The Power of Your Words
The words that you
speak today will determine your tomorrow. Words are a spiritual force. Jesus
said in Matthew 12:34 that the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Anywhere
in the Bible you see the word 'heart', it is talking about your spirit. Man is a
spiritual being that possesses a soul (mind, will & emotions) and lives in a
physical body. Whatever is filling your heart will end up coming out of your
mouth. Words originate in your spirit; therefore they are a spiritual force.
There are only two kingdoms in the spiritual realm: the kingdom of God and the
kingdom of Satan. The words that we speak are containers. They either contain
the power of God or the power of the Devil. Proverbs 18:21 tells us that "death
and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat the
fruit thereof."
Did you know that people who participate in witchcraft and Satanism place curses
on people and summon demonic spirits with words? The devil has taken this
spiritual law and truth about words, and has promoted an evil use for it. The
devil cannot create anything, but what he does is he takes what God intended for
good and perverts it to be used for evil purposes.
Words have power to wound and power to heal (Proverbs 12:18). My wife and I have
counseled many people who have had severe emotional abuse by parents who
constantly told them that they were stupid; "I wish you were never born," or
"You won't amount to anything in life." As the spiritual authority over their
children, when those parents spoke those 'word curses' over them, they were
loosing the power of the devil on their children. Those parents are no different
than the people in Satanism or witchcraft who place curses on others! In fact,
we have ministered deliverance to people who got demons in their mother's womb
because one or both of the parents said, "I don't want you." I am convinced that
the devil has been given place (Ephesians 4:27) to operate in people's lives
because of the words that have been spoken over them as a child or the words
that they speak themselves as an adult.
Always remember this: words are a compass. You will go in the direction of the
words that you speak. I have found this to be true in my own life. When I speak
words of negativity, I go in that direction and fail at a task miserably. When I
speak the Word of God in my situations, I prosper. Why? Because when you speak
in line with the Word of God, you are loosing the power of God in that
situation, and when you speak negative words, you are loosing the power of the
devil in your situation. That is why the devil tries so hard to get you to speak
or confess words of defeat and negativity. The word 'confession' means to agree
with or to say the same thing as. My question to you is this, who are your words
agreeing with in your life, God or Satan?
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