Words have power

By Peggy Simonis____________________________________________________________

Prov 18:21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Prov 18:20 From the fruit of his mouth a man’s stomach is satisfied; he is filled with the product of his lips.

Do we have the power of life and death to our tongue? Is it possible someone to curse or to bless him self? 

When we pray to God and we say: "I can't stand anymore" "I am weak" 'I'm sick and tired" "I'm not good enough" "I'm not gonna make it" and so much more negative talking, this can produse a certain atmosfaire in our life.

Our words can become our reality.

Do you believe this? Is this biblical? Let's go to the Word of God:

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Gen 1:3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Gen 1:6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.”  

And if you continue reading the 1st chapter of Gennesis you will see that God made everything with the word of His mouth!

And then He created man with His hands .

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

4 times in 2 verses the bible says that we are made in God’s own image! It's like God wanted to be sure we will understand that we are like Him.

So if we are made according to the image of God that means that in the same way God spoke and everything had to obey under His command, this is exactly what is happening to our lives, know it or not! What we speak must happen!

So the devil in order to steal our authority and dominion the Lord has given us, he comes with suggestions. If we believe these suggestions in our heart and confess them out loud, that's it, we have cursed our selves... and maybe our spouses, or our family or our friends!

The bible says

Rom 10:8 “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);

Rom 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Rom 10:10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

In the exact same way someone can curse him self!

By believing in the heart the negative suggestions, and by confessing them out loud  with the mouth.

How powerful! 

And how dangerous if we do the wrong use of the tongue. 

Let us all be aware of the power the Lord has given us to use it for our benefit. For blessing and life!

Prov 18:21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.