Today I want to share from Kenneth E. Hagin's Faith Food.
Transformed Talk
"Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly" (Psalm 1:1).
"Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Romans 12:2).
When God's Word tells us not to be conformed to this world, notice that it relates conformity to the area of the mind. In other words, we are told not to think like the world thinks; we are to get our mind renewed with the Word of God and think in line with the Word of God. Then we will talk and believe in line with the Word of God. The world is programmed negatively. The world thinks sickness, fear, doubt, defeat, and failure. That's because the world without God is in spiritual death. Therefore, it is programmed to death instead of life. Listen to what people say: "That scares me to death." If Christians do not renew their minds with the Word of God, they will make the same mistake the world makes. They'll talk themselves into sickness. But if we'll renew our mind with the Word of God, we'll know that God says,
"The tongue of the wise is health" (Prov. 12:18).
Confession: I never talk sickness; I don't believe in sickness. I talk health. The tongue of the wise is health. I believe in healing and health. I never talk failure; I don't believe in failure. I believe in success. I never talk doubt; I refuse to doubt. I never talk defeat; I don't believe in defeat. I never talk about what the devil is doing; I talk about the works of God.
The Word of God tells us how to control the words of our mouth so that we can make this confession of faith a reality in our lives in Philippians 4:8:8 For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them]. AMP
The Message Bible is also very clear what we are to be thinking about!
8 Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious — the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. THE MESSAGE
The ONLY way to control the words of our mouth is to control what we are thinking about and the only way we can adequately control our thoughts is by controlling what we allow in the "eye-gates" and "ear-gates" that we ave been given! No one else can do this for you! It is a personal decision that every born again believer must for themselves! Make it your determined purpose to begin putting more of the Word of God into YOU through teaching, praise and worship and fellowship with LIKE-MINDED believers! The old adage "See no evil; hear no evil; speak no evil" is absolutely correct! What we allow in is what we WILL think about, and what we think about we WILL speak and act on! So, let's make the adjustments! AMEN! Here, to help you do this, is Hillsong with "Endless Light":
Shalom in Him!
