Winning Words Create Winners

Let me ask you something. How do you see yourself? Do you see yourself as a victorious person, able to conquer the problems of the world? Do you see yourself as an overcomer? There’s an old hymn that says, “I’m just a poor old sinner, saved by grace.” This song has a nice old melody

Controlling the Tongue

James 1:26 says, “If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.” Your mouth can cause you to make your religion useless. You can go to church every week and be a Bible scholar, but if your mouth is speaking

A Submissive Tongue

What you say is important. In fact, it is so important that our lives are better or worse because of the words we speak. Proverbs 15:4 says, “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” Our words are containers. When we speak, our words contain power — the

What You Say Can Hurt You

If the devil can get you depressed, he can affect every area of your life. He can affect your physical body. He can affect your ability to be a witness to that neighbor or to that person on the job. He can even affect your ability to pray for somebody else’s healing. The devil wants

The Power of Encouraging Words

The other day I was watching an old western movie on TV. In one scene, the general store in town had just burned to the ground and the lady who owned it had lost everything she owned. She was standing in the middle of the burned-out shell of a building when one of the townspeople

Words Move Faith

There is power in your words. More power than you could possibly imagine. All through the Word of God, words were used to create, control, and destroy. When Jesus heard that Lazarus was dead, He went to the tomb and spoke these words: “Lazarus, come forth” (John 11:43). When Jesus said those words, Lazarus came

Think About What You’re Thinking About

“But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in

Your Words Are Containers

What we say is very important. Proverbs 18:21 makes that very clear: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” According to this verse in God’s Word, we see that death and life are in the power of the tongue. But what does that

Should I Confess Empty Words?

“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63). What keeps our words from being spirit and life like the words Jesus spoke? Would you like to know the answer to that? One hindrance is familiarity. We have

Speak Life

What you say is important. In fact, the words that come from your mouth today shape your world tomorrow. Your words can bring prosperity and health, or they can bring poverty and death. According to the Bible, the words you speak can and will shape your life. Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in