Open Your Mouth and Speak

A declaration of my “truth” in Christ

Merriam-Webster definition of declaration: the act of declaring; announcement

I was surfing through the TV channels this morning and came across a preacher I have not seen in sometime.  He was teaching on being a New Creature in Christ and what it really means.  I immediately turned up the volume and began to listen and take study notes; I knew it was for me.  He was preaching from his teaching “God’s Voice Activated System” and how everything that has been created by the Creator has manifested through words.  God said, and it was so.  After listening quite intently, I heard in my spirit “open your mouth and speak”.  I said, speak what?  Speak a declaration of your truth, in Christ!

You see, I have come to realize, the devil cares nothing about our thoughts.  We can think about something day and night, but when we begin to speak out of our mouths what has been deposited within our spirits by the Holy Spirit, he begins to tremble.  As I think back, one of the greatest fears that many within our family struggle with is: SPEAKING ALOUD.  During the course of our lives, most of the things we have experienced have forced us into a place of guilt, shame, and silence.  If the enemy of your soul can silence you, than he’s got you.

It is what I believe Satan uses as part of his greatest arsenal. If he can inflict pain, guilt and shame on us, than he knows for the most part it will keep us quiet.  But God!  As a New Creature in Christ, I/we no longer have to adhere to his words, images or fears that would continue to keep us bound in silence.  When we received the Lord’s call to salvation, all of our past fears were nailed to that cross.  We have been resurrected into a newness of life that no one can take from us.  We can give it up, but no one can take it away.

Recognizing this, I have begun reading my bible aloud.  God says in Isaiah 43:26, put me in remembrance; let us argue our case together; state your cause, that you may be proved right.

We have to get to a place where we can speak God’s word back to Him and speak over our own lives, the truth as we know it in Christ.  God holds His word higher than His name.   So, as I have been commissioned this day, I will open my mouth and declare my truth in Christ!  I will declare daily who God says I am in Christ and not waiver.  

I began to write this blog earlier in the day and then decided I would not publish it until tomorrow.  However, while showering I asked Holy Spirit, should I send it today or tomorrow?  He said, “send it today”.  I believe within my heart there is someone out there that needs this word for today.  Maybe it’s not about self declaration, maybe there is something you are going through and you are unsure about your decision.  I don’t know, but what I’m sure of is you need to “open your mouth and speak”.

Below are the scriptures Holy Spirit brought back to my remembrance that I have started to speak over myself.  If God used His words to speak life into creation and we are made in His image, then maybe we have not, because we speak not.

Speak your end from your beginning!  In Jesus Name.

 I decree and declare:

And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. Genesis 1:27

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations. Jeremiah 1:5

                                                              

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.  Romans 8:17

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well.  Psalm 139:14

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. Ephesians 6:10

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God. Psalms 20:7

They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.  John 17:16

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  Psalms 91:1

Delight thyself also in Jehovah; and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.  Psalms 37:4

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread.  Psalms 37:5

God Bless Family.

Trice