21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. ~ Proverbs 18:21
The tongue has the power to speak life or to speak death. That’s a very frightening thought, if you think about it, that our tongues hold that much power. I want you to stop and think about what I just said for just a moment. Our words are life, and they are death, and people throw words around as if they count for very little or for nothing.
People will let words like:
- I will never succeed
- I can’t do anything right
- I will never make friends
- I am a born loser
- I will never get over this sickness
- This is killing me
Just roll off their tongue as if it was water on a duck’s back, so to speak, without us even thinking about it. Listen, you don’t have to know it in order to speak it into being.
Words are alive because they are breath, which is spirit. Therefore, words will never die. That’s why the words of our prayers can come up before God as a memorial years after they have been spoken.
That’s also why the prayers of:
- The saints long dead
- Grandmothers
- Grandfathers
- Parents
- Holy men and women of God
Will come to pass eventually because they are words that were spoken.
On the flip side, that is the same reason why curses, also known as generational curses, can plague generation after generation after generation because words have the power of life or death, and if they are life or death, that means they do not die, but they can be canceled.
Dear LORD, please forgive me for every careless word I’ve spoken about myself or other people. Please cancel each and every curse I’ve spoken, whether out of anger or idle talk, in the mighty name of Jesus. Please let life be the words I speak out of my mouth instead of death. Let my words be holy and pleasing to You, LORD God. Bridle my tongue. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.
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