In Mathew 15:11 Jesus says What comes out of a person's mouth is what destroys him. When a word is spoken it can bring life to a situation or bring destruction to your life. How will you speak regarding matters pertaining to yourself?
Your words about you give insight into your strengths and weaknesses.
Pride will have a person say what he won't do, will do and what he won't tolerate to an audience of people who are in his presence. People call it "keeping it real 100" but I call it "Keeping it stupid 200."
We have to understand that there is another audience paying attention to what we say and that audience can not be seen. Spiritual wickedness is watching... looking for a way to destroy you. When you speak what you can't handle, what you won't do, what you will do and what you won't tolerate... the enemy now has insight from you on what to do to break you down.
God knows what you can't handle at the moment, so you don't need to go and speak it to everyone. He knows your heart... but the enemy can only look at what you do and what you say which lets him know how to come at you. Pride and arrogance will have us fronting in front of that audience as we call ourselves putting people on notice not to mess with us... but what you don't understand is you are giving the enemy notice on how to come at you through those who are being led by spiritual wickedness. Be quick to listen and slow to speak. A fool speaks destruction over his life by putting the enemy on notice regarding how to destroy you. A wise person speaks life over his life. This means even if you don't see positive at the moment.. you are still speaking it outwardly. Your faith in what you don't see in front of you at the moment will allow what you believed to materialize because of your faith. You don't need a physical audience to speak life over your situation... you can do that. But those who need people to affirm them... who need the responses of people to get them fired up... will speak destruction over their own lives because they don't realize the insight they are giving to the enemy about themselves and how to destroy your faith...your hope... to destroy everything about you...including your soul.
Vincent J. McCaskill - Lead Pastor
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