I DECLARE
22nd Apr 2026
Words are powerful. They can build up or tear down. Words of resentment and bitterness bind you. Words of affirmation and forgiveness set you free!
A few days ago, I was reading Psalm 92, where it says, “It is good to give thanks to the Lord… to declare your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness by night.” I began to think about the power of declaration. Over the past few nights, as I have laid my head on the pillow, I have been declaring God’s faithfulness, and as I have woken up, I have declared God’s steadfast love.
When we come to living faith in Jesus, speaking out is important, it says in Romans 10:9-10, “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
The word “declare” has been in my mind constantly, and I have found myself singing the worship song, “All heaven declares the glory of the risen Lord, who can compare with the beauty of the Lord. Forever He will be the Lamb upon the throne, I gladly bow the knee and worship Him alone.”
Many years ago, when John Osteen was the pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, we attended a leaders’ conference and were greatly impressed by the declaration he made just as he was about to preach. We were asked to stand to our feet and raise our Bibles above our heads and say,
“This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert; my heart is receptive; I will never be the same……”
We were amazed by the power of the words we were speaking, and we used it in our church for many years.
When Joyce’s father, Stan, was prayed with to receive Jesus into his life, as they were returning home, Joyce asked him, “What happened when you prayed with Francis this morning?” The clear answer was, “My sins were forgiven.”
What are you declaring today? Is it harming you, or setting you free?
by Charles Sibthorpe
