Talk That Talk
What if your words are doing more than communicating? What if they’re creating the life you’re living? From the very beginning, God created with His words, and because you’re made in His image, your words carry more power than you realize. In this message, Pastor DaVon Alexander unpacks what Scripture says about the power of your mouth, why Proverbs says you’ll be filled with the fruit of your lips, and how God “calls those things which do not exist as though they did.” If you’re tired of speaking defeat, fear, sickness, lack, or disappointment, this message will challenge you to start talking the way God talks. Stop describing what is. Start declaring what God has promised. It’s time to Talk That Talk.
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Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Image- reflection, resemblance, likeness, copy, form, imitation
God gave man dominion over the earth
Proverbs 18:20-21
A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth; From the produce of his lips he shall be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Mouth, Lips, Tongue
As fruit satisfies your stomach, words will satisfy your life.
Produce – to create, to make, to bring into existence, to increase.
Your life is filled with the production of your lips
What are your lips producing?
He who loves to talk will reap the consequences or benefits
Genesis 1:1-3
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
What if I told you that speaking is more about creating than communicating?
You can turn around any situation with your words.
Only say what you want to see.
Romans 4:16-17
Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
Calls
To call forth, summon, name, speak into manifestation
God does not wait for it to appear before He speaks. He speaks it first, then manifestation follows.
Things which do not exist
Things not yet visible, not yet present, not yet manifested
These things are not yet in your hands, but are already in God’s perfect plan for your life
As though they did
As existing, as present, as already established
God speaks of the end, not of current lack.
Gives life
To make alive, quicken, impart resurrection life
God breathes life into what looks dead, delayed, or impossible.
Romans 4:17 TLB
…And this promise is from God himself, who makes the dead live again and speaks of future events with as much certainty as though they were already past.
Romans 4:17 AMPC
...Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that [He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed.
1 Peter 3:10-11 TPT
For the Scriptures tell us: Whoever wants to embrace true life and find beauty in each day must stop speaking evil, hurtful words and never deceive in what they say. Always turn from what is wrong and cultivate what is good; eagerly pursue peace in every relationship, making it your prize.