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  • Words uttered are altars (3)

    Words uttered are altars (3)

    Text: “….As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you” – Numbers 14:28

    • Henry O. Adelegan

    From the preceding messages, it was brought to the fore that following the grumbling of the Israelites, God told Moses and Aaron that what the people grumbled about must be their possession. Consequently, God cursed them and said that, anyone who is above 20years of age will die in the wilderness and their young ones will embark on a journey of 40days for 40years. The Israelites were rewarded according to their confession. It was further highlighted that when we are in agreement with God, according His words, such confessions shall come to effortless manifestation because God puts His word above His name (Psalm 138:2) and even if heaven and earth pass away, His words shall stand forever (Matthew 24:35).

    Not only that, God has promised that as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is the word that goes out from His mouth, it will never return to Him empty but shall accomplish what He desired and shall achieve the purpose for which He sent it (Isaiah 55:10,11). 

    Please be reminded dear brothers and sisters that, things don’t just happen until they are commanded to happen by the Word of God. When you utter the written word, God makes your voice irresistible to the elements of the world. Changes only occur where and when they are commanded to occur in the place of prayers and complimented with action. You must therefore close your eyes and ears to whatever you are facing or happening around you now. Whenever what you are seeing is in conflict with what is written, opt for what is written, and what is written shall be your possession. The written words that are confessed in faith move every human, physical, matrimonial, occupational, economical and spiritual mountains, because the moment you open your mouth wide confessing His written words and become a loud faith talker, God will fill your mouths with loud and awesome testimonies (Mark 11:23; cf Proverbs 18:23) – words uttered are altars!

    Lastly, the confessed word moves God to action. Jesus Christ said in John 14:10b that, …. ‘The words that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works..” Jesus Christ said that I confess but it is God that does the work for me to possess. This means that whenever you speak in faith, it is not for you to know how it will manifest because the Almighty God will go ahead to perform His duty of perfecting what had been spoken.

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    Beloved in Christ, to enable you get maximum benefits from the positive words uttered during this season of Lent, you must confess your sins to Him and plead for forgiveness, ask Jesus Christ to be the Lord of your life from today, get acquainted with His declared words through association with a place of worship where sound word of God is preached, read your Bible regularly and ensure that the words read and preached reflect positively in your life and living. 

    Consequently, you must begin to confess what He said in His words and not what you are seeing, particularly concerning Nigeria. You must never limit yourself in the place of divine blessings because you are at liberty to declare your expectations by … ‘calling those things which be not as though they were.’ ( Romans 4:17). Please remember that WHATEVER IS TOO BIG FOR YOUR MOUTHS TO SAY, WILL BE TOO BIG FOR YOUR EYES TO SEE. As the Lord lives, your uttered positive words shall be your eternal altars in the name of Jesus Christ..

    Prayer: Lord, guide the words of my mouth in line with your will and let the word confessed profit in my life life in Jesus’ name.

  • Words uttered are altars (2)

    Words uttered are altars (2)

    By Henry Adelegan

    Text: “….As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you” – Numbers 14:28

    From our text, God told Moses and Aaron that what the Israelites grumbled about must be their possession. He cursed them that anyone who is above 20years of age will die in the wilderness and their young ones will embark on a journey of 40days for 40years. Beloved, God honors our confessed words, and we are expected, as His children, to confess His promises irrespective of what we are seeing or the things that are happening around us because words uttered are altars.

    The primary way you cooperate with the power of God is by agreeing with what His word says. If you reject the word of God, it cannot come to pass in your life. In the same way, if you reject Satan’s words, they cannot manifest in your life. Whatever Satan cannot plan in your mind, he cannot plan in your life. It is therefore my prayer that God will forgive you in areas where you have, perhaps out of anger and frustration, used your tongue against yourself, your spouse, your children, your place of work, your church or your nation in the name of Jesus Christ.

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    Beloved, please note that things don’t just happen until they are commanded to happen by the Word of God. Changes only occur where they are commanded to occur in the place of prayers and complimented with action. When you confess the written word, God makes your voice irresistible to the elements of the world (Ecclesiastes 8:4; Rev. 19:16). Nothing happens in an environment of spiritual numbness (Psalm 81:10). Please be informed that the Word of God is superior to whatever adverse situation you are passing through now. It is by accepting and tenaciously declaring the truth that will give you the leeway to suffocate what you are passing through ( 2 Cor. 4:18).  When you focus on the condition, you get yourself trapped in the condition. In real life, you may be sick but the position in Christ is that you are healed (1 Peter 2:24). The condition of life may be that you are poor, but the position in Christ is that you are very wealthy. Things may be quite unkindly in Nigeria now but the truth is that Nigeria is a great nation and shall bounce back soon. Kindly note that all things are yours in Christ Jesus (1 Corinthians 3:21; Peter 1:3).

    Elijah the Tishbite used the word of God concerning the weather in 1 Kings 17:1 when he said unto Ahab that “As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, BUT ACCORDING TO MY WORD.” He used his lips to seal heaven and kept the keys for three and a half years; and when it pleased him, he opened heaven again. Also at another time in history, five kings of the Amorites, Jerusalem, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon, gathered themselves together and made war against Israel. The Lord discomfited the 5 nations before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon. As they fled before Israel, Joshua spoke to the sun and moon that, “Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies”. (Joshua 10:12-14).

    Another person who made a landmark confession was Prophet Ezekiel. He spoke to dry bones as he was commanded to do, and the laws of nature were suspended, dead bones rose up, bones were joined to bones and a mighty army arose ( Ezekiel 37:1-7). As God lives, whatever had been classified as dead in your life shall hear the word of God and come to live. Where they have said there was no way for any of yours, ways are opening now. As many that are trusting God for marriage, I confess that your right bones shall locate your bones. That job which you are trusting God for shall locate you. God shall move you from where you are to your right place and position in the name Jesus.

    What you need to do henceforth is to ensure that you are not trapped in your condition but to confess what is written and take positive action in that direction. I bear God’s witness that as you continue to wait on Him in this season of Lent, He will come through for you in His mighty power and shall satisfy you with all that are expedient for your testimonies in the name of Jesus. Always remember that the words you utter are your altars.

    Prayer: Lord, please guide the words of my mouth and let my confessed words facilitate my full restoration in the name of Jesus.