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

[dispensing good to others]” (Genesis 12:2 AMP ), and we often say, “All right, God! Come on; pour out Your blessings on me!”
But notice, there’s a catch. We must do something; better yet, we must be something. God is implying that we will not be blessed simply so we can live lavishly or self-indulgently. We will be blessed to be a blessing. Indeed, unless we are willing to be a blessing, God will not pour out His favor and goodness in our lives. We will receive from God in the same measure we give to others.
If we’d listen more carefully, maybe we’d hear God saying, “When are you going to start being a blessing?”

J esus said that in the last days, men’s hearts would fail them for fear (see Luke 21:26). Fear is a tormenting spirit (see 1 John 4:18), and far too many people live under this torment today.
    Read Psalm 91 several times, and let it sink into your heart as you meditate upon it.
    Make the declaration with me. Surely no day should pass without you boldly knowing this declaration so well that you can repeat it anytime and anywhere. God, by the power of His Word, will lift you to a plane of victory where every trace of fear and torment will be banished.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the L ORD , “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the L ORD , who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”
PSALM 91
    In the last three verses of this beautiful psalm, God gives us seven promises. These promises are contingent upon one fact: that we set our love upon Him. When we love Him, He will deliver us and set us on high. He will answer us when we call upon Him and be with us in trouble, and He will honor us. He will satisfy us with long life and show us His salvation.

A P ERSONAL D ECLARATION OF V ICTORY O VER F EAR
    “Father, I come to You with Your Word. I will not let pass from my lips that which would grieve You or harm me, but I will put Your words within my lips and confess them at Your great throne.
    “I know that words can be destructive or they can be strength to those who walk uprightly. I choose to speak Your words, Father, because they are life. Your Word is eternally settled in heaven.
    “You said to Joshua, the great deliverer, ‘This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth’ (Joshua 1:8).
    “King David said, ‘I will say of the L ORD ’ (Psalm 91:2).
    “The Word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah—‘Is not My word like a fire?’ says the L ORD , ‘and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?’ (Jeremiah 23:29).
    “Mary, the mother of Jesus, said, ‘Let it be to me according to your word’ (Luke 1:38).
    “Therefore, I say, let it be to me