This is your moment. The time to call things that be not as though they were. Not tomorrow, not when things look better—NOW. You’ve been standing and believing, maybe for a long time. But if you haven’t seen your manifestation, the hard truth is that the problem isn’t on God’s end of the equation—it’s on yours.
We’ve all been there. And it is a fight to get to the other side. That’s why it’s called the fight of faith! There are many things you can do to be sure you’re perfectly aligned for your blessing. (See Why You Don’t Have What You Desire Most and 3 Things to Do When You Feel Stuck.) But one important step you must take is that which Abraham took to move his promise into manifestation. That step is calling things that be not as though they were.
To get you started toward victory, here are 30 scriptures* about calling things that be not you can use to build your faith for speaking and claiming the promises of God in your life!
*All scriptures are from the English Standard Version.
- Genesis 15:6
“And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.”
- Genesis 17:5
“No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.”
- Joshua 1:8
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”
- Proverbs 4:20-22
“My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.”
- Proverbs 18:21
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.”
- Mark 11:23
“Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.”
- Mark 11:24
“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
- Luke 1:37
“For nothing will be impossible with God.”
- Luke 10:19
“Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.”
- Romans 4:1-5
“What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.’ Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.”
- Romans 4:16
“That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.”
- Romans 4:17
“As it is written, ‘I have made you the father of many nations’—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.”
- Romans 4:18
“In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, ‘So shall your offspring be.’”
- Romans 4:21
“Fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.”
- Romans 8:14
“For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.”
- Romans 10:10
“For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.”
- Romans 10:13
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- Romans 10:17
“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”
- Romans 12:2
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:28
“God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:13
“Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, ‘I believed, and so I spoke,’ we also believe, and so we also speak.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:7
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
- 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
“For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.”
- Colossians 3:2
“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”
- Hebrews 10:23
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.”
- Hebrews 11:1
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
- Hebrews 11:3
“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.”
- Hebrews 11:6
“And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
- Revelation 12:11
“And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”
When you learn the power of declaring the end from the beginning, you’ll be calling things that be not every day! Don’t stop working toward the kind of faith that takes it. You have it in you. Keep working at it, keep speaking, keep believing. Your promise is yours.
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