Speak Life
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Encouraging words can uplift, motivate, and bring life to someone's spirit.
On the other hand, negative, harsh words can harm, discourage, and even lead to emotional or psychological damage.
Words can shape our self-esteem and the perceptions others have of us.
Affirming and truthful words can instill confidence and a sense of worth, while critical or deceitful words can lead to doubt, insecurity, and a negative self-image.
It is crucial for fathers to speak life into their children because their words carry immense power in shaping their children's identity, and reinforce a child's sense of worth and purpose.
By speaking life, fathers help their children develop a positive self-image and resilience, equipping them to face challenges with assurance and hope.
A father's affirmation reflects God's unconditional love, teaching children about their inherent value and guiding them in the ways of righteousness and faith.
Ultimately, the practice of speaking life creates a nurturing and supportive environment that empowers children to thrive and reach their full potential.
A Fathers Voice…
Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
for I give you good precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
When I was a son with my father,
tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
A father should bring instruction through teaching.
Pause!
The attack from the enemy is real! The devil
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
Men are the spiritual leaders of their families.
When men are spiritually strong and leading their families in faith, they create a stronghold against evil.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
By attacking men, the devil seeks to weaken this leadership and create spiritual vulnerability within the family.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 17.8 million children, nearly 1 in 4,
live without a biological, step, or adoptive father in the home.
National Fatherhood Initiative:
Research shows when a child is raised in a father-absent home, they are affected in the following ways...
Greater Risk of Poverty
More Likely to Have Behavioral Problems
Greater Risk of Infant Mortality
More Likely to Go to Prison
More Likely to Commit Crime
More Likely to Become Pregnant as a Teen
More Likely to Face Abuse and Neglect
More Likely to Abuse Drugs and Alcohol
More Likely to Suffer Obesity
More Likely to Drop Out of School
Satan would love to see the Biblical foundation of the home destroyed!
Because Satan doesn’t want us to “LIVE”
Solomon said…
“Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.
Let me speak to those who father may not have been in the home!
I know what Statistics say but I want you to know that you have a heavenly father who loves you!
You are filled to be adopted into the family!
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
“Abba! Father! (Daddy)
There is a God who Loves you…
There is a God who has always had his hand over your life…
And every thing that was meant for evil by statistics, But God! He worked it out for your good
You are filled to have a relationship with your heavenly father!
I need to speak to every person in the room…
I need to speak to every father in the room…
Death and life are in the power of the tongue…
I have to go back to last week…
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
Can these bones live?
Bones represent the spiritual condition of people!
I need to talk to the father first…
God told me to tell you… You have to prophesy…
You have to speak the “WORD” to the dead dry Bones…
You have to tell your children…
You don’t have to live the life that you are living…
Jesus has come that you might have life…. And have it extraordinary
Healthiness
Spiritually
Mentally
Physically
Emotionally
Financially
Relationally
Happiness
Exuberance
A behavior that is energetic, excited, and cheerful
Energy
Vitality
You need to tell them to live!!!!!!
To everyone else you have the same assignment!
Speak Life….
So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
When you speak….
There will be a sound and a rattling….
