Talk Differently
Death and life are in the power of the tongue:
and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof (Proverbs 18:21).
Did you know that your talk is your future?
Every human person is the character of his or
her words. Who you are today, what you’ve become,
is the result of your words. That’s the reason you must
mind your language and train yourself to talk right.
People learn their language, especially unwholesome
communication, from the world around them. Someone
who consistently says about his job, “This job is killing
me,” probably picked it up from other colleagues or
friends at work. They may think it’s fashionable to talk
that way, but what they don’t realize is that death and
life are in the power of the tongue.
As a Christian, you must talk differently. Never
speak death. Speak life always. Learn and speak the
language of the Word. The one who keeps saying,
“This job is killing me,” will probably end up crippled
with a stroke or other ailment at sixty or sixty-five, his
condition being the result of his negative confessions
through the years, having taken their toll.
Don’t use the vain and base language of men;
like the fellow who always says, “I’m afraid!” “I’m
afraid it’s going to rain!” “I’m afraid I may not be able
to make it to your house!” Do you have to be afraid
it’s going to rain? When you talk like that, fear rises
up like a giant and keeps you in bondage. Don’t say,
“My stomach pain has returned”; it’s not your stomach
pain! Stomach pain isn’t from God, so don’t make it
your possession. The only things we speak are those
things given to us by God, in the language that God has
given us. “Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might
know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Which things also we speak, not in the words which
man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost
teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual”
(1 Corinthians 2:12-13).
Jesus said, “For I have not spoken of myself;
but the Father which sent me, he gave me a
commandment, what I should say, and what I should
speak” (John 12:49). When Jesus said, “I have not
spoken of myself,” He meant He wasn’t speaking for
Himself. In other words, He didn’t originate the things
He spoke. Everything He said came from the Father.
In Christianity, we don’t speak of ourselves or from
ourselves; we speak the Word; words of the Kingdom.
Glory to God!
Confession
Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for the vocabulary of the
Kingdom delivered to me. Just like Jesus, I don’t speak of
myself or from myself; I only speak your Word. I’m more than
a conqueror. All things work together for my good! Greater is
He that’s in me, than he that’s in the world. I’m a blessing to my
world. Hallelujah.
Further study:
John 12:49-50; Mark 11:23-24
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 8:28-9:17
Genesis 27-28
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 5:21-30
Genesis 11