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Changing Your World Through

The Power of the Word

Rev David Odunaiya

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Copyright © 2012

The Word of Truth Ministries

International

Rev David Odunaiya

†

Published by

Beyond The Veil Ministries International

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Contact Information

The Word of Truth Ministries

International (WOTMI)

Email: rev.davidodunaiya@gmail.com

Face book ID: Pst David Odunaiya

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Contents

1. Introduction ……………………… 5

2. What Is A Problem?........................7

3. What Must I Do?............................10

4. You Need Light…………………...11

5. Speaking The Word………………16

6. Created In His Image…………….18

7. Words Are Seeds…………………21

8. Re-creating Your World…………23

9. The Heart Connection…………...26

10. Speak To Your Mountain……….29

11. Conclusion……………………….31

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Introduction

"And the earth was without form, and void; and

darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit

of God moved upon the face of the waters. And GOD

SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT: and there was light”

Genesis 1:2-3

It is very important as a child of God to understand that

challenges are an inevitable aspect of life. It is a proof that you

are alive and a resident of the planet earth. The amplified bible

version of the above verse of scriptures, says, "The earth was

without form and an empty waste...” does this best describe

where you are right now? Are you at a point where you think

that your life has been wasted and nothing good can come out

of it? Are you struggling in life, and finding it hard to make

ends meet? Have the trials and challenges of life so

overwhelmed you that you feel your life is sinking before your

very eyes? Or are you at a point where you are about to say, “I

give up? Then I have good news for you. The tide is about to

turn in your favour, so do don‟t give up or lose hope. You were

born to be an overcomer! (1 John 5:4).

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The magnitude of the challenge(s) facing you today does not

matter at all. You were created by God to walk all over it! And

come out victorious. Remember the story of David and Goliath.

Goliath was described as a monstrous giant, and David was

just a little boy, backed by a big God. And the rest is history.

David commonized the size of the problem and conquered the

enemy of Israel.

Your situation is not a permanent one, neither is it an

impossible case. What I am trying to say to you in other words

is that your situation can and will change! The only reason that

you are calling what you are going through, “a problem", is

because you don’t have a solution at hand.

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What Is a Problem?

WHAT IS A PROBLEM?

The term "problem", is one that is commonly or universally

used by many, every time an unfavourable situation arises. For

the purpose of this write-up, I will like to define the term

"problem", as, "anything that impedes your 'progressive' forward

movement in life". In other words, any situation or event that

arises and poses a threat to your successful and prosperous

existence on the earth can be called a problem.

3 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM!

1. It has a life span - Every problem in life has a life-span.

There is no permanent problem. You are the one that will

determine how long that situation will remain in your life.

Goliath presented himself to the Israelites for 40 days and 40

nights, harassing and tormenting them non-stop, until David

stepped up to silence him. Your problems will keep staring you

in the face until you are ready to confront them and manifest

your giant-killing potentials.

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2. It is has a solution - There is no problem today that defies

solution. Every problem has a solution. That you don't have

one does not mean there is none. The problem you have is that

of "ignorance. God speaking in Hosea 4:6, said,” My people are

destroyed (perish) for lack of knowledge”. You are still in that

problem today because you don‟t know how to get out of it.

But the day you get the answer, that situation will no longer be

a problem to you. There is no problem to hard for God to

handle, and because you are created in His image, then no

situation must be too hard for you to handle. You just need to

find out what needs to be done. 1 Cor 10:13, says, “there is a

way out"!

3. It is not beyond you - None of the problems confronting you

today, have the power to keep you were you are. Again 1 Cor

10:13, tells us, that, God will not allow any situation that is

beyond your ability to come your way. The reason why God

has allowed that situation to confront you, is because, He

knows that you have what it takes to solve it. You are the only

one that is ignorant of your capabilities. God knows what he

deposited in you when He created you. Your ignorance has

kept you bound and rooted in that problem for so long, but

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through His word, God is going to impart your life with light,

shattering every form of darkness around you.

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What Must I Do?

You must do something if your situation or circumstances are

going to change for good. Not just doing something, but doing

the right thing. Doing the right thing, means, to do things the

same way God will do them if He was the one in that situation.

Ephesians 5:1, says, “Therefore be imitators of God (copy Him

and follow His example), as well-beloved children (imitate

their father)” – Amplified Bible.

In our opening verse of scripture – Genesis 1:2-3, we saw God

faced with a situation, and the first thing that He did was to

say, “Let there be light”. I would like you to take time to read

the whole of Genesis chapter one. There you will find a brief

account of how God recreated the earth. How God turned the

once horrible and wasted earth into something very good –Gen

1:31. The situation in that chapter changed because God

decided to do something about it. And it all started with God

saying, “Let there light”.

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Stage 1 You Need Light

God introduced light into a situation that was full of darkness.

And this is the first thing that you must do if you want to see a

happy ending to the story of your life. You need light! And by

this I am not talking of natural light, but light that comes from

the word of God. Psalms 119:130, says, “The entrance of thy

words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

John 1:5 rounds it up, by saying, “And the light shineth in

darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. You need to

have a divine encounter with the word of God, because that is

the only way your life can be imparted with the light that you

need to turn things around. Until the word enters your heart it

cannot affect your life.

I like to break thing down a bit, so that you can have a good

understanding about what the bible calls light. The term “light”

as referred to by the two scriptures quoted in the above

paragraph refers to, “revelation knowledge”. Revealed

knowledge about the complete work of Christ on Calvary and

the right and privileges that you have in Him. In other word

you have to possess a revelational about what God is saying

about your situation, just like He did in Gen 1:3.

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Having foreknowledge about what God is saying about your

situation helps to shed light on the whole situation as it is. It

helps you to know from God‟s perspective, what should be and

what should not. You can then make your choice of what you

want. Whether to remain in the mess you are, or to enforce a

change! Like is a product of choice.

Without revelational knowledge from the word of God

concerning your situation it is going to be a hard or impossible

task enforcing a change in your life. It will also hinder God‟s

plan and purpose for your life. God cannot do anything in your

life without the word in your heart. Because you need the word

for you to have the kind of faith – Romans 10:17 - that will

provoke God to move on your behalf – Hebrew 11:6. I would

like you to take some time out and go through the bible looking

for scriptures that best address the issues that you are going

through. Not just any scripture, but the ones that provide the

answers. For example for someone that has problem of health,

the kind of scriptures you will be looking for are as follows:

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1. 1 Peter 2:24 – “Who his own self bare our sins in

his own body on the tree that we, being dead to sins,

should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes YE

WERE HEALED.

2. Mathew 8:16-17 – “When the evening was come,

they brought unto him many that were possessed with

devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and

healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled

which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

Himself (Jesus) TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES, AND

BARE OUR SICKNES.

3. Exodus 23:25-26 – “And ye shall serve the LORD

your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water;

and I WILL TAKE SICKNESS FROM THE MIDST OF

THEE. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be

barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

4. Mark 11:23-24 – “For verily I say unto you, that

whosoever SHALL SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN

(sicknesses and diseases), be thou removed, and be

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thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart,

but shall believe that those things which he saith shall

come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire,

when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye

shall have them.

5. John 8:36 - “If the Son therefore shall make you

free (from all sicknesses and diseases), YE SHALL BE

FREE INDEED.

These are just five of the many verses in the bible that provide

answers to any health problem in life. When you encounter

light from these scriptures, it will deliver to you the power that

you need to live a sickness-free life (divine health). Remember

that David took five stones from the brook when he was

preparing to face Goliath, but at the end of the day he only had

to use one of them. The insight here is that each one of the

above verses of scriptures quoted above is powerful enough to

uproot any sickness or disease from your body. So having five

at your disposal makes you more than able.

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So you need to go back to the bible, and bury your head in it,

searching every page until you find the scripture that best deals

with your problems. You have to do all you can do to get away

from your busy schedule to get busy in the place of study. If

you don‟t pay attention to God‟s word, God will not page

attention to your situation – Proverbs 4:20. Don‟t forget the

story of Mary and Martha. Martha was busy in the kitchen

preparing food for the master, but Mary sat at His feet listening

to the word from his mouth, and Jesus said that she has made

the right choice! – Luke 10:38-42

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Stage 2 Speaking the Word

According to the bible, God is a creator, and everything He

ever created He did so by the power of the spoken word!

Hebrew 11:3, says, “Through faith we understand that the

worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which

are seen were not made of things which do appear”.

When you study Genesis chapter one, you will notice that the

phrase, “And God said...” appeared about nine times (vs. 3, 6, 9,

11, 14, 20, 24, 26 and 29). Everything that was created by God in

that verse of scripture was created by the power of the spoken

word. God created the heavens and the earth by “speaking the

word”. Take a close look at these two phrases from Genes 1:3-4:

Verse 3: “And God said...”

Verse 4: “And God saw...”

God could not see anything, until He said it. Everything that

God saw come into existence was a product of the word He

spoke from His mouth! Nothing happens by chance in God‟s

kingdom every manifestation of God is a result of the spoken

word. God„s word is His power. And by it He upholds the

whole universe together – Heb1:3. Every word that is spoken

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from the mouth of God is potent and has the ability to create –

(Heb 4:12)

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CREATED IN HIS IMAGE

“And God said; Let us make man in our image, after

our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish

of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the

cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping

thing that creepeth upon the earth.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of

God created he him; male and female created he them”

Genesis 1:26-27

God created Man in His own image. In a more simple term,

God created Man to be like exactly just like Him. To act, walk,

talk and live like Him. Man was created to operate in the class

of God. This statement may sound too far-fetched or

blasphemous. So I would like to take you back to what God

said in the same Genesis one while in the act of recreating the

earth.

Man was created after the law of creation, which states, “that

everything on the earth should bring forth after their” – Gen 1:

11, 12, 21, 24, 25. After God had finished the creation of all

things on the earth after their kind, He now turned to Himself

and said to the God head, “let us make Man after our own kind

(image)”. So man was created after the kind of God. He was

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created as a god on the earth to rule in power and majesty! That

was why God came to the Garden of Eden every day to

fellowship with His new friend – Man. Adam was the first man

and he possessed the wisdom of God, and God trusted him

with the task of naming all the animals of the earth. Adam‟s

word was law in the garden.

The point I am trying to make here is that, whatever God is in

heaven, man is on the earth. Man was created with power in

his mouth just like God his creator. It is no wonder that the

bible says in proverbs 18:21, “Death and life are in the power of

the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. You

have to be very careful what you say from your mouth, because

your words can either make you or break you. Many destinies

have been destroyed because of this. That tongue in your

mouth is a fruit-bearing instrument and it will produce

whatever you say with it.

If God said, and then God saw, it means that as a kind of God,

you will see the manifestation of everything you say from your

mouth whether good or bad. That is why Proverbs 6:2, says,

“Thou art snared (taken captive) with the words of thy mouth,

thou art taken with the words of thy mouth”. A lot of believers

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today have been taken captives by the words of their own

mouth. When you take a critical look at your circumstances,

you may discover that the way you speak is largely responsible

for the situation you find yourself in today. You cannot talk

down and expect to be up, nor can you talk sickness and expect

to live in health, and the list goes on and on.

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WORDS ARE SEEDS

“Hearken; Behold there went out a sower to sow: And

it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way

side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much

earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no

depth of earth:

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and

because it had no root, it withered away. And some

fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked

it, and it yielded no fruit.

And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that

sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some

thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred...And he

said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how

then will ye know all parables? The sower SOWETH

THE WORD”.

Mark 4:4-14

Words are like seed, and they have the power to produce after

their kind. The word of God is seed and it produces after the

law of spirit and life. Wherever the word is sown it produces

the power of God. And wherever the power of God is there are

miracles and signs in abundance – Luke 5:17. Genesis 8:22 say,

“While the earth remaineth, SEEDTIME AND HARVEST, and

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cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall

not cease”. You will always reap the harvest of the words you

speak, because when a seed is sown, it must produce a harvest.

This is a spiritual law.

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RECREATING YOUR WORLD

If things are going to begin to turn around for you, one of the

things you will have to do, is to change your language. You

have been speaking the language of the world for so long. Now

it is time for you to start speaking the language of the Sprit.

And the language of the Spirit is the word! Stop talking about

your problem and start talking about the solution. Rather than

speaking about how bad things have been, start talking about

how things are going to turn around for you. Jesus spoke about

His resurrection even before He was crucified – John 2:18-22.

You must arm your mouth with the word of God. Speaking the

word into your life and circumstances by faith, releases the

power of God in your direction. God gave Joshua the keys to a

life of distinction, by saying, “This book of the law (The Word)

shall NOT DEPART OUT OF THY MOUTH; but thou shalt

meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do

according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt

make thy way PROSPEROUS, and then thou shalt have

GOOD SUCCESS”.

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When you have located the solution of your problem from the

word of God, you need to speak it out so that your problem can

hear it. When God said, “Let there be light”, darkness gave

way! Look at those problems facing you today and begin to

speak the word of God at it. When David confronted Goliath,

he began to declare to him what was going to happen to him.

David said, “Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a

spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the

LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou

hast defied. This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine

hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and

I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day

unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth;

that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And

all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with

sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give

you into our hands. And it came to pass, when the Philistine

arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David

hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his

forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David

PREVAILED OVER THE PHILISTINE with a sling and with a

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stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no

sword in the hand of David.

David had already defeated Goliath by the words of his mouth

even before he ran towards him. He ran forward to accomplish

that which he had already declared. It is time for you to open

your mouth and speak at that mountain that has stood in your

way all these years. Declare your victory with boldness, and

see God move on your behalf with power and might.

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THE HEART CONNECTION

“For verily I say unto you, that whosoever SHALL

SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN (sicknesses and diseases),

be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and

SHALL NOT DOUBT INHIS HEART, but shall believe

that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he

shall have whatsoever he saith”.

Mark 11:23

There must be a connection between your heart (spirit man)

and your mouth, if the words that you speak from your mouth

will produce a change in your situation. The word of God must

first be resident in your heart before it will work in your

mouth. The word of God will only produce power in your life

when it is first mixed with faith in your heart – Heb 4:2. Power

is conceived in your heart, formed in your tongue and released

through your mouth. A lot of believers today only read the bible

when they are faced with a problem. But I like to tell you this,

that the word that will work for you is not the word that you

read on the day of battle, but the word you have stored in your

heart through study and meditation over time. Remember in 1

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Samuel 17:40, that when David went to the brook (the bible), he

chose five stones (5 scriptures), and put them in the shepherds

bag (the heart). After that he then began to speak!

Jesus said in the above scripture that there must be faith in

your heart if the things you say must come pass. Faith comes

by hearing and hearing the word of God – Rom 10:17. It is the

word of God that injects faith into your. It is the place where

the word becomes light. Proverbs 4:20-22, says, “My son,

attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let

them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of

thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and

health to all their flesh. KEEP THY HEART with all diligence;

for out of it are the issues of life. You see it talks about the

heart again.

The solutions of life are conceived in the heart. It says that you

should keep the word in your heart, not on your shelf, or under

your pillow, but in your heart. It is through mediation and

speaking the word to yourself that the word becomes a

permanent resident in your life. Take those scriptures that talk

about your situation and put them in your heart and

prayerfully meditate on them night and day until they produce

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faith in your heart. Faith is your sling and the word is the stone

that you need to bring down your goliath.

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SPEAK TO YOUR MOUNTAIN

“For verily I say unto you, that whosoever SHALL

SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN...

Mark 11:23

This is where a lot of believers miss it. Jesus said, “Say unto

this mountain”. This means speak to the problem and not

about it. If you want a problem to leave your live you speak to

it with the word of God in your mouth. Many a times, when we

go to God in prayer, asking for His help, we hardly ever go

back to speak to our problems.

Problems have ears, and they can hear whatever you say from

your mouth. Look at that sickness in your body and speak to it

using the word of God , and command it to leave your body,

and it will! That is the word of God. Jesus spoke to the fig tree

in Mark chapter 11 and cursed it. David spoke to Goliath and

cut off his head. It is time for you to tell that mountain to move,

and give way for you.

When the Israelites were trapped between the Egyptians and

the Red Sea in Exodus 14 and all people cried unto Moses, and

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I believe Moses also was crying unto God in his heart, God had

this to say to Moses. “And the LORD said unto Moses,

Wherefore CRIEST thou unto me? SPEAK unto the children of

Israel, that they go forward: But LIFT UP THY ROD, and

stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the

children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of

the sea”

You see God does not want you bombarding His throne room

every time you are confronted with a problem; He has put a

rod in your hand – The Word. He wants you to turn around

and speak at your problem and command it to give way, then

come back and give Him thanks and the glory.

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Conclusion

From now on make sure that every word that proceeds out of

your mouth is in line with God‟s word. It does not matter what

you see with the eyes, or what you hear with the ears, do not

let the word depart from your mouth, and before long you will

see things turn around for good. Stop exaggerating your problems

and start eradicating them! You are loaded with enough power to

light up your world, so open up your mouth and declare, “Let

there be light”.