Mm.

Am I correct? So he said, well, he told us, he said, "Take this word so we'll be able to withstand." So I know based on his word that we're going to be able to withstand.

It doesn't matter how we feel because we can have, our mind can be saying all kind of things to us, fear can touch our, our flesh, but the spirit of God that's inside of us speaks truth, and we ward off those, the, the, the attacks of the enemy.

He says, "Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace." Then it says in verse 16, which I love so much, "Above all," now, no, above all, what's above all? "Taking the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench out all the fiery darts of the evil wicked one." So that's what I decree.

No, the Lord said to take, above all, take faith.

So what is faith? Trusting in God's ability to do what he said he would do.

You know? Um, Psalms 38, 138:8 says it this way, "I will perfect those things that concern us." And then, um, Philippians 1:26 it talks about he is the perfecter of our faith, and he'll continue, continue to perfect our faith all the way up until the return of Jesus Christ.

But, uh, r- so, so go, go, talk a little bit more about those pe- people that say that, "Oh, we're not supposed to declare and decree." Right? [laughs] Uh, what, what, what do you, what do you say to somebody? Have you had, had, made that discussion with anybody?