
Holy Shift: Speaking Your Mind
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he… —Proverbs 23:7 NKJV
…For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. —Matthew 12:34
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. —Proverbs 18:21
That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. —Romans 10:9-10
For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. —Mark 11:23 (NKJV)
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. —Revelation 12:11 (NIV)
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. —James 3:2
My tongue directs where I go.
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. —James 3:3-4
My tongue can destroy what I have.
Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire…it sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. —James 3:5-6
If you want to stay out of trouble be careful what you say! —Proverbs 21:23 GN
All kinds of animals…have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. —James 3:7-8
My tongue displays what I am thinking.
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? —James 3:10-11
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean.’ For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. —Matthew 15:18-19
GUARD YOUR HEART AGAINST TOXIC WORDS.
My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words… Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. —Proverbs 4:20, 23
SPEAK LIFE-GIVING WORDS TO OTHERS EVERY CHANCE YOU GET.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.—Ephesians 4:29
SPEAK LIFE-GIVING WORDS TO YOURSELF AND TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
…If anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go throw yourself into the sea’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes what he says will happen, it will be done for him.—Mark 11:23
…For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”—Matthew 12:34-37