SCRIPTURE:

 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17)

There was a man in the book of Acts, chapter 14, who the Scriptures say “never had walked: the same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked (verses 8–10).

Notice the man had faith, but he was sitting on it, probably waiting on a feeling. Faith is not a feeling nor is it a product of reason or human logic. Faith is a spiritual force coming out of your spirit (inner man) and once released, it will do the impossible. 

Faith is released the moment we act on the Word.

PRAYER:

Dear God, I praise You, Father, that Your Word, when spoken and released, builds faith in me to receive healing, deliverance, protection, and provision for whatever I need. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston’s must-read book, The God Kind of Faith. To order your copy now, click here.

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SCRIPTURE:

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV)

Job said “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me…” (Job 3:25). The Word of God tells us to “fear not”…God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV). Job returned to faith and God restored to him twice as much as what he had before. He got double for his trouble.

Real faith, or the God kind of faith says “If God says it’s true, it is true.” It needs no physical evidence that would satisfy the senses…it acts on the Word of God independent of sense evidence. This faith is much like Abraham had when God told him that he and his barren wife Sarah were going to have a child. “He considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb” (Romans 4:19).

Real faith is built on the Word of God alone.

PRAYER:

Dear God, I have no fear but walk in love and power with a sound mind. I need no physical evidence that Your promise will be manifest in my life. My trust is in You. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston’s must-read book, The God Kind of Faith. To order your copy now, click here.

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SCRIPTURE:

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. (Romans 8:19)

After Jesus stopped a storm in Mark, chapter 4, the disciples feared exceedingly and said one to another, “what manner of man is this” (verse 41). It’s the manner of man the world is waiting for. Romans 8:19 says, “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”

Two enemies of this God kind of faith are “sense knowledge faith” and “mental assent.” Sense knowledge faith says, “When I see it with my natural eyes or when I feel it, then I will believe.” It’s the kind of faith that’s built on some natural experience rather than solely on the Word of God.

Mental assent agrees with the Bible that it came from God, and that every word is true. But when the crisis comes, it does not work. Why? Because the Word never entered into the person’s heart (See Romans 10:8). Other enemies of faith are fear, doubt, and unbelief. They are all designed to rob you of your faith and leave you vulnerable to the devil’s assaults.

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, thank you for Your Word that works in my life. It saves, heals, protects, and provides. I will guard my faith through knowing and doing Your Word. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston’s must-read book, The God Kind of Faith. To order your copy now, click here.

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SCRIPTURE:

…according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (Romans 12:3)

The Bible tells us that every born-again believer has been given “the measure of faith” (see Romans 12:3). Notice, it didn’t say “a measure,” but “the measure,” meaning that we all are given the same amount when we are born again.

This faith is referred to as the “God kind of faith.” Jesus told His disciples in Mark’s Gospel, “Have faith in God,” or we could say it like this, “Have or receive God’s faith.” This is the same faith that God Almighty used to create the universe. One prophet of God describes God’s faith as real faith.

When we use His faith, this “real faith” to understand and to do things that were before impossible, we are now operating in the class of God, mankind’s original mode of operation.

PRAYER:

Dear God, thank you that I have received “the measure of faith”—Your faith—that empowers me to do the things that before were impossible. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston’s must-read book, The God Kind of Faith. To order your copy now, click here.

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SCRIPTURE:

“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death” (Revelation 12:9–11).

Satan is making accusations against you to God day and night. His words condemn and put you down, but Jesus hears your confessions, whether you are repenting of your sins according to 1 John 1:9 or speaking life to a dead situation. You overcome Satan and his accusations by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony—declaring the Word of God….

God is the righteous Judge and Jesus is the one who enforces our New Covenant with Him. Jesus is also our attorney. When Satan accuses us, Jesus is the one who defends us in the heavenly court.

PRAYER:

Dear God, thank you for being the righteous Judge, and thank you Jesus for being my Savior, my Advocate, and my Attorney in the heavenly court. I am free from Satan’s accusations! In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston’s must-read book, The Law of Confession. To order your copy now, click here. here.

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SCRIPTURE:

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;  (Hebrews 3:1)

When you speak God’s Word, there are things that go into motion that you can’t see with the natural eye. This verse reveals where your words go and how they work in the spiritual realm. “Holy brethren” is you, and you are a partaker of the “heavenly calling.” What is that calling? To speak the Word and will of God into the Earth. And how do you do that? You are to consider (think about, ponder, and meditate on) Jesus.

Jesus is first your Apostle, the one who was sent by God to save you. He is the High Priest of your profession…Your profession or confession of faith goes right to Jesus, your High Priest, when you say what God and His Word say.

In the Old Testament, once a year the high priest went into the Holy of Holies to make a sacrifice on behalf of all the children of Israel for all the sins they had committed that year. He was doing something before God for everybody. Jesus became our eternal sacrifice and High Priest when He carried His own blood into the Holy of Holies in Heaven to atone for all the sins of mankind for all time. Now, He is the High Priest of our confession of faith. That means our words go right to Him in Heaven. 

PRAYER:

Dear Father, thank you for sending Jesus as my High Priest to save me. I will meditate on Jesus, the Living Word, and fulfill my calling to speak Your Word and will into the Earth. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston’s must-read book, The Law of Confession. To order your copy now, click here. here.

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SCRIPTURE:

The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. (John 6:63)

The law of confession governs our lives from the spiritual realm. Words have spiritual power, and they are not to be taken lightly. Jesus said it like this, “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63).

Most people have not made the connection between what they say and what they have in life. They have no idea the two are connected. And many Christians really don’t understand that their words are spiritual and powerful, especially when they are speaking God’s Word.

The Church needs to be taught the power of saying the same thing God says. We need to see and understand the creative ability He has given us as we agree with, assent to, concede to, profess, and declare openly the Word and the will of the Lord. This is how we will possess the inheritance Jesus died to give us—to fulfill our highest callings and to be conformed to the image of Christ Jesus.

PRAYER:

Dear God, Thank you for the creative ability You have given to Your children, including me, to possess the inheritance Jesus died to give us. I receive Your promises through confessing Your Word over every situation in my life. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston’s must-read book, The Law of Confession. To order your copy now, click here. here.

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SCRIPTURE:

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. (Hebrews 11:3)

The key to all creation [and creativity] is the Word of God. The universe was framed by “the word of God,” and this has always been a Word planet. God designed it that way. Hebrews 11:3 describes how God spoke this natural world into being. He used His words (spiritual things that are not seen) to create the physical universe (natural things that are seen).

The detailed account of God doing all this is found in Genesis, chapter 1: “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light…” If you read the entire passage in Genesis 1, after you read, “And God said,” you will read, “and it was so.” What God says happens! If He said it, you can bank on it.

“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11).

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, I praise You—Your works are awesome! You created the entire universe with words. I can create in my life those things I want to happen, according to Your Word. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston’s must-read book, The Law of Confession. To order your copy now, click here. here.

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SCRIPTURE:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (Proverbs 18:21)

Because many people have no revelation of the power of their words, they have caused themselves undo hardship. Many people failed when things became difficult, only because they lost their confession. The Bible plainly teaches that “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21). In other words, your words reflect your fate, not the devil, not your nation or background, not your relatives or circumstances.

When you believe and speak words that harmonize with what God has already spoken or declared, you release a force to which everything in the universe has to adjust. The power of the tongue is far beyond anything we can naturally perceive. Thinking positively is always good. It is always better to think positively than to think negatively. It will put you in a better frame of mind, but if that is all you do; it is not going to change anything.

Confession, or speaking in line with God’s Word, will change the circumstances in your life. In fact, I’ll make a bold statement: There is nothing in the universe so big and so powerful that cannot be turned around with your tongue.

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, I repent over any words I have spoken that are contrary to God’s words. I will speak words that are in alignment with what God says about my circumstances and believe they will be turned around for good. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston’s must-read book, The Law of Confession. To order your copy now, click here. here.

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SCRIPTURE:

for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. (Matthew 12:34)

The “heart” Jesus is referring to in this passage (see Matthew 12:34–37) is not the organ that pumps blood throughout the body. He is talking about the “spirit man.” The heart is a container, a bucket that holds things. Your heart or spirit man is the same way. It is the real you. It holds spiritual things and the spiritual things it holds are words. Whatever words are in there, in abundance, will come out of your mouth. These words may not come out when you’re sitting in church and everything is cool, the music is good, and everybody around you loves Jesus. It’s when you go out into the world, when things happen, and pressure comes against you, that’s when the real you will manifest in the form of speech. The triggermay be something a co-worker or your spouse says that prompts a negative response from you.

You might even have made a commitment that you will not say certain things anymore—regardless of the circumstance. Look at Peter. He thought he had it made. He told the Lord he would never forsake Him, but everything was cool when he said this. Once things in the world put pressure on him, Peter suddenly said he did not know Jesus. He spoke this out of the abundance or “treasure” of his heart.

The “treasure of the heart” refers to a deposit. So, a good man out of the good deposit of his heart can bring forth goodthings or evil things, depending upon what is in him. “Bring forth” means sometime in the future. Therefore, you must check your heart, because whatever is in it is going to be your future. If you want your future to stay the same, just keep saying what you have been saying. If you want your future to change, you need to say something different because what you sow is what you are going to reap.

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, I examine my heart and repent for every negative word that has flowed out of my mouth. With the help of the Holy Spirit, I purpose to speak only that which agrees with Your Word and will produce good things in my life and circumstances. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Bill Winston’s must-read book, Power of the Tongue. To order your copy now, click here. In Canada? Click here.

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