Hello, thanks for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of today's post is

declaring God's Word. It was 1980. I was fresh out of Bible College and I was radical

enough spiritually to pray for anything that moved or grew.

That's why I was standing in the middle of a field, reading the Bible to the crops.

Now that I have your attention, no, I'm not kidding.

I was taking my cue from Jesus, who once spoke to a tree, releasing a death sentence to it.

The following day, it was dead.

Mark 11, 13, and 14 in verse 20.

On another occasion, he spoke to a storm, commanding it to stop, Mark 439, and even addressed

a corpse, giving it life. John 1143.

One of his disciples also did the latter.

Acts 9.

Jesus knew that nature and dead people weren't hearing him, but that his words were

releasing the power of Holy Spirit to impact those realms. Likewise, our words, when they are God's words and Holy Spirit leads us to speak them, also

release divine power.

That's why I was declaring the Bible over a field.

Actually, I was reading it to the field and the flies that were invading it.

I read the blessings of Deuteronomy 28 concerning the crop.

Versus 4,8 and 11, blessed will you be the produce of your ground?

The Lord will command the blessing in all that you put your hand to, and he'll bless you in the will be the produce of your ground. The Lord will command the blessing in all that you

put your hand to, and he'll bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you. The Lord

will make you abound in prosperity and in the produce of your ground. I read Psalm 91-3 concerning the flies, for it is he who delivers you from

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