WEBVTT 00:00:11.459 --> 00:00:14.300 Today, from guest teacher Kyle Eidelman. And 00:00:14.300 --> 00:00:16.600 the question that Ezekiel asks is the question, 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:20.719 is it too late? Can these dead bones live again? 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:23.039 And God promises Ezekiel that he's going to put 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:24.600 flesh and skin on the bones. He's going to breathe 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:27.219 life into them. And then he tells Ezekiel, okay, 00:00:27.260 --> 00:00:29.739 here's your part in it. Ezekiel, I want you, 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:33.179 here it is, to speak, to say some things out 00:00:33.179 --> 00:00:35.799 loud. And I would argue there's supernatural 00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:41.130 power when you speak God's word out loud. Are 00:00:41.130 --> 00:00:43.829 you speaking death over your marriage, your future, 00:00:43.990 --> 00:00:47.450 yourself? Every time you say, I always mess things 00:00:47.450 --> 00:00:50.609 up, or things will never get better, you're planting 00:00:50.609 --> 00:00:53.929 seeds that bear fruit you'll have to eat. But 00:00:53.929 --> 00:00:56.670 God's Word, spoken out loud, has the power to 00:00:56.670 --> 00:01:00.030 change that. Welcome to Living on the Edge. I'm 00:01:00.030 --> 00:01:02.289 Dave Drewy, and today Chip Ingram welcomes back 00:01:02.289 --> 00:01:04.969 guest teacher Kyle Eidelman to contribute to 00:01:04.969 --> 00:01:07.609 our larger series called God's Dream for Your 00:01:07.609 --> 00:01:10.239 Life. And to get us set up for today's lesson, 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:13.239 here's Chip. Well, I'm super excited today to 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:15.439 welcome a special guest to Living on the Edge. 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:18.319 He's a friend, and I could introduce him in a 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:20.799 lot of ways, like, you know, a famous author 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:23.659 that wrote Not a Fan, sold over a million copies, 00:01:23.700 --> 00:01:26.780 or he leads a big church called Southeast Christian. 00:01:27.379 --> 00:01:30.019 And those are nice things. But I want to introduce 00:01:30.019 --> 00:01:33.540 my friend, Kyle Eidelman, the lead pastor at 00:01:33.540 --> 00:01:40.560 Southeast Christian. thought captive. And Kyle 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:43.739 and I have both passionately wanted to learn 00:01:43.739 --> 00:01:47.319 and pass on how does Jesus really change our 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:50.120 lives. And in this series, I've asked Kyle to 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:53.019 step in, be our guest teacher, and you're going 00:01:53.019 --> 00:01:55.299 to love what he has to share. Okay, thanks, Jeff. 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:58.200 Now here's Kyle with a message titled, Say It 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:01.560 Out Loud. God's truth spoken out loud has the 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:03.719 power to break strongholds in your life and bring 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:07.260 dead things back to life. Proverbs 18, 21, death 00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:10.139 and life are in the power of the tongue and those 00:02:10.139 --> 00:02:14.939 who love it will eat its fruit. Your tongue has 00:02:14.939 --> 00:02:19.539 the power to destroy or to build up. After teaching... 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:22.360 group of men a couple of weeks ago on Strongholds, 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:24.780 a man came up to me afterwards, was telling me 00:02:24.780 --> 00:02:26.300 about his marriage. And he said, I don't know 00:02:26.300 --> 00:02:29.379 why my wife puts up with me. He said, I don't 00:02:29.379 --> 00:02:31.719 know how to be a good husband. I find myself 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:33.780 just doing the things my dad did. It didn't work 00:02:33.780 --> 00:02:35.379 for him. It's not working for me. She deserves 00:02:35.379 --> 00:02:37.699 someone who actually knows how to make her happy. 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:40.680 I went to visit a man in the hospital a number 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.620 of months ago, and he said, God's punishing me 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:46.379 for something. And each time, what I want to 00:02:46.379 --> 00:02:48.759 say is, don't let yourself hear you say that. 00:02:49.610 --> 00:02:51.710 Don't let yourself hear you say those things. 00:02:51.789 --> 00:02:54.349 It might seem harmless, but there's a difference 00:02:54.349 --> 00:02:56.530 between thinking a thought and speaking a thought. 00:02:56.949 --> 00:03:00.550 And when you speak a thought out loud, your brain 00:03:00.550 --> 00:03:03.590 pays closer attention. What's fascinating is 00:03:03.590 --> 00:03:06.370 modern neuroscience has just discovered just 00:03:06.370 --> 00:03:09.310 what the Bible seemed to acknowledge long ago, 00:03:09.349 --> 00:03:11.590 that there's something remarkable that happens 00:03:11.590 --> 00:03:13.650 in your brain when you speak your thoughts out 00:03:13.650 --> 00:03:16.520 loud versus just thinking them. When you speak 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:18.840 words out loud, your brain processes the information 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:22.259 through multiple channels that more regions of 00:03:22.259 --> 00:03:25.479 the brain get used when you speak your thoughts 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:29.020 out loud. I could spend 30 minutes talking about 00:03:29.020 --> 00:03:31.800 how some of this works, but the point is that 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:34.379 speaking your thoughts out loud engages more 00:03:34.379 --> 00:03:38.240 neural networks to create stronger and more lasting 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.560 neural pathways than just the thoughts you think 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:43.810 quietly to yourself. Like the neurological bottom 00:03:43.810 --> 00:03:46.909 line is that speaking truth out loud can literally 00:03:46.909 --> 00:03:50.050 rewire your brain more effectively than just 00:03:50.050 --> 00:03:52.370 thinking something silently. Let me give you 00:03:52.370 --> 00:03:58.710 an example. Our culture tells us one way to deal 00:03:58.710 --> 00:04:00.629 with your anger or frustration would be to vent 00:04:00.629 --> 00:04:03.030 your feelings. That's healthy to vent. Some of 00:04:03.030 --> 00:04:06.490 you are so good at it. Like you are a venter. 00:04:08.090 --> 00:04:10.449 And you think to yourself, the more I vent, the 00:04:10.449 --> 00:04:13.389 better I feel. I just get it all out. Or maybe 00:04:13.389 --> 00:04:15.710 you're a complainer. You think, if I just complain, 00:04:15.889 --> 00:04:17.550 if I just let people know all the things that 00:04:17.550 --> 00:04:19.990 I find wrong with whatever's going on in my life, 00:04:20.149 --> 00:04:22.230 I'll start being content. I just need to get 00:04:22.230 --> 00:04:23.850 it out. I just need to complain about it a little 00:04:23.850 --> 00:04:26.829 bit. But consistently, research is being done, 00:04:26.949 --> 00:04:29.230 some research out of Ohio State University recently 00:04:29.230 --> 00:04:32.790 by Brad Bushman was just affirming the fact that 00:04:32.790 --> 00:04:36.339 that's not how it works. Like when you vent, 00:04:36.459 --> 00:04:39.980 your brain hears you saying things out loud and 00:04:39.980 --> 00:04:43.360 your brain wants to look for reasons why what 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.560 you're saying is true. So whatever words we speak, 00:04:46.660 --> 00:04:48.879 whether words of life or death are programming 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:52.480 in our mind. Now, as we saw in Proverbs 18, we'll 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:54.660 look at it again in a minute. Words are like 00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:58.649 seed that get planted. And we don't always recognize 00:04:58.649 --> 00:05:01.149 the impact of the seed that gets planted because 00:05:01.149 --> 00:05:03.750 there's a lag time between the time the seed 00:05:03.750 --> 00:05:05.870 gets planted and the time fruit starts to show 00:05:05.870 --> 00:05:08.009 up. And so we don't always make the connection. 00:05:08.110 --> 00:05:11.670 Like, oh, these words are building up this garden. 00:05:11.829 --> 00:05:14.629 These words are creating this fruit in my life. 00:05:14.769 --> 00:05:17.610 And whatever words you speak are creating fruit 00:05:17.610 --> 00:05:21.110 that you have to eat. Now, we tend to listen 00:05:21.110 --> 00:05:22.910 to that and wanna use it as a warning. Like, 00:05:22.930 --> 00:05:25.350 hey, be careful with what you're saying because 00:05:25.350 --> 00:05:28.459 of this, like words of death. But it's also a 00:05:28.459 --> 00:05:31.220 promise. It's an invitation to use the power 00:05:31.220 --> 00:05:34.339 of words, specifically God's word out loud to 00:05:34.339 --> 00:05:37.019 bring about transformation. So I wanna talk to 00:05:37.019 --> 00:05:38.699 you about that, but look, I'm not encouraging 00:05:38.699 --> 00:05:43.259 you to speak your own words. This isn't a self 00:05:43.259 --> 00:05:45.779 -help. It isn't a power of positive thinking 00:05:45.779 --> 00:05:48.040 message. It is the power of God's word message 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:51.620 that when you identify God's word and you speak 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:54.939 that word out loud, it has power over your life. 00:05:54.980 --> 00:05:57.740 Proverbs 18, 21. The tongue has the power of 00:05:57.740 --> 00:05:59.779 life and death. Second part of that is those 00:05:59.779 --> 00:06:03.100 who love it will eat its fruit. Maybe you've 00:06:03.100 --> 00:06:05.500 heard the phrase, you're gonna have to eat your 00:06:05.500 --> 00:06:07.779 words. This is where it comes from. It's this 00:06:07.779 --> 00:06:11.860 idea that your words are seeds. Those seeds create 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:15.180 fruit and that's true. You're gonna have to eat. 00:06:16.100 --> 00:06:20.639 That fruit is gonna have to be consumed by you. 00:06:21.339 --> 00:06:23.519 And so you have the power with your words to 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.360 plant seeds that will create fruit that you'd 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:28.740 love to eat or fruit that will create poison 00:06:28.740 --> 00:06:32.420 in your life. And so our promise then from scripture 00:06:32.420 --> 00:06:35.000 isn't about, I mean, again, just wanna be so 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:37.620 clear about this. It's not about our words or 00:06:37.620 --> 00:06:39.920 our wisdom or our positive thinking. It's about 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:43.060 God's word that we speak out loud. So Isaiah 00:06:43.060 --> 00:06:46.620 55 speaks about God's word as seed. The rain 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:48.639 and snow come down from the heavens and stay 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:51.120 on the ground to water the earth. that cause 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:54.199 the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:55.879 and bread for the hungry. And it's the same, 00:06:55.899 --> 00:06:57.600 God says, it's the same with my word. This is 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:01.459 how my word works. I send it out and it's supernatural. 00:07:02.500 --> 00:07:04.980 It always produces fruit. It will accomplish 00:07:04.980 --> 00:07:07.720 all I wanted to. It's not just any word, it's 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:10.680 his word. And it will prosper everywhere I send 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:12.980 it, he says. So what's that mean? Well, it means 00:07:12.980 --> 00:07:15.480 instead of speaking and saying, I don't have 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:17.420 anything special to offer. I'm not gonna make 00:07:17.420 --> 00:07:20.230 a difference. You speak out loud Ephesians 2 00:07:20.230 --> 00:07:23.410 .10. You say, I'm God's masterpiece. God's prepared 00:07:23.410 --> 00:07:26.069 good things for me to do in advance. He's gonna 00:07:26.069 --> 00:07:28.069 use me to make a difference today. You say it 00:07:28.069 --> 00:07:31.629 out loud. Instead of saying, I'm defined by my 00:07:31.629 --> 00:07:34.009 worst sins, you speak Romans 8 .1 over your life. 00:07:34.209 --> 00:07:37.410 There's no condemnation for me because I'm in 00:07:37.410 --> 00:07:40.670 Christ Jesus. I've been set free by God's grace 00:07:40.670 --> 00:07:45.009 and his grace is enough for me. Instead of saying, 00:07:45.029 --> 00:07:47.189 I'm just too tired and it's just all too hard. 00:07:47.310 --> 00:07:49.509 You speak Matthew 11 and Philippians 4 over your 00:07:49.509 --> 00:07:51.970 life that when I get tired, I can go to Jesus 00:07:51.970 --> 00:07:54.170 and I can find rest for my soul. I can be renewed. 00:07:54.550 --> 00:07:57.389 And I know in him, I'll have everything I need 00:07:57.389 --> 00:08:00.009 to do everything he's called me to do. Instead 00:08:00.009 --> 00:08:03.050 of saying, I'm always worried, always anxious. 00:08:04.110 --> 00:08:06.709 You say 1 Peter 5, 7, today, I'm not gonna be 00:08:06.709 --> 00:08:09.730 worried or anxious. That's not who I am. I live 00:08:09.730 --> 00:08:13.449 above fear because I cast all my cares on God. 00:08:13.589 --> 00:08:16.189 I know he cares for me. And you say that out 00:08:16.189 --> 00:08:18.709 loud. Instead of saying, I'm all alone and no 00:08:18.709 --> 00:08:21.529 one cares, you say Hebrews 13, five over your 00:08:21.529 --> 00:08:23.370 life. I'm never alone because I know God will 00:08:23.370 --> 00:08:25.350 never leave me or forsake me. And when you say 00:08:25.350 --> 00:08:28.810 it out loud, you say it with conviction. And 00:08:28.810 --> 00:08:32.210 when you do, your mind leans in and says, oh, 00:08:32.450 --> 00:08:37.200 is that what we believe? Is that what's true? 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.320 I'm gonna start looking for evidence that that's 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:42.919 true. And you speak it out loud. Go back to Ezekiel. 00:08:42.980 --> 00:08:44.820 After he spoke the first time, the bones come 00:08:44.820 --> 00:08:47.679 together, muscles and flesh mold and are formed, 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:52.820 but there's still no breath. So God says to Ezekiel, 00:08:52.820 --> 00:08:54.779 okay, now here's what I want you to do. I want 00:08:54.779 --> 00:08:58.759 you to speak again. Look at verse nine and 10. 00:08:59.419 --> 00:09:01.639 Then he said to me, speak a prophetic message 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:04.240 to the winds, son of man. Come, oh breath from 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:06.740 the four winds, breathe into these dead bodies 00:09:06.740 --> 00:09:10.220 so they may live again. Ezekiel says, so I did 00:09:10.220 --> 00:09:13.360 it. I spoke the message as he commanded me. I 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:15.240 heard what God said and I said what God said 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:19.059 and breath came into their bodies. They all came 00:09:19.059 --> 00:09:20.820 to life and stood up on their feet, a great army. 00:09:21.700 --> 00:09:24.379 And so there's this vision that Ezekiel has that's 00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:26.860 driving home this rhythm that God wanted for 00:09:26.860 --> 00:09:29.629 Ezekiel's. ministry and life and God wants for 00:09:29.629 --> 00:09:31.990 you that you listen to what God says, you speak 00:09:31.990 --> 00:09:35.269 what God says, you watch what God does. You listen 00:09:35.269 --> 00:09:37.990 to what God says, you speak out loud what God 00:09:37.990 --> 00:09:40.690 has said. With conviction and authority, you 00:09:40.690 --> 00:09:42.789 speak it out loud. With faith and confidence, 00:09:43.009 --> 00:09:44.889 you speak it out loud and then you watch what 00:09:44.889 --> 00:09:48.330 God does. You listen, you speak, you watch. And 00:09:48.330 --> 00:09:51.929 God brings life to a place of death and he's 00:09:51.929 --> 00:09:54.330 not done doing that. I believe he still wants 00:09:54.330 --> 00:09:55.950 to do it today. I know some of you are skeptical. 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:58.740 I know some of you think this seems too simple, 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:03.799 but again, Ezekiel is told to prophesy. Prophesy 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:06.120 means that you're not speaking your word, you're 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:09.419 speaking God's word. That Ezekiel is a transmitter 00:10:09.419 --> 00:10:12.500 for what God is wanting to speak into the world 00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:16.759 and to speak over what he sees around him. Prophesy 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:19.789 means that you speak with authority. You don't 00:10:19.789 --> 00:10:22.889 speak as a question like, well, I think so, or 00:10:22.889 --> 00:10:25.509 wouldn't it be great? It's speaking with authority. 00:10:25.710 --> 00:10:29.330 Like you believe it because of who God is. I 00:10:29.330 --> 00:10:31.210 just wanna be practical about this for a couple 00:10:31.210 --> 00:10:34.850 of minutes here is I wanna challenge you. I know 00:10:34.850 --> 00:10:36.669 it's gonna be simple enough that you're gonna 00:10:36.669 --> 00:10:38.389 feel resistant to it. I just wanna challenge 00:10:38.389 --> 00:10:40.409 you to choose a specific place where you're gonna 00:10:40.409 --> 00:10:43.029 practice it this week, where you're gonna identify 00:10:43.029 --> 00:10:46.889 something God has said that applies to your life. 00:10:46.970 --> 00:10:50.000 You're gonna speak it out loud. and then you're 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:53.460 gonna watch what God does. I don't know how Ezekiel 00:10:53.460 --> 00:10:56.340 felt when God gave him the instructions, but 00:10:56.340 --> 00:10:58.779 I do think he probably thought, this isn't gonna 00:10:58.779 --> 00:11:05.279 work. This isn't gonna work. This is all too 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:08.299 simple. You're talking about something really 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:11.340 complicated. You can't just speak words over 00:11:11.340 --> 00:11:14.139 something so complex, but he listened to what 00:11:14.139 --> 00:11:16.220 God said. He said what God said and he watched 00:11:16.220 --> 00:11:20.500 what God did. You're listening to Living on the 00:11:20.500 --> 00:11:22.620 Edge, and today's teaching from guest teacher 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:25.960 Kyle Eidelman continues in just a minute. His 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:28.860 message is available anytime at livingontheedge 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:32.179 .org. 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To the 00:12:10.250 --> 00:12:13.149 couple sitting here, you barely spoke on the 00:12:13.149 --> 00:12:15.289 drive to church this morning. You can't remember 00:12:15.289 --> 00:12:18.029 the last time you laughed together or were affectionate 00:12:18.029 --> 00:12:20.870 with one another. And every time you say, I just 00:12:20.870 --> 00:12:23.789 don't have those feelings anymore. Or I think 00:12:23.789 --> 00:12:26.029 I married the wrong person. You're speaking death 00:12:26.029 --> 00:12:29.490 over something that God wants to bring life to. 00:12:29.929 --> 00:12:32.269 Stop speaking death over your future to the single 00:12:32.269 --> 00:12:34.429 mom working two jobs, wondering how you'll ever 00:12:34.429 --> 00:12:37.110 get ahead. To the dad who lost his business and 00:12:37.110 --> 00:12:39.669 can't see a way forward. To a student who's drowning 00:12:39.669 --> 00:12:42.870 in debt and loneliness. You find yourself saying, 00:12:42.929 --> 00:12:45.250 it's just not gonna work for me. I can never 00:12:45.250 --> 00:12:49.330 catch a break. You're speaking death over a future 00:12:49.330 --> 00:12:52.809 that God has not done writing yet. Ezekiel spoke 00:12:52.809 --> 00:12:55.350 the word of the Lord. He prophesied over dead 00:12:55.350 --> 00:12:59.470 and dry bones. And I wanna do that for you. and 00:12:59.470 --> 00:13:03.750 over you. I want to speak prophetically the way 00:13:03.750 --> 00:13:07.429 that Ezekiel does based in the word of God. But 00:13:07.429 --> 00:13:09.309 before I do it, I know I need to address something 00:13:09.309 --> 00:13:11.970 for a few of you. I know a lot of you don't. 00:13:12.590 --> 00:13:15.009 This won't apply. But I know some of you might 00:13:15.009 --> 00:13:18.549 think, Kyle, I'm a little uncomfortable with 00:13:18.549 --> 00:13:21.330 this message. This is starting to sound like 00:13:21.330 --> 00:13:23.389 a name it and claim it gospel, a name it and 00:13:23.389 --> 00:13:28.259 claim it theology. And I get that concern. I'm 00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:30.840 not telling you you can speak your dream car 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:33.039 into existence. I mean, you can try. I don't 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:35.620 care if you try. But I'm not telling you that 00:13:35.620 --> 00:13:40.000 that's how this works. I'm not telling you that 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.679 positive thinking is the same as biblical faith. 00:13:43.419 --> 00:13:45.960 I'm saying that in this world, you will have 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:48.220 trouble. That's part of living in this world. 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:50.919 Jesus said it and it's true. But I'm also telling 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:52.740 you that's not the end of the verse. Jesus said, 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:55.940 I have overcome the world. And so my concern 00:13:55.940 --> 00:13:58.120 for some of us, and I put myself in this category, 00:13:58.340 --> 00:14:01.519 is that our fear of the word of faith extremes 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:04.000 and of preachers who seem to promise sports cars 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:07.019 and a life free of sickness, and our fear of 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:09.320 that, we've swung so far the other way that we 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:11.519 have forgotten the power of speaking biblical 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.519 faith out loud. We've become so afraid of claiming 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:16.659 something inappropriate that we've stopped claiming 00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:19.100 anything at all. We've become so worried about 00:14:19.100 --> 00:14:21.059 presuming upon God that we've stopped declaring 00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:25.049 our faith in God. And so what I wanna do here 00:14:25.049 --> 00:14:28.009 is not about manipulating God's hand. It's not 00:14:28.009 --> 00:14:30.090 about speaking things into existence through 00:14:30.090 --> 00:14:33.309 some human willpower. It's about agreeing with 00:14:33.309 --> 00:14:35.710 what God has already said in his word. It's about 00:14:35.710 --> 00:14:38.070 aligning ourself with what he has said around 00:14:38.070 --> 00:14:40.710 restoration and redemption and resurrection and 00:14:40.710 --> 00:14:43.450 renewal. It's about speaking God's heart over 00:14:43.450 --> 00:14:46.509 our circumstances and then trusting him with 00:14:46.509 --> 00:14:51.299 what unfolds. Word of faith says, I can speak 00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:54.600 my will into reality. Biblical faith says, I 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:57.879 will speak God's will over my reality. So when 00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:01.139 Ezekiel spoke to these bones, he wasn't making 00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:03.500 up his own prophecy. It wasn't wishful thinking 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:05.860 or positive thinking. He was simply declaring 00:15:05.860 --> 00:15:08.840 what God has said. And so I just wanna speak 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.500 some of that over you. I just wanna give you 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:13.279 some of those words because you don't have them 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:15.259 for yourself and nobody ever said them to you. 00:15:16.990 --> 00:15:19.490 It's not presumption, it's faith to speak this 00:15:19.490 --> 00:15:24.149 way. It's not hype, it's hope in who God is and 00:15:24.149 --> 00:15:27.470 what God has said. It's trust that even if things 00:15:27.470 --> 00:15:30.909 don't go the way we want them to, our confidence 00:15:30.909 --> 00:15:34.509 is in him and his promises and in eternity. So 00:15:34.509 --> 00:15:40.789 to marriages hanging on by a thread, you're still 00:15:40.789 --> 00:15:44.830 married, but you've given up. I wanna speak breakthrough. 00:15:46.570 --> 00:15:49.070 I wanna speak laughter back into your kitchen. 00:15:49.429 --> 00:15:51.990 I wanna speak romance back into your routine. 00:15:52.230 --> 00:15:54.629 What God has joined together, let no valley of 00:15:54.629 --> 00:15:58.129 death separate. To broken parent -child relationships 00:15:58.129 --> 00:16:02.210 in this room, to the mom whose teenager won't 00:16:02.210 --> 00:16:04.429 talk to her, to the dad whose adult son won't 00:16:04.429 --> 00:16:06.870 return his calls, to the parent who feels like 00:16:06.870 --> 00:16:09.730 a failure, I wanna speak God's heart of restoration 00:16:09.730 --> 00:16:13.379 over you. I wanna speak phone calls that end 00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:15.799 with I love you. I wanna speak family dinners 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:19.500 where everybody wants to be there. To those battling 00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:23.580 addiction, to the person who's hiding their bottles, 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:27.139 deleting their history, who makes promises to 00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:29.460 themselves that they can't keep. So many promises. 00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:31.620 They don't believe their own words when they 00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:34.600 speak them. I want to speak freedom over you 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:37.659 in the name of Jesus. I wanna speak chains breaking. 00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:40.559 I speak a day when you look in the mirror and 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:42.740 you see who God created you to be instead of 00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:45.899 who the enemy has convinced you you are. To those 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:47.720 of you who are living with spiritual dryness 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:50.139 where your Bible has gathered dust and your screen 00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:52.100 time is 10 times more than your prayer time. 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:54.539 To those of you who came to church here but you 00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:56.059 don't really care and you're just going through 00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:58.840 the motions, I just wanna speak renewal and revival 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:02.480 over you. To those battling depression and anxiety, 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:05.099 You put a smile when you came in here to church, 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:06.960 but you cried yourself to sleep last night in 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:09.559 your bed. And you feel like you're drowning, 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:12.140 even though everything looks fine on the outside. 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:14.920 You wonder if darkness will ever lift. I just 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:18.180 wanna speak God's word of light over you. I wanna 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:20.700 speak his joy and his peace. I wanna speak Jesus 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:23.799 into the darkness to those who are carrying shame 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:26.759 from your past. The person here who's haunted 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:29.480 by mistakes you made years ago, and you still 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:32.500 live with the enemy's accusations. Every morning 00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:34.759 you wake up, the accusations are there and the 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:36.799 guilt and the shame feels heavier than you can 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:39.380 bear. And every time you try to move forward, 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:42.259 you feel disqualified from what God wants for 00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:45.500 you. I speak forgiveness over you in the name 00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:47.900 of Jesus and redemption. He wants to make all 00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:49.900 things new. He wants to work for good in your 00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:52.920 life. I wanna speak beauty from ashes. I wanna 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.240 speak a future so bright that your past ends 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:58.559 up becoming the very thing God uses to help others 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:03.220 experience forgiveness. I want to speak God's 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:07.400 word over you. And my prayer is that you would 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:09.420 believe it, that you would believe what he says. 00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:15.500 And I hear people say things that are so contrary 00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:18.160 to what God wants for them. And I'm like, that's 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:23.660 not true. Stop saying that. It's not true. And 00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:25.240 so I want us to close by practicing this out 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:27.380 loud together. I'm gonna lead us through some 00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:30.099 just... Speaking out loud some biblical truths 00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:33.099 together. And so I'm gonna ask you to stand up 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:35.720 for this. And I'm gonna read the first, there's 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:37.759 gonna be two statements that come up on the screen. 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:41.200 I'm gonna read the first part and then we'll 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.700 read the second part, which is just scripture. 00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:45.099 Scripture is what we're reading out loud. We're 00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:48.019 gonna declare scripture together. I just wanna 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.759 challenge you to read this out loud with me and 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:52.069 do it with some conviction. So I'll read the 00:18:52.069 --> 00:18:53.829 first statement, then we'll read the second together. 00:18:54.009 --> 00:18:55.829 When anxiety tries to overwhelm our thoughts, 00:18:55.930 --> 00:18:59.349 all of us together, we cast all our anxiety on 00:18:59.349 --> 00:19:03.769 God because he cares for us. When discouragement 00:19:03.769 --> 00:19:07.009 whispers that will never change, he who began 00:19:07.009 --> 00:19:10.390 a good work in us will carry it on to completion. 00:19:11.470 --> 00:19:13.890 When distraction tries to pull us away from what 00:19:13.890 --> 00:19:18.009 matters, we set our minds on things above and 00:19:18.009 --> 00:19:22.650 not on earthly things. When offense tempts us 00:19:22.650 --> 00:19:26.410 to hold grudges, we forgive each other just as 00:19:26.410 --> 00:19:30.549 in Christ God forgave us. When fear threatens 00:19:30.549 --> 00:19:34.589 to paralyze our faith, God has not given us a 00:19:34.589 --> 00:19:38.329 spirit of fear, but of power, love, and sound 00:19:38.329 --> 00:19:41.990 mind. When lies about our identity try to define 00:19:41.990 --> 00:19:47.009 us, we are chosen, royal, holy, and belong to 00:19:47.009 --> 00:19:52.619 God. Today and every day, We will not be conformed 00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:55.960 to this world, but we will be transformed by 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:59.559 the renewing of our minds. God, I pray that you 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:02.099 would give us a deep conviction in our hearts 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:06.779 that what you say is true. Maybe it's different 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:09.579 than what we've heard others say. It's different 00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:11.799 than words we've spoken over ourselves. God, 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:15.319 would you let us hear what you say and love what 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:18.259 you say and speak what you say and then watch 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:21.079 what you do. God, would you give us faith? I 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:24.319 pray in this sanctuary, just like in that valley 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:26.779 of dry bones where there's a noise of rattling 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:29.880 bones coming together. I pray, God, that we would 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:32.299 experience that together, that we would experience 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:36.819 your power at work, not because we say so, not 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:40.960 because of our own thinking, our own words, but 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:44.500 because of the power of your word. So God, let 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:47.700 us have faith. Give us faith. God, where we... 00:20:48.430 --> 00:20:50.670 Want to believe more? I pray that you would help 00:20:50.670 --> 00:20:53.569 our unbelief. But God, would you move in the 00:20:53.569 --> 00:20:55.390 sanctuary the same way that you moved in that 00:20:55.390 --> 00:20:58.269 valley of dry bones? I pray for a rattling that 00:20:58.269 --> 00:21:01.130 would be true because of your power and because 00:21:01.130 --> 00:21:04.130 we have declared what you said to be true over 00:21:04.130 --> 00:21:10.210 our lives. It's in Jesus' name. Amen. This is 00:21:10.210 --> 00:21:12.769 Living on the Edge with special guest teacher 00:21:12.769 --> 00:21:16.240 Kyle Eidelman. Kyle is a pastor, author, and 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:18.859 gifted communicator, and a good friend of Chip 00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:21.400 Ingram's. Chip will join us in just a moment 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:23.859 for some final thoughts on today's lesson, so 00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:26.720 don't go anywhere just yet. Kyle reminded us 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:29.440 today that our words carry extraordinary power, 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:32.299 and modern neuroscience is just now catching 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:35.259 up to what Proverbs declared long ago, the tongue 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:38.140 has the power of life and death. And when you 00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:40.500 speak God's Word out loud over your marriage, 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:43.680 your fears, your future, your identity, something 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:47.460 remarkable happens. Your mind leans in. Neural 00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:51.339 pathways are rewired. And God moves. Speak what 00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:54.980 God says. Watch what God does. That's the heartbeat 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:57.519 of Living on the Edge, helping Christians live 00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:00.480 like Christians. Not just on Sunday, but Monday 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:02.759 through Saturday, in the real trenches of life. 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:05.400 And it happens because of friends just like you. 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:08.579 Your gifts are important and truly make a difference. 00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:12.380 Make an impact by giving online at livingontheedge 00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:15.480 .org. On our mobile app, just click on the heart 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:18.400 icon and follow the simple instructions. You 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:23.019 can also call us right now at 888 -333 -6003. 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:26.079 And one more thing, have you subscribed to the 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:28.480 Living on the Edge podcast? There you can hear 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:31.039 full -length messages from start to finish and 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:34.400 take them anywhere you go. Well, now here's Chip 00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:37.500 Ingram. The vision of Ezekiel speaking to dry 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:40.940 bones, well, I've preached that passage before, 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:44.799 but I feel like Kyle brought such powerful application 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:49.039 today about God's heart for restoration. You 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:52.859 know, God told Ezekiel to speak, not pray, not 00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:57.680 work, not fix. Just speak God's word out loud 00:22:57.680 --> 00:23:01.299 over dead circumstances. And maybe you've been 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:03.950 prophesying death over your marriage. You know, 00:23:03.970 --> 00:23:06.369 like, this will never work. Or your calling, 00:23:06.509 --> 00:23:08.650 I'll never amount to anything. You know, you 00:23:08.650 --> 00:23:10.630 can think those thoughts. You can say them out 00:23:10.630 --> 00:23:13.970 loud. Here's what I want to tell you. Stop speaking 00:23:13.970 --> 00:23:17.490 what you fear and start speaking what God says. 00:23:17.990 --> 00:23:21.410 This isn't a name and claimant theology. Biblical 00:23:21.410 --> 00:23:23.890 faith isn't speaking your will into reality. 00:23:24.269 --> 00:23:27.960 It's speaking God's will over your reality. When 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:30.079 you align your words with Scripture, you're not 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:33.420 manipulating God. You're agreeing with God what 00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:36.579 He has already said about restoration, redemption, 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:40.559 and resurrection. So here's the rhythm. Listen 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:43.539 to what God says in His Word. Speak what God 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:46.480 says with conviction. And then watch what God 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:50.519 does. You know, I came across a little pattern. 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:53.339 It was from an NFL football player who used to 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:56.369 do prison ministry named Bill Glass. And I learned 00:23:56.369 --> 00:23:59.630 from him to write down truth on little cards. 00:23:59.730 --> 00:24:01.869 I still have them. I mean, I'm holding a card 00:24:01.869 --> 00:24:03.650 right now. I wish you could see it. It's about 00:24:03.650 --> 00:24:06.690 30 -some years old. And I found I had a negative 00:24:06.690 --> 00:24:09.750 attitude, so I read this out loud every day. 00:24:10.109 --> 00:24:13.890 I'd like to become habitually thankful as a matter 00:24:13.890 --> 00:24:17.430 of unconscious response to all life circumstances 00:24:17.430 --> 00:24:20.789 and relationships in light of the goodness and 00:24:20.789 --> 00:24:24.900 the sovereignty of God. 1 Thessalonians 5. 16 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:28.740 through 18. And you know something? As I said 00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:32.160 those out loud, little by little by little, I 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:36.579 became a thankful person. Speak the truth over 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:40.460 your life and watch what God does. How you start 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:43.279 your morning sets the trajectory for your entire 00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:45.779 day. Well, next time we'll discover how to make 00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:48.579 morning habits that lead to a stronger, healthier 00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:51.900 walk with God, right here on Living on the Edge. 00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:57.500 Today's program is produced and sponsored by 00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.619 Living on the Edge.