Creflo Dollar — Secrets to Being Fully Persuaded
Faith is what apprehends what's already been done. Faith is what takes possession of what's already been done. Faith is how you respond to what's already been done. Faith takes, grace makes, praise God.
See, anytime you look at things in your life and, you know, it just seems like there's no hope in that area, get your hope from the promises of God. Hope in what God said rather than hoping or being hopeless in a present circumstance or situation in your life.
When you start considering His Word to the point where you start praising God for it, when you start considering His Word to the point where you start-- till you start thanking Him for it before it even manifests, you start getting up, "Thank You for that Lord, thank You for this," you start meditating and you start saying that word and you move into thanksgiving...
We recognize that there are some things in life that--that involve strategy, it involves process, it involves taking your time, and it involves detail; and yet with God's Word, we want to--we want to put God's Word in microwave category.
The Word of God needs to be put in your mouth, ladies and gentlemen. That Word needs to be put in your mouth. There's a battle over your tongue. Satan is battling. There's a battle, who gets to put their word in your mouth. That's where your authority comes from. That's the source of your authority being released.
Who gets to put their word in your mouth. And so Satan will use television, radio, songs so that he can put some word in your mouth, because if the word can get in your mouth, then you have, by your own decision, decided to authorize the enemy...