Shalom,
Today I want to share a powerful message from Kenneth and Gloria Copeland's "From Faith To Faith" devotional.
Watch Your Language
In a multitude of words transgression
is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent. Proverbs 10:19, The
Amplified Bible
We believers need to start watching
our language! We need to quit throwing words around like they weren't important
and start using them like our lives depended on it--because, according to the
Word of God, they do! (Proverbs 18:21).
Too many of us have what Proverbs
19:1 calls a perverted mouth. Having a perverted mouth means more than
lying and using profanity. It means having a disobedient mouth. It means saying
things that are out of line with the Word of God.
All of us have done that at one time
or another. We'll say, for instance, that we're believing God for our healing
and then we'll turn right around to someone and make a statement like,
"This pain is about to kill me!"
That's perverted! It's backwards from
what God's Word says.
"Oh well, Brother Copeland, I
know I said that, but it's not really what I meant."
Listen, the world of the spirit
doesn't operate on what you mean. It operates on what you say. Mark 11:23 tells
us 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."
Take note. That verse didn't say you
shall have whatsoever you mean. It says you'll have what you say. It's
what you say that counts.
Now, I'm not suggesting you should be
tied up in knots all the time worrying about what your next phrase might be.
Just use the wisdom God has given you. Train your mouth to be obedient to His
Word. Then, when you need it most, you'll find that Word dwelling richly in
you.
AMEN! YOUR words are POWERFUL! So make sure that YOURS line up with GOD'S! Here is Hillsong with "Say The Word":
Shalom in Him!