"As a man thinks in his heart so is he." The apostle Paul stood before king Agrippa and said,
"I think myself happy". (Acts 26:20)
As you all know and have noticed the enemy has been attacking the Body of Christ in many different ways. The enemy that we all are fighting is first, not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, rulers of darkness, and spiritual wickedness in high places.
A good battle plan is to remember that what we think, we will then say and also do. Our minds are a like a garden. it can be a garden of good thoughts or it can be a garden of evil. Evil thoughts. become the rulers of our life if we speak them forth.?
Jesus said, whatsoever a man speaks proceeds from his heart and as he thinks in his heart, so is he, and he then speaks what he thinks.
The Scriptures warn us all that we are snared, trapped, imprisoned by the words of our own mouth. The scriptures teach us “to not let any corrupt communication proceed out of our mouths and to pray that God would set a watch over our mouth that we would not sin with our lips.”
The old saying, that sticks and stones may brake my bones, but words do not harm me. That is a lie. The words we speak are so powerful that they produce seeds of Life and death. Our words build, create, or destroy ourselves and others..
The words we speak to one another and to ourselves are either creative or destructive. Because, the Word of God says, "The power of life and death are in our tongues and they that love it will eat the fruit thereof. We can only reap what our tongues have sown and our tongues sow into our daily lives a harvest of good seed and bad seed, which is a life giving seed and death giving seed.
I don't believe we as Christians have been taught how to speak or even realize that if we are truly born again, then we are born of the Spirit of Life and have been made new creatures in Christ Jesus and that it is imperative that we learn how to speak God’s language which is the Word of Life. Have you ever thought about the fact that after you have accepted Christ into your heart and life that you now have to learn a new language also?
God has said, "My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my thoughts higher than your thoughts.' (Is: 55:8,9)
"If any man be in Christ he is a new creature, with a new nature, and also a new language that we all must learn. Jesus said, Come, unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. We as believers in Christ are called to be workers of compassion, love, and sacrificial giving of our time and life to one another and those who live around us everyday.
I believe we all need a daily check up from Doctor Jesus. We need an examination! We also need to daily examine ourselves and see whether we are still in the faith that can only work by us abiding in His love, grace, mercy, and compassion.
Let’s be careful from now on what we say about each other and to one another and lets stop biting and devouring one another. That is not the Spirit of Christ. That is our old nature, unchanged and saying what it feels.
We are Christ ambassadors and representatives here on this earth and we are all known and read everyday by all men. Please start praying this prayer with me each day.
"Dear Father God, in Jesus name please teach me how to speak your language of love, life and truth and train me to think your thoughts. Help me to meditate in your Words of Life and Promises everyday and Holy Spirit help me become like Jesus in everything I say and do. Please Lord, Let the words of my mouth and meditation of my heart be made acceptable in your sight."
May God Bless and keep you in the love of God and teach you to be careful what you say and to always think before you say it; because Jesus will one day return and judge us all of our thoughts, and the words we have spoken about others, even our imaginations, our hearts intents, and the words we have spoken, and the motive behind why we spoke those words.
Lets be a Jesus Team that builds up one another and prefers one another and prays for one another and lets all seek to learn to speak the Word of Life to one another, which is the new language of God.
If the apostle Paul could be bound in chains headed to
Our quality of life in Christ is determined by the attitude we show when we are mistreated and wronged. If we are to be Overcomers and to gain the victory, then we must first think ourselves happy, no matter what our case might be and also ask God to train our hearts and tongues to speak the Words of life into our circumstance.
Jesus, before we speak out the way we feel, help us all to begin to speak the Words of life and
When people are arrested they are first informed that they may have a lawyer before they answer any questions and that everything they say can and will be used against them in a court of law.
If man judges us by what we say, then how much more will God judge us by the words that proceed out of our mouths.
Our Attitude is our Gratitude!
Semper-Fi
Jesus World Fellowship / Ministries
Evangelist John D. Butler
P.O. Box 3332/Kinston, NC. 28502
"my spirit bows to your spirit"