WORDS ALSO WORK BLUNDERS!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SATURDAY APRIL 01, 2023.

SUBJECT: WORDS ALSO WORK BLUNDERS!

Memory verse:  "Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from troubles"

(Proverbs 21 vs 23).

READ: Proverbs 6 vs 2; 13 vs 3; 18 vs 21; Matthew 12 vs 37; James 3 vs 2:

Proverbs 6:2: You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth. 

13:3: He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

18:21: Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Matthew 12:37: For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

James 3:2: For we stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, He is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

INTIMATION:

Words can work wonders, but they can also work blunders! Do you realize that multitude of people fail in life because they speak failure? They fear failure and allow their fear to overcome their faith. What you say locates you. You will not, and you cannot, rise above your own words. If you speak defeat, failure, anxiety, sickness, and unbelief, you will live on that level. Neither you nor anyone else, no matter how clever, or anointed, will ever live above the standard of their conversation/confession. This spiritual principle is unalterable.

If your conversation/confession is foolish, trifling, unpractical, or disorganized, your life invariably will be the same way. With your words, you constantly paint a picture of your inner self. Jesus said, "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" (Matthew 12 vs 34). What we say reveals what is in our hearts. Words can cut and destroy. You are either condemned or justified by your words. 

The apostle James recognized this truth when he stated, “The tongue is a little member and boasts great things” (James 3 vs 5). What you say and what you don’t say are both important. What we say probably affects more people than any other action we take. Therefore, learn self-control by controlling your tongue. If you can control this small but powerful member, you can control the rest of your body.

If you think back on your life, you will probably agree that most of your troubles have been tongue troubles. Numerous troubles are caused by an unruly tongue! Words spoken in the heat of the moment; words of anger, words of harshness, words of retaliation, words of bitterness, words of unkindness, these words produce trouble for us. 

The uncontrolled tongue can do terrible damage. The apostle James compares the damage the tongue can do to a raging fire. The tongue’s wickedness has its source in hell itself. Satan uses the tongue to divide people and pit them against one another. Idle and hateful words are damaging because they spread destruction quickly, and no one can stop the results once they are spoken. 

We dare not be careless with what we say, thinking we can apologize later, because even if we do, the scars remain. A few words spoken in anger can destroy a relationship that took years to build. Before you speak, remember that words are like fire—you can neither control nor reverse the damages they can do. 

Avoid careless speech because it is a vicious habit. When one realizes that his words are the coin of his kingdom and that his words can be either a cursing influence or a blessing, he will learn to value the gift of speech. The word is a seed (Luke 8 vs 11), and if spoken from a poisoned mind, it is a disaster. An idle word spoken aloud may fall into the soil of someone's heart and poison his entire life. Learn to control your tongue.

It's really important that we let God help us overcome our unruly speech habits, for our words can work blunders and get us into trouble. Confession is made with the mouth, not only for the good things God has promised us, but also for sickness, defeat, bondage, lack, and failure. 

Refuse to have a bad confession. A negative confession can produce negative results. Refuse to have a negative confession. Repudiate a dual confession, when you are saying at one moment, "with His stripes I am healed," and at the next moment, "But the pain is still there." 

Go to a higher level of living in the kingdom of God. Believe that you are who God says you are. Think that way. Talk that way. Act that way. Train yourself to live on the level of what is written about you in God's Word. Do not permit your thoughts, your words, or your actions to contradict what God says about you.

Although you may  not master positive confession in a day or even a week, or a month, you will learn it as you continue to walk in it faithfully. Because God has said it, we should boldly say the same thing! 

Prayer: Abba Father, let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. Let the Holy Spirit give me increasing power to monitor and control what I say, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!