Speak the Word!

Speak the Word!
Revised 1983 Edition
Copyright © 1982 by Marilyn Hickey

Your tongue is the most powerful weapon and force of your life.  Proverbs states that the tongue has the power of life and death in it.  In James 3, James states that you can control your whole body by that small member you have, called the tongue.  As a rudder guides a ship and a bit in the horse’s mouth cause him to go the right direction, so also your tongue can guide your thoughts, your emotions, and your body into paths of prosperity and success and be a tremendous power for good.

But on the negative side, your tongue can be used to damage and destroy your physical body, your thought life, and your emotional reactions.  Corrupt words can destroy those about us, for the Psalmist states that words are like the piercing of swords.   You set on fire the course of nature by what you speak because hell acts on your words.  Eve had to speak wrong words before Satan could act.  Hell can act only on your words, so every negative word you speak sets hell into activity.  This is why God spoke to Joshua (Joshua 1:8) and said,

    “This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall
      meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
      according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way
      prosperous and then you will have success.”  (NASV)

This little verse in Joshua is the key to all prosperity and success.  In fact, this is the only place the word success is found in the Bible.  Speaking God’s Word can make you successful in every area of your life.

What about those words spoken against us and our loved ones?  Will those negative confessions set hell into activity in our lives?  As always God’s Word has an answer.  It is found in Isaiah 54:17, “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.  This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness is of me.”  Condemn wrong words spoken against you and yours in the name of Jesus.  Never condemn the person who speaks, only the words spoken against you.  Then these negative word weapons cannot harm you.

Defeat the enemy today.  Speak the following words of Life every day.  In harassing time, speak them three times a day.  God’s Word works.  Try it – you’ll love it!  Speaking aloud causes your spirit man to hear.  This is the way to grow strong in spirit.  Make your faith effective.  Say the Word, say the Word, say the Word.  “Let the words of my mouth be acceptable in your sight today, O Lord.”