My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Psalm 45:1 (NKJV)   Over the past few days, we’ve been discussing the power of the tongue. What we say is key because it helps to form the dreams and visions we hold in our hearts, which shape our future. Today’s verse compares our tongues to the pen of a writer, writing out our dreams on our hearts just as a writer chooses how the story goes. If all we talk about are problems—what’s wrong with us and the world, and why it’s never going to change—we form a very negative vision for the future. And the trouble is, we tend …

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. Mark 11:24 (NKJV)   Over the past few days, we’ve been discussing how God’s promises can impact the dreams and visions in our hearts, and how those dreams can then shape our future. But before we can benefit from this powerful process, we need to understand the relationship between the heart and the mouth. In our culture today, words can sometimes seem to hold little weight, but the reality is our words are powerful. The ultimate example of this truth is found in Romans 10:10. If we believe in our hearts that Jesus came to save us, and we say with our mouths …

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Eternal, “plans for peace, not evil, to give you a future and hope—never forget that. Jeremiah 29:11(VOICE)   Dreams and visions are a beautiful part of the language of the spirit realm. Often we get caught up trying to make sense of the world only from a logical standpoint. We want to be able to explain and analyze things. We want to create systems and rules to give us the certainty that we can recreate the circumstances we want, and prevent the ones we don’t want. To experience the miraculous, we have to get our hearts engaged. We need to allow God’s Word to paint pictures on our hearts. When we allow His promises …