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SEPTEMBER 2025 PARTNER LETTER
Declarations For Breakthrough

Dear Partners,
I pray that all is well with you and your family. In January of 2024, the Spirit of God began prompting me to encourage his people to declare His promises over their situation. In this month’s partner letter, I want to share with you a word that will encourage you to decree God’s word.

"Do you want to supercharge your prayer life? Do you need a greater strategy for what to do when you hear God speak? I believe that understanding the biblical concept of declarations and decrees will take each of us to a greater place of effectiveness in advancing the Kingdom of God.

Beloved, when God speaks things change. I believe one word from God can change anything and everything. When we agree with the voice of God and verbalize what He is saying, we are given the power to shift Heaven and Earth and change our very circumstances with prophetic declarations. These authoritative, spiritually empowered decrees have the capacity to bring breakthroughs and initiate change.

"Decrees have been used for thousands of years by governments to deliver judgments, laws, and orders with the expectation that they will be carried out. Esther, Ezra, and Daniel are books about decrees being issued that changed the course of history. Such is the governmental, Kingdom power God has put into the mouths of His people as we decree what He says!

Jesus Taught the Power of your Decree
"Throughout His earthly ministry, Jesus demonstrated the power of the spoken word. He told His disciples, 'Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you' (Matthew 17:20, emphasis added). "When Christ ministered healing and breakthrough to people He never actually prayed for them to be healed; rather, He released declarations of breakthrough, saying things like, 'Stretch out your hand,' 'Be made whole,' 'Rise, take up your bed and walk!

' Jesus raised the dead by making decrees: 'Lazarus, come forth!' In the situation with Jairus' daughter, He said, 'Do not weep. She is not dead; only sleeping...Child, get up.' To the dead man at Nain Jesus decreed, ''Young man, I say to you, arise''. To one woman who had suffered from a spirit of infirmity for twelve years, He decreed: ''Woman, thou art loosed,'' and she was instantly delivered and healed. When He and His disciples were on a boat and a ferocious storm broke, rather than pray Jesus made a decree: ''Peace, be still!

The Early Church—Our Example
"Jesus' disciples learned how to use decrees to bring breakthrough to people, setting the example for all Believers through the ages. When confronted by the lame man begging for alms at the Gate Beautiful, Peter made a decree that released healing: 'I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk' (see Acts 3:6). And the power behind that decree caused the lame man suddenly to jump to his feet, walking and leaping and praising God. The words, rise up and walk, are not asking permission, or making a suggestion, but giving a command.

"In Acts chapter nine we read the story of Dorcas, also called Tabitha, a follower of Christ from the city of Lydda, who became very sick and died. Peter went to her and got down on his knees to pray. After doing so he turned to her dead body and decreed, ''Tabitha, get up''. Then she opened her eyes, looked at Peter, and sat up.

"The apostle Paul also utilized decrees. In Acts 13:11 we read that Paul decreed blindness on Elymas the sorcerer who was hindering the Gospel from going forth. In Acts 14:10 he spoke to a lame man in a loud voice, 'Stand up straight on your feet!' And the man leaped up and immediately walked.

"Prayer is the foundation for every decree we make. Beloved, through a constant flow of communication with the Father, we are able to hear His words more clearly so we can know what to speak. We pray, connecting to the Father, then we decree, shifting the atmosphere''.

We must combine the power of prayer and the authority decrees. Prayer is our petitions, communication, and fellowship with God, while decrees are God's words released through our voices into the earth realm to bring change. "Job 22:28 begins by saying, 'You will also decree a thing'—not just your pastor, not just a prophet, but you shall make decrees that cause things to be established and light to shine on your way. The Hebrew word for 'thing' (omer, Strong's 562) means 'the word' or 'the promise.' What do we decree? We decree what God has spoken.

"God is looking for Believers who will stay filled with the power of the Holy Spirit so they can boldly declare His life and divine purposes in the earth". 

Marcia and I want to thank you in advance for letting me speak the truth of God’s Word into your life and thank you for helping me encourage many others.

Thank you for partnering with us,
Pastor Howard