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Use Your Power For Good: Your Words MatterSample

Use Your Power For Good: Your Words Matter

DAY 3 OF 7

Call for What You Want


Romans 4:17 says that God “calls those things which do not exist as though they did.” That verse is talking about Abram, the Old Testament patriarch who didn’t have any children, and he wanted a son more than anything (see Gen. 15:2–3). God promised Abram and his wife, Sarai—when they were elderly—that they would have a multitude of children (see Gen. 17:3–8).


It didn’t happen, though, until God changed Abram’s name to Abraham, which means “Father of nations.” God started calling him a father before he was a father. Then it wasn’t long until Abraham’s son Isaac was born. God called him a father by faith, and then he became one.


That’s what Romans 4:17 is talking about. God calls things that don’t exist yet as though they do. And that’s what He wants you to do as well. He wants you to call something that doesn’t exist yet as though it does.


Mark 11:24 says, “Whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” You do the believing when you pray—you believe what God has said before you see the answer to your prayer.  According to Romans 4:17, then you start saying what you believe before you see it. In other words, choose to speak words that agree with what you believe and with what the Bible says. 


For example, the Bible says you hear the voice of God (see John 10:27) and you know Him (see John 14:17). Don’t disagree with that by saying, “I don’t know if I can hear God’s voice.” The Bible says you do hear His voice! Start saying what it says.


Clearly there is power in your words. Start using your tongue for good, not for evil!

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Use Your Power For Good: Your Words Matter

The Bible says there is power in your words – what you SAY after you pray is vitally important. So use your power for good! When you’ve prayed and asked God for something, don’t negate your prayer by speaking words of do...

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