Saturday PM: Speak UP

Speak What Heaven Has Declared: Teach on the prophetic. Speak Up: when you speak His word, you echo heaven’s verdict. Guide all ministries and response time.

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Speak What Heaven Has Declared

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:4–6; 2 Corinthians 4:13; Isaiah 55:11 (NLT)

There are moments in our lives where we step forward…

But stepping is only the beginning.

Because some of you have already said yes with your feet,but your voice is still standing back.

You’ve stepped into position…but you haven’t stepped into authority.

And tonight, we close that gap. Because what you say next… matters.

When David faced Goliath, he did not rely on his own strength but spoke words that echoed heaven's declaration of victory. He confronted the giant with confidence, proclaiming, ‘You come against me with sword and spear, but I come against you in the name of the Lord.’ This moment illustrates the power of declaring God's truth amid daunting challenges. Like David, we have the authority to speak heaven's declarations over our battles, reminding ourselves and others that we are not fighting alone.

Let’s go to the Word.

Ezekiel 37:4 (NLT):

“Then he said to me, ‘Speak a prophetic message to these bones…’”

Now I want you to picture this.

A valley. Full of dry bones. Not just lifeless, long gone.

And God brings Ezekiel there… not to fix it… not to rebuild it…

But to speak to it.

And if I’m honest that doesn’t make sense.

Because when something is dead, we don’t talk to it.

We walk away from it.

We accept it. We grieve it. We label it “over.”

But God says:

“Speak.”

What is the prophetic?

Let’s simplify it.

The prophetic is not about prediction, it’s about agreement.

It’s not about making something happen. It’s about saying what God is already saying.

Ezekiel didn’t come up with a creative speech.

He didn’t try to motivate the bones.

He simply echoed heaven.

When you speak God’s Word, you are echoing heaven’s verdict.

And here’s what I know…

Some of you have areas in your life that feel just like that valley.

Things that feel dry. Stuck. Unmoving.

A calling you once felt confident in

A relationship that feels broken

A part of your identity that feels buried

A dream that feels delayed

And without realizing it…you’ve gone silent.

The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the necessities of ink and paper and leather. The Voice of God, however, is alive and free as the sovereign God is free. “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” The life is in the speaking words. God’s word in the Bible can have power only because it corresponds to God’s word in the universe. It is the present Voice which makes the written Word all-powerful. Otherwise it would lie locked in slumber within the covers of a book.2

A. W. Tozer

Point 1: Silence keeps things as they are.

If Ezekiel had stayed silent the bones would have stayed dry.

And I wonder…

How many things in our lives have stayed the same not because God isn’t moving but because we stopped speaking?

Because silence often agrees with what is.

But faith speaks what will be.

Let me give you a picture.

Imagine a courtroom.

A verdict has already been decided.

It’s written. It’s final. It’s settled.

But until it is spoken,nit is not enforced.

Your words don’t create the verdict they release it.

Point 2: Your words carry alignment, not just emotion.

We don’t just speak what we feel.

Because if we only speak what we feel, we will reinforce fear.

We say things like:

“I’m stuck.”

“Nothing is changing.”

“I’ll never get there.”

“This is just how it is.”

But scripture says in 2 Corinthians 4:13 (NLT):

13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;

“We believe, so we speak.” So now we shift. Not ignoring reality but speaking above it.

Think of a child bouncing a ball against a wall. Each bounce is a joyful echo that returns, just like God’s messages in our lives. When we pray and speak His words, we are sending out echoes of faith that return with blessings and guidance from above! It’s a reminder that what we send out in faith can come back with divine impact.

Words are but the habitation of prayer, the living tenant is desire. Words Of Advice, Page 154

Charles Spurgeon

Instead of: “I’m stuck”

We say:

“God is working even when I don’t see it.”

Instead of: “I’m not enough”

We say:

“I am called, chosen, and equipped.”

Instead of: “This is over.”

We say:

“This will live again.”

Faith doesn’t deny reality it speaks a greater reality.

Point 3: You have authority to speak.

You are not powerless.

You are not voiceless.

You are not waiting for permission.

Isaiah 55:11 (NLT):

“It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit…”

When you speak His Word you are partnering with His power.

You don’t speak to be heard. You speak because heaven already spoke.

And I believe tonight…

God is not just inviting you to step He’s inviting you to speak.

654 God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke a book and lives in his spoken words, constantly speaking his words and causing the power of them to persist across the years.

A. W. Tozer

Our ultimate conviction that the words of the Bible are God’s words comes only when the Holy Spirit speaks in and through the words of the Bible to our hearts and gives us an inner assurance that these are the words of our Creator speaking to us.

Wayne Grudem

Ministry Moment

I want you to take a breath.

And I want you to quiet everything else around you.

Step 1: Listen

Ask God this:

“God, what are You saying about me right now?”

(Pause)

“What truth have I been silent about?”

(Pause)

Now whatever comes to your heart—even if it feels simple—that’s where we begin.

Step 2: Speak Over Yourself

I want you to begin to say it—out loud.

Not loudly if you’re uncomfortable…but audibly.

Say things like:

“I am called.”

“I am not disqualified.”

“God is restoring what I thought was lost.”

“I will walk in what God has spoken.”

Let the room fill with voices.

Step 3: Speak to What Feels Dry

Now please think of one area that feels stuck, dry, or lifeless.

And instead of talking about it, you’re going to speak to it.

Just like Ezekiel.

Say things like:

“My confidence will live again.”

“This season is not the end.”

“God is breathing life into this area.”

Don’t overthink it.

Step 4: Corporate Declaration

Now together, let’s say this:

I will speak what God has said. I will not stay silent. My words will align with God’s living Word & heaven. I speak life, not death. I speak faith, not fear. I speak what heaven has declared.

Step 5: Closing Prayer

God,

Put Your Word in their mouths.

Let their voices carry authority, not hesitation.

Where they have been silent—release boldness. Where they have spoken fear—replace it with truth.

Teach them to speak in alignment with heaven.

Let every dry place begin to respond to the sound of Your Word through them.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Closing Charge

When you speak His Word, you are not hoping for change; you are releasing what heaven has already decided.