How Your Words Are Creating the Future You’ll Live In - Free Indeed - Ep. 60

Summary

Barry Bennett teaches that words influence a person’s outlook and direction in life. Drawing on 2 Corinthians 4:13—“I believed and therefore I spoke”—he encourages viewers to regularly speak declarations based on Scripture. He says this practice helps keep attention on faith and can reshape what a person believes and expects.

Suggested Practice

• Create a list of faith-based declarations drawn from Scripture, and speak them regularly. Bennett says he does so nearly every day.
• Speak them over different areas of life, such as relationships, family, health, work, ministry, and finances.
• Listen to your own words. Bennett believes repeated words can reinforce a person’s outlook, while speaking Scripture can help redirect it.
• Replace habitual negativity—such as complaining, criticizing, gossiping, or describing yourself as helpless—with words intended to encourage, bless, and build others up.
• Keep practicing, even when a declaration doesn’t yet feel convincing. Bennett advises repeating it and allowing the words to become more meaningful over time.

Declarations Bennett Shares

• “I walk in God’s love”—focus on forgiving others and responding with love rather than offense.
• “I am filled with God’s Word.”
• “I hear God”—Bennett describes this as spiritual impressions, ideas, wisdom, or insight, not necessarily an audible voice.
• “I see life and light”—an affirmation of hope and clarity rather than confusion.
• “I walk in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel.”
• “I have health and strength.”
• “I walk in God’s abundance.”
• “I am filled with the Spirit” and “I am anointed.”
• “I have the mind of Christ.”
• “Blessings are overtaking me.”
• “Opportunities are opening up for me.”
• “The greater one lives in me.”
• “My words shape my future.”
• “I have God’s faith and authority.”
• “The joy of the Lord is my strength.”
• “I have His peace.”

Bennett also encourages choosing joy rather than relying only on changing circumstances, and trusting in God’s peace during difficult situations. These are presented as Christian faith declarations, not as medical or financial guarantees.

Presenter and Sources

• Presenter: Barry Bennett, an instructor at Caris Bible College.
• Sources cited: 2 Corinthians 4:13; Romans 5:5 and 15:29; Galatians 5:22–23 and 2:20; Jeremiah 15:16; John 10:27, 12:50, and 14:27; Psalm 36:9, 65:11, 103:3–5, and 23; Ephesians 5:18 and 1:3; 1 Corinthians 2:16; Deuteronomy 28:2; Colossians 4:3; 1 John 4:4; Proverbs 18:21; Matthew 12:34–35; Mark 11:22–23; and Nehemiah 8:10.
• Additional resource mentioned: A booklet and longer volume by Andrew; the transcript does not provide a full name.