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Joshua Boyd

• The message begins in Genesis 1. The Spirit of God was present over the earth, but nothing changed until God spoke. The speaking was the catalyst.
• This principle carries into our walk of faith: faith speaks. The same Spirit of faith is in us (2 Corinthians 4:13) — “I believed, therefore I spoke.”
• What we speak reveals what we really believe. Jesus taught that the mouth speaks from what fills the heart (Luke 6:45).

• If our hearts are filled more with news, fear, worry, or complaints than the Word, that’s what will come out of our mouths.
 • To speak faith, we must first believe faith. To believe, we must first hear and receive what God has said.

Four-Step Practice of Faith Speech

1. Find out what God said — through Scripture and through listening to the Holy Spirit.
2. Meditate on it — turn it over, reflect, let it take root.
3. Believe — as the Word fills you, belief grows.
4. Speak it — agreement with God's Word activates what He has already made available.

• Speaking is not “wishing something into existence.” We speak what God has already spoken, not just what we want.
• Faith speaking is not denial (“I’m not sick”), but declaration (“God has promised healing; by His stripes I am healed”).
• What we continually input determines what overflows: fill your heart steadily with the Word, like taking small sips of water all day, not one big gulp once a week.

• When belief and speech align with God’s Word, we participate with His power to bring change — just like in creation.