Are you mindful of what you say, before you say it? Do you consider the impact your words will have when they land in the ears of others? Do you stop to think about the influence your words have? More often than not people speak various things to, about and at others without any real understanding of how their words touch the lives of others. The world teaches the principle of speak your mind so you can be heard but The Word of God teaches the contrary. The word says in Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. (NKJV)
The word corrupt can be boiled down to one word: evil. The bible teaches us not to speak words of evil to one another but words that edify and bring life. Many often quote Proverbs 18:21 when it comes to their personal life where it states Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. (NKJV), but they mistakenly leave this declaration with a one sided view. While we should be mindful to speak life and not death over our own lives, we must be equally mindful and concerned to speak in the same manner over others. The word has given the command and responsibility to us to Watch what we say. Now you may be thinking that this is just a little to hard for you to maintain on a constant basis. You may be thinking, well you don't know how I get when I'm angry or that you don't know how to even get it under control. Well one sure fire way to watch what comes out your mouth, is to watch what goes into your mind.
Philippians 4:8 says Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. (NKJV). When you begin meditating on these things it will decrease the possibility of anything evil coming out. The more good you deposit in, the more good will come out. What's the goal to guarding & watching you ask? Simple that the hearer may receive an abundant about of grace & that God your father is pleased with you!
Be Blessed
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
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JUST RELAX AND BE READY
We often face temptations, trials, hardships & setbacks that catch us by surprise, but truthfully they shouldn't. As believers we have become complacent & careless in being prepared for these times, because we adopted a fierce mentality for prosperity & "happy" times. We've allowed ourselves to constantly be on the lookout for our seasons of blessings, that we leave ourselves unprepared for seasons of hardships. While as the children of God we should look fr blessings, we should also expect hard times to occur in our lives. Why? Because in James 1:2 we are reminded "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials" (NKJV). The latter portion of this scripture says "when you fall into various trials, this tells us these seasons of hardships are inevitable.
So then why are we often shaken when they show up? Why are we rocked to our core as if we are totally out of the loop from their presence? Because we've allowed ourselves to adopt a "that won't happen to me" mindset. But the real question is, why not you? I Corinthians 10:13 tells No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. (NKJV).
NEWSFLASH these types of hardships are common to mankind, and guess what that includes you! So how do you prepare for these times? Well let's look at a few things:
First, Stop thinking immune to hardships. Expect & accept that things are bound to happen.
Second, Know that what's happening to you has happened to others. What your facing isn't some unknown phenomenon. You'll make it just as they have.
Third, God loves you so much that He will not allow you to deal with anything above your capacity to handle. Although it may seem rough, know that you've already been equipped to handle it.
Lastly, Don't give in under the pressure. Know that God planned your escape route, before the season even started. God doesn't wait to see how your going to handle it, to decide how to get you out. The season comes with the exit plan, but you have to persevere through the process to get to the end.
BE BLESSED
So then why are we often shaken when they show up? Why are we rocked to our core as if we are totally out of the loop from their presence? Because we've allowed ourselves to adopt a "that won't happen to me" mindset. But the real question is, why not you? I Corinthians 10:13 tells No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. (NKJV).
NEWSFLASH these types of hardships are common to mankind, and guess what that includes you! So how do you prepare for these times? Well let's look at a few things:
First, Stop thinking immune to hardships. Expect & accept that things are bound to happen.
Second, Know that what's happening to you has happened to others. What your facing isn't some unknown phenomenon. You'll make it just as they have.
Third, God loves you so much that He will not allow you to deal with anything above your capacity to handle. Although it may seem rough, know that you've already been equipped to handle it.
Lastly, Don't give in under the pressure. Know that God planned your escape route, before the season even started. God doesn't wait to see how your going to handle it, to decide how to get you out. The season comes with the exit plan, but you have to persevere through the process to get to the end.
BE BLESSED
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