Let's Pretend

Ok, let's play a game.

Let's pretend that everything in the Bible is true. Close your eyes...we're going to pretend that we are filled up to all the fullness of God, and that everything we say comes to pass. [Ephesians 3, Mark 11]

The Hebrew word 'dabar' means both word and thing...so let's pretend that everything that comes out of our mouths are actual little things that float out like bubbles and go 'pop' and land fully grown on the earth!

Let's pretend that Satan has been stripped of his weapons and that we have authority over all his power...that all he can do is deceive us, and we don't fall for it, ever. No matter how things look, we have the power to see the invisible provision that is all around us. See how he runs away from us!

Let's pretend that we can talk to physical, natural things and they obey us. That we can talk to trees and mountains and money and fish and donkeys and rooms...and they obey us. 

Oh, this is fun!

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Now let's pretend that we're capable of being in two places at once. That we can walk on earth in these wonderful 'earth suits' but we're also seated at the right hand of God in Christ in Heaven!

Let's pretend that nothing is impossible to us—we're Super People, a new race in the earth! That the Creator of all things is our Father, and that the Glorious King Jesus is our big brother! And that our job is to reign upon the earth! Let's have beautiful robes and crowns and scepters!

And don't forget to pretend that we're always surrounded by enormous warrior angels that guard us in all our ways! That their job is to minister to us because we're heirs of God.

Let's pretend that everything belongs to us. That there are great and wonderful tables set before us, that our every heart's desire is granted, that our Father has given us all things richly to enjoy.

You Get The Idea...
Ok, doesn't that feel great? Every one of those 'pretends' was from one or more scriptures! Now do it several times a day and see what happens. Close your eyes and see the unseen. Believe the Word and refuse to be moved.

Close your eyes and see your desires fulfilled, according to Psalm 37:4—see the Word as true in your life, and be the person you long to be. This is true Christian meditation.

Have faith in God.

[ref Visual Prayer, See the Unseen, Pull Back the Curtain, What Are The Giants Saying To You, Trash Talk, The Purpose of Fear 3]

How to Trust God

Sometimes, even though you may have been a Christian for a long time, studied the Word for years and even seen miracles, it’s hard to trust God.

Sometimes unbelief takes hold and seems impossible to shake.

Or, you may be a new Christian and have no idea how to really trust God.

Until you realize that there’s a hand in your mouth.

‘Death and life are in the power [Hebrew yad = hand] of the tongue…’ [Proverbs 18:21]

"I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So CHOOSE life in order that you may live, you and your descendants…” [Deuteronomy 30:19]

[Read Yad, The Yad of God, The Yad of God 2]

Remember what God told Joshua…to put the Word in his MOUTH day and night so that HE—Joshua—would MAKE his way prosperous and HAVE good success. [Joshua 1:8]

In other words, God has already spoken. It’s up to us to CHOOSE His Word, and we do that with our mouths. In fact, that’s what Jesus was teaching us to do in the Lord’s prayer…

“Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, ON EARTH as it is in heaven.” [Matthew 6:9,10]

Get Started
Here are some scripture-based confessions to get you started. Keep them in your mouth…remember, there’s a hand in there!

But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD, I say, "You are my God." [Psalm 31:14]

I trust in the LORD and do good; I dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. I delight myself in the LORD; and He gives me the desires of my heart. I commit my way to the LORD, I trust also in Him, and He will do it. [Psalm 37:3-5]

I choose this day to dwell in the shelter of the Most High, therefore I will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!" [Psalm 91:1,2]

Because I trust in the LORD I am as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever. [Psalm 125:1]

I choose to trust in the LORD with all my heart and I will not lean on my own understanding. In all my ways I acknowledge Him, and He makes my paths straight. [Proverbs 3:5,6]

There are lots more, particularly in the Psalms and Proverbs…no wonder they’re called the Books of Wisdom!

Just work the system. Put the Word in your mouth and change your life. James 3 says your tongue is like the rudder of a ship or the bridle in a horse’s mouth—put the Word in your mouth and change the direction of your life! Put the Word in your mouth and have good success! [Joshua 1:8]

Put the Word in your mouth and trust God. Even if you’re having trouble when you start, the hand in your mouth will bring it to pass.

You will trust God.