Proverbs 18:21 KJV
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
1 Peter 3:10 KJV
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
James 3:6 KJV
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
I can go on quoting but the point is so many people are flippant with what they say. To accomplish the many things in my life Holy Spirit dealt with me about what comes out of my mouth. Jesus is the high priest of our confession but He can only agree with His word. The words we speak create the atmosphere of our lives. If we speak negatively we will have a negative outlook on things. This with a combination of what we feed on by hearing and seeing can change everything. Words are seeds. We see the very power of words in Genesis one.
John 6:63 KJV
It is the spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Jesus said that. When we speak the Word of God we speak life into our situations. Am I saying ignore what's happening? No I'm saying use the authority of the believer which is speaking the word of God and the name of Jesus instead of just speaking what you feel and then getting down in the dumps. God put the authority in your mouth. Jesus spoke to the storm and the fig tree. We need to speak the Word of God into our situations. We need to pray the Word of God for it's His promises.
Romans 10:8 KJV
But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is , the word of faith, which we preach ;
Psalms 119:172 KJV
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
God puts emphasis on what we say. He wants us to speak his Word. Faith comes by hearing and you hear what you say and have faith in it. Learn to surround yourself with God's Word and things that will build up your faith. Words are seeds. The words you speak are seeds into your future. Commit to the process to change what comes out of your mouth on a daily basis and you will see a change in your life.
Proverbs 12:18 KJV
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 15:4 KJV
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 16:1 KJV
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
A Spiritual Connection
At the age of ten I had a vision. I was a fairly new Christian at the time but I didn't understand. I saw flashes of places I was going through and where I would eventually be. From the age of ten I have known what God has wanted me to do in this earth. Including singing, worship, preaching and eventually Pastoring. For many years I have dealt with people labeling me and "telling" me what God has wanted from my life. Sometimes I have just had to move on because frustration would be inevitable in certain environments. The problem was people try to become familiar with your talents, traits and personality and from that they determine who you are and what you can do. But there have been a few moments in my life where men of God have spoken into my life and it resounded inside of me and bore witness with everything. The Word of God is our standard and the final authority. Sin severed the spiritual connection God had with man. When God gives us Eternal Life through Jesus Christ we have to learn to live by faith as opposed to our emotions and mindsets. I realize what I have desired in life, relationships and everything is a spiritual connection that can only be produced when God is in the middle of what you are doing. It is the peace that passes understanding. It is that being on the same page because God is ordering your steps. It is not the absence of problems but the presence of God so tangible that no matter how it looks you know in your spirit this is right. How can to walk together lest they agree? For a relationship to be established there has to be agreement on a certain level and not necessarily the highest level. Agreeing with God is the highest level of agreement where you submit your will to His and offer yourself a living sacrifice. It is total obedience even when your mind, will and emotions don't agree. It is taking His Word over every fiber of your being and what you think you know. This relationship is the glue to any other relationship in your life. Death to self will help you to be successful in any relationship. Balance is the key to life. Both parties must be as equally committed to the other in spiritual things for it to work. The natural everyday will change or not change over the years. The spiritual connection is the foundation that will determine how any relationship will grow. Some people will not follow God with reckless abandon and that's okay. But if they try to connect to someone who will it will be a strain on the relationship. Perception and what a person is willing to do is important. These things can't be taken lightly or avoided. When a person is connected to God they will be able to hear what God is saying concerning you and be obedient to do what God wants done. Don't settle for the familiar connection, trust God and wait for the spiritual connection.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
How Do You Relate To People?
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Have you ever heard somebody say (even yourself) that somebody is your problem. We tend to think that if somebody is removed from our life things will be easier. Anybody who has moved place to place realizes every where you go you run into the same types of people and personalities with new names and faces. The problem is how we relate and or relate to people who are in our lives. As a child of God we have to remember we are in a spiritual fight. at one time Peter heard the greatest revelation from God (you are the Christ) and then later Jesus had to look at Peter and say get behind me Satan (talking to the spiritual influence). Many times we take something said as an offense and don't realize there are other things at work even in your day to day life. You can be easily sidetracked by fighting something that was spiritual in the natural. Renewing our minds with the Word of God is very essential with prayer and communication with God to know the difference. Many people who are offended rarely mention it and begin to withdraw themselves from people and situations. This is not a solution. This is a setup for if you don't learn to deal with certain things in life the enemy will use it over and over again to stop you from moving forward. In the Bible Joseph had to face his brothers, Moses had to face Pharaoh, Israel had to face the Philistines and so on. Passivity and fear keep us from doing what God wants. These men took the problem head on with the leading of the Holy Spirit. That time has come for Christians especially now. We have put down the Armor of God (Ephesians 6) for the weapons this world uses. Yes we are supposed to vote, legislate, etc. but there are things that Ephesians 6:12 tells us that we wrestle against. Things in this world will not change without prayer and evangelism. We often forget this is all about souls not our little piece of life we want to claim. The selfish state of sin has crept into the church where it's about my stuff. We want things in our lives and we must realize that anything God has not put together, ordained or is in the center of is doomed to fail miserably. If we keep this in mind that "vulgar" person will become a soul that will need Christ. That 'offensive' person will be first on our prayer list and to be blessed by us. Then seeking his kingdom first all the things we want and need will be added to us. If we relate to people how God sees them we will see the healing of not only our nation but the world.
Have you ever heard somebody say (even yourself) that somebody is your problem. We tend to think that if somebody is removed from our life things will be easier. Anybody who has moved place to place realizes every where you go you run into the same types of people and personalities with new names and faces. The problem is how we relate and or relate to people who are in our lives. As a child of God we have to remember we are in a spiritual fight. at one time Peter heard the greatest revelation from God (you are the Christ) and then later Jesus had to look at Peter and say get behind me Satan (talking to the spiritual influence). Many times we take something said as an offense and don't realize there are other things at work even in your day to day life. You can be easily sidetracked by fighting something that was spiritual in the natural. Renewing our minds with the Word of God is very essential with prayer and communication with God to know the difference. Many people who are offended rarely mention it and begin to withdraw themselves from people and situations. This is not a solution. This is a setup for if you don't learn to deal with certain things in life the enemy will use it over and over again to stop you from moving forward. In the Bible Joseph had to face his brothers, Moses had to face Pharaoh, Israel had to face the Philistines and so on. Passivity and fear keep us from doing what God wants. These men took the problem head on with the leading of the Holy Spirit. That time has come for Christians especially now. We have put down the Armor of God (Ephesians 6) for the weapons this world uses. Yes we are supposed to vote, legislate, etc. but there are things that Ephesians 6:12 tells us that we wrestle against. Things in this world will not change without prayer and evangelism. We often forget this is all about souls not our little piece of life we want to claim. The selfish state of sin has crept into the church where it's about my stuff. We want things in our lives and we must realize that anything God has not put together, ordained or is in the center of is doomed to fail miserably. If we keep this in mind that "vulgar" person will become a soul that will need Christ. That 'offensive' person will be first on our prayer list and to be blessed by us. Then seeking his kingdom first all the things we want and need will be added to us. If we relate to people how God sees them we will see the healing of not only our nation but the world.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Don't Get Mad
Over the years I learned that many frustrations with others and what they do is an indicator of internal issues that are unresolved within ourselves. These things offend us. Though that is not always the case I really wanted to explore this in my blog.
Psalm 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
The Word of good is key component to keep us out of offense. When we let things other than the Word of God rule in our life, opinions and the way we see things offense is easy. It's like pinned up resentment that is waiting to burst over. Avoiding an issue or just trying to leave it like it doesn't matter is a setup in any relationship. The issue will return. The offense may even be deeper than the issue at hand.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The Word of God looks beyond the surface to reveal these things if we submit to it revealing things we don't even know about ourselves in the process. Why we think and act the way we do. It reveals our mindsets and motives. Nothing can be hidden from it. The Word doesn't consider what was done to you but how will you respond to it in your personal walk.We are supposed to forgive and not hold that root of bitterness in our heat against others. We are not even supposed to spread that offense to others.
James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Finally we must do what the Word of God has revealed to us and not what we think to see the effects of it in our lives. You can see you are jacked up in a mirror but if you don't fix yourself up at that moment you'll forget how bad you looked. We need to continue in the perfect law of liberty by walking it out. What you do is what stays a part of your life. This is where the Word of God becomes more than head knowledge and it becomes action that is demonstrated to the world for the glory of God. That's the goal for Jesus to be demonstrated in the earth realm. While everybody reacts typically you now have an opportunity to effect a life for eternity.
Psalm 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
The Word of good is key component to keep us out of offense. When we let things other than the Word of God rule in our life, opinions and the way we see things offense is easy. It's like pinned up resentment that is waiting to burst over. Avoiding an issue or just trying to leave it like it doesn't matter is a setup in any relationship. The issue will return. The offense may even be deeper than the issue at hand.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The Word of God looks beyond the surface to reveal these things if we submit to it revealing things we don't even know about ourselves in the process. Why we think and act the way we do. It reveals our mindsets and motives. Nothing can be hidden from it. The Word doesn't consider what was done to you but how will you respond to it in your personal walk.We are supposed to forgive and not hold that root of bitterness in our heat against others. We are not even supposed to spread that offense to others.
James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Finally we must do what the Word of God has revealed to us and not what we think to see the effects of it in our lives. You can see you are jacked up in a mirror but if you don't fix yourself up at that moment you'll forget how bad you looked. We need to continue in the perfect law of liberty by walking it out. What you do is what stays a part of your life. This is where the Word of God becomes more than head knowledge and it becomes action that is demonstrated to the world for the glory of God. That's the goal for Jesus to be demonstrated in the earth realm. While everybody reacts typically you now have an opportunity to effect a life for eternity.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Sorting Things Out
As people we want to be able to naturally see what God has promised us. Sometimes we are like Abram and jump the gun before we know how God is going to accomplish what He promised. Nevertheless we now have a situation that can't be reversed and there will be ramifications in the flesh for it. Pride stops us from admitting the truth but humility lets us move on quickly and get to the promise. The danger in these situations is the settling factor where most people try to make something work or want something so bad they don't care how it looks. Most people think they can change a situation and/ or people. I have a news flash for you, only God can change a person and they have to submit themselves to Him. That facade is why a lot of marriages end in divorce and why most ventures and friendships don't last. Your closet friends are in your life because they want to be for the right reasons. The people who want something from you come and go. God desires to give us more than we ask or even think but we have to be patient and let Him. The advice and opinions of others don't count when God has declared or commanded something. What we feel does not determine the will of God either. It's faith in what He said or promised not what we have determined is His will. For anything to work in the Kingdom of God thee HAS to be a level of agreement. When we agree with God and have faith in what He says we have then it comes to pass. When we have agreement with another human being then we can walk with them and accomplish things. The way to sort things out is to be clear on what we are agreeing on and having faith for. Two visions clashing is confusion. We need to set our plans aside and submit our will to God's will. That's where joy, freedom and the proper use of the gifting in your life happen. Sort those things out and stay in the lane God purposed you to be in from before the foundations of the earth.
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