MESSAGE
THERE IS POWER IN YOUR WORDS #6/8
PROPHET ELISHA AND THE BURNING FIRE FURNACE

1. SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS MESSAGE
We need to use spiritual laws to overcome:

• Words are seeds – Mark 4:26
• Death and life are in the power of the tongue – Proverbs 18:21
• Whatever you believe in your heart will happen – Mark 11:23
• Speak the same as God speaks – Joshua 1:8

The solution is to stop speaking negatively and break the power of negative words, in the name of Jesus.

Therefore, we must confess the word of God, following the examples of Jesus.

Faith is a way of living 24 hours a day.

2. POSITIVE SIDE – CONFESSING THE WORD
To confess is:

– to declare something with your mouth;

– It’s not just about “declaring” sins to God;

– sowing;

– calling things that are not as though they already were;

– speaking the same words that God speaks;

We must imitate/follow the example of God/Jesus.

3. BIBLICAL EXAMPLES

a) PROPHET ELISHA OVERCAME – 2 Kings 6:8-23
Elisha was not moved by what he saw/by the problem, but by the Word of God. Faced with the problem, he confessed the solution – 2 Kings 6:16 and Romans 8:31

Gehazi, on the other hand, was afraid and frightened. He was moved by what he saw/felt and did not confess the Word of God. When tribulation came, his faith weakened – Mark 4:16,17

Faced with the problem, Elisha recognized that his enemy was not the Syrian government/army, but the devil. Therefore, he had a good attitude that led him to success.

b) FIERCE FURNACE – Daniel 3:1-25

King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue and demanded that everyone worship it. Anyone who refused would be thrown into a fiery furnace. Three young believers refused to worship the statue, and despite the threats, they did not remain silent, continuing to speak of their faith.

God did not prevent them from entering the furnace, but He was in the midst of the furnace with these young men. They ended up not being burned and came out of the furnace better than they went in.

God is a God of deliverance. Deliverance is being in the midst of a great problem, where there seems to be no way out. But God always opens a way where there seems to be no way.

4. THE DEVIL BRINGS TRIBULATION AND PERSECUTION

The devil does this to distance the person from God, the Church, and the Word. This brings tribulation: (problems that happen unexpectedly as soon as you start taking God seriously / going to church) and persecution (jokes, mockery, scorn for being of Jesus).

We cannot be surprised if this happens. We must know that the devil is behind it. We cannot give up, turn back.

5. EXHORTATION

a) BELIEVERS
If you are in a furnace with financial problems (debts, unemployment, tied-up money, legal problems, unpaid bills, etc.), God wants to deliver you. But you have to:
-trust in God;
-not bend the knee to the ways of the world;
-stand firm;

b) UNBELIEVERS
Perhaps you were swayed by the world’s talk and find yourself desperate, feeling like you are in a fiery furnace with many problems.

God is by your side and wants to help you, wants to deliver you. To do this, you must:

1st – Turn to God;

2nd – Walk with God;

3rd – Honor God;