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WATCH YOUR WORDS BY Shane Roark
Matthew 15:18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. Matthew 15:11 It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; and this defiles a person. Luke 6:45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Over 90 such scriptures can be found in the Bible with very little effort. We believe in the power of God, we believe in salvation, we believe the story of the gospel of Jesus and even how Genesis describes the creation of this planet and our universe. Then for some reason, we decide that "words" are harmless. I’ve heard many connect the teachings of the power of words with name it and claim it. However, this has nothing to do with the Holy Word of God's stand on how we speak. I am often surprised at how bitter and angry people can often be. They’ll rant and rave on and on and on then say, “I’ll pray about it”. What?! They have zero belief in their negative words, yet claim they can “pray” and God will jump in and fix it. That's not how it works. When we run our mouths about how things won’t work out or how terrible life is or how bad we have it, we are saying “God can’t do anything about it”. 2 Corinthians 4:13: “I BELIEVE; therefore, I have SPOKEN, Faith without works is dead." (James 2 14-26) The beginning of this work is how we use our WORDS”. It is work to guard our words. Thoughts are often nearly impossible to tame and will turn into words so easily if we let our guard down. It is a minute-by-minute task. We must be vigilant in the war against negative thinking. 2 Corinthians 10:5 says: “We take captive every thought to make them obedient to Christ.”
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