Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food" devotional for today is a great lesson to learn when standing in faith for something!
WORDS
"Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. (Proverbs 6:2).
Many Christians blame certain things on the devil, when actually they are taken captive by the words of their own mouths. One writer expressed it this way:
You said you could not - and the moment you said it you were whipped. You said you did not have faith - and doubt rose up like a giant and bound you. You are imprisoned with your own words. You talked failure, and failure held you in bondage.
Our words dominate us. That's what Jesus was saying in Mark 11:23: "...he shall have whatsoever he saith."
Never talk failure. Never talk defeat. Never acknowledge for one moment that God's ability or power cannot put you over. If you do talk failure or defeat, you are acknowledging that God cannot and has not put you over in life.
But thank God, He can! And He has! If you will believe right and talk right, you will walk in the reality of it!
Confession: I refuse to talk failure. I refuse to talk defeat. God puts me over in life.
I know that when we were first learning about the importance of the words that we speak, many believers became "word watchers". The problem was, they were watching everyone else's words and calling them on their slip ups, while many times not minding their own words! People began treating this as rules and regulations, when actually, the teaching of the importance of our own words is a 'set free' solution for those of us who wanted to walk in faith and love as the way to honor our Lord and Savior by bringing glory to HIS Name! The devil ALWAYS brings pressure to succeed into a situation because, in our own strength, we will always fail! He knows this, but what he doesn't even understand is how, when we take the Word of God into our hearts, meditate on it until Holy Spirit causes faith to rise up, then speak it out of our mouth, JESUS confirms His Word with signs, wonders and miracles! Satan doesn't understand it, but he KNOWS that it works! THAT is why the pressure comes! The next time you feel driven or pressured to 'perform' the Word, remind yourself that without JESUS, we are nothing! BUT, with HIM, we CAN DO ALL THINGS! Because it is HE that does the work!Amen! Here is Hillsong with "Search My Heart":Many Christians blame certain things on the devil, when actually they are taken captive by the words of their own mouths. One writer expressed it this way:
You said you could not - and the moment you said it you were whipped. You said you did not have faith - and doubt rose up like a giant and bound you. You are imprisoned with your own words. You talked failure, and failure held you in bondage.
Our words dominate us. That's what Jesus was saying in Mark 11:23: "...he shall have whatsoever he saith."
Never talk failure. Never talk defeat. Never acknowledge for one moment that God's ability or power cannot put you over. If you do talk failure or defeat, you are acknowledging that God cannot and has not put you over in life.
But thank God, He can! And He has! If you will believe right and talk right, you will walk in the reality of it!
Confession: I refuse to talk failure. I refuse to talk defeat. God puts me over in life.
Shalom in Him!
