By Your Words…

Mathew 12:37 NIV “For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Have you ever thought about the fact that people view you and associate you with your words!

They are hostile, funny, pessimistic, optimistic, rude, foul, refined, educated, uneducated, friendly…

Mathew 12:33b NCV “A tree is known by the kind of fruit it produces.”

We all know people who, whenever their mouths open, something negative will fall out of it, ugly will spew forth, and the air becomes dank. We recoil a bit inside as they spout all the wrongs in the world and their lives!

On the flip side are those who choose to view the world through rose-colored glasses. They still walk amongst the filth, decay, worries, trials, and sorrows of this world, but rather than speaking of the thorns on the rose bush, they instead choose to marvel and enjoy its beauty and fragrance.

Mathew 12:35 NCV “Good people have good in their hearts, and so they say good things. But evil people have evil in their hearts, so they say evil things.”

Mathew 12:34b NCV “The mouth speaks things that are in the heart.”

I wish to point out that just because we may have some inappropriate thoughts, hurtful reactionary words, sadness, or anger, we are evil…it’s what we choose to do with those thoughts and words…Just because we have them doesn’t mean they need to be spoken!

Also, consider this…Spiritual Law will throw our words back at us…

“I’m sick and tired!” Are you? God Damn It! You truly wish him too? I hate! Are you hated? My life sucks! It might, but all of it?

OR…

Lord, I seem to be stuck in this situation and am getting weary; please, I humbly ask for your strength and deliverance.

Lord, I just used your Holy name as a cuss word and not only a cuss word, but I just damned my ________! You fill in the blank! Please forgive me!

I hate. Oh, what a simple word to use that packs a lot of damage! I personally have to work on this one…I hate this, I hate that…possibly we should dislike instead! It’s not so condemning! So final!

My life sucks; no, your moment in time might, your health might be needing attention, your marriage might be needing prayers and patience, your children may need a spanking or grounded, your finances may require a review, but continuing to speak it into the ground, keeps it there…in the dirt!

But aside from anything we may be throwing back at ourselves is nothing compared to the warning God gives us about our words!

Mathew 12:36-37 NCV “And I tell you that on the Judgment Day people will be responsible for every careless thing they have said. The words you have said will be used to judge you. Some of your words will prove you right, but some of your words will prove you wrong.”

What are your words saying about you? How are your words affecting your world? Are you speaking words of life or death?

“Dear Lord Jesus, I wish to speak words of life and love. I wish to speak four beautiful words I believe in you! I ask you Lord Jesus to come into my heart and spirit, cleans me with your righteousness and in your glory I will walk. I often have thoughts and words that are unacceptable to you and cause damage to me; help me please to resist ways of the evil one and to replace them with your words of life and encouragement. I thank you for your sacrifice on the cross, allowing me to boldly walk into the courtroom of God with you as my defense lawyer. I thank you and I love you. In your name I commit this prayer. Amen 🙏

I hope for you a blessed day of peace and sunshine…Thank you for joining me. 🥰