Wayne DeCloux January 2017

The Power of ProclamationPROCLAIM defined1. To promulgate; to announce; to publish; as, to proclaim a fast; to proclaim a feast. Isaiah 61:1-2 (NKJV)To proclaim liberty to the captives, 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; 2. To declare with honor; as, to proclaim the name of the Lord, that is, to declare his perfections. Exodus 33:17-20 (NKJV)19 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. DE-CLARE': To make a declaration; which means to proclaim or avow some opinion or resolution in favor or in opposition; to make known explicitly some determination;We already know how to declare things. We need to learn is how to start declaring God's Word. 1 Peter 2:9Psalm 71:18Psalm 89:22 Timothy 4:2 2 Preach (declare, proclaim) the word! Be Proverbs 18:20-21Mark 11:23Isaiah 55:11Romans 10:8-10 (NKJV)8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach [Kerysso]): 9 that if you confess [homologeō] with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession [homologeō] is made unto salvation.Greek word for Proclaim is Kēryssō:to be a herald, to officiate as a heraldto proclaim after the manner of a heraldalways with the suggestion of formality, gravity and an authority which must be listened to and obeyedto publish, proclaim openly: something which has been done used of the public proclamation of the gospel and matters pertaining to it,Confession [homologeō]1.  to say the same thing as another, i.e. to agree with, assentto profess, to declare openly, speak out freelyProclamation without faith is empty words, devoid of the life. Proclamation requires both faith in the heart and speaking with the tongue. The purpose of proclamation is to speak the answer not the problem. The answer is what God says about the situation.In “proclamation prayer” we use the authority of Jesus Christ to make pronouncements over a person or group or event or situation, commanding that it will come into alignment with God's perfect will for it. So what do we proclaim? We can proclaim whatever the Word of God proclaims!Philippians 4:13 1 John 4:4 - You can personalize it as you declare it… I am of God, I am a child of God, and have overcome the world because He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world. Just be careful to say what the Word is saying!Isaiah 41:10-13Personalized you might proclaim, “I will not fear for God is with me. I will not be dismayed because Jehovah is my God. He will strengthen me, yes He will help me. He will uphold me with His righteous right hand. All of those who are incensed against me shall be ashamed and disgraced; they shall be as noting, and those who strive me shall perish. I shall seek them and not find them – Those who contended with me. Those who ware again me shall be as nothing. As a nonexistent thing. For the Lord my God will hold my right hand, saying to me, “Fear not, I will help you.”So what does proclamation accomplish?·      It takes our eyes off of the problem and puts them on the Problem Solver·      It reminds us of God’s faithfulness·      It strengthens our faith as we agree with what God says·      It changes head knowledge to heart belief·      I personally believe there is power in the spoken word that comes from my mouth when that which comes from my mouth comes from a heart of faith. [The Lord Jesus said, Speak to the mountain and it will move! He did not say pray to God to move the mountain, he said speak to the mountain. Do not doubt in your heart but believe what you say will happen and it will.As elders we believe that proclamation is an important key to overcoming the enemy. That is what Jesus did when tempted by the Devil as recorded in Matthew 4.