We are triune beings: we are spirits, we have a soul made up of our mind, will, and emotions, and we live in a body. You know as well as I do that it can be difficult to divide the emotions that we have from the spirit that we have. But God speaks Spirit to spirit, not Spirit to emotions.

The one way we are able to decipher between our emotions and the Spirit of God talking to our spirit is by the written Word of God. The Word says It divides our soul from our spirit, and that It judges rightly the thoughts and intents of our heart.

Now the Word was spoken before it was written, and then it was written so It could be spoken . . . by us. As I like to say, “Faith has a voice!” Hearing the Word is where our faith comes from. Speaking the Word is how our faith is deployed. And when you loose your faith, that’s when you get what God says. And that’s always better than getting what you would have said. There’s a whole new language to faith we must learn!

Speaking your circumstances and rehearsing the bad things that are happening to you (or are going to happen to you) is somewhat of a default language for the human race. And talking like that will only give those bad things staying power in your life. Believe me, I KNOW! But I have been quick to repent on every slip of the tongue! And so should you. When the pressure gets to you and you slip, and Satan tries to take a swing at you, just duck and say, “Lord, I’m sorry I missed it.” And go on like you never did slip. That really irritates the Devil.

Now when you decide to put a lock on your mouth, to say only what God’s Word says, you watch the multitude of opportunities that will come to you and try to get you to disagree with the Word. Someone will ask you just as you’re feeling down, “How are you feeling?” And at that point you just want some sympathy. And you know you are in trouble when you start by saying, “I just feel like...” What you better do is SHOUT what the Word says about you! Say, “I’m blessed! I’m healed! I’m full of joy!”

This is so important. And this is why: the speech center is the command center of your life. God knows it, the devil knows it. And when you know it, and start acting like it, the devil’s going to loose ground on you. “Dominion is found in your words.” What you speak comes into existence.

Your faith will never rise above your words. Mark 11 says, “You shall have whatsoever you sayeth.”  It didn’t say you shall have whatsoever you thinketh. It’s what you SAY that will come to pass.

Join me every day in confessing what God says about us. Make a determination  right now that you’ll do that especially in the times you feel most like talking your feelings. Let’s see victory every day, in the small things, and in the big things!