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1 Kings 18:41 (KJV) And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

After a long drought there was proclaimed in the ear of the prophet of God that there was an abundance of rain. He couldn't see it, but he could hear the proclamation that it was coming in abundance. The Hebrew word for sound is proclamation or thundering declaration.

In this day and age, too many Christians want to see something before they will believe it. The Lord teaches us that we must believe it before we see it:

Mark 11:24 (KJV) Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

First, we believe, then we receive (have). In fact, we are taught by our Savior to say what we believe before we receive, because the word spoken gives release to the thing believed for.

Mark 11:23 (KJV) For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

It is what is held as truth in the heart that will come out of our mouths and what is held in the heart will draw to itself for evil or good, curse or blessing:

Matthew 12:34 (KJV)... out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Luke 6:45 (KJV) A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

We bring forth, give birth to, in our lives, the treasure that is in our hearts and spoken with our mouths.