Speaker 1: Wow.
Speaker 1: We thank God for this wonderful week that God has given us in this month of October.
Speaker 1: We are so grateful that God has kept us moving, moving, and we are so grateful that God has given us this powerful word.
Speaker 1: This month is a month of open door abilities, uplifted kingdom, power, and we thank God for His power that he has given to us.
Speaker 1: I want us to just look at text in the book of Matthew, chapter 21, from verse 18.
Speaker 1: And the Bible says early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry, seeing a fig tree by the road, he went to it and he went to it but found nothing except leaves.
Speaker 1: Then he said.
Speaker 1: Then he said then he said the Bible says then he said may you never bear fruit again.
Speaker 1: Immediately, the tree withered.
Speaker 1: This is a very powerful scripture that God has given us to think about this week.
Speaker 1: Can you imagine the power of the word of God?
Speaker 1: The moment God said this tree shall not bear fruits again, the moment those words came out of him, immediately the fig tree started to wither.
Speaker 1: An all-knowing God wanted to demonstrate the power of his words.
Speaker 1: What power does God show by his word?
Speaker 1: He says let this fruit, let this tree never bear fruit again.
Speaker 1: Immediately, he does this.
Speaker 1: The tree started to wither.
Speaker 1: The power of God in his word is the authority that moves things in this world.
Speaker 1: In the beginning, the Bible says in the book of Genesis, chapter 1, that the earth was formless.
Speaker 1: It had nothing, it was full of darkness.
Speaker 1: Then, by the power of his word, he said let there be.
Speaker 1: Immediately, the word of God came out of his mouth.
Speaker 1: Then we find things happening.
Speaker 1: The word of God is alive and active.
Speaker 1: It's a double edged sword.
Speaker 1: It speaks and brings forth anything that has been spoken about.
Speaker 1: The moment God spoke to this fig tree and said let there be not fruits anymore in this tree.
Speaker 1: Immediately, the tree withered and his disciples were amazed.
Speaker 1: The Bible says that Jesus was coming from a city.
Speaker 1: God has given us the word, the power and authority over every situation and circumstance, but this power is domiciled in his word, by the word we speak.
Speaker 1: The Bible says in the book of Proverbs, chapter 18, by the way, that by our tongues, there lies the power of life and death.
Speaker 1: The moment we speak, we speak life or we speak death.
Speaker 1: And the scripture continues to say that they who trust in this tongue, those who honor this tongue, they benefit from the fruit of its words, and so, therefore, this is a beautiful week just to think about the power of the word of God.
Speaker 1: The Bible says in the book of Isaiah 55 that he speaks his word.
Speaker 1: He looks at every time the word of God goes out.
Speaker 1: It doesn't come back void, but it accomplishes what God had intended it for.
Speaker 1: So the word of God is power every time is released, and I want to ask us, and ask God to help us, through this week and this time that God has shown us the power of his word.
Speaker 1: One time Jesus is with his disciples and he meets them and he finds there was such a storm by the word that he spoke immediately.
Speaker 1: The storm ceases.
Speaker 1: Today, god has given us the same authority, but by his word, by the words that comes out of our mouth, by the word of God that we can speak and prophesy, we can change the whole situations of our lives.
Speaker 1: I pray that God will give you a chance to use your word, the words you speak, the words that you speak are power, they are live and they are active.
Speaker 1: May the Lord help us, this day and this moment, to always be careful to use our word to bring life into situations of our life.
Speaker 1: I thank God for this moment that he has given us just to know, by the power of his word, life can change.
Speaker 1: May the Lord bless you.
Speaker 1: May the Lord increase you.
Speaker 1: May the Lord favor you.
Speaker 1: May you see the goodness of God in this very wonderful week.
Speaker 1: In Jesus name, I bless you, amen.