Words of Joy Pt. 2

Church, we've gotta understand that if god calls the things that are not as though they were, our words, the words that come out of our mouth should be words of faith, words that are calling into existence. But what's wrong is that the world has some counterfeits out there. Now can I can I ask you guys a question? Any of you ever hear any of you here, please raise your hand if you have ever seen a counterfeit $3 bill. No. No. You work in the bank. Never. Never. Never. Nobody burning a counterfeit $3 bill. You know why? $3 bills don't exist. [00:19:09] (40 seconds)  #CallItIntoBeing

We need to stop saying if it comes to pass. If as oh, I hope I'll see this one day. I hope I'll see it. I hope I'll do this. No. No. No. When I see it, I will testify and show the baby. It's it's interesting. Two weeks ago, we we took the girls from Cope that are graduating to lunch, and I was sitting there with all of these young ladies. And I said, come on. Show me pictures of your baby. And all of them started showing me pictures of the baby and pictures of the baby and pictures of the baby. And one of the girls, she said he looked at me, she says, well, I don't got a picture of my baby yet, but I'm gonna show you a picture of the sonogram. [00:31:34] (36 seconds)  #WhenNotIf

I don't know when it's gonna happen, but I know that if you know what he says, if you believe what he says, and you speak what he says, eventually, you will see what he said. Abraham was twenty some odd years before he held that baby of promise. David was thirty years before he became king and then partial at that. And you and I have got to understand, it may have been a year, it may have been two, it may have been three, it may have been four, it may be ten, it may be twelve. We need to stop saying if and start saying when we see it. [00:30:54] (40 seconds)  #FaithfulWaiting

It's part of the problem because we don't know what he said. It's why we, hardcore, preach week after week and tell you every opportunity we have, hey, spend time reading god's word. And I say this you some of y'all can help me finish the sentence. If I ever say anything from this pulpit that is opposite from the word of god, I'm wrong, and the bible's right every single time. But you know what's the truth? There's things preached all around the world that are not rooted in scripture and are taken hook, line, and sinker by believers that do not know scripture. [00:22:40] (41 seconds)  #RootedInScripture

God spoke it, and it happened. And so what do we take from that? What do we need to learn from this? Well, here it is. God used words to create all we see. And if god used words to create all that we see, church, the words that come out of our mouth should create and not destroy. Why? We're imitators of god as dear children, and god used his words to create. Used his words to create. [00:08:38] (40 seconds)  #SpeakToCreate

Some of you right now, perhaps you're dealing with a situation you don't even know what God says about it. Your first challenge is to start to look up what does God say about the salvation of my family member. What does God say about my health? What does God say about my finances? What does God say about my marriage? What does God say? Does God say? Know what the word of God says. Then start to believe it because if he said it, I believe it. And then start to change your speech and confess it, declare it, speak it, say it over and over and over and over. And then you're gonna see it. [00:43:29] (45 seconds)  #StudyThenSpeak

And Paul writes there to the church at Ephesus, and he's writing it to us. We need to be imitators of God as dear children. So again, I ask this question. Do the words that come out of our mouth match God? We're called to be imitators of him. And so, church, if you're taking notes, want you to write this down nice and big. The words that come out of our mouth should resemble god. The words that come out of our mouth should resemble god because we're imitators of him. They should resemble him. [00:05:48] (37 seconds)  #ImitateGodsSpeech

And then one day, as he's telling god, like, yo, When's this gonna happen? You gave me the prophecy. You gave me the word. You've told all these different things. You told me to count the stars. You told me to count the sand. But if I die, all this blessing you gave me, one of my heirs is gonna grab it. One or one of my servants is gonna be the heir. And god reminds him of the promise and then says, from now on, your name shall not be Abram but Abraham. [00:12:33] (29 seconds)  #CalledToCourage