Declare His Glory – Prophesy Your Future
Pastor Phil Derstine 1-18-26
Prophetic Declaration – Connects your Faith to your God-given Future.
- Psalm 96:3 “Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all peoples.”
- Declare: To proclaim, testify, to tell the story, thru words & deeds.
- His Glory: The visible presence & power of God at work on the earth today.
- II Corinthians 5:20 “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors…”
- Hebrew Year 5786
- 80 – Hebrew letter Pey is shaped like an open mouth (means mouth, or declaration)
- 6 – Hebrew letter Vav means hook, or bridge (between heaven & earth)
- 2026 – Year of connection between divine revelation and earthly reality for New Beginnings
Prophesy to the Bones – Speak to your Problem about God’s Promise.
- Jeremiah 1:9 “And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.”
- Ezekiel 37:3 (NIV) “He asked me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ I said, ‘O Sovereign Lord, you alone know.’ (4) Then He said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones and say to them, Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
- Acts 2:17 “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: (18) And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.”
Grasshopper Mentality – An earthly view of your Problem.
- Numbers 13:33 “There we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
- Numbers 14:24 “But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.”
- I know whose I am; I am a child of God; God has a plan for my life; I am deeply loved by God.
- I must know my Identity in Christ!
Promise Land Mentality – A heavenly view of your Problem evidenced by your Profession of Faith.
- Joshua 1:6 “Be strong and of a good courage… (8) This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
- Joshua 6:10 “But Joshua had commanded the people, Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!”
- David had a heavenly view of his problem – I Samuel 17:46
- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had a heavenly view in the Fire – Daniel 3:17-18
- Joshua 21:43 “And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which He swore to give unto their fathers, and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.”
- II Corinthians 1:20 (NIV) “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.”
- II Corinthians 3:18 “And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed (changed) into His likeness with every-increasing glory (from glory to glory), which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
