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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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It's great to be with you today and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services. And I like to start with something funny. I heard about this pastor and he found a dead mule on the church grounds. He called the health department.
They said they couldn't pick it up without authorization from the mayor. Well, the mayor was known to be rude and hard to get along with. When the pastor called, the mayor didn't disappoint. He started ranting and raving. He finally said, isn't it your job to bury the dead? Why are you even calling me? The pastor asked God to give him the right response.
He said, yes, mayor, it is my job to bury the dead, but I always like to notify the next of kin first. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus name. God bless you.
I want to talk to you today about pronounce before you possess. All through the scripture, God has given us incredible promises of healing, freedom, abundance. It's important to believe the promise, get it down in your spirit, but believing alone is not enough. What activates the promise is by speaking it, by declaring what God says about you. Your words have power.
They set things into motion, either blessing, favor, breakthroughs, or sickness, lack, and can't do it. One of the last times Moses spoke to the Israelites was in Deuteronomy 11. He told them how God was going to bring them into the promised land, how they'd have houses they didn't build, all these crops and livestock, amazing things. But he said there's a couple conditions.
Number one, you must obey the Lord your God. And number two, verse 29, when the Lord God brings you into the land to possess it, you must pronounce a blessing. He was saying the blessing, the promised land, the houses you didn't build, it's not gonna happen just because I promised it, you have to declare it. You have to pronounce the blessing before you receive the blessing.
You have to pronounce your healing before you get well. You have to pronounce the breakthrough before you get free. Pronounce the abundance while you're still in not enough. The promise is an invitation. It's not a possession. It's not done just because God said it. It's an offer. It's God saying, this is what I want to do for you.
This is what I have in store, but you have to get your words in agreement and speak what I say about you. This is where the Israelites missed it. The first time they came to the promised land, the parents of these people, God gave them this same promise. This is your land. You're gonna have these houses and these vineyards, fruits so big that the cluster of grapes take two people to carry.
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Chapter 2: What is the significance of declaring blessings before receiving them?
They were still outnumbered and outside the city. They could have thought, why are we gonna pronounce the blessing now? Once we get in, once we're victorious, living in those houses, then we'll say we're blessed. But this is what faith is all about. You have to speak what God promised you before you see any sign of it. You have to pronounce healing when the medical report's not good.
You have to pronounce abundance when your finances say you're barely gonna make it. You have to speak freedom when the addiction seems strong as ever. When you get your words in agreement with what God says, angels go to work. The chain breaker shows up. Supernatural power, provision, healing. Things you couldn't make happen, God will make happen.
Now don't forfeit the promise by speaking against what God says about you. Get an agreement. Have a report of victory, health, abundance. If you'll keep pronouncing the blessing, then you will possess all God has for you. Back in the Bible days, the way a king took new land wasn't just by force, but first he proclaimed it was his land.
He made this public declaration to all the people, his supporters, and the opposition that this was his territory. He didn't wait to conquer the city to take ownership. He didn't wait to build the infrastructure to say it was his.
Chapter 3: How do our words influence our reality and blessings?
His words marked territory. His words established dominion. It's the same principle with God. That's what he told the Israelites. This land is yours. I'm giving it to you. Now you have to pronounce the blessing before you possess it. not after, not when you see what you're believing for, when the trouble turns around, when you get that promotion.
No, before you go into the land, you need to announce, this is your land. Your words are marking territory. Your words are setting boundaries. You are announcing not just to people who are for you, but you are announcing to the enemy, you are on my territory and you are not welcome here. You are drawing that line in the sand. You are exercising your authority.
It's like you're putting a stake in the ground with the flag of your country establishing ownership. When you say healing is mine, you're marking that territory. Abundance belongs to me.
Chapter 4: What lessons can we learn from Moses and the Israelites about claiming promises?
Salvation for my family, good relationships, successful business, bright future. That's not just being positive, hoping, wishing like kings back in their day. You're making a public declaration that that land belongs to you. You have to mark the land with your words before you mark it with your feet. When you speak that promise in the unseen realm, boundaries are established.
Forces of darkness pay attention. You are setting your flag, putting on notice that you are coming for the territory the Most High God has promised you. Now let's start marking some new territory. God told the people of Israel, you've gone around this mountain long enough. Same thing over and over 40 years complaining. We can't do it. It's hot out here. It's never going to change.
Oh, it's time to take new ground. It starts with our words. Lord, I want to thank you that you promised to do exceeding, abundantly, above and beyond what I ask or imagine. You're setting your stake in new territory for God to exceed your expectations, to show out in your life, to surprise you with his goodness. Maybe you have children that are off course. It's been that way a long time.
It's easy to settle in that land, just keep going around the same mountain. Well, Joel, I'm making it. God's been faithful. Yes, it's good to be grateful, but how about stretching your faith? God, you promised that as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Thank you that my child will fulfill his purpose. Holy Spirit, thank you that you're helping him do what he can't do on his own.
That's marking new territory. That's announcing to the enemy that you can't stay on that land. That's God's property and I'm coming for you. With your words, you're establishing dominion. You're setting boundaries. You're making that proclamation. We're not just in the natural, but in the unseen realm, you're taking authority, declaring what God promised will come to pass.
And it's not up to you to make it all happen. God said, I want you to obey me, pronounce the blessing, declare what I said about you. That's when God will do what you can't do. He'll make ways where you don't see a way With your words you're marking territory Now pay attention to what you're marking.
Well, i've had this problem so long I don't think i'll ever meet the right person everybody in my family struggles with an addiction Or nobody can get ahead. We'll never have enough That's like the israelites going around that same mountain Giants are too big always going to be this way That group never did go in
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Chapter 5: How does speaking blessings activate God's promises in our lives?
The next time they were at the promised land, 40 years later, God told their children, in effect, don't be like your parents. Don't defeat yourself with your words. You have to pronounce the blessing, not pronounce the problem. That's going to keep you circling.
Why don't you start pronouncing your healing, pronouncing your abundance, your children honoring God, your business excelling, your future filled with peace, joy, new levels. You can't wait for it to happen. You have to mark the territory. You have to put your flag in the ground, so to speak. This land belongs to me. God, you promised me healing. I believe healing is mine.
God, you said I have a sound mind, free from worry, anxiety, confusion. Lord, I thank you for your peace. God, you said I'd be the happy mother of children. Experts say we can't have a baby, but God, I thank you that a child is on the way, that I will conceive and give birth. That's how you possess the land. Speak the blessing. Declare what God promised. That's marking your territory.
We have a little dog at home named Evie. She's a Shih Tzu and she weighs about 10 pounds, the nicest, friendliest dog ever. When we take her for a walk, every 30 feet or so, she'll stop and mark her territory. That smell tells the other dogs that they don't belong there. This is her street. She's very small, but she doesn't know her size. She thinks she's a Great Dane.
In her mind, she's a big, powerful dog, not afraid of anything. Another dog will pass 10 times her size. She'll go right up to it, growling, snarling, barking. I have to hold that leash so tight to not let her get away. She's not afraid of the other dog, but I am. I think, don't get him mad at us. But Evie is letting that other dog know that he doesn't belong there.
She's already marked her territory, set her flag in the ground. He better get out of there fast or there's going to be trouble. She marks her territory a different way. We mark our territory with our words. When you speak God's promises, you are establishing ownership. And it's good to believe the promise, but the scripture says the spirit of faith is in our words.
Words give life to what you're believing. God has given us all these incredible promises. Like the Israelites, he's promised us the land, the healing, the freedom, the family. But here's where we can miss it. Silence leaves the territory unclaimed. Silence is not neutral. Silence is surrender. You have to pronounce the promise before you possess it.
When you speak what God says, that gives life to your faith. You are marking territory. You are setting boundaries, establishing ownership. But I wonder if you're leaving territory unclaimed because you're not speaking it. Are you surrendering land that belongs to you? Promises of healing, freedom, abundance, because you haven't spoken the blessing?
If you don't pronounce it, you won't possess it. And it's good to believe that your family will come to know the Lord. Good to stay in faith, be positive. But when you say, Lord, I wanna thank you, that as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, that takes it to a new level. Just imagine you're putting your stake in the ground, claiming this territory belongs to me.
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Chapter 6: What role do words play in overcoming personal challenges and giants?
He's already defeated. God will go before you and clear the path. He'll make the wrong things. He'll move them out of your way so you can possess the land. This is what David did. 17 years old, he heard Goliath taunting the Israelites. They were on one side of the mountain, the Philistines on the other. These two armies were in a standoff.
Well, Goliath would come out twice a day and shout threats and insults to the people of Israel. He was a giant that stood over nine feet tall, the champion of their army, the most skilled and talented warrior they had. The land God promised you will probably have some giants on it. Opposition will inhabit your land. It's easy to back down, but you have to mark that territory.
You have to take ownership of it and God will defeat your enemies. You don't have to fight Goliath by yourself. The sickness, the addiction, the struggle, it may be too much for you. You can't do it in your own strength, but that's not your part. Your part is to pronounce the blessing, declare what God says, and once you put your stake down, God will go to work. All the Israeli army was afraid.
When Goliath came out, they ran and hid and thought, oh man, there's no way, he's too big. As long as you're silent, you're surrendering territory. Giants will occupy your land. Not because they're stronger, bigger, but because you haven't marked your territory. You haven't established ownership. This is not something that God is going to do. You have to do it.
Faith is activated through our words. One morning, Goliath came out making all this noise. David didn't run. He didn't hide. He said, Goliath, you come against me with a sword and a shield, but I come against you in the name of the Lord God of Israel. David didn't just believe the promise. He didn't just hope God was with him. He spoke the blessing.
He went on to say, this day I will defeat you and feed your head to the birds of the air. That wasn't just trash talk, that was territorial talk. David was marking his territory. He was establishing ownership, saying this land belongs to us, you are not welcome here. He went up to him, slung that rock and hit Goliath in the forehead and knocked him to the ground.
That's recorded in 1 Samuel 17, verse 49. But the real victory happened four verses earlier in verse 45, when David said, I will defeat you. He had to pronounce the victory before he could possess the victory. Had David gone in there and thought, I don't know, man, he's big. Look at his armor. He's got all this experience. If David had talked defeat, we wouldn't be talking about him today.
If he had not marked his territory with his words, if he had stayed silent, he would have never defeated Goliath. And here's the key. Goliath wasn't just a giant. He was a squatter living on the land that belonged to the Israelites, taking their inheritance. All the Israeli army was quiet. They were afraid. Silence gives permission for squatters to stay on your land.
When we stay silent, we surrender the territory. On the way to your destiny, there will be some Goliaths on your property, giants inhabiting places that God has promised you. Imagine squatters on your land, sickness, depression, generational dysfunction on your property, enjoying your house, eating from your garden. It's time to serve some eviction notices.
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Chapter 7: How can we mark our territory and establish ownership with our words?
I live under the open windows of heaven. Start putting your stakes down. Tell the enemy he doesn't belong on your land. Mark your territory with your words. When you do that, you are setting boundaries, establishing ownership. I believe and declare what God promised the Israelites, he's promising you. As you pronounce it, you're going to possess it. Giants are about to fall.
Walls about to come down. The right people show up, healing, promotion, breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny. In Jesus' name, if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior.
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