Proverbs 4:20

My son, pay attention to my words and be willing to learn; open your ears to my sayings. Do not let them escape from your sight; keep then in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing and health to all their flesh. 

We the body of the church are God’s sons and daughters, and God wants us to succeed. We have to stop believing the lie that we are ordinary and ineffectual Christians. God doesn’t believe it! The Word is written down for us to read, believe and transform our lives. Everything that makes us successful in this life is written in the Word.

Joshua 1:8

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read (and meditate on) it day and night, so that you may be careful to do (everything) in accordance with all that is written in it; for then you will make you way prosperous, and then you will be successful.  

God doesn’t tell us to read the word to be a drudgery. He is telling us this because our thoughts can get slammed with earthly, worldly, fleshly desires that draw us away from Him. What has our focus has our thoughts, our minds and attention. If we wonder why our life is where it is we are to examine our thoughts compared to the Word. 

Mark 16:17-18

These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay hand on the sick, and they will get well. 

If we are frustrated with our lives and living below what Jesus has promised check what we believe. Are our hearts hardened in disappointment, frustration, unforgiveness and anger. Do a heart check and see what signs are following what we believe. Then repent! Next study the scriptures, use our authority and begin to STAND on the Word until the promises of God manifest in your life. 

2 Corinthians 10:5

We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the (true) knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ. 

Doubt, unbelief, fear, all begin with a thought! What we are thinking is what we believe. What we believe we manifest in our speaking and then our actions. If we never TAKE a THOUGHT and meditate on it, we will not destroy our Faith and open a door to the enemy. When the enemy whispers in our ear negative thoughts we are to rebuke him in the Name of Jesus. 

2 Corinthians 10:3-4

For though we walk in the flesh (as mortal men), we are not carrying on our (spiritual) warfare according to the flesh and using the weapons of man. The weapons of our warfare are not physical (weapons of flesh and blood) Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of the fortresses. 

If we are too earthly minded, carnally minded, fleshly minded we will not overcome in the spiritual realm. Our spirit has been given power and authority to fight all our battles in that realm. We are more than able to defend ourselves by speaking our authority in the name of Jesus. “Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of the fortresses.”

1 John 4:4

Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have (already) overcome them (the agents of the antichrist); because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world (of sinful mankind).

We must study until we believe. Our minds are exposed to negative bombardments every day until it wears our faith down. The Word builds us back up to carry our sword daily.  If the devil can get us to not stand on the authority of our word we will be defeated in doubt. We have the power of God living on the inside of us and can flatten the opposition of the enemy. Are we using it?

James 4:7

So submit to (the authority of) God. Resist the devil (stand firm against him) and he will flee from you.

We will never have to wrestle against a thought we don’t think. If we resist thinking negative, self-limiting lies from the devil we will never get into doubt. When we resist the devil we don’t allow him to park thoughts in our brain-whether fear, doubt, lack, sickness- whatever is contrary to what is provided for us through Jesus Christ. Resist the devil in the name of Jesus and he will flee from you. 

Matthew 18:18

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whatever you bind (forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth shall have (already) been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose (permit, declare lawful) on earth shall have (already) been loosed in heaven.

We cannot be silent Christians and overcome the attacks on the enemy. When we are active in our believing and speaking, we will be actively removing the barriers to whatever is coming against us in our life. The enemy is afraid of us using our authority and tearing down the strongholds. We cannot give up or give in but stand on the word of God. 

Matthew 28:18

Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and earth has been given to me.

Jesus transferred His authority to us here on this earth. Most of us still see ourselves as below and not above our circumstance. We don’t speak our authority but allow the devil to lie, cheat and steal from us. The Word says we have power to overcome the world through Jesus Christ. Unless we use the power of our authority our circumstances won’t change. 

Luke 10:19

Listen carefully: I have given you authority (that you now possess) to tread on serpents and scorpions, and (the ability to exercise authority) over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will (in any way) harm you.

Jesus gave us the authority to speak to our mountain whatever the mountain in our life be.  We don’t have to quote scripture to it but use Jesus’s name and tell it to go. We are to be specific and not general and talk to it and use our God given authority through Jesus to rule and reign on this earth as He did.