Free Your Words Hold a Miracle: The Power of Speaking God's Word by John Osteen Page A

redeemed. We are blessed. We are overcomers.”
    Now I want you to say it just for yourself. “I am saved. I am born again. I am a new creature. I am delivered. I am redeemed. I am blessed. I have overcome!”
    The Father smiles, Jesus rejoices, angels dance for you, and Satan trembles!
G OD, THROUGH J ESUS C HRIST ,
has brought total victory in every area of our lives, but we must enforce that victory.

Reflections from
            JOEL
T here was a man who traveled across the Atlantic on a cruise ship but never ate in the dining room. Instead, he would go off in a corner and eat cheese and crackers he had brought with him. Near the end of the trip, another man asked him, “Why don’t you come into the banquet hall and eat with us?” The traveler’s face flushed with embarrassment. “Well, to tell you the truth, I had only enough money to buy the ticket.” The other passenger shook his head and said, “Sir, the meals were included in the price of the ticket!”
Many of us are missing out on God’s best because we don’t realize that the good things in life have already been paid for in our redemption (1 Corinthians 7:23). We are surviving on cheese and crackers, while God has made much more available to us in Christ.

T oday, whether they recognize the source or not, many people are oppressed by Satan and the powers of darkness. They are miserable and tormented by guilt and doubt and lies. While many believers seem to be completely unaware that they are being assaulted by the powers of darkness, there are others who talk of demons and their work constantly. Neither is valid or profitable.
    Let your eyes rest on the scriptures listed on the following pages. Let your mind dwell on the eternal truths set forth in these verses. Meditate on them. They helped me, and they will help you.
    Boldly take the Word of God and train yourself to make it your constant confession. Read these scriptures aloud. Deliberately come before the throne of God with His Word and with this confession, and the enemy must flee from you!
    Remember, what you continue to believe in your heart and say with your mouth will come to pass in your life. Never allow your mouth to speak what is contrary to God’s Word.

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“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).
“Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus” (Hebrews 3:1).
“Take words with you, and return to the Lord. Say to Him, ‘Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the sacrifices of our lips’ ” (Hosea 14:2).
“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14–15).
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 18:21).
“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says” (Mark 11:23).
“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love” (Colossians 1:13).
“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience” (Ephesians 2:1–2).
“Nor give place to the devil” (Ephesians 4:27).
“For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 14:17).
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall