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Teachings on The Power of The Tongue
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. There’s POWER In YOUR Words
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And your Words direct the course of your life.
It’s the way you were created.
But let’s look to Scripture to see if what I am saying is correct:
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God SPOKE …
light be, and light came into existence {Genesis 1:3}
Then God SPOKE …..
“Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear” and the land and waters were separated {Genesis 1:9}
Then God SAID ….
“Let Us make man in Our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule …”. And so it was. A triune being {man, in spirit, soul and body} was created, with the ability to SPEAK things into existence just like God, and with the ability to rule over the earth, just like God. {Genesis 1:26}
Then MAN CALLED each living creature by a name …
“And whatever the MAN CALLED each living creature, that was its name” {Genesis 2:19}
We go on to see that the “whole world had one (common) language and a common speech”, and when MAN SAID ….
let’s make a name for ourselves, God had to come on down and confuse their language so that each would not understand the other, because of the God-given power of their words; for if man were to actually agree with each other and SPEAK the same future into existence, “then NOTHING they plan to do will be impossible for them”. {Genesis 11:6}.
Powerful!
The words of man have the same power and creative ability as the Words of God…because God created us that way!
Really?
Well, let’s go on to see:
When God decided to wipe out Sodom and Gomorrah we can see two things that happened. Firstly, MAN SPOKE out against this city, causing God to move against Sodom and Gomorrah! And secondly, Abraham got to choose or SPEAK the determined guideline which would determine judgment or mercy for these two cities. Abraham … A MAN …. was allowed to SPEAK for and request mercy if there were 10 righteous living in the cities. {Genesis 18:21, 32-33}
From there, we can go on to see how Jacob’s words came to pass when he SAID “if you find anyone who has your gods, he shall not live” {Genesis 31:32} which brought about the death of Rachel during childbirth {in Genesis 35:16-19}.
Do you find that a stretch of my imagination?
Then hang on with me … there are more Scriptures proving this point.
Let’s just jump past many other Old Testament examples for the sake of time and space, and head straight into the Proverbs which tell us plainly, “The TONGUE has the power of life and death” {Proverbs 18:21} or “From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things” {Proverbs 13:3} or “From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things” {Proverbs 12:14}.
And then there are the many New Testament examples:
Such as Jesus SAID to satan, while being tempted….
stopping satan right in his tracks because of Jesus’ WORDS.
Or how about when Jesus taught us, “if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, YOU CAN SAY … and NOTHING shall be impossible for you.” {Matthew 17:20-21}
Compare this verse with the Words God spoke at Babel {in Genesis 11:6} …. same Words. The same POWER is in our tongues right now ….. IF we will believe it. Seems the people at the time of Babel understood and knew such!
Yes, Jesus went on to teach that “whatever we ASK, STATE, DEMAND, SPEAK” would indeed be done for us {Matthew 18:19, Matthew 21:21, Matthew 21:22, Mark 11:23, John 14:13, John 15:7 and SO many more times} if we would simply BELIEVE this Truth.
And Paul taught the same Truth when he said, “if thou shalt CONFESS with thy MOUTH the Lord Jesus … thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the MOUTH confession is made unto salvation.” {Romans 10:9-10}
And so I write to remind you, that there is POWER in YOUR tongue!
Just because you don’t see your words take place immediately at times, does not mean your words aren’t working.
In fact, there are times when we should fall on our knees and THANK GOD our words DON’T immediately bring to pass what we’ve just said!!
But if you will believe God at His Word, and take notice of what you are speaking, and what you are believing when you speak, you WILL actually see that your words ARE bringing to pass in your life, exactly what you say in faith….whether you BELIEVE you will get the flu and state such, or whether you believe you are healed and state such. Watch and see. God is not a liar. What He has said is Truth. And you WILL get what you say!
Now let’s just start saying what God says about us, so that we can joyfully look forward to receiving what we say. Amen.
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“…anyone who SAYS … and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he SAYS will happen, it WILL be done for him.”
{Mark 11:23}
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