What if declaring God’s promises in scripture could revive your hope, invigorate your faith, and release God’s power to cause breakthrough in your life? This video reveals how declaring God’s word over your life turns your struggles into strength, and your greatest trials into opportunities for God to show up for you in miraculous ways.

You could be in a dark place right now, caused by a painful failure, economic hardship, a devastating loss, a broken relationship, a debilitating illness or injury, or a situation that is entirely beyond your control.

Regardless of the circumstances, these times of darkness and desolation can leave you feeling drained, hopeless, and uncertain of the path forward. Ezekiel reveals God’s provision for you to overcome.

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00:00 Introduction

2:18 Dry Bones, hear the Word of the Lord

2:46 The Word and the Spirit

3:41 Speak to the Dead Areas of Your Life

4:21 Jesus Spoke Life to People and Situations

5:26 Speak God’s Promises to Your Problems

6:54 Why do we need to declare God’s promises?

7:50 Speak to the mountains (problems) in your life

9:32 Activation

Ezekiel 37: Dry Bones, Hear the Word of the Lord

Holy Spirit led Ezekiel to this valley filled with human bones, thousands and thousands of bones – old and dried out. As they walked among the bones,

4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

How did the old, dead bones come together and human bodies be formed around them? Holy Spirit told Ezekiel to prophesy to the old, dry bones scattered throughout the valley: “Dry bones, hear the Word of the Lord.”

An army of people was formed, but they were not yet alive.

What brought them to life? The “ruach” – the Hebrew word used in scripture to mean breath, wind, and the Holy Spirit of God.

Ezekiel prophesied to the wind and the Holy Spirit brought the army (the Hebrew people) back to life by breathing God’s life into them.

This is a also prophetic picture of the Word of God and the Holy Spirit bringing Christians to life and bringing to life the dead areas of our lives.

As we speak the Word of God over our lives, Holy Spirit brings life to the dead areas of our lives.

“You and I also must continually speak to dead areas in our lives and circumstances. A main method of God bringing change to a situation is for one of His children to speak His promises over people and circumstances. "God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did" (Romans 4:17).” Steve Backlund, Igniting Faith in 40 Days.

As a man, Jesus frequently spoke to problems, commanding them to submit to God’s word. John 6:63 NIV, 2 Timothy 3:16

You, too Have the Power to “Speak Life “ as You Speak God’s Promises Over Your Circumstances Proverbs 18:21, 1 Peter 1:23, Romans 10:10 NLT, Romans 10:17,

We live in a fallen world. John 16:33, 1 John 5:4

Jesus Told Us To Speak to The Mountains (our problems) Mark 11:23

What can Nehemiah’s rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem teach you about how to rebuild the brokenness in your life? Nehemiah is an Old Testament story with a powerful New Testament application!

00:00 Nehemiah and King Artaxerxes

3:36 Types and Shadows

– Nehemiah (Holy Spirit)

5:06 - Rebuilding the Temple (Salvation – born again)

5:50 -Broken Walls and Burned Gates (damages of sin)

walls – Biblical principles and truths that protect and create safe boundaries

Gates – decision making (self government)

7:18 Rebuilding is hard

8:58 Satan Resists Us. We must fight back.

12:01 4 Key Take Aways from this Video

14:07 Activation

How Nehemiah enabled the people of Jerusalem to rebuild the destroyed walls and gates of the city in 52 days. The People had been trying to do that for almost 70 years!!! How did he do it?

Types and Shadows

Nehemiah’s name means “comforter or consoler.” Nehemiah is a type (a prophetic symbol) of the Holy Spirit, who was given to all men upon Jesus’ death and resurrection. Holy Spirit is the comforter Jesus promised to send to us in John 14:26.

Restoring the Human Spirit and Soul

The rebuilding of Jerusalem is a type (a model) of the restoration of a person.

The Temple Represents the Spirit of a Man

The rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem is a type of the spirit of a man being regenerated - born again.

The Broken Walls and Burned Gates Represent the Damage Done to Our Souls (minds, wills, and emotions) by Sin

The walls – are the boundaries (the principles and truths established by God) to protect us and keep us within God’s will. They keep us in a place of blessing and safety.

Gates in scripture represent government (it’s where the important decisions in a city were made). Gates are our ability to govern ourselves – our decision-making ability. Our gates must be rebuilt – our ability to make good, godly decisions about what to let in and what to keep out must be restored.

Nehemiah Empowered the People to Do in 52 Days what they Could Not Do in 66 Years

Nehemiah 6:15-16

So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

16 When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.

Key Points:

1. You can’t fix your brokenness. Only Holy Spirit can.

2. Holy Spirit directs the work. He initiates, He provides the materials to build (the Word of God, the power of God, and relationship with God and God’s people). Your role is to take the materials He provides and use them to rebuild the brokenness in your life as He directs..

3. If you don’t co-labor with Holy Spirit, you will not rebuild your personality. You will be saved, but living in the rubble of your past. Your gates will be down. You will be a broken Christian, saved but broken, open to ungodly influence, and unable to fulfill God’s purposes and plans for your life.

4. Nehemiah’s work required the King’s authority to get the job done. Satan will oppose every step you take to become who God created you to become. Jesus warned us, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33

1 John 5:4 This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

Faith isn’t faith unless you act on it. Our actions solidify and strengthen our faith.

James 2:17 NLT

So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

ACTIVATION: Please see the video and do the activation!!

For years I was taught God was strict, harsh and just waiting to punish me if I sinned. Many years later, I came to know Him. And he is just the opposite – powerful, yet humble, loving, kind, understanding and wanting more than anything to have relationship with me.

Instead of doing a traditional teaching, I felt God saying to let His Word speak directly to you.

Let these words wash over you, renewing your mind, strengthening your faith, and drawing you into a revelation of the heart, power and purpose of God for you.

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Romans 10:17

7 Cornerstone Beliefs of a Biblical Worldview (1 of 7)

Cornerstone Belief #1 God is the creator of all things. He is all-powerful, knows everything, and is present in all places at the same time. He is loving, righteous, merciful, and he wants relationship with everyone.

00:00 Introduction

56 Scriptures:

0:50 1. God is the Creator of All Things:

Isaiah 45:12, Colossians 1:16, Psalm 33:6, Revelation 4:11, Hebrews 11:3, Jeremiah 10:12-13

2:46 2. God is All-Powerful (Omnipotent):

Jeremiah 32:17, Isaiah 40:28, Matthew 19:26, 2 Peter 1:3,Job 42:2 , Luke 1:37,

Colossians 2:15 , 1 John 4:4, 1 John 3:8

4:32 3. God Knows Everything (Omniscient):

Proverbs 15:3, Hebrews 4:13, Isaiah 46:9-10, Isaiah 42:9, Psalm 139:1-4

5:56 4. God is Present in All Places at the Same Time (Omnipresent):

Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 23:24, Psalm 46:1, Psalm 139:7-10, Matthew 28:20, Matthew 6:6, Job 34:21

7:29 5. God is Loving:

Exodus 34:5-7, Psalm 136:26, Romans 5:8, Ephesians 2:4-5 , Romans 8:37-39,

1 John 3:1, 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:19

9:21 6. God is Righteous:

Deuteronomy 32:4, Psalm 145:17, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 5:16, Romans 3:22, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 2 Timothy 4:8, Psalm 71:19

11:07 7. God is Merciful:

Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 103:8, Ephesians 2:4-5, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Hebrews 4:16, Psalm 23:6

12: 35 8. God Wants Relationship with Everyone

Jeremiah 29:13, Revelation 3:20, John 3:16, John 17:3, James 4:8, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 Timothy 2:3-4, John 1:12-13

1 John 5:4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

I pray that this video strengthened your faith to know the power, the love, and the purpose that God has for you.