You are not describing your life; you are building it. This fundamental assertion encapsulates the essence of our discussion on the profound impact of words and confessions. In our exploration of the biblical figure Abraham, we discern how he articulated his identity as the "father of many nations" long before he experienced the tangible manifestation of that promise. Each utterance served as a building block, shaping his reality in accordance with divine specifications rather than the limitations of his circumstances. As articulated in Proverbs 18:21, the tongue possesses the authority to construct outcomes, thereby necessitating a deliberate stewardship of our spoken declarations. In this inaugural episode, we invite you to reflect on the transformative potential of your words, recognizing that they are the very materials with which you are crafting your life's architecture. The inaugural podcast episode, titled "Your Mouth Is a Building Site," delves into the profound implications of our spoken words as instruments of creation and manifestation. Central to the discussion is the biblical figure of Abraham, whose name was changed from Abram to Abraham at the age of ninety-nine, signifying his destiny as the 'father of many nations' despite having no children at the time. This pivotal moment underscores a key thesis: our words do not merely describe our lives; they actively construct them. The episode draws deeply from Proverbs 18:21, asserting that 'death and life are in the power of the tongue,' thereby establishing the jurisdiction of our declarations in shaping our realities. Listeners are encouraged to reflect on their own verbal confessions, challenging them to identify whether their words align with the covenant promises of God or inadvertently support adversarial narratives. The episode articulates a framework for prosperity, emphasizing that consistent declarations of faith can lead to tangible manifestations in one’s life, thus inviting an introspective examination of the words we choose to speak daily.

Takeaways:

• Every individual is actively constructing their life through their words, serving as the architect of their own reality.
• The tongue holds dominion over life and death, indicating that our spoken words shape our experiences and outcomes.
• Abraham's declaration of his covenant name exemplifies the power of confession, serving as a daily affirmation of faith before the fulfillment of promise.
• Our confessions must align with God's word to close the gap between belief and expression, thereby reinforcing our intended reality.

There is a construction project happening in every person's life.

Right now, most people don't even know they are the architect.

Every word spoken is a brick.

Every action taken in faith or fear is a foundation stone.

The building, palace or prison is being built by you, not by your circumstances, but by your mouth and your feet.

Abraham spoke a new name before the child name a woman pushed through a crowd before she received her healing.

David declared the outcome before he swung the stone.

In every case, what they said and did, they made true.

Three messages, three figures, one irreversible truth in this message.

Today we're starting a new series titled what you say or do is what you are making true.

This is going to cover three messages.

The first one is your mouth is a building site where we unpack Abraham, who called things not as though they were.

And in the second message, what you do is what you believe.

We go look at the woman with the issue of blood.

She said, then she moved.

And in the conclusion message, when your words match your walk, we look at David, who declared before he swung because alignment equaled the miracle.

Let's get into the very first message Today your mouth is a building site where we look at how Abraham built a nation with a name before he had a child.

Now, I want to start with a construction question, not a theological one.

What are you building with your mouth?

Because here is the truth the whole series is built on.

You are not a passive observer of your life.

You are its architect and your words are the building material.

Before a single brick is laid on a building site, the architect produces a specification document, precise detail about what the building will be.

Every contractor on site works from that spec.

This building does not decide what it becomes, the specification does.

God changed Abraham's name to Abraham, father of many nations, when he was 99, with no child through Sarah, before the child came.

Every time Abraham said his own name.

After that he was reading the blueprint out loud.

And eventually the visible world caught up to the confession.

You are not describing your life, you are building it.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Solomon does not say the tongue influences death and life.

He says they are in its power.

The tongue has jurisdiction.

The fruit you eat, financial, relational, vocational, is planted by your mouth.

Romans 4:18 tells us the God who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

God calls things that are not as though they were.

Abraham believed that in God and partnered with him through confession.

That is the prosperity framework.

Now every word you speak is either a brick or a building.

God designed or a brick in a building the enemy is constructing.

No word is neutral.

Some may say I have to be honest about my situation.

I can't pretend things are fine when they are not.

However, Abraham knew his body was old.

He was not denying reality.

He was choosing which reality to give his voice to.

Biblical confession is not the denial of facts.

It is a courageous choice to give authority to the higher fact.

And the higher fact is that is always what God has said.

Why don't you do this?

Take some time to write the three sentences you say most often about your biggest challenge.

Are they building what God designed or what the enemy commissioned?

Replace each with a covenant declaration.

Let's look at point one of the message.

Words are construction tools, not commentary.

God did not think the world into existence.

He spoke it.

Let there be light.

And there there was.

This is the pattern for image bearers.

When you speak covenant language, you are not being optimistic.

You are being generative, doing what you were designed to do.

Genesis 1, verse 3 says, and God said, let there be light.

And there was light.

From a market trader to an Accra to an entrepreneur in Sao Paulo.

The creative power of spoken covenant declaration works in your context.

It does not require a specific culture.

It requires a specific kind of mouth.

What you confess consistently, you construct eventually.

Point 2.

Abraham's name was his daily declaration.

Abraham means father of many nations.

He had to introduce himself that way before the child existed.

Every time he said his name, he was sowing a seed.

The confession was a construction long before the visible answer appeared.

Romans 4:18 tells us against all hope.

Abraham in hope, believed and so became the father of many nations.

What covenant name has God given your financial life?

Blessed lender, not borrower.

Head, not tail.

Those are specifications.

Speak them daily.

The name God gave you is the building he commissioned.

Speak it until it stands.

Point three of the message.

The confession gap is costing you.

Most believers carry enormous faith privately and release enormous contradiction publicly.

They believe in provision and confess poverty.

Every word of contradiction is a brick knocked out of the building God designed.

Close the gap.

Let what comes out of your mouth match what God has put in his word.

If anyone says to this mountain, go, throw yourself into the sea, and does not doubt, it will not.

It will be done for them.

Some of you have been Confessing defeat so long defeat feels unfamiliar.

Some of you have been narrating the problem so long the problem feels permanent.

Some of you have been speaking the enemy's forecast so long you have forgotten to carry a different forecast.

See?

Sealed by covenant, guaranteed by a God who cannot lie.

Not a tongue that reports the storm, but one that speaks to it.

Not a mouth that rehearses the problem, but one that releases the promise.

What will you say tomorrow morning when you look at your situation?

Because that is what you are building.

One assignment this message.

Write one specific covenant declaration for your biggest challenge.

Person Scriptural present tense.

Not I hope God will, but God is and I am.

Speak it every morning and every evening.

Speak it when circumstances laugh at it.

You are not performing optimism.

You are laying foundations.

Let us pray.

Father, we repent for building with wrong words.

Every I can't that replaced your I will.

Today we pick up a new vocabulary, the language of the covenant.

Let your mouths become instruments of creation.

Like Abraham, we speak our new name before we see the answer.

And we trust that the visible world will catch up to the covenant word.

In Jesus name, Amen.

Write three covenant declarations for your biggest challenge.

Speak three out the loud every morning before you check your phone.

Find your most repeated negative confession.

Write the covenant replacement.

Speak it every time the old one tries to surface.

Study Abraham's name change in Genesis 17.

Journal what it cost him to say, father of many before he was a child.

Audit your conversations this week.

Every time you report the problem instead of declaring the promise.

Pause and reflect reflection and cross examination questions that we can use in this message.

What are you building with your words right now?

The palace God designed or the prisoner enemy proposed?

What is the dominant confession running in your life about money, health and your future?

Where is your confession gap widest?

Where do private beliefs and public words disagree most?

What covenant name has God given you in scripture that you have not yet been speaking in your current words?

We're building materials.

What would the structure look like in 12 months?

Now Abraham is in Hebrews 11, the faith hall of Fame.

Nobody mentions the awkward dinner party to introduce himself as a father of many nations to go people who knew he had no children.

That took conviction.

That took a man who understood that the confession is a construction even when the sight looks empty.

Those who love it, who steward it.

Most of us treat our words like exhaust fumes.

God treats them like seeds and seeds by their nature grow.

Stop saying I'm being realistic.

Because realistic according to There are two realities that are competing for your confession.

Abraham was realistic about his body, then chose to be even more realistic about God's word.

Choose a higher reality, and we will see you in the next message.

What you say, what to do, what you do is what you believe and how a desperate woman moved her way into a miracle.