Words Change Your Feelings … (and your circumstances)

Category:
Teachings On The Power Of Your Tongue

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Words Change Your

Feelings

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(as well as your circumstances)

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Have you ever been in a great mood, until someone spoke something to you that ticked you off?

Have you ever been a little “down”, until someone spoke something to you that picked you up?

Have you ever been having a great day, until you got around someone who started talking about something terrible and fearful, and that fear or grave concern jumped onto you?

WORDS!

Words have the POWER to change your mood.
Words have the POWER to change your feelings.

Words ARE powerful!

When it comes to the Word of Faith, many Christians “blow off” the idea that their words have any real power, however, in natural situations everyone admits the power of Words.

The media and politicians know the power of words to change people’s thinking about situations/topics, and spend a lot of time and money getting their WORDS across to you;

People will say “those are fighting words” when some heated topic comes up;

And even Paul the Apostle wrote that it is through the “foolishness of preaching” (1 Corinthians 1:21), or SPEAKING WORDS, that people’s eternal destinations are forever changed!

Words are powerful and have the power to change your mind, change your feelings, AND EVEN CHANGE YOUR ETERNAL DESTINATION.

Get into the habit of speaking God’s Words ONLY, every single day of your life, to change the way you look at yourself, your family, and your life.

You will see that not only are your words changing the way you think and feel, but you will see the powerful Word of God, spoken out of your mouth, actually SHAPING your life to come into line with what God has SPOKEN about you!!!

Change your words starting today!

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Scriptural Proof:

Joel 3:10 — Let the weak SAY I AM strong
(Remember to speak God’s Words in the verb tense in which they are written;  which  is what God does when He calls you “saint” or “holy”)

John 11:11 — Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep
(Jesus didn’t even speak of situations in the way that was obvious to the natural eye.  He spoke His desire or intent as present tense,   BEFORE it took place in the natural realm!)

Romans 4:17 — … God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not AS THOUGH THEY (ALREADY) WERE
(Context of this verse is Abraham CALLING himself  “the father of many nations”  BEFORE ONE child was ever born!

Abraham SPOKE the promise of God every day, which changed his feelings and the way he thought about himself, and he spoke the powerful promise of God out loud every day which changed his situation!

Take note of how long Abram walked as Abram with no child but with the Promise that he would have a child versus how long before Sarai got pregnant once Abram started SPEAKING God’s Promise every day by calling himself ABRAHAM.

You will see that once the Promise, or the name ‘ABRAHAM’, was spoken on a daily basis and spoken numerous times per day, the Promise actually manifested itself with one year {three months, actually, when conception took place} versus the 20+ years of living without the Promise manifesting, when Abraham did NOT SPEAK the Promise out loud on a daily basis! )

Proverbs 18:21 — Death and life are in the power of the tongue:  and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof

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Take hold of your inheritance today and start speaking out the Truth about who you really are in Christ Jesus and who you WANT TO BECOME!

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SILENT Faith?

Categories:
Why Confession?  What is the importance of Confession?
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Teachings on the Power of the Tongue


SILENT Faith?

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.Mark 11:23 teaches:   “Truly I say to you, whoever SAYS to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he SAYS is going to happen, it will be granted him.” {NASB}
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“For truly I say to you, That whoever shall SAY to this mountain, Be you removed , and be you cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he SAID shall come to pass; he shall have whatever he SAID” {American King James Version}
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“for verily I say to you, that whoever may SAY to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he SAITH do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may SAY” {Young’s Literal Translation}.

Besides having the  help of my putting into capitals the wording that I want to get across in this Post,  can you see in this one verse  the main point that Jesus was teaching?

Jesus is teaching His disciples about the POWER of their WORDS.  Or the power of their tongues.  Or the power of SPEAKING to situations and circumstances in order to see such changed.

It is one thing to  believe the Promises of God in your heart regarding any situation you may be facing, but I believe from this one verse alone {and there are more Scriptures to support this Truth}, we can see that SILENT FAITH alone will not get the job done. .

Whatever you SAY will be done

..A powerful example in the Old Testament regarding this teaching, is Abraham.  Formerly known as Abram.

When Abram received the promise from God that he would have descendants, he believed God “and God counted him as righteous because of his faith”    {Galatians 3:6}.

This is an awesome statement, that Abram’s faith was strong enough in God’s sight  that God would count Abram as righteous because of his faith, but do you realize that Abram did NOT receive that Promise for 25 years?!

For 25 years, Abram held a Promise from God that he would have descendants, yet Abram did not see the Promise manifest in the natural realm!  Until…

The promise of descendants first came to Abram, when Abram was 75 years old {Genesis 12:4,7}, but once Abram started CALLING himself Abraham, or Father of Many Nations, it was THEN that Sarai conceived! {Genesis 17:1,5}.  CONFESSING the promise of God, as present tense, changed Abram’s natural circumstances and brought the Promise into manifestation in the natural realm.

JESUS said, “whosoever shall SAY  …  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” {Mark 11:23-KJV}

Again, JESUS said it.

There are a number of reasons WHY we must CONFESS or SPEAK the Promises of God out loud, on a daily basis rather than simply quietly believe  in our hearts …. 10 Scriptural reasons can be found in my Post entitled  “The Power of Continual Confession”, located in this CATEGORY … but I am sure there are even more Scriptures and insights that I haven’t yet discovered supporting this Truth, as I’ve heard just Charles Capps alone give some wonderful Scriptures and insights as to the reasons WHY continual Confession or Speaking of the Promises of God is necessary.  As I grow from Glory to Glory, I expect to receive even more revelation on this matter :-) {2 Corinthians 3:18}

A quiet mouth gives our minds too much room to wander and doubt.

A quiet mouth doesn’t allow the spiritual ‘process’ of Faith arising from HEARING the Word take root in our hearts.

And a  quiet mouth  is simply not following the pattern and lesson which Jesus taught us in Mark 11:23.

So, HOLD FAST to your confession by keeping your mouth speaking God’s Truths out loud today.  And then again tomorrow.   Morning, noon, and night.  Keep your faith strong by hearing God’s Promises from your own mouth, for it is YOUR tongue that has the power of death or life, over your own life {Proverbs 18:21}.

And it is by SPEAKING God’s Word continually from your lips, that you will have  good success!

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The word is nigh thee, even in thy MOUTH
{Deut 30:14,  Romans 10:8 – KJV}

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy MOUTH … for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success
{Joshua 1:8 – KJV}

Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall SAY unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done
{Matthew 21:21 – KJV}

and to him that ordereth his CONVERSATION aright will I shew the salvation of God
{Psalm 50:23 – KJV}

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The Power of Confession

Category:
Teachings On The Power Of The Tongue


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The Power of Confession

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“Death and life are in the power of the tongue:  and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it”

{Proverbs 18:21}

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The power of the tongue.
The power of confession.
The power of our words.
The authority of our words.
You get what you say.
Your tongue directs your life.

Oh, there are so many ways to state the Truth that, death and life are in the power of OUR tongues.

Our tongues.
Not God’s tongue.
Not our enemy’s tongue.
Not the pastor’s tongue.
And not some prophet’s tongue.
OUR tongues.

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My husband and I have been talking about this topic for the past couple weeks, and we have been confessing that we receive more revelation regarding the power of our tongues …  and the Word of God has remained True, for we have been receiving more revelation and insight and even testimonies, as we watch the things we SAY come to pass {Mark 11:23 – For verily I say unto you, That whosoever 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. }

The difference between my husband and myself, however, is how we make our confessions.

I am the straight forward confessor, making confessions such as, “Thank You Father, for giving me more revelation on the power of my tongue”, or “My body is whole and healed and strong, and my youth is renewed like the eagle”.

I do get what I say.
My strength is strong, my back has never gone back to being in constant pain as  it was before I started confessing the Word of God over my life in June 2003, and I am getting more and more revelation on the power of my tongue.

My husband, on the other hand, makes me laugh.

He’s a funny confessor, to me.  He asks for things that are ‘more’ than just straight forward.  Instead of just confessing, “I am blessed with the blessing of Abraham”, a few years ago he was stating, “I am blessed with the blessing of Abraham so much, that unbelievers even see it and state such”.

I just don’t think to tag on those ‘extras’.

Sure enough, those years ago when he was making that particular confession, he had a specific lunch time with a Muslim friend of his at work, who said over the meal, “You know Dave,  God has really blessed you, hasn’t He.  It is just so evident that you are blessed by God”.

Wow.  That makes me laugh.  Dave got exactly what he was confessing.

We get what we say.
There is power in our tongues.
Our confession brings the possession of what we say.

How about  my husband’s  confession in the 2009 summer…another funny one.

He had started stating, “My cardiovascular system is so strong and healthy, that it is like the cardiovascular system of Lance Armstrong”.

What?
Come on, Dave!
Lance Armstrong!
(My husband is a runner, and  his strength and cardio system is important to him, by the way.)

Well, regardless of how ‘funny’ I think it all is, it has been proven to us time and again, WE GET WHAT WE SAY.

For after about five days of him making this confession, he was walking down the hallway at work one morning, heading towards his office.  A Supervisor was coming down the hallway, in the opposite direction.  The Supervisor pops off, as he passes by, “Dave, you’re looking so good these days, that you actually look like Lance Armstrong”.

What !!!!???

My husband replied, “Thanks.  You’ll never know what that means to me” and went on his way to his office.

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Jesus said:
whoever believes what he says occurs WILL have what he says.

Not maybe.
Not sometimes.
He WILL have what he says!  Period.

Not, “only if it’s a spiritual request”.
Not,  “only if he really needs  it”.
But, he “WILL get what he says … if he believes what he says occurs”.

Jesus said it, and so I choose to believe it.
I’ve seen it with my own eyes, that I do get what I say.
But   Jesus also confirms it in ways that are humorous to me.

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Actually, if you take a look at this Truth, as far back as the Garden of Eden, you can see that this is the way life was supposed to be for the human race on earth.

God SPOKE everything into existence on this earth, since the very beginning, did so while He walked on the earth in the flesh, and will continue to do so at His return (Revelation 19:15}.

So when Adam was created, what example did Adam watch?
What example did Adam have?
How did Adam see God handle the animals, the plants, the earth, everything?

Adam saw God SPEAK things into existence and/or maintain things by His SPOKEN Word {Hebrews 1:3 – The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being, SUSTAINING ALL THINGS BY HIS POWERFUL WORD }

There was no other example of how to live.
There was no other example of how to exist or get things done.
SPEAKING was the way everything was handled and maintained, from the very beginning.

UNTIL the CURSE.
It was only at the curse, because of Adam’s disobedience, that Adam would then have to toil and physically work the earth  {Genesis 3:19 –  “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food …” }.

It is here, that the physical use of the body was introduced.

Before the curse, man’s WORDS were to rule.

Now, I know we still live in a fallen world.  And we still live in our fallen flesh.  However, throughout the entire History of man, as recorded in the Bible, man’s WORDS are still proven to have authority.  We may not always see  the same “immediate” result of our words,  as God intended at the beginning when there was no sin or curse opposing our words, {Genesis 11:6,7), but man’s words still are powerful AND bring to us what we say!

That is why Proverbs 18:21 states,  “Death and life are in the power of the tongue”.

Is Proverbs 18:21 true or not?
Is Christ’s teaching in Mark 11:23 true or not?

To receive the revelation that YOUR WORDS rule your life, that YOUR WORDS change your circumstances, and that YOUR WORDS dictate, maintain, or even manipulate everything in your life, will give you hope on this earth.

It is not because of your perfect lifestyle, that the blessings of God will drop upon you.

And, praise God, it is not because of satan’s great trickery or power, that tragedy will overtake you.

But, by your words confession is made unto salvation to be Born Again (Romans 10:10)  and  by your words  confession is made unto the receiving of every other Promise God has made to you {Deut  30:17, Joshua 1:8, Mark 11:23, Proverbs 13:2}.

This “Rule” or “Truth” that God has set up, is not too hard for you!  Just open your mouth and start proclaiming God’s Promises over your life, in the Present Tense in which they are written.

Believe the Promises of God with your heart, and confess them with your mouth, and you WILL be saved.

You WILL receive what you speak.  Jesus said so.

But don’t let time talk you out of this Truth…just because it seems like it’s taking too long!

Don’t let your physical feelings or emotions talk you out of this Truth … just because you don’t “feel” like it is working.

God’s Words are either all Truth, or they are lies.

If you are a  Born Again Christian you have already ‘experienced’ that God is TRUTH when you  received a salvation experience / revelation, after stating with your mouth that Jesus is raised from the dead and forgives you of your  sins … so now stand strong believing God’s Words are Truth, and that you GET WHAT YOU SAY.

YOUR tongue holds the power of death or life {Pvbs 18:21}.
YOUR tongue directs the course of your life {James 3:4}.
By YOUR words you will be condemned or acquitted {Matt 12:37}

So, praise God for making it so simple for us and start speaking  God’s Word only, over your life.

In this you will have GREAT SUCCESS  {Joshua 1:8}.

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