Bestselling author Joyce Meyer teaches readers how to confess with their mouths the desires of their hearts.

Many Christians believe in and practice things such as prayer and Bible study. They faithfully attend church every week and try to be the type of person-through their actions and words-that God wants them to be. But many do not realize the power they have to effect change in their lives. According to Joyce, God desires good things for us. Not just material things, but spiritual and emotional things, too. Only when people understand they must take action and speak aloud the things they long for will they be able to truly receive God's blessings. Faith is active, says Joyce. It must be released. It is an offensive weapon.

People who actively speak aloud their needs to God may not get everything they want. They may have to "wait on God's timing." But if they never ask, they've lost any opportunity at all. THE SECRET POWER OF SPEAKING GOD'S WORD includes powerful Scriptures arranged in more than 50 topics that allow readers to quickly and easily begin confessing their needs. Joyce has specifically reworded these Scriptures so they appear in first person, allowing readers to feel truly empowered as they petition God.

Topics include:

Patience
Loneliness
Seeking God
Self-Control
Temptation
Wisdom
Waiting on God's timing

I will bridle my anger, trash my wrath, cool my pipes-it only makes things worse.
-PSALM 37:8 (THE MESSAGE)

I follow the example of the Lord, who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy and loving-kindness.
-PSALM 103:8

I am slow to anger and have great understanding; I am not like he who is hasty of spirit, exposing and exalting his folly.
-PROVERBS 14:29

I speak soft answers that turn away wrath, not grievous words that stir up anger.

-PROVERBS 15:1.2

I am not a hot-tempered person who stirs up strife, but I am slow to anger, appeasing contention.
-PROVERBS 15:18

Good sense makes me restrain my anger, and it is my glory to overlook a transgression or an offense. -PROVERBS 19:11

I am not quick in spirit to be angry or vexed, for anger and vexation lodge in the bosom of fools.
-ECCLESIASTES 7:9

When I am angry, I do not sin or let my wrath (my exasperation, my fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down.
-EPHESIANS 4:26

I will let all bitterness and indignation and wrath (passion, rage, bad temper) and resentment (anger, animosity) and quarreling (brawling, clamor, contention) and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language) be banished from me, with all malice (spite, ill will, or baseness of any kind).

And I will become useful and helpful and kind to others, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving others [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave me.
-EPHESIANS 4:31-32

Now I must get rid of all these things: anger, passion, and hateful feelings. No insults or obscene talk must ever come from my lips.
-COLOSSIANS 3:8 (GNT)

I won't forget that it is best to listen much, speak little, and not become angry; for anger doesn't make me good, as God demands that I must be.
-JAMES 1:19-20 (TLB)

Copyright © 2004 by Joyce Meyer

About the Author

JOYCE MEYER has been teaching the Word of God since 1976 and in full-time ministry since 1980. She is the bestselling author of more than fifty inspirational books, including How to Hear from God, Knowing God Intimately, and Battlefield of the Mind. She has also released thousands of teaching cassettes and a complete video library. Joyce's Enjoying Everyday Life radio and television programs are broadcast around the world, and she travels extensively conducting conferences.