shows up as obedience: So I prophesied as I was commanded. Then comes the noise, the rattling, bone to bone. A prophetic voice marks each bone for its partner and gathers what life has scattered - mind, heart, faith, even families. At Lazarus’ tomb the Lord only speaks, and the dead man comes out. Words full of Spirit and life pull people from despair to hope.

The impact of prophecy is visible and public. Breath enters. People stand. A vast army rises. Testimony breaks out like at the Beautiful Gate when a lame man jumps and praises God. Shouts of joy and victory sound in the tents of the righteous. The future is shaped by what is spoken, so the church is sent as transformational leaders to decree, declare, and live prophetically in the city, the nation, and the continent. Nothing is impossible with God. Dry bones, live again.

Key Takeaways

1. The tongue carries resurrection power The text insists that life and death ride on the tongue, so speech is never casual. A faithful tongue both renounces death-speech and releases life-giving confession that lifts hearts and futures. A believer’s first obedience is to bring the tongue under the Spirit so that words start building what God is birthing. [96:24]
2. Prophecy speaks heaven’s language now Prophecy refuses the tyranny of visible facts and voices what God is saying into the moment. It collapses time by pulling God-authored destiny into today’s battle line. This is not denial of reality but the higher reality of the Lord’s word breaking in. [106:06]
3. Scripture anchors every prophetic word Dry bones only move when they hear the word of the Lord, not private feelings or paid fortunes. The Bible supplies the covenant vocabulary, the promises, and the tested voice that frames true confession. A leader keeps the Book on the lips until it turns into bold, accurate decree. [108:50]
4. Obedience gathers what life scattered So I prophesied as I was commanded opens the door for the noise and the rattling. A released word marks the scattered pieces and brings bone to bone, mind to heart, future to present. God’s order starts forming where chaos had owned the room. [119:08]
5. Testimony follows a released word When breath enters, people stand and move, and the city notices. Prophetic speech is meant to end in visible mercy - walking, jumping, praising, favor opening doors. The outcome is not private goosebumps but public glory to Jesus. [133:27]

Youtube Chapters

[00:00] - Welcome
[86:25] - Nations Welcomed, Jesus at Center
[87:14] - Jubilee Season Announced
[90:34] - Devotional and Strategy Booklets
[91:39] - Theme The Prophetic Tongue
[93:13] - Ezekiel 37 Read Aloud
[96:09] - Transformation Is Within The Tongue
[99:29] - David Slays Goliath Prophetically
[104:20] - Three Anchors Source Power Impact
[108:32] - Source Heaven’s Word Not Opinion
[119:08] - Power Bones Rattle Bone To Bone
[132:08] - Impact A Vast Army Stands
[138:47] - Corporate Prophetic Declaration
[140:38] - Commissioned As Prophets
[145:52] - Benediction And Blessing

Bible Study Guide

Bible Reading
Ezekiel 37:1-10 (ESV)
1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.” 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Observation Questions

In Ezekiel 37:3-6, what two-step process does God use to bring life to the dry bones? How does Ezekiel’s response to God’s question (“Can these bones live?”) model humility?
The sermon mentions that David “killed [Goliath] first with a prophetic sword” before the physical battle. What specific words did David declare in 1 Samuel 17:45-47, and how did they “collapse time” by claiming God’s victory in advance? [39:55]
According to the sermon, what are the three anchors of prophecy (source, power, impact)? How does Ezekiel’s obedience in 37:7-10 demonstrate the “power” of prophecy? [44:20]

Interpretation Questions

Why is it significant that God tells Ezekiel to prophesy to the bones rather than pray for them? What does this reveal about the role of human agency in releasing God’s promises?
The sermon states, “Prophecy refuses the tyranny of visible facts.” How does David’s confrontation with Goliath (1 Samuel 17) challenge the Israelites’ “visible facts” about their situation? What “facts” in your own life might need prophetic re-framing?
In Joshua 1:8, God instructs Joshua to keep His word “on your lips.” How does this command connect to the idea that Scripture is the “anchor” of prophecy? Why might private feelings or opinions fail to produce lasting transformation? [48:50]

Application Questions

The sermon emphasizes that “the tongue carries resurrection power.” What is one area (e.g., relationships, work, personal struggles) where you’ve been speaking “death-invoking words” (e.g., doubt, criticism, despair)? How could you replace those words with a Scripture-based declaration this week? [36:24]
Ezekiel obeyed even when the situation seemed impossible (“bones came together… but no breath”). Where have you hesitated to speak God’s promises because results weren’t immediate? What step of obedience (e.g., affirming a Scripture over a stagnant situation) can you take today?
The sermon shares a testimony of a healed cancer patient and a restored family. What “dry bone” situation in your life or community needs a prophetic declaration? Write down one specific promise from Scripture to speak over it daily. [32:24]
David’s prophetic declaration shifted the atmosphere before the physical battle. How could you “collapse time” by speaking God’s future promises over a current challenge (e.g., “The Lord will deliver me” instead of “If the Lord delivers me”)? [40:58]
The sermon warns against seeking “prophecy” through fortune-tellers or horoscopes. Have you ever relied on external sources (e.g., advice, superstitions) instead of Scripture for guidance? How will you prioritize God’s Word as your primary “source” this week? [54:11]
Ezekiel’s obedience led to a “vast army” rising. Who in your life (family, coworker, friend) needs encouragement to step into their God-given purpose? How can you speak life over them this week?

Sermon Clips

43s

“That family of yours where there is this struggle, don't stop fighting. Going to witches, I said you to do what? Simply take God's word and speak it and begin to say you bones, dry bones, you'll live again. Come together from here and there and the flesh and everything else come together because heaven says your jubilee has come. Heaven says your day of rest has arrived. Your day of release is here. Your day of restoration is here. Your day of redemption is here. And you say a redemptive word, it works a work called redemption.”

43s

“I put it to us today in the school of prophecy that the source of prophecy is God and that the source of prophecy is the word of God. It is not your opinion, it is not your feeling, it is not your dream, it is not anything out there. Prophecy must be tested against scripture. The source of prophecy is the word of God. You know in first John chapter four verse one, the bible says, test every spirit. You know, because there are some, dear friends, do not believe every spirit.”

37s

“So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound and the bones came together bone to bone. The word of God is powerful and the word of God delivers heavenly touch, heavenly heavenly heavenly heaven's touch. The tongue that brings the resurrection, the tongue that brings life. You know, is a tongue that releases the word. You you just release the word and allow the word to do its work.”

45s

“Now I have studied this passage for many years and the intriguing part or part I've always wanted to understand is how bones located each other. But over time, I have come to understand that a prophetic voice marks a bone for its partner. And a prophetic voice leads a bone to its partner. And so when you release a prophetic voice, that which is scattered in the life of a person, you may have somebody looking so together, but they are broken. They are broken to pieces. You're just meeting somebody, they are looking okay, but inside they are just broken, broken to pieces.”

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