Patricia King - The Power of the Decree: Releasing the Authority of Gods Word through Declaration

The words we speak are powerful. They can wound and they can heal. They can affirm and they can accuse. How much more powerful do our words become when we confess the truths of God! A decree is an official order issued by a legal authority. A decree is taking Gods words and speaking them out. A decree from our lips can be loaded with life, restoring the fallen and reviving the forsaken.

We have been given the authority from Jesus to speak decrees into our realms of influence, and as we do, we begin to create the will of God in our lives in the spiritual realm. I know without any doubt that speaking decrees over our lives and families can change our circumstances.

I once faced a horrible situation that I know was turned around when I made a decree from my mouth. Let me tell you about it.

My wife, Candice, and I were serving Christ as missionaries in the rainforest of Panama, living near the border of Colombia. The jungle surrounded us with all its dangers. One day our precious daughter was playing near the river with her friends, when suddenly one of the worlds longest pit vipers, known as the bushmaster, latched onto her ankle. The venom of this pit viper is deadly. More than one person has died in the jungle from a bite from the bushmaster. The effects of the venom of this snake are many: swelling, throbbing pain and internal bleeding.

I carried our daughter into our hut and immediately began to pray, hard! I pleaded, I begged God to heal her, I wept, I sought Gods healing power and asked heaven to spare her. But here is what turned it all around: I made a decree.

I spoke over her that we were sent by God to the jungle to win people to Christ, not bury a loved one. You will live and not die! I decreed heavens power and healing grace over her life.

Then I felt the shift in the atmosphere all around us. I knew God was going to answer my prayer of decree.

Yes, you know the end of this story. She eventually got better and was healed. Today there is no sign of that poisonous snakebite in her life, for God worked a miracle.

How many miracles are waiting for our heavenly decrees? There are times we must push aside our fears and doubts and simply declare Gods Word over our difficulties. Some might ask, What is our authority to make a decree? It is the name of Jesus. Everything must bow before the name of Jesus. It is the one and only name that has power on earth, in heaven and in hell.

You can use the name of Jesus as though He Himself, with all His authority, is standing beside you (see 1 Corinthians 6:17). King Jesus has given you the authority and power over demons, and you have the right to ask the Father for victory in His name (see Luke 10:19). John 14:1314 ( T P T ) gives us one of the major weapons from the Throne Roomthe name of Jesus:

For I will do whatever you ask me to do when you ask me in my name. And that is how the Son will show what the Father is really like and bring glory to him. Ask me anything in my name, and I will do it for you!

Use the name or names of Jesus in your decrees and watch heaven move on your behalf.

You hold in your hands a book written by an experienced, powerful servant of Christ. In The Power of the Decree , Patricia King takes us on a journey into the depths of Gods authority and power that He means to operate in your life. You will read this and get excited. You will begin to speak life-giving words that will impact everything around you. You will see your family change, even your future change, by making decrees over what lies before you. Based solidly on Scripture and filled with practical information, this book may be the most effective book you have ever read to transform the world around you. Read it thoroughly and underline those statements that reverberate in your soul. Get ready for the booster rocket of The Power of the Decree to take you higher into the ways of God. You will be glad you chose this book.

Brian Simmons
The Passion Translation Project
www.passionandfire.com