BY BISHOP DAVID. O.

OYEDEPO
Bible Sense for Deliverance
The Commission
"The hour has come to liberate the world from all oppressions of the devil,
through the preaching of the Word of Faith;
and I am sending you to undertake this task."

Introduction
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places
might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God
Ephesians 3:10

God has a very simple, but powerful deliverance tool for you. It is His desire
and intention that through His manifold wisdom, the Church would disarm all
principalities and powers, and rule over them. We are in that age now. No
longer would the Church need to sweat to cast out devils and to take charge.
She can do it cheaply, through the great weapon God has delivered to her.

I want to show you what you possess, that will give you your place of honour
in every conflict of life. No longer would you need to roll up your trouser, or
pull off your suit in dealing with the devil. God has given you what it takes to
do this with ease. You can even be at table eating, and at the same time cast out
devils!

1. A Mouth
God has not given anyone the gift of miracles. What He has given is the gift of
working of miracles (1 Cor. 12:10). If you want a miracle, then you must work
it out.

Also, in His infinite wisdom, God has programmed it in such a way that every
work has its own tools. For instance, cutlasses are not meant for the dining
table, nor are bows and arrows. If you want to eat, the tools you need are spoon,
fork and a knife. Likewise, in the Spirit, God has programmed the tongue for
your deliverance.

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not
be able to gainsay nor resist.
Luke 21:15

Your deliverance is in your tongue! Death and life are in the power of the
tongue (Prov. 18:21). Jesus said you are either justified or condemned by the
words you speak out of your mouth (Matt. 12:37).

What becomes of you is largely determined by the words you speak. You can
never be condemned except by the words of your mouth.

A brother shared a testimony in church, of how out of thirst, he rushed to the

refrigerator in his office and mistakenly began to drink acid, instead of water.
He said when the chemist in charge of the laboratory screamed, "Acid, acid!
You are drinking acid," it occurred to him that he was face-to-face with death.
He immediately remembered the scripture in Isaiah 43:26, that says,
"...Declare thou, that thou mayest be justified." He said he knew right away that
his declaration then was the only thing that would save him. So, he declared,
"No! It cannot be acid, it is water!"

To prove it was acid, the chemist tested the contents of the cup from which the
brother drank and discovered that it was negative. But, on testing the contents
of the container the brother poured from, it was positive, proving that it was
acid. But this brother was miraculously delivered by the right use of his tongue!

The Bible says, "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and
every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn"
(Isa. 54:17). You are to condemn every tongue or thing that rises up against
you with your mouth.
You are too quiet to be victorious; you are too silent to be a winner. Goliath
cursed David by his gods, and David cursed him in return in the name of his
own God. He didn't allow Goliath to have the final say. David said:

This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and
take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the
Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth;
that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
1 Samuel 17:46

If you sit silently, watching the serpents of the magicians, they may kill you. In
the world of the spirit, you can't afford to be silent. By closing your mouth, you
are keeping your heavens closed. No sound, no deliverance. Negative sound
leads to destruction, whereas positive sound brings deliverance.

In March 1981, I declared boldly, "I can never be poor!" I spoke it loud for all
the devils in hell to hear, and that day poverty ended in my life!

Also, after catching a revelation from the Scripture, "He himself took my
infirmities", I boldly declared, "I can never be sick!" That was the end of
sickness in my life!

2. Believe It, Say It!

The spirit of faith demands that you say or declare whatever you believe. You
don't have any proof that you believe a thing, if you do not say it out.

We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and

therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
2 Corinthians 4:13

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:10

A combination of belief and confession is what equals faith. The greatest of all
miracles was that of creation. God believed the earth could be inhabited, so He
made bold declarations, which brought about outstanding manifestations.

Why is your deliverance in your mouth? There are three reasons:

Your Words Are Seeds

The Bible says, "The seed is the Word of God" (Lk. 8:11). Since you are
created in the likeness of God, and you are an heir of God and joint-heir with
Christ, the words you speak out of your mouth are also seeds. Because your
words are seeds, they are bound by the covenant of seedtime and harvest (Gen.
8:22) to produce for you according to what you say.

When you talk freedom, you will reap freedom. You can't talk wealth and reap
poverty. Whatever you say is what you will reap. Your words are forces of
deliverance, so sow the right words.

Your Words Commit God

That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his
messengers…
Isaiah 44:26

God is committed to perform whatever you release from your mouth; and when
God is committed, no devil can resist Him.

God has nothing to act upon, until you have uttered a word. Until you open
your mouth wide against sickness, you won't be free from it. Until you open
your mouth wide against poverty, lack and want won't leave you alone.

God Himself never saw a world, until He issued forth a command "And God
said..." If He couldn't escape the law of utterance for performance, you can't.

When the first set of disciples were released on the miracle mission, the Bible
says in Mark 16:20:

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them,
and confirming the word with signs following. What God confirmed was the
words they spoke.

Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave
testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be
done by their hands.
Acts 14:3

God has not changed. Until you learn how to speak, you won't enjoy
deliverance. Every fortune and misfortune you see is as commanded by your
mouth, because death and life are in the power of the tongue. When your
tongue is Word-ruled and bridled, you will enjoy deliverance at will.
Before my wife and I got married, we went to a respectable Christian leader for
counselling. In the course of the counselling, he turned to me and asked, "What
are you looking forward to in marriage?" My reply was, "A hitch-free married
life." And just as I said it, I've enjoyed a happy and peaceful home. What I said
was what God confirmed.

God has given you a mouth and a wisdom over all your adversaries, so He
watches over what you say, to perform them (Jer. 1:12). Therefore, be careful
what you say, because they shall surely come to pass.

Angels Carry Out Your Orders

Angels pick up whatever you say and carry them out to the letter. They are
ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation
(Heb. 1:14).

Angels are agents of deliverance (Ps. 34:7), and they hearken to the voice of
His Word. And because you are an heir of God, they hearken unto your voice
as well. They are your spiritual messengers, and they excel in strength (Ps.
103:20). So, when you speak, they run with it, to perform with precision what
you have commanded.

When you say, "I am sick", they deliver sickness to you on the spot. But when
you say, "I cannot be sick", they deliver divine health, and keep watch with
their flaming swords, to stop any devil that is coming towards you with
sickness. When you declare, "No armed robber can step to the door of my
house", they make sure that is exactly what happens. That is why the Bible
warns us in Ecclesiates 5:6:

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel,
that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy
the work of thine hands?

There is power in your tongue to effect your deliverance. The words of your
mouth are a living force; they are seeds, God is committed to perform them and
they set the angels into motion. So, you can be relaxed in battle. Speak the right
words always, and your deliverance will come.

3. Stuff Your Heart

There is no technique for speaking good or right words, except by you stuffing
good words into your heart.
The Bible says in Matthew 12:34-35:

...Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:
and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

No fountain can bring forth sweet and bitter water at the same time (James
3:11). If your heart is Word-loaded, you will always utter words of deliverance
and miracles. Speaking faith-filled words of deliverance will become a natural
thing to you.

When it is abundant in your heart, it will flow through your mouth. When you
are drunk with the Word of God, the Word of life will come out of your mouth
naturally.

So, fill your heart with right words. The Bible is the best source for faith-filled
words. Perhaps you would like to pray this prayer the Psalmist prayed in Psalm
19:14:

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in

thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

4. Say It Loud!
Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it.
Psalm 81:10

This is a commandment you have to obey, to effect your deliverance. Open

your mouth wide against your enemies and they all would be levelled. Your
tongue is the answer as far as your enemies are concerned.

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou
removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but
shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have
whatsoever he saith.
Mark 11:23

That is why the louder you talk, the freer you become. Remember that you have
been given a mouth and a wisdom that no adversary can resist nor gainsay.
Open your mouth wide against all the devils mocking your destiny in Christ,
and they will not be able to resist or mock you any more. When you say, "I will
never beg," no matter the enemies against you and your business or career, God
is committed to ensure that what you have said is what you will see.

When in faith you say, "I can never be stranded", you have devastated the camp
of the enemy, no matter how many of them are gathered against you.

A sister shared this wonderful testimony of deliverance in church recently:

"Since I started worshipping here, I have always believed that untimely death
is not for me and my Family. This was proved last week.

On Sunday November 22, my 19-year-old daughter left home in the morning

for church, and didn't return for six days.

On Monday morning, we brought out her picture, anointed it and prayed. On

Tuesday, my cousin brought her name to the church for prayer.

Whenever Satan brought evil thoughts to me concerning my daughter, I would

say, `No, my Bishop has said we would not bury our children.' While walking
along the street, I would keep declaring, `I will not bury my child, I will not
bury my child', forgetting that I was on the street.

I also kept saying to myself , `This is my year of laughter, I will not cry.'
Unknown to me, I kept making these declarations on the street, and at times,
even began to dance. The curious gaze of passers-by was what always made
me remember that I was on the road.

This continued until Friday night, at about nine o'clock, when I heard a knock
on the door. I opened the door and, behold, it was my daughter!

She said as soon as she boarded the bus on her way to church that Sunday
morning, she lost her senses. She and those in the bus with her were taken to
an unknown destination, where they were all bound hand and foot. She didn't
know for how long they were held captive, but according to her, a woman
drove a car to the place, took a knife, cut the rope off her, put her in her car
and drove her to safety!"

This lady's deliverance was a case of angelic intervention, as she did not know
the woman that rescued her! Other captives were still tied by the ritual killers,
but God sent His angels, in response to her mother's faith-filled declarations.
You have been too silent, that's why you have been tormented all this long!
Open your mouth wide, like this precious daughter of Abraham did, and let
them know that you know who you are in Christ Jesus.

Whenever the enemy is raging against you, put your tongue to work. It is your
only way out. No matter in what areas you have been tormented or harassed by
the enemy, when you open wide your mouth, you will subdue them all. No
power of the enemy is stronger than the power of your tongue. This is the Bible
sense for deliverance.

When confronted by enemy forces, say out loud:

• "He has given me a mouth and I have His Word too; no adversary
can resist or gainsay what comes out of my mouth."
• "I cannot be oppressed! He has set me free, so I am free indeed."
• "He died for my sins; I shall no longer die in sin."
• "He became poor that I might become rich; I shall not live in
poverty any more!"
• "I determine what becomes of me by my tongue. I shall live and not
die, to declare the works of the Lord."
• "I shall not bury my children; I shall not bury my younger ones; I
shall live to fulfil the number of my days."
• "I shall possess my possessions today, and with my tongue, I walk on
in liberty."

Shout it, believe it, and God will back it up! If the devil can silence you, he has
made a cheap prey of you. If he can get you to keep your mouth shut, he has
succeeded in shutting up your destiny. The louder you shout your victory, the
freer you become.

With knowledge of this truth, I keep shouting loud for all, including the devil,
to hear: "I cannot be sick. I can't imagine being dragged from a car wreck.
Many years to come, I will still be here. I have a programme that stretches till
the year 2039, if Jesus tarries." As I continue to say these, I'm sowing seeds
into my future, which God is committed to perform and the angels to obey and
carry out.

Look at any area that seems to be a problem to you right now, and open your
mouth wide against it. It is God's decree that you shall have whatsoever you
say. May you keep on saying the right things! May you never be caught saying,
"It is better to die", "The future is bleak", "It can't work."
At the outset of our ministry, I kept on declaring, "We shall never borrow. I
can't imagine us borrow," and we have never been tempted to borrow. "Open
your mouth wide, and I will fill it." Start talking your way to success,
abundance, sound health, a happy home and great increases today. That's God's
strategy for personal deliverance.

All the blessings and security I'm enjoying today are what I spoke into
existence years back. Likewise, you won't see good tomorrow, if you don't
speak them into existence today, because seedtime and harvest shall not cease.
You must first put the seed into the ground today, for you to be able to reap a
bountiful harvest tomorrow.

5. Speak Against...
You have been given power over the devil and all his cohorts, so open your
mouth wide and speak out against whatever the world calls you that your
Father in heaven has not called you. Have you been called "Barren", open your
mouth wide and speak out against it, for He has called you a "Joyful mother of
children."

Jesus looked at Pilate and said, "You don't have power over me." In the same
vein, I say to you right now, look at that issue and begin to harass it with your
words of power. Look at that financial embarrassment, that deadly habit, and
say to it, "You don't have power over me. Stop there, enough is enough!"

Most times, we plead with God to help us speak to our situation, when what we
should do is to face the enemies and speak against them. God said, "You shall
say to the mountain…", not, "You shall cry to Me."

Here is another testimony of the effective use of the tongue for deliverance:

"I woke up at 3:30 a.m. and heard a big bang, as though a drum fell.

When I looked out through the window, I saw ten armed robbers. I immediately
remembered what the Bishop taught us, that we must talk right, in order to live
right. Then I said, `If I be a man of God, let the fire of God come down and
consume all of you.'

One of my sons went to the neighbours and ordered them to stop shouting
`Thief, thief.' Instead, we drew the blood line around the premises. Another son
ran upstairs and took the liquid fire (the anointing oil), and began to splash it
around. Before he got downstairs, the robbers had already opened the iron
door at the back. The boy then began declaring to the robbers, `You cannot
come in. There is fire burning here.'

Those upstairs were praising the Lord for victory, and were dancing. Then I
remembered what the Bishop said one day. He said if armed robbers were
terrible, then we as children of God, are more terrible. I said to myself, `Today
is the day.'

After some minutes, the heavens came down, and the robbers who came with
vanity went back destroyed!"

I have good news for you. Hear what the Scripture says:

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit
themselves unto me. The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their
close places.
Psalm 18:44-45

Everything you speak against shall submit themselves to you and heed your
voice of command. They shall fade away and be afraid out of their closed
places!

That sickness has no power over you! That embarrassing situation has no
power over you! Put your weapon of deliverance to work and watch them all
fade out of their hiding places!

6. Deliver Yourself!
I love this verse of Scripture:

Shake thyself from the dust…loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive
daughter of Zion
Isaiah 52:2

You are the one to deliver yourself. How? you may ask. Through the right use
of your tongue!

You can stop that deadly habit that is injuring your spiritual life. You are to say
to it, "Stop there, you don't have power over me! Enough is enough! I'm
walking into my liberty now, because greater is the One in me, than the one in
the world. I've been raised up with Christ, and am seated in heavenly places
with Him, far above all you principalities and powers. I'm no longer under your
authority, but you are under my foot; so take your hands off me now!"

With the right use of your tongue at all times, nothing can hold you captive.

You are loosed and delivered, in Jesus' name!