Speak Life
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
The tongue has the power of life and death…
Proverbs 18:21, NIV.
TODAY’S WORD
God has given us amazing power through the use of our words. God
created the world with the words He spoke, and we also have creative power with
the words that we speak.
Maybe you aren’t where you want to be in life today. Could it be
because of the words you’ve spoken in your past? Have you spoken words of death
by saying things like, “I’ll never rise any higher; I’ve gone as far as I can
go?” Or maybe you’ve said, “I’ll never break this addiction. I’ve had it too
long; it’s too hard.” Now, you are eating the fruit of those words—you’re still
in the same place.
If you are ready to change your situation, then it’s time to
change what you say about your situation. If you want a different harvest, you
have to change the seeds you are sowing. Today, choose to speak life over your
future. Let your attitude be, “This may be the way it’s been in the past, but
this is not the way it’s staying. I’m coming up higher. I may feel weak, but my
declaration is that I am strong.” Speak life, choose life, and move forward in
His victory and blessing.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father in heaven, I repent for speaking words of death and sowing
defeat in my own life. I ask that You uproot any negative crop from the past
and help me speak words of faith so that I can walk in victory in every area of
my life in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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5 hours ago
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“When I refused to confess my sin, I was weak and miserable, and I groaned all day long.” (Psalm 32:3 NLT)
Yesterday we looked at the importance of trusting God and letting go of resentment, worry, and fear to maintain good health. This leads right into a second biblical factor for good health.
Confessing my sin is good for my health. Any psychologist will tell you this: It’s good to clear your conscience and get things off your chest. Your body is not made to hold it in. When you hold guilt inside you, it’s like shaking up a soda can with the top on. It will blow eventually.
David says it this way in Psalm 32:3-5: “When I refused to confess my sin, I was weak and miserable, and I groaned all day long .… My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Finally I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide them .… And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone” (NLT).
David internalized his guilt, and it physically affected his body. If you don’t talk out your problems, your guilt, your bitterness with God, you’re going to take it out on your body.
It reminds me of an old episode of the television show “Columbo,” when the comedian Johnny Carson played the bad guy. When he finally got caught, he said, “You know, I’m really glad I got caught, because the guilt was killing me.”
Doctors say a lot of people could leave the hospital today if they knew how to get rid of guilt or resentment over things they’ve done to others and things others have done to them.
Talk About It
- Spend a few moments in prayer today asking God to forgive you for the things you’ve done to others.
- Then, pray about any resentment and bitterness you are holding against people who have hurt you. Ask God to help you forgive those people so you can move on to better health.
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