The Prayer Solution - WORD Power

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Prayer Solution – WORD Power

Podcast: Bill Winston Podcast – Audio
Host: Bill Winston Ministries
Episode Air Date: February 9, 2025

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Overview

This episode, “The Prayer Solution – WORD Power,” focuses on the transformative and practical power of faith-filled words, drawing on biblical examples and personal testimonies. Dr. Bill Winston and guest teachers emphasize that not only does prayer change things, but the actual words we speak have a creative, liberating force — if spoken in faith and aligned with Scripture. The discussion weaves together scripture readings, lively teaching, memorable analogies, and actionable encouragement for believers to use their words on purpose, just as Jesus did.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Principle of Word Power in Scripture

• Jesus’ Example of Speaking with Authority
  • Jesus spoke deliberately — “Let us pass over unto the other side” (Mark 4:35) — teaching that His words set the course for what was to happen.
  • Quote:

    “What did he say? What do you think’s going to happen? Do you think they’re going to sink in the middle of that journey? No, because of what he spoke.” (Guest, 02:33)

• If Jesus Said It, He Expected It
  • Hypothetical about Jesus saying He’d rise on the fourth day:

    “Suppose he had said, fourth day he shall rise. What would have happened? He had arose on the fourth day.” (Guest, 03:51)

  • Teaching Point: Speak precisely and don’t settle for less than what you declare in faith.

2. Expect Results That Match Your Words

• Don’t Accept Substitutes
  • Funny, memorable analogy:

    “If you say you believing for a Bentley and you get a Rose, send it back. I don’t want that. See, that’s the problem… You just accepting anything. Don’t accept nothing but what you said.” (Guest, 04:04)

  • Emphasis on not settling, but claiming precisely what you ask for by faith.

3. Immediate Impact of Word Power

• Biblical Examples:
  • Jesus calms the storm — “Peace be still” (Mark 4:39) — it stopped immediately.
  • Jesus promises in John 14:12 and Matthew 21:21 that believers can do what He does – speaking to situations, even mountains.
  • Quote:

    “Now, either that’s true or you need to stop coming. I don’t know about you, but I want all that Jesus said I can have.” (Guest, 07:20)

4. Faith-Filled Words for Deliverance

• Practical Application Through Testimonies
  • Story of a man delivered from alcoholism by consistently declaring God’s word — even while still drinking.

    “Every time I took a drink, I said, thank God I’m free from alcohol. …One day I went to the liquor store… told me, take that back. You don’t need that…That was the last day I ever drunk in my life.” (Dr. Bill Winston retelling, 09:24–10:15)

  • Instruction: Receive and keep speaking the word, rather than only trying to resist the problem.

5. The Importance of Believing You’ve Received (Past Tense Prayer)

• Scriptural Support:
  • Jesus told Peter, “I have prayed for thee…” (Luke 22:31-32) — the prayer is done; the answer is expected.

    “Now look at the word pray. It’s got a what on it? Ed. What does that mean? Past tense. I have prayed.” (Guest, 12:01)

  • Mark 11:24 – believe you’ve received when you pray, not waiting to see to believe.

    “How you gonna pray something in that you already got? I have prayed for you…If you believe in words, the devil himself can’t get them.” (Guest, 13:16)

6. Words Are Used By Both God and the Enemy

• Words Influence Outcomes
  • Satan used pressure and words to try to break Job’s integrity; Job’s wife repeated exactly what Satan suggested.

    “Look how the enemy can talk in somebody’s ear or in their mind and they do or say exactly what he said. …They won’t say exactly what God said…They’ll say exactly what the enemy have them saying.” (Guest, 17:25)

  • Bible instructs to be “slow to speak and quick to listen” to avoid unwittingly aligning with the enemy’s influence.

7. Pressure and How to Respond

• Pressure is Not for Believers
  • Emphasis that we are designed to “cast all your care over on him” (14:47) and not to live under anxiety or pressure.
  • Satan keeps coming back to pressure, tempt, or convert willpower — using examples of Joseph and temptation, and modern situations.

    “He comes back again and again… Each time he has a different cologne on. …That’s Satan. That’s the way he operates.” (Guest, 19:27)

  • Encouragement: “You’re not designed to live under one ounce of pressure.”

8. Resisting and Standing Firm

• Empowered by the Word
  • Story of Daniel’s friends in the furnace (Daniel 3) used as example of speaking faith-filled words under pressure:

    “I’m just saying, you speak that word of faith and that devil can’t do anything about that. …You can not bow and not burn.” (Guest, 23:47)

  • Final Exhortation: No matter past mistakes, God is forgiving. Keep the word on your lips and move forward.

9. Faith-Filled Words Create Lasting Change

• Summary Teaching
  • Words carry the power to bring themselves to pass; speak them, release faith, and the result manifests.

    “Faith filled words, when you say it, loose it. By faith, it brings itself to pass.” (Dr. Bill Winston, 24:37)

  • Words function powerfully — Jesus cursed the fig tree, David spoke against Goliath, Daniel’s friends declared God would deliver.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Don’t try to get rid of something. Receive something and you receive that word…You keep going and watch that word do its work. One day you’ll be free.” (Guest, 01:26; 10:15)
• “Slam the door. Get away from here. When you don’t get your prayer answered exactly like you prayed it, slam the door. That ain’t mine.” (Guest, 05:00)
• “You say it, say it with faith, and faith goes to work. This is powerful stuff, folks. This is the kind of thing you want. This is what makes you a master.” (Dr. Bill Winston, 25:15)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:26] – Practical approach to deliverance and word-power (“You can run them out with the word…”)
• [02:14] – Jesus’ use of word power (“Jesus taught word power.”)
• [03:51] – The importance of precision in speaking (“He had arose on the fourth day…”)
• [07:20] – Claiming all Jesus promised (“I want all that Jesus said I can have…”)
• [09:24–10:15] – Testimony of deliverance by faith-filled words
• [12:01] – Past tense prayer; believing you already have received (“I have prayed for thee…”)
• [13:16] – Teaching on the authority and finality of prayer
• [17:25] – How the enemy influences speech (“She got that from Satan…”)
• [19:27] – Modern analogies on temptation and pressure
• [23:47] – Faith in the furnace (“You can not bow and not burn.”)
• [24:37] – Dr. Winston’s summary on the creative force of faith-filled words
• [25:15] – Final encouragement and summary message

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Tone and Language

• Conversational, energetic, and encouraging
• Frequent use of relatable analogies, practical instructions, and memorable catchphrases
• Mix of direct teaching and humorous, yet serious, storytelling

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Summary

Throughout this episode, Dr. Bill Winston and his guest emphasize the unrivaled spiritual power embedded in spoken words — particularly those saturated with faith and the promises of God. They reinforce that believers must not only pray, but intentionally speak out faith-filled declarations, trusting that these words create reality, banish bondage, and resist satanic pressure. Listeners are urged to refuse substitutes for their confessions, to persistently speak the word even in the midst of struggle, and to expect God’s exact answer. With examples ranging from Jesus to David, Job, and personal testimonies, the episode represents a call to “mastery” through consistent, bold use of one’s words in alignment with faith.

Transcript

[Narrator]

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[Dr. Bill Winston]

Hello, this is Bill Winston. I'm inviting you to the Business and Leadership conference that we have every year. And this one is going to be on March 21st and 22nd, right here at Living Word Christian Center. Now, this is more than a conference. This is an experience. We've had speakers from all over the world. Not only that, we have people from all over the world that you can network with. And this is what we want to do.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

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[Dr. Bill Winston]

Because we want to give you new ideas, fresh relationships so that you not only can start businesses, but that you can scale them. So if you're looking for that business anointing, you're looking to get some innovative ideas. This is a conference for you. It's the Business and leadership conference to 2025. It's time for us, the people of God, to get into that flow. You are anointed for business. I'll see you here. That's March 21st, 22nd, right here at Livingworth Christian center in Forest Park, Illinois.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

I will see you here.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

God bless you and keep walking by faith.

[Narrator]

Up next on the believer's block of faith.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

A lot of times I know the deliver ministry say, I'm going to cast this devil out. But some of them devils won't come out. And you can run them out with the word. Come on now. You can take that word and see. Don't try to get rid of something. Receive something and you receive that word. Thank God I'm free from cigarettes. Thank God. Even you. Lighten up. Thank God I'm free from cigarette. You buying another carton? Thank God I'm free from cigarette. You keep going and watch. Let that word do its work. One day you'll be free. Jesus taught word power.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

Jesus taught word power.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

All right. What did he do?

[Dr. Bill Winston]

Let's look at Mark, chapter four and verse 35.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Ready, read.

[Scripture Reader]

And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, let us pass over unto the other side.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Stop. What did he say? What do you think's going to happen? Do you think they're going to sink in the middle of that journey? No, because of what he spoke. What? He spoke words. Jesus taught word power. He did it on purpose because he wanted to teach his disciples to get the same result that he did. Look at mark 1034. Ready, read.

[Scripture Reader]

And they shall mock him and shall scourge him and shall spit upon him and shall kill him.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Hold it. He's talking in third person here. Who does he who is he talking about? Himself. And he's saying exactly what's going to happen. What is this powerful here? And. And finish the sentence and what it say?

[Scripture Reader]

And the third day he shall rise again, my Lord.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Suppose he had said, fourth day he shall rise. What would have happened? He had arose on the fourth day. So you can't expect to say one thing and get something else. If you say you believing for a Bentley and you get a rose, send it back. I don't want that. You go. You see that. See, that's. That's. That's what the problem is. See, you just accepting anything. Don't accept nothing. But what you said. I'm telling you, you said you gonna get you $1,000 and $5 bills. Don't accept 10. Wait, y' all with me. You say you want this kind of woman for a wife. Don't accept that. Don't accept that over there. Don't accept that. The dev get you not to believe in your words. Don't. Don't take it. Don't take it. That's not yours. You got to go with me. You got to see what I'm talking about. And if somebody knocked on your door and you answered and they got a box of black snakes, would you take it in there? No. You slam the door. Get away from here. When you don't get your prayer answered exactly like you prayed it, slam the door. That ain't mine. Mark 4:39. Ready? Read.

[Scripture Reader]

And he arose and rebuked the wind and said unto the sea, peace be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Now, look at that. Another translation said it ceased immediately. That's because of word power. He believed in him that if he spoke, is so. And it's not going to take all year for it to manifest immediately. Now, you got to believe in some of this, because didn't he say what he did? Put it up there. John, chapter 14, verse 12. Ready? Read.

[Scripture Reader]

Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also. And greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto my Father.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Go down to Matthew, chapter 21 and 21. Ready? Read.

[Scripture Reader]

Jesus answered and said unto them, verily, I say unto you, if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also, if ye shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Now, didn't Jesus speak to a fig tree? Didn't it wither away within 24 hours. He said, you can do the same thing. Now, either that's true or you need to stop coming. I don't know about you, but I want all that Jesus said I can have say amen. All right. Look at Mark, chapter four, verse 41. Ready, read.

[Scripture Reader]

And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, what manner of man is this that even the wind and the sea obey him?

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

All right. It obeyed who? Him. Who? God. Who? Come on, come on. Word. These words are filled with faith. Mark, chapter five and verse eight. All right.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

Now, this is when this demoniac man ran up on Jesus smelling like I don't know what.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

And I mean, he was bad off. I mean, that you ain't took a bath and dropped about a month. But anyway, but here he was. He was bad off.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

He was loaded with demons.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

So look what Jesus did. Ready, Read.

[Scripture Reader]

For he said unto him, come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

All right, I'll finish it. They came out legion.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

All right. All right. Now, while I'm talking here, let me say something. I was talking to a man the other day.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

He said, pastor, he said, this thing that you're doing with words is right on.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

I said, what do you mean?

[Dr. Bill Winston]

He said, I had an experience.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

I took it.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

I heard that you can take words and do anything. I said, yeah.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

He said, I had a drinking problem.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

I said, okay. He said, what happened is I've been.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Trying to get rid of it because I got saved. And he said, that thing was still on me. I didn't know what to do. So he said, what I did was I took the scripture that you said. Every tree in me that the Father has not planted shall be rooted up. And then every time I took a drink, I said, thank God I'm free from alcohol. He said, while I'm drinking. I mean, I'm busy drinking it and still saying that. He said, you got to say it while you're still drinking, you know? Cause the word won't return void. And he said, one day I went to the liquor store to get some Old Crow or something. He said, I got it and I took it and put it on the counter to pay for it. Told me, take that back. You don't need that, he said. I said, I don't need this. I took it back. He said, that was the last day I ever drunk in my life. Now, I'm telling you, whatever you got. A lot of times I know the Deliverance ministry say, I'm going to cast this devil out. But some of Them devils won't come out, and you can run them out with a word. Come on, now. You can take that word and see. Don't try to get rid of something. Receive something and you receive that word. Thank God I'm free from cigarettes. Thank God. Even you lighten up. Thank God I'm free from cigarettes. You buying another carton? Thank God I'm free from cigarettes. You keep going and watch that word do its work. One day you'll be free from cigarettes. You hear what I'm saying? Somebody say word power. Look at Luke 22, verse 31. Ready? Read.

[Scripture Reader]

And the Lord said, simon, Simon. Behold, Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not. And when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Now look at the word pray. It's got a what on it? Ed. What does that mean? Past tense. I have prayed. Now look at mark 1124. Whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, believe you receive them, and you shall have them. Well, if I believe I've received it, why would I pray again? Why would I pray again? So, Simon, I have prayed for you that your faith won't fail. Now look at Simon. Acts, chapter 5, verse 27 through 29. Ready? Read.

[Scripture Reader]

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, saying, did not we straightly command you that ye should not teach in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, we ought to obey God rather than me.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Now look how bold Peter is. Now, check it out. Before they saw him, said, peter, weren't you with them? He said, no, no. I don't know. They said he was with them, huh? I told the lady over there, I didn't know the man. Now I'm saying, look. Look how Peter has changed. Because Jesus had. What? No, come on. You got to pronounce the word right. Ed. Ed, come on. These are small points. I'm telling you why some of us have not been winning because we haven't respected words. How you gonna pray something in that you already got? I have prayed for you, Jesus. You can pray for them kids and forget it. Cause if you believe in words, the devil himself can't get them. Boy, I'll preach it. Now, if you believe in words, the devil can't touch them. They will make it to the promised land. Now, you've got to know that when they turn the fire up seven times hotter than normal.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

That was pressure.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Satan wants to put pressure on you. You are not designed for one ounce of pressure. Things will happen or could happen. High blood pressure. Come on. Food not digesting properly, so diabetes comes in. Now, I'm saying this because you're fearfully yet wonderfully made. You are delicate. You're not designed for one ounce of pressure. You are designed to cast all your care over on him. He cares for you. The spirit may be willing, but the flesh is weak. You follow what I'm saying? So if you look at this and look at this whole idea about us enduring pressure, we have pressure from Satan designed to make us give in his demands.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

Now, let me show you this.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

I know some of y'. All. Y', all, this might be. You might not like the way this is going down, but it's going down for a reason, like it is. Look at job. Job, chapter one, verse 11. Ready, read.

[Scripture Reader]

Put forth thine hand now and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Now, this is the devil talking to God. He's on the Earth. He checked Job out. Job was the richest man in the East. And he came to God, said, I know if you cut that stuff off.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

He'Ll curse you to your face.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

All right, now this is what the devil said. Come on down to chapter two and verse nine. Now, the devil is going to whisper in Job's wife's ear and watch her say the same thing he told God. Ready? Read.

[Scripture Reader]

Then said his wife unto him, dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse God and die.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Look at. Look at that. She got that from Satan. He put it in her mind. And she told her husband that. Told him that. How many times you get into something and you. You start venting, you start that. Look, I said, blessed and not cursed. You know? Look. Look how the enemy can talk in somebody's ear or in their mind and they do or say exactly what he said. They won't say exactly what God said. They'll mess that up. They'll say exactly what the enemy have them saying exactly what the devil said. Now, I'm saying that the Bible says, be slow to speak and quick to listen. He's saying that for a reason. Take your time. You're a believer, and the enemy wants to use you to do some things. Now let's look at this. This is found in Genesis, chapter 39 and verse 10. Ready? Read.

[Scripture Reader]

And it came to pass as she spake to Joseph, day by day, that he hearkened not unto her. To lie by her or to be with her. And it came to pass about this time that Joseph went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there within. And she caught him by his garment, saying, lie with me.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Oh, come on, keep going.

[Scripture Reader]

Left his garment in her hand and fled and got him out. And it came to pass when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and was fled forth.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Now, Satan can put the pressure, make.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

People give in to his demands.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

And somebody may have given in to his demands and not known it. You know, you may be out with somebody at night, and you know, they say, lie with me. Now, see this ring on my finger? This. This. This is license. This gives me license to do certain things. I know what I mean. If. If that doesn't. Okay, so my point to you is that she's trying to get Joseph to lie with her. And look here. Come back again and again the Satan tries to convert your will. So sometimes, you know, that man, he comes back again, and he ain't married. You ain't married. And he tries to get you to. He. He tries to get you to do the nasty. And you know you ain't got no license. I'm a J. Can I. Can I talk. Can I. Can I say some things? This is Chur. We are in church. And he comes back again and again. Each time he has a different cologne on. Come back again and again. That's Satan. That's the way he operates. Now, you've got to resist the devil. And if you couldn't resist him, the Bible said it wouldn't be in there. Now, is that enough said on that? I mean, can you. All right, now, that's what people tell me. Well, you know, we all slip. You know, David slipped. Well, Joseph didn't slip. I said Joseph didn't slip. Joseph ran. No, I'm gonna take. I think I'll write a letter on that. Joseph ran. Some of y' all need to know how to. Okay, now, I'm not calling anybody any kind of names or saying anything about you. But my point to you is that's the same pressure he'll put on you for an abortion. That's the same pressure he put on people about mutilating these kids. That's the same pressure. The devil puts pressure on you. And I'm saying you're not designed to live under one ounce of pressure. Now, remember this. And sometimes he'll make it look like you can't get out. Because when they were going over to the other side. You remember in that boat that storm came and that was it. Look at the keep through Hebrews. That fire. They took that fire and heated it up seven times harder. And they said, Put up there three, 17 Daniel. Ready, read.

[Scripture Reader]

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Keep going.

[Scripture Reader]

And he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

I'm just saying, you speak that word of faith and that devil can't do anything about that. I don't care what he's put together in this earth to try to take you out or make you bow. You can not bow and not burn. And I'm saying right now that you've got to learn how to resist the devil and he'll flee from you. Say amen to that. And I'm just saying this, you might have made some mistakes. Thank God. Now God is a healing God. He's. He's a forgiving God. Say amen to that and you have been forgiven. Now don't look back, look forward and keep the word on your lips. Well, praise the Lord.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

I trust that you enjoyed that teaching. Now, faith filled words carry the power and ability to bring themselves to pass. Faith filled words, when you say it, loose it. By faith, it brings itself to pass. I'm talking about Jesus speaking to a tree. Boom. No man ate fruit of you here after forever. Then he went on up there and went to sleep. Faith filled words are bringing themselves to pass. While he was asleep, faith was working. That's what you can do with your kids, send them out to school. Faith filled word. You don't have to be there. Send the word. Faith filled words. But they work every time. Why? Their power of words. Words are some of the most powerful things in the universe. You saw words with Jesus stop a storm. You saw words with David, talk about what he was going to do to Goliath. Let me tell you. Confessed it four times and when he got there, took a rock and killed him. That's faith filled words. They're going to put Daniel three Hebrews in a fire. And they said, the God that we serve, he shall deliver us. Faith filled words. They got delivered. Impossible. But faith filled words will bring themselves to pass. You say it, say it with faith and faith goes to work. This is powerful stuff, folks. This is the kind of thing you want. This is what makes you a master. You know what I'm saying? This is what does it. Well, that's enough of that. You need to order the teaching.

[Guest Preacher/Teacher]

Hallelujah.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

Well, this is Bill Winston saying, we'll see you next time. Until then, keep walking.

[Narrator]

By faith we trust that today's message, Word Power was a blessing to you. But you've only received a portion of this transformational teaching designed to build your faith and help manifest the best of God in your life. To receive this full four part series in its entirety on CD or MP3, on DVD or MP4, contact us at 1-800-711-9327 or online at billwinston.org everything God created, he did with words. God did not say anything that he did not want to come to pass. In this powerful teaching, word power by Dr. Bill Winston, you'll gain true understanding of how powerful your words are and how you can change what you speak to manifest what you want. Order this must have teaching.

[Dr. Bill Winston]

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[Narrator]

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