Decreeing Something Is It Ok To Do?
Well I never thought about it before till the Lord gave me a two word search "decree light". Well there was just one verse with those two exact words.
Job 22:28 (KJV) Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Well I had learned and grew in the Lord well enough to stay in "out of the mouth of God" as Messiah said. Messiah also said "It is written" and "It is Finished" so this was my argument to the Lord and I told Him I wouldn't do it for these reasons. The church at that time was really pushing people to decree things and I didn't agree with it for the reasons I stated to Father. I take out of the mouth of God to him when praying for things as well. Scriptures said by God or Messiah (God) are more powerful words than my words.
I had been walking a long time and the Lord then next with my discomfort started giving me words for scripture after scripture of different prophets, till I had a full page of them!! I told Father I would decree His words until He released me, so I read them out loud each morning decreeing them. Once released from it I deleted the page it went on for I don't remember how long weeks I think.
So should a person decree things, my answer would be to do it the way Father then did with me, find His words to stand on not mans words in scripture. I felt I had taken up the cross and followed Him, not following me.
The thing that always stood out to me in the book of Job is what stopped the attacks on him:
Job 42:10 (KJV) And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Do we pray for our friends?
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Matthew 22:37 (KJV)