Pastors Ken and Lesa Henderson say the mind is very powerful, and so are our words: We need to speak positive, uplifting words not only to ourselves, but to others. Our knee-jerk reaction to things in our life should be to quote the Word of God, if nothing else.

"Speak the Word in every situation, and let that be your reaction," Lesa says. "Do not give in to what you're seeing. Do not give in to what your ears hear, what situation you might be looking at on TV or anything else. But continually believe and receive from the Word of God.

"We want to speak the Word when situations come, so that it becomes like an automatic—like a machine gun—automatic, predictable response of faith, that we just fire off the Word of God."

The Hendersons say it's important that we look at what is in our hearts—are we harboring negativity, doubt or unbelief? If so, then that's what will surface when our faith is tested with harsh circumstances, they said on the Faith Works podcast on the Charisma Podcast Network.

"Whenever a trial comes your way, don't just sit there like a bump on the log and let the devil have the final word," Ken says. "You need to talk back. When you speak the Word, no matter what your eyes tell you, it'll change your situation."

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