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Every Word Counts - Week 2

SPEAKER: Pastor Charlie Riley
February 28, 2026

Message Notes

Your Words Today
Are Framing Your Tomorrow

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21

It’s A Law
It’s A Lifestyle

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man (Mature), able also to bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.
James 3:2-4

Jesus Used Words Today
To Change His Tomorrow
It Was His Lifestyle!

Examples:
The Storm
Centurion Sickness
Fig Tree
Lazarus

The Storm

On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him.
Mark 4:35-36

And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”
Mark 4:37-38

Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”
Mark 4:39-41

Jesus Didn’t Say Pray, He Said Say!

Why Pray? When You Can Just Say?

He Rebuked Them
Because They Didn’t Say!

The Centurion

Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.”
And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
Matthew 8:5-7

The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
Matthew 8:8-9

When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!
Matthew 8:8-10

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.
Matthew 8:13

Fig Tree

Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” And His disciples heard it.
Mark 11:12-14

Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”
Mark 11:20-21

So Jesus answered and said to them,
“Have faith in God.
Mark 11:22

Better Translation – “Have The Faith Of God” Or “Have The God-Kind Of Faith”

You Have The God-Kind Of Faith

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians 2:16 KJV

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 KJV

It Is Not Faith In Jesus Which Justifies Us, But The Faith Of
Jesus Christ Which Justifies Us!
His Faith At Work In Us!
You Have The Faith
Of The Son Of God!!!!!

So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. (Have God-kind of Faith) 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 11:22-23

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Mark 11:22

Lazarus

Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
John 11:40-42

Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
John 11:43-44

Confession Does Brings Possession
BUT!!!!!!!!
Words, In And Of Themselves, Are Ineffective In The Spiritual World

Steps To Speaking God’s Word Effectively
Hear The Word Of God
Allow Faith To Fill Our Hearts With God’s Word
The Heart Rests Fully In God’s Word
The Mouth Speaks The Word Of God That Has Been In The Heart
Faith, Action, And Words Combine To Change The Natural Condition

Health

Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
Psalms 103:2-3

Prosperity

Let them shout for joy and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause; And let them say continually, “Let the Lord be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”
Psalms 35:27

Salvation

So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Acts 16:31

Wisdom

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5

Hear The Word Of God
Allow Faith To Fill Our Hearts With God’s Word
The Heart Rests Fully In God’s Word
The Mouth Speaks The Word Of God That Has Been In The Heart
Faith, Action, And Words Combine To Change The Natural Condition