John Osteen On The Power of Speaking God’s Word

Say What God Says

“IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR WORLD, start by changing your words to those taken straight from the Word of God”

Jesus said, “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says” (Mark 11:23). This is the heart of the message of YOUR WORDS HOLD A MIRACLE: Jesus said there is a place you can come into your relationship with God, if you know the Word of God and don’t doubt, where you can have whatever you say. Jesus said you’re going to get what you say, so you should be careful about what you say. YOUR WORDS HAVE POWER.

John and Dodie Osteen

Your Words Hold a Miracle contains a dedication from John Osteen’s wife of 44 years, four months and six days, Dodie Osteen:

"My husband taught me faith, and how to believe in God, and receive a miracle, which I did in 1981 when diagnosed with metastatic cancer of the liver and given a few weeks to live. That was thirty years ago, and soon I will be seventy-eight. I am alive today because of the teachings of great men of God, and one of them was my husband. He always said, “Store up the Word of God in your heart when you don’t need it, and you will have it when you do need it.”

Reflections from Joel: The Story of a Certain Christian

Pastor Joel Osteen, son of John Osteen, contributes a foreword to Your Words Hold a Miracle and reflects on each chapter of the book:

"A powerful step toward living at your full potential is to discover the power of your thoughts and words. As was true of my father’s “certain Christian,” many people live far below their full potential because their thinking patterns are defective. You cannot think negative thoughts and expect to live a positive life. You can’t think thoughts of failure and expect to succeed.
You have to quit dwelling on the negative. Don’t magnify your problems. Magnify your God. The bigger we make God, the smaller our problems become. Quit dwelling on what’s wrong in your life, and start dwelling on what’s right in your life. Learn to focus on your possibilities, on what you can do, on your potential. Then go out each day expecting good things."

Three Sweet P's

In Your Words Hold a Miracle John Osteen provides practical advice for putting the Word of God to work in your life, and one tool he brings to the table are the “Three Sweet ‘P’s”.

“P” Number One: PRAISE
By praise, you can act like God’s Word is true. You act by praising.

“P” Number Two: PLAN
You can show that you believe the Word of God and that you are acting on that Word by the plans you make.

“P” Number Three: PARTICIPATE
As you praise God and make your plans, you must also participate

Through PRAISE, a PLAN, and PARTICIPATION, you act, react, and show God the strength of your Faith by building a foundation on belief in his Word.

The Power of God's Word

God used words to create this world. He created everything by the word of His power. He created by using words. In Genesis 1, He repeatedly said, “Let there be,” and it came into existence.

The words in God’s mouth were powerful! Correspondingly, His words spoken by our mouths are also powerful!
Your words are important. You can create Hell on earth or Heaven on earth with your mouth. You must change your world by changing your words! Put God’s words in your mouth and speak them out.