Words are containers! What’s in yours?

Posted on May 29, 2011 by WomanAlive

Over the next several hours or days take notes on what you say, what words come out of your mouth….but why should I do that you ask?  Because it’s an experiment to see what your words are carrying.  God created with the Word, words are powerful!  The other day I said …
that a certain person was “deader than a door nail”, of course I didn’t really mean they were dead but I meant they were boring.  Nonetheless, my dear mother was horrified and reminded me that our words are containers, they carry either negative or positive power.
Say what?
Read this from the book “God’s Creative Power” by Charles Capps…

Christianity is called the great confession, but most Christian who are defeated in life are defeated because they believe and confess the wrong things.  They have spoken the words of the enemy,  and those words hold them in bondage.

Proverbs 6:1-2 says, “…Thou are snared with the words of thy mouth.”

Faith-filled words will put over.

Fear-filled words will defeat you.

Words are the most powerful thing in the universe.

Spoken words program your spirit (heart) either to success or defeat.

Words are containers.  They carry faith or fear, and they produce after their kind.

If Jesus came to you personally and said, from this day forward it will come to pass, that everything you say will happen exactly as you say it; would that change your vocabulary?  I believe it would.

The words you speak are seeds that produce after their own kind.  Just as sure as they are planted, you can be equally sure a harvest will follow.

~God’s Creative Power, Charles Capps

Oops!  Think back on what you’ve said today…anything you shouldn’t have said?  Yeah me too!  We’ve got to stop this habit of speaking negative words over our lives and others…let us repent today and ask God for strength and the remembrance to speak LIFE!

Remember these words from our Father…

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life. Proverbs 13:3

…the lips of the wise shall preserve them. Proverbs 14:3

The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. Proverbs 16:23

The mouth of the righteous man is a well of life.  Proverbs 10:11

A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.  Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.  Proverbs 18:20, 21

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.  Proverbs 21:23

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.  Proverbs 18:7

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.  Proverbs 16:24

Ordinary

Posted on May 19, 2011 by WomanAlive

Yesterday’s life lesson was Thinking Before Speaking, today it’s well I don’t know, what about you?  Anything come to mind?  Ever just have a normal old day…where nothing much happens, it’s what we call “Run of the mill”.  That’s been my day, so far anyway!
Today I’m just thankful its ordinary and I will relish in the normality of it.  Am I bored?  No, not really because so many other things could be happening that aren’t boring that I probably wouldn’t like, so I’m grateful to God for my uneventful hours because tomorrow may be totally different!
Sometimes and maybe even a lot of times…ordinary is GOOD!

Thank you for the food we eat.
Thank you for the world so sweet.
Thank you for the birds that sing.
Thank you God for everything!
Amen.

Oops! Did I say that?

Posted on May 18, 2011 by WomanAlive

I have to say besides turning to God for any and everything, the next most important life  lesson is to Think before you speak!
How many times do we open our mouths to have words fall out with no consideration for the consequences!  We let our tongue get ahead of our mind!
A good friend and I were talking about the art of listening the other night.  It’s so very frustrating to talk to someone that constantly interrupts or what about about harsh hurtful words that are said, or perhaps dare we bring up the dreaded GOSSIPING!  Choose wisely my friends…and let us think before we speak.  Maybe we can’t all say the perfect thing at the perfect time but we can try, we are all a work in progress.
Proverbs 18:13
He who answers before listening— that is his folly and his shame.
Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:21
The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant words promote instruction
Proverbs 16:27-28
A scoundrel plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire. A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:4
A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar pays attention to a malicious tongue.
Proverbs 17:20
A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
Psalm 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 34:12-13
Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
Psalm 37:30
The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.
Psalm 39:1
I said, “I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.”
Psalm 55:21
His speech is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
Proverbs 11:12-13
A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue. A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.
Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Proverbs 12:22
The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful.

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One Response to Oops! Did I say that?

Rachel says:

May 24, 2011 at 8:57 pm (Edit)

That is so true! Your words have great power!!!