Death And Life Are In The Power Of The Tongue

 

Do you speak life or death with your tongue? Many people talk without thinking, and by so doing, heap the very things that they don't want upon their lives. However, taking time to think before speaking will help you to choose the right things to say per time. Truly, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

 

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit - Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV).

 

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live - Deuteronomy 30:19 (NKJV).

Introduction

Many of the challenges people have are because they spoke death over their lives or families. And interestingly, this effect still takes its toll on the person(s) even when they really didn't mean it. Also, people carelessly make exclamations of death just because it's slang, yet it speaks in their lives. For instance, people say things like, "It bored me to death" or "He makes me sick". However, ignorance is not an excuse, for you will eat the fruit of your lips. This is why you must make sure that you don't speak anything associated with death but life.

It's Your Choice

You're made a creature of choice. And God has set life and death before you, so choose life that you and your family may live. So, every time you want to say anything, consider your options well to ensure that you chose life. Truly, your today's events are the results of your choices yesterday. Therefore, be slow to speak but quick to hear.

 

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath - James 1:19 (NKJV).

Life is in the power of the tongue

Now that you know you can speak life as well over your life and reap its fruits, consciously choose things associated with life and continuously say them. For example, speak success, breakthrough, good health, victory, abundance, and blessings. Hence, don't leave your life to chance and circumstances; let your words full of life override pronounced deaths around you. For instance, if someone declares that everyone in your environment will be down with flu, counter it immediately with health words. Read more...

Beware Of The Evils Of The Tongue As In The Word Of God

 

How many times have you wished you didn't say what you said? The tongue can be unruly if not tamed. And it can say things that will destroy a person and his future. And it's such that some words once spoken can't be retrieved and the effect may never be corrected. So, in this post, the evils of the tongue will be given to broaden your mind to the negative potentials of the tongue.

 

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell - James 3:6 (NKJV).

 

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is trouble and iniquity - Psalms 10:7 (NKJV).

 

Introduction

The tongue is a fire, full of iniquity, and it has the capability to defile the whole body and set on fire the way of nature. And this is the state of many people, for they have allowed the tongue to yield to its negative side. Hence, the scriptures have in many places warned us by giving us the evils the tongue can manifest. This is for us to learn and take caution.

The Evils Of The Tongue

• The tongue devises destruction.

It talks and devises how a person is to be destroyed, thereby communicating evil to another. And once carried out, if God doesn't intervene, destruction of the victim is imminent.

 

Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully - Psalms 52:2 (NKJV).

• It practices deceit

With the tongue, many people deceive people, for they say the wrong things as the right things. By so doing they paint the wrong picture in the mind of the other person, causing him to accept false as the truth. This is what deceitful tongue does because it loves words that devour.

 

Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips - Romans 3:13 (NKJV).

 

You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue - Psalms 52:4 (NKJV). Read more...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Understanding The Awesome And Powerful Uses Of The Tongue

 

How well do you know your tongue? Many people don't understand the tongue and so readily fall into its trap. And when you underestimate the capability of the tongue, you will be highly hindered in your pursuit of peace and success.

 

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 

 

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God - James 3:2-6, 8-9 (NKJV).

 

Introduction

The tongue really is a little member of the body, yet it boasts great things and can set on fire the course of nature. Also, the tongue is such that if you don't stumble in words, you're a perfect person. And you will be able to bridle the whole body. Though very little, the tongue controls the rest of the body. So, understanding the tongue enables you to drive the rest of the body in the right direction.

 

Who Made The Mouth

God made the mouth and so made the tongue. And He has made the mouth to be an instrument of creation. So that as creatures made in His image, we too can speak and see what we say as He did. And as many persons who will allow Him to be with their mouths, He will teach what to say.

 

So the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD? Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say - Exodus 4:11-12 (NKJV). Read more

 

 

 

 

 

 

As A Child Of God Don't Mess Around With Your Tongue

 

What results is your tongue giving you? While some people are suffering from what their tongues delivered to them, others are enjoying the fruits of their tongues. So, you are responsible for what happens to you in life by reason of what you say with your mouth. Therefore, in this new series, you're charged not to mess around with your tongue.

 

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit - Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV).

 

A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence - Proverbs 13:2 (NKJV).

 

Introduction

Your tongue is a powerful part of your body that determines to a great extent what becomes of you. This is because life and death are in the power of the tongue, and you will eat well by its fruit if you engage it properly. So, consciously engaging the tongue positively will yield bountiful positive results to you.

 

The Challenge

Many people toil day and night and don't receive the corresponding results. Also, they cry, pray and fast, and the challenges won't go away. Rather, the problems multiply and get complicated. Yet, in most cases, the solution lies in the use of the tongue. But many people lack this knowledge. For God had clearly stated that man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth. So, don't mess around with your tongue, for, you're responsible for the outcome of your tongue.

 

Solution

The word of God says that God's people get destroyed because of lack of knowledge. Read more...