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Cut That Giant’s Head Off As you can see from all three of these powerful examples, when it comes to receiving from God, not only is it important that you believe what He said and move on it with corresponding action, you also have to make sure your words line up with His WORD. For better or for worse, your words matter! They are the means by which your faith is released. That’s why, like Jairus and the Shunammite woman, you want to stop talking about the bad situations you might be facing. The more you rehearse the sickness, or the calamity, or the problem to other people, or even to yourself, the bigger it gets. With every rehearsal, you’re crippling your soul, weakening your will and undermining your faith. Christians are too quick these days to grab their cellphone when something goes wrong and start calling people to tell them about it. That does damage to your faith. So don’t do it! Don’t talk the bad news. Don’t talk about the activity of the devil. Talk The WORD. Say about the situation what the Scripture says. Call your best faith buddy and, rather than describing in detail whatever demonic crisis might have cropped up in your household, just say, “The devil has attacked me today, and I want you to agree with me that everything in my life is well!” If you’re up against a giant in your life that will take a miracle from God to overcome, talk like David did when he came up against Goliath. He didn’t moan around about how tough the battle was going to be. He didn’t run to his friends and cry about how the giant had cursed him and threatened to feed his flesh to the birds and the beasts. No! When Goliath threatened David he answered with stout words of faith. He drew near to that Philistine and said: "Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel" (1 Samuel 17:45-46). Talk about a faith confession! David knew how to make one, didn’t he? He also knew how to follow it up with corresponding action: He ran toward Goliath! Launching a stone from his sling, he dropped Goliath like a tree and then finished the job by cutting Goliath’s head off with his own sword. “But Brother Copeland, when you’re talking about David you’re talking about a king and a prophet of God!” I know it. But Jesus said that the least of those of us who’ve been born again into the kingdom of God are greater than the mightiest prophet who ever lived (Matthew 11:11). That means no matter how small you may feel in the natural, there’s no devil in hell that’s a match for you. You’re a joint heir with the King of kings. You’re a blood-covenant brother of the One who defeated satan himself, took his keys away from him, and said, “All power, all authority has been given unto Me, both in heaven and earth!” You not only have more authority than Jairus and the woman with the issue of blood had when they received their miracles, you have more authority than even David and Elisha did. So what are you waiting on? Rise up and use the authority you’ve been given! Speak the word of faith to the devil, to cancer, to financial lack or any other demonic enemy that’s trying to rob you of God’s promises. Say to them with the boldness of David, “You come at me with symptoms or with a bad report or negative circumstances, but I’m coming at you in the authority of the Name of Jesus!” Take the sword of God’s WORD and cut that giant’s head off. Become the deciding witness, side with God and declare, “ALL IS WELL!” V BVOV : 7

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