Wisdom is a Weapon

Speaker 1 Hey, this is Justin Winacre. I'm the pastor of Freedom House, and this is our podcast. Thank you for joining us today. I hope you're challenged and inspired to go after more of God and see revival in your life and in your city. Now please enjoy the message. Speaker 2 We're going to continue digging into our assignment for this year of becoming Wise warriors. We define wise warriors like this. We equip ourselves with bold humility, embracing a fierce posture of desperation that drives our every move. With unwavering determination, we ascend to the high place every day, prepared to respond to the thunderous roar that shakes our very core. Because He engulfs us completely, we are driven to relentlessly battle for our sacred refuge in the secret place. The unparalleled fear of the Lord seizes our very souls, controlling every single action we take. Our fear of the Lord fuels our fearless spirit. As we rise and become fierce and fiery conquerors, we embody the essence of prayer. The House of prayer is our fortress. Hearing His words isn't enough. We fight to live by them. If we don't apply His truce, we perish. Victory belongs to warriors who fight together. We never waver knowing the victory is guaranteed before the battle even begins. Our battle tactics are fierce and unrelenting. We crush opposition and seize powerful breakthroughs. Fueled by righteous fury, we uproot, tear down, destroy and overthrow to build, plant and establish the Lord's victorious plants. Our perspective is battle ready. We overlook the obstacles and seize every opportunity to triumph. We don't back down from opposition but confront resistance, knowing that each challenge molds us into unstoppable warriors. Our praises are battle cries that unleash new songs of victory, echoing throughout the land. All raucous songs and wild dances aren't just expressions of joy. They're weapons that enforce divine judgement, chaining the strongholds of every enemy no matter the odds. We follow the Lord, crafting victory from chaos. We advance with ridiculous favor and wisdom 10 times better than anything the world has to offer. We are able to last and have longevity. We may not have been the first, but we will be the last. It's time for the Daniel Anointing to surge and unleash a tsunami of divine power on the front lines. In every battle, we rally behind God's voice. His thoughts and feelings ignite our spirits for the fight ahead. Wise warriors use their violent voices like a weapon to release divine wisdom from God, to conquer every stronghold, break the barriers of religion, cast out every fear and doubt, release miracles and healing, silence every accusation, and release revival in our homes, church and region. Wise warriors are filled with fire. Wise warriors don't retreat. Wise warriors keep building and obeying no matter what. Wise warriors wear the Daniel mantle. Jesus was a wise warrior, so we will become wise warriors. We're going to look at our next piece of the assignment starting in Proverbs chapter 21, verse 22. Come on, this is how we started at the beginning of the year. A warrior filled with wisdom ascends into the high place and releases breakthrough, bringing down the strongholds of the mighty and then through the life of Daniel. Let's look at Daniel chapter 2, beginning in verse 17. Then Daniel returned to his house and discussed the matter with Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, in order that they might seek compassion from the God of heaven regarding this secret, so that Daniel and his companions would not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night, and Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him. It is he who changes the times in the seasons. He removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and greater knowledge to those who have understanding. It is he who reveals the profound and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. I thank you and praise you, O God of my Father's, for you've given me wisdom and power. Even now You have made known to me what we requested of you, for you've made known to us the solution to the King's matter. So Daniel went to Arioch, who the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said to him, Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Bring me before the king, and I will reveal to the king the interpretation of his dream. Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel before the king and said to him, I found a man among the Exiles of Judah who can explain to the king the interpretation of the dream. The king said to Daniel, whose Babylonian name was Beltejasar. Are you able to reveal to me the content of the dream which I've seen and it's interpretation? Daniel answered the king and said Regarding the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither the wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers are able to answer the king. But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days, the end of days. This was your dream and the vision that appeared in your mind while on your bed. As for you, O King, as you were lying on your bed, thoughts came into your mind about what will take place in the future, and he who reveals secrets has shown you what will occur. But As for me, this secret has not been revealed to me, because my wisdom is greater than that of any other living man. But in order to make the interpretation known to the king and so that you may understand fully the thoughts of your mind, today we're talking about our part of the assignment that says wise warriors use their violent voices like a weapon to release divine wisdom from God, to conquer every stronghold, break the barriers of religion, cast out every fear and doubt, release miracles and healing, silence every accusation, and release revival in our homes, church, and region. So the title of my message today is Wisdom is a Weapon. Wisdom is a weapon. That's right. God's wisdom isn't just to know more things or to solve your problems better. God's wisdom is actually a weapon that you've been equipped with to fight the good fight of faith and win in every situation. You don't just make better decisions, you defend yourself against the devil. You don't just figure out how to lead a more fulfilling life. Speaker 3 You eliminate the enemy. Speaker 2 Out of your life, Ecclesiastes 918 tells us that wisdom is better than weapons of war. Wisdom is better than weapons of war because your what? Your wisdom enables you to evade the enemy's weapons of war. You can thwart the enemy's weapons of war with your wisdom. You can defeat the devil's weapons of war with your wisdom. In fact, the wisdom God gives is so powerful it can actually turn the devil's weapons of war against the enemy and cause him to be taken out by the very thing that he tried to take you. Speaker 3 Out with. Speaker 2 God's wisdom is so powerful a weapon, so today we're going to learn how to grow in it and how to wield it effectively so we can see overwhelming victory and breakthrough like never before. So the first thing that we need to embrace, like our very lives depended on it, is that humility leads to wisdom. This is where it all starts. If you want to have wisdom as a weapon, the only way you're ever going to get it is through humility. Now, this ties beautifully in with my wife preached into on Wednesday night. But let's look at Proverbs 11/2. It says when you act with presumption, convinced that you're right, don't be surprised if you fall flat on your face. But humility leads to wisdom. That's it right there. Humility leads to wisdom. You're not going to access God's wisdom walking in pride and arrogance. In fact, that's the surefire way to set yourself up to fall right to the devil's traps of disgrace and defeat. But if you want to actually defeat the devil and win, then the only way to do it is by choosing to humble yourself before God. Speaker 3 And let God. Speaker 2 Give you the wisdom you need. Speaker 3 To defeat the enemy. Speaker 2 That's exactly what Daniel and his friends did as soon as they heard about the King's decree to kill all the wise men. They all got together and they prayed to God for wisdom. You'll notice a couple things in here. Speaker 3 They. Speaker 2 All got together and they all prayed. They didn't think that they were above it or that they were too important to attend the prayer meeting. They knew something very powerful. Speaker 3 And that was they needed. Speaker 2 Each other. That's humility when you realize and recognize you can't do it on your own, that you actually need a fiery innermost that you know has your back and will seek God's face with you when everyone else is nowhere to be found. Now I gotta talk about innermost just for a minute today, as I firmly believe many of the problems that we have to deal with, it's because we have disregarded both God and our fiery Innermost. Now, Liz, I don't have time to re preach. My wife already did an amazing job. You should go check it out if you're not familiar with it. But basically you need an innermost that's just like a small group of people you already know they're on fire for God, they speak in tongues, they're going after the same thing, they're living right? All that stuff. That's your core small group of people that you can go to when you need some wisdom, when you need some guidance, when you need some advice because you know they're going to point you right to God. But see, the problem with pride is you think you can get this all by yourself. I don't need a fiery innermost. I got this. I got the Holy Ghost. Come on, you've heard all, You've heard it before. I just thought I'd just call it out today. You know that charismatic cuckoo crud. Well, I don't need the church. I am the church. Wrong. I don't need you, you know, fiery under most people. I've got the fire I've got. It's like, OK, yeah, great, you do. But it also says that you need one. It also says that you need each other it also says submit to one another. It also says to stay connected to a body. It also says that you're just a big toe and you can't say to the rest of the body. Hey, I don't need you Hey, arm, I don't need you. Hey ear. I don't really need you. I got this. No, you don't. We're all part of a body, so we you can't say I don't need Yes you do. Yes you do. I need you. Speaker 3 You need somebody. Speaker 2 Else we all need each other. That's the point. But what happens when you have the fiery innermost? But you, OK, so maybe you're like, OK, that's not me. I'm not in the first bucket where I just don't have one 'cause I got this. OK, so but maybe you do have a fiery innermost. You got one check. Speaker 3 But you never listen to them. Speaker 2 I mean, what's the point, really? What's the point of having a fiery innermost if when you actually need them? When you're actually up against a problem, When you actually have something? Speaker 3 That you need God to speak to you about and you don't quite know what to do, but you know you've got a group. Speaker 2 You've got two or three. Speaker 3 You've got a few. Speaker 2 People you know. Speaker 3 They're in the fire. They're going to seek God with you. They're going to. Speaker 2 Point you to the work. Speaker 3 They're not going to lead you astray, hey? And they tell. Speaker 2 You this is what God said, boom boom boom and they all are in agreement. Boom boom boom. Speaker 3 And you're like, hey. Speaker 2 Thanks so much. Yeah, I'm just going to do this over here anyway. You know, I technically. Speaker 3 I technically have an innermost, but you don't utilize them, you don't listen to them, you ignore. Speaker 2 Their advice? And then what happens? You think, well, I still got this. It's like, why you have them? You think they're just to? Speaker 3 Validate what you want to. Speaker 2 Do you think they're just to you know? Speaker 3 Just I. Speaker 2 Already know what you just need you to tell me that I'm right. No, they're there to. Speaker 3 Tell you what God says. They're to point you back to God. What does God say? What's the right way not? Speaker 2 Necessarily what you want to. Speaker 3 Hear But what What do you need to? Speaker 2 Hear. But what's the problem? I say. It's one of the biggest problems ignoring innermost My God, how many problems? How many problems? Speaker 3 Would we avoid if we? Speaker 2 Just in humility says, you know, I don't know it all, we individually don't know it all, but I bet you if. Speaker 3 We all got together and we all humbled ourselves under the mighty hand of God that He would give us some. Speaker 2 Wisdom from heaven, and he would show us what to. Speaker 3 Do and then do. Speaker 2 It and then do it. My God, it's pride to think that we could have that and just ignore it. Speaker 3 And then? Speaker 2 We'll just be all good. Don't run off a Cliff. Everyone. Don't run off a Cliff. OK, Doo Doo, let's run our off the Cliff. I don't understand. Well, you just blew through all the warnings 'cause you knew better. I'm glad that Daniel didn't think that he was above having a go to a prayer meeting with his other friends. And he's like, you know, God gave me, yeah, he gave you all some wisdom. Speaker 3 But I got all wisdom and visions and dreams. Speaker 2 So y'all are just kind of here and I'm like special my the books named. Speaker 3 After me, not you. Speaker 2 I'm glad Daniel didn't have that attitude. I'm glad he was like, you know, we're all in this together. Look, if we don't, if one of us. Speaker 3 Doesn't get this. Speaker 2 We're all toast. Who cares who gets it? Speaker 3 We just need to get it. Speaker 2 Thankfully, we know where to get it from. Hallelujah. But that takes humility. That's the only way you're going to get that wisdom. Humility. And then what? They all went to the same place. Speaker 3 To the same source. Speaker 2 Well, you know, I need like a diverse range of opinions. I need to like, you know, you're my friend that's like in the world. So you have an interesting. Speaker 3 Perspective. Speaker 2 The wrong perspective. My God. You could go to the. Speaker 3 Same place, the same source run after the face of the same God. They all humble themselves before God, recognizing their great need and dependency on. Speaker 2 Him proud people don't think they need other people, and quite honestly they don't really think they need God that much either, unless it's for God to just show up and do their bidding and be bossed around like a waiter taking their order. Speaker 3 Hey, hey, God. Speaker 2 I need a little more favor over here. You know that thing you just sent me? It was all right, but it's not quite to my liking. It's a little too saucy. Speaker 3 I need you to. Speaker 2 Take it back and actually do a little bit better this time. Speaker 3 You know that dessert? Speaker 2 Was like, all right, sweet, but it wasn't like super sweet. It wasn't like, exactly what I wanted. Speaker 3 So if you could just send it. Speaker 2 Back to the kitchen. Speaker 3 And do a little better this time. God, are you listening? I'm trying to tell you my order. It's gross ordering God around like. Speaker 2 He's there to serve us. Pride. Pride. And yet how much of the modern American church is exactly like that? No regard for God. We don't care. Speaker 3 Just give us what we want now. But proud people. Speaker 2 Limit themselves. It's the irony they think they got. Speaker 3 It. Speaker 2 But with their very attitude of self importance, they limit themselves in two important ways. Speaker 3 Number one, they don't bother. Speaker 2 Humbling themselves before God or other people. And as we saw, it's humility that actually leads to wisdom. So proud people can't open the door before they've even taken one step. You might as well just sit right back down. Don't even bother going up to that door. It's not going to open for you. But also, maybe more importantly, is that when you act in pride, God doesn't just keep you from accessing wisdom. Speaker 3 He actually. Speaker 2 Goes out of his way. Speaker 3 To oppose you because God opposes the proud. Speaker 2 So see, this is not in a vacuum. You don't get to just be like, oh man, well I guess that door is not going to open. Nope. Not only is it not going to. Speaker 3 Open now you got you. Speaker 2 Picked a fight with God, James, 46, tells us plainly. Speaker 3 God resists the proud, but gives grace to the. Speaker 2 Humble, if you'll notice in the story of Daniel and his friends. Speaker 3 All the other. Speaker 2 Wise men didn't. Speaker 3 Bother to humble. Speaker 2 Themselves before God, or anybody else for that matter. They just came to the end of their own lack of wisdom and we're just facing certain. Speaker 3 Death. Well, I guess we're. Speaker 2 Just all going to die because the king is crazy megalomaniac, crazy person. There's no. Speaker 3 One on the planet, no one could. Ever. Speaker 2 Do what you're asking. It's impossible. Speaker 3 Only the gods could reveal. Speaker 2 That how? Funny you should mention that. Funny you should mention that. Wise men, they just came to the end and they're like, welp, I guess we're all just going to die because no one can do that. Speaker 3 But Daniel humbled himself before he. Speaker 2 Got the answer. He humbled himself in prayer. He humbled himself with his friends. We need to do this together or we're done. Then when he got the answer. Speaker 3 He gives God praise. He. Speaker 2 Takes a moment right there. Speaker 3 And gives a praise break and he just acknowledges, God, you gave it to me. God, you're so awesome. God, you're so. Speaker 2 Great. And he humbles himself. Speaker 3 Again then when he goes and delivers. Speaker 2 The news to the king? He still humbles himself further. He makes a point. It's not me, do you know? You know that temptation right? In that moment, they like, spike the football. Like so hard. Like so hard. Speaker 3 All over the place. Speaker 2 Yeah, you thought, Yeah, yeah. Now he does kind of a little bit call out the other wise men and the astrologers, which is rightfully so, but like he could have been like. Speaker 3 I, I, Daniel, and only I have the secrets of knowledge in your Kingdom. You know he could have. He could. Speaker 2 Like no one else could do it, and he did it. But what's he do instead? He humbles himself. Didn't have to, but he did. You know what, King? I just want to take one step further and just say it's not me. It's. Speaker 3 God, there's a God in heaven who reveals secrets. Not because I'm special, Not because I'm he literally says. Not because I'm wiser than everyone else. My God, the humility. Speaker 2 Not because I'm wiser than everyone else, but I am willing to humble myself. Speaker 3 Before the one who does reveal wisdom and secrets, that's the only. Speaker 2 Way to do it. Daniel didn't take all the credit or the glory. Speaker 3 He gave all the credit and the glory to God. Daniel's life was dripping with humility. It was overflowing with humility. So it's no wonder Daniel's life was dripping and overflowing with wisdom. Speaker 2 Wisdom that he could actually use as a weapon. Speaker 3 Time and time again. No wonder why God could keep trusting Him in all those high places. A position and authority and promotion. Speaker 2 First, Peter 55 through 6 exhorts. Speaker 3 US. Speaker 2 All of you say that's me. Yeah, clothe yourselves with. Speaker 3 Humility toward one another tie. Speaker 2 On the servants, Abram, huh? Speaker 3 For God. Speaker 2 Is opposed to the proud. Speaker 3 The disdainful, the presumptuous. Oh, and he defeats them. Speaker 2 But oh, thank you, Jesus. Speaker 3 He gives grace to the humble. Speaker 2 Therefore, thank you Jesus. Make it real plain, therefore. Speaker 3 Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God. Set aside self-righteous pride so that He may exalt you to a place of honor in His service. Speaker 2 At the appropriate time. Oh. Speaker 3 But that takes great humility. Great. Speaker 2 Humility. Why? Speaker 3 You have to trust God with your life. You have to trust God with your circumstances, with His ways, with his timing. But all that is part of accessing His wisdom. Speaker 2 But you're not going to have an effective weapon without Wisdom. But. Speaker 3 You're not going to get wisdom without humility. Speaker 2 So today I say do whatever. Speaker 3 You have to do. Speaker 2 To cast down every high. Speaker 3 Place of pride that's been sabotaging your progress and holding you back from accessing the wisdom you need to overcome. Speaker 2 And to win the victory. Speaker 3 In your situation, but the. Speaker 2 Next thing we need to understand is that wisdom is a weapon in our. Speaker 3 Mouths. Speaker 2 Again, we can have the best, most advanced, most effective weapons in the universe. Speaker 3 But if we don't actually. Speaker 2 Use them correctly. Speaker 3 They're not going to do. Speaker 2 Us any good? Speaker 3 Just knowing about them, it's not going to cut it. Speaker 2 Technically taking them with. Speaker 3 You but never actually engaging with them in battle. It's also not going to do you any good. Speaker 2 I mean, think about you may as well just not even have it at all. You can have a gun and just keep it in your holster. Speaker 3 You can just. Speaker 2 Walk around, there's a bad guy and you could say bang, bang. That's not going to do any good. You actually have to, oh, take it out, Bang Bang. Speaker 3 Yeah, yeah, you actually have to use it. You actually have to use it. You have to activate this. Speaker 2 Wisdom and. Speaker 3 Put it in the battle and the way that you do that is to put the wisdom in your mouth and speak it out loud. God's Kingdom is a voice activated Kingdom and spiritual warfare is a voice activated warfare. I didn't make this up. I didn't choose to do it this way. God decided that. So you can either get with. Speaker 2 God or you'll go against God, but that's what it comes down to. Speaker 3 God has a violent voice that he utters from heaven to defeat his enemies. Ah. Speaker 2 Here we go. Speaker 3 Psalm 1813 through 15 paints us the picture. The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice, hailstones and coals of fire. He sent out His arrows and scattered them. He sent in abundance of lightning flashes and confused, and routed them in defeat. Then the stream beds of the waters appeared, and the founding nations of the world were laid bare. At your rebuke, oh Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. That is powerful imagery of how God uses His mouth to wage war on His enemies. He utters his voice. He opens his mouth. Hailstones, lightning, fire, arrows. Done because he spoke it at your rebuke. Speaker 2 You can't think a rebuke. Speaker 3 You can't wish a rebuke. You can only speak a rebuke. Speaker 2 My God at the. Speaker 3 Blast of the breath. You know when you speak, breath comes out. Speaker 2 Breath comes out, there's power behind it. But watch this. That's not all. Look at what it says about the Messiah in Isaiah 49. Speaker 3 Two, he has made my mouth like a sharp sword in the shadow of his hand. He's kept me hidden, and he has made me a sharpened arrow in his quiver. He has hidden me. My God, powerful imagery connecting the mouth with war. Specifically a sharp sword in his mouth, which come as no surprise since that's exactly how King Jesus is coming back again in his glory. Revelation 19 And I saw heaven open, and behold, a White Horse. And he who was riding on it is called faithful and true. And in righteousness he judges and wage war on the rebellious nations. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many royal, and he has a name inscribed on him which no one knows or understands except himself. He's dressed in a row dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God. And the armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, dazzling white and clean, followed him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword, his word, with which he strikes down the nations. And he will rule them with a rod of iron, and will tread the winepress of the fierce wrath of God the Almighty, and judgment of the rebellious world. And on his robe and on his side he has a name inscribed, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Come on, somebody. From his mouth comes a sharp sword, which is his word. Speaker 2 And you? Speaker 3 Are called to be imitators of God. So when you go into battle, you speak right to that thing you're up against, boldly declaring the Word of God, and the Word is A2 edged sword in your mouth that powerfully and effectively enforces the Lord's will in that situation. His Word is His wisdom, but He puts it in His mouth to take out the. Speaker 2 Enemy and we must do the same. So you can't just own a Bible. Speaker 3 You have to know it. Oh, but you can't just know it. You have to hide it deep in your heart. But you can't just hide it deep in your heart. You got to boldly speak it out of your mouth, full of faith and expectation in every battle. Speaker 2 Well, you know, that one time, that one time when I was going through the really and I, I really said the word and it was great. That's great, that one. Speaker 3 Time. What about now? What about right now? What about every battle? Speaker 2 Since then, here we go, It's the pride again. My God, my God, we're not above it. That's what God does. That's how he deals. Speaker 3 With it, that's how you conquer every stronghold. That's how you break the barriers of religion. That's how you cast out fear and doubt with the word of God in your mouth. It's your double edged sword that takes the enemy out. It's powerful, it's effective. It's able to cut through all the lies of the enemy. It's able to break the power of confusion. It's able to topple the idolatry from the high places in your life and release wisdom the enemy won't be able to combat. This is what Jesus himself promised his followers in Luke 2115. Look at this. This is what Jesus said. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. Oh my God. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which a few of your adversaries won't be able to resist. No, I will give you wisdom that half of your adversaries won't be able to know. I will give you a mouth that most of your adverse No, I will give you a mouth in which all of your adversaries won't be able to stand against your wisdom. That's a promise. Someone needs to. Speaker 2 Put that on their mirror. Speaker 3 On their fridge somewhere, you'll be reminded of the type of wisdom that Jesus promised to give you. It's not just to learn fun facts. It's not just to have a fair chance against the enemy. No, it's to give you wisdom. All that all your adversaries won't be able to resist. There's nothing they can say, there's nothing they can do. They'll be left stupefied and dumbfounded, unable to take their next move because the wisdom God gives you will blow their ever loving minds. How you know those other wise men were sitting around when Daniel Waltz is into the king? Speaker 2 I've got the answer. Speaker 3 Who's this guy think he is? It's not possible bro, we're all just going to die. Speaker 2 You can't just make something up. He's going to know. Speaker 3 Just sit down. We're all. Speaker 2 Done. Speaker 3 We're just waiting for the axe to fall, dude. Speaker 2 He's like, yeah, why don't you? Speaker 3 Just sit there. Speaker 2 Shut up for once, my God. Speaker 3 I got something to say and you're going to be stupefied, you're going to be dumbfounded, you're going to be scratching your head. How in the world did he get that? How did he know? I'll tell you there's a God in heaven, and if you just humble yourself and seek His face, He will reward you and give you wisdom and you can't say nothing about it. Speaker 2 'Cause you know it's right. Speaker 3 'Cause you know it's right, you can hate it, you can grind your teeth, but you can't deny it. The king just said it. Ha ha. The king just said, woo, you're right. Go back and read it. I, I won't do it justice right here, but the king even is like, whoa, he actually bounced down and worships God. Come on. Come on. Speaker 2 That's how much you can't deny it. Speaker 3 When's the last time you saw a king bow down? Come on down, when's the last time you saw a king bow down before a slave because he had the wisdom of God? You did that day stupefied. Ain't got nothing on the wisdom of God. That's how Proverbs 2122 becomes true for you. A warrior filled with wisdom ascends to the high place and releases breakthrough, bringing down the stronghold of the mighty. But the last thing we got to get today regarding wisdom as our weapon is that we advance God's Kingdom with our words. Oh, we're not just tearing down and uprooting what is wrong, but we're building and we're planting what should have been there all along. Mark 1122 through 23 again. So Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith in God. 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 those things he says will be done. He will have whatever he says. I didn't say it. Speaker 2 That was Jesus, Hallelujah. Speaker 3 So we use our mouths to push out the devil, and we use our mouths to usher in revival. We will have whatever we say. In other words, we will have whatever we believe for in prayer. This is why prayer is so important. This is why the devil wants to keep you from praying because he knows this verse is true. If you say it and believe it in faith, you will have it. So what do you do? Shut up, don't pray. It's not going to work. What's the word say? Just keep doing it. It's going to work. It's going to be effective. It's doing something. You can't maybe see it yet, but it's doing something in the spirit. You're planning something in faith, you're watering it in faith, you're putting sunlight on it in faith, and at some point it's going to produce a harvest if you you don't quit. But you can't doubt, you can't go back and forth. You just keep saying it full of faith. Why? Because God said so. Because it's God's word. Because God can't lie. You can lie. I can lie. Everybody lie. Not God, not God. And God said it. And if he said it, you just take it to the bank. You can't shut me up. I'm just going to keep saying it. I'll say it louder. I'll say maybe you didn't hear me. I'll say it one more time. We will have whatever we say, what we decree and declare, what we prophecy in faith will happen. Speaker 2 So where's your faith? Speaker 3 So where is your faith? What is your faith attached to? What are you boldly declaring in faith even though you haven't seen it yet? Or maybe you even seen the opposite, like 180° opposite. Horrible terrible. It's basically as good as dead opposite and still say what God says anyway. Speaker 2 This is the part that seems to be the hardest or the most. Speaker 3 Elusive for believers, but to truly have wisdom be your weapon, you're going to have to keep speaking the plans and purposes of God into impossible situations before you ever see them start to change. It doesn't matter what it looks like, you put the word of God in your mouth, you take the promise of God and you activate it with your faith filled words and you keep sowing and planting until you see it come to pass. God calls those things that are not as if they were, and then he says. Speaker 2 Go and do likewise. Well, that's hard. Speaker 3 He didn't say be easy. He said do it. I help somebody. Doesn't matter if it's easy, doesn't matter if it feels right, doesn't matter if it's what everyone else is doing. My God, if Daniel would have went along with what everyone else was doing, they all would have been killed that day. It doesn't matter what it looks like, God. Speaker 2 Can give it God? Speaker 3 Can do it, God can come through. God can give wisdom. God can breakthrough. Speaker 2 But where's your? Speaker 3 Faith is it? Speaker 2 Keeps in speaking the truth. Speaker 3 Or does it waver? Does it go back and forth? You got to keep declaring miracles in healing until you see the miracles in healing. Speaker 2 I'm trying to help. Speaker 3 Somebody today well I went and got prayer that one time and I didn't feel anything. Well it didn't say be moved by your feelings. It says be moved by faith and the Word of Faith says be healed. So what you do is you take that word. I am healed and you take that word and you and you confess it out of your mouth. I am healed. I am healed. I walk in healing. This is not permanent. This is not my portion. I don't accept what I feel. I accept what God says and God's word says I am healed by his stripes. I am healed. And you know what Every time I feel that thing I just speak right to it. No, I am healed. Oh I feel pain. No I'm healed. Pain go in Jesus name until, until my God, you keep prophesying life in the dead places until you see them ho come alive. Keep prophesying revival over your family, church and city until you see tongues of fire RIP through the heavens and consume everyone till they're never the same again. But that's going to take some grit. That's going to take some endurance. Speaker 2 It takes persistence. Speaker 3 To keep doing the right. Speaker 2 Things you know to do. Speaker 3 And never give up until you see it happen. Daniel and his friends didn't stop praying until they got the interpretation of the dream, you can assume. Speaker 2 They were during the day when the king was in court in. Speaker 3 Session when they all got it and they started praying and it says he didn't get it till the vision of the night. Speaker 2 So they had to. Speaker 3 Tarry in prayer, my God. But they didn't stop until he got it. Elijah didn't stop praying for rain until he saw the rain cloud form. Look again, look again, what he do? He bowed down and prayed. He bowed down and prayed until the 120 in the upper room didn't stop praying for 10 days. Until suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a mighty rushing wind. My friends, that is wisdom. You recognize that you win if you just don't quit. So what do you do? You just don't quit, you understand, if you just keep sowing the right seeds at the right. Speaker 2 Time you'll reap a harvest. Speaker 3 If you just don't quit. So just keep sowing, just keep planning, just keep building, just keep speaking words of faith, just keep encouraging yourself in the Lord. Just keep encouraging one another. You keep holding on to the promises and you keep declaring He who is promised is faithful. And I will see the good of God in the land of the living. Nothing is too hard for God. All things are possible with God. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. We walk in divine health and healing. God's blessings chase us down and overtake us. God's favor surrounds us like a shield. We clothe ourselves in humility and access wisdom 10 times better than anything the world has to offer. We serve the God who still hears the desperate cries of his people and he still responds with fire and, and we are going to see a nation shaking history making revival in this city. He will pour out his spirit on all flesh. He's going to pour out his spirit over Houston. The wells of revival are springing up again and we're not going to miss it. In Jesus name, oh Hallelujah, that's how you make wisdom be your weapon, because there's explosive transformative power in your mouth. Proverbs 1821. As we wrap this up today, death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words. Death and life are in the. Speaker 2 Power of the tongue. Speaker 3 We will have what we say. So what are we saying? What fruit will you be eating? Speaker 2 What fruit are you eating? Speaker 3 Wisdom recognizes where something is off and deficient and then tries to correct it as quickly as possible. So today for every place where you've been seeing good fruit, where you haven't been seeing good fruit, where you haven't been speaking words of faith and words of life, where maybe you haven't been resisting the enemy or haven't been walking and true humility and find maybe God's resisting you today, then come to this altar and make the exchange. It's the wisest thing you can do. I say come now and let the Holy Spirit breathe new life into you so you can breathe new life into impossible situations in Jesus mighty name. Speaker 1 Thank you so much for listening. If you've been blessed in any way, would you please consider giving so we can continue spreading the message of Jesus and revival around this nation and the nations of the world. You can go to freedomhouse.co and click give For more information. If you're in the greater Houston area, we'd love for you to come and worship with us and contend for a move of God in our city and region. Thank you for listening and God bless.