“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits”
Proverbs 18:21 (RSV).
Your tongue is like a two-edged sword. It has been empowered to either produce death or life, depending on the direction you turn it. The power to live a prosperous life or a life of defeat is in your tongue. God has given us His Word and a tongue to chart the course of our lives. The Word is your guide to help build your future by using faith-filled words. God has said the plan He has for you is a good one—to bring you a future and a hope—and the instructions for that kind of life is in His Word, and the teacher of the Word is the Holy Spirit. God also assigned His angels to administer His Word to us.
By your words you shall be justified or condemned (Matthew 12:36-37). So, you need to watch what you say and consciously align your words with the Word of God for your victorious and prosperous life. Your responsibility is to depend on the Holy Spirit as your helper, teacher and guide and let your confessions align with what God has said in His Word concerning you. Most of the time, the sensory perception of the circumstance may look different from what God has said in His Word. But do not stagger at the Word until the physical circumstances conform. This is how you call those things that be not as though they were, just like your father Abraham (Romans 4:17).
PRAYER / CONFESSION
Dear Father, thank you for teaching me to guard my mouth, being mindful of what I say, thereby producing your kind of results in the name of the Lord Jesus.
WISDOM NUGGET
“The one who guards his mouth [thinking before he speaks] protects his life; The one who opens his lips wide [and chatters without thinking] comes to ruin” (Proverbs 13:3 AMP).