Shalom! Welcome to episode 28 of Overcoming Daily with Anna Johnson.
Today's overcomer tidbit is this: the overcomer guards their tongue. Once again, a basic concept for the believer. And yet it is a concept that many are failing to apply in their lives.
We know that the power of life and death is in the tongue. We know that the power of blessing and cursing is in the tongue. And yet we are often so loose with our words that we sometimes just welcome curses into our lives. And sometimes we curse other people with our words. Sometimes we sabotage our outcomes simply by speaking the wrong words.
We're reminded in scripture that we are to be quick to listen and slow to speak. But unfortunately, many people of faith these days are being very quick to speak and not taking the time to really think about what they're hearing and to formulate their words.
In episode 27, we talked about the overcomer resisting the voice of the enemy. See, it's really important that we are quick to listen before we speak, because sometimes, a lot of times the enemy is in our ear. And wants us to agree with the messages that he is trying to influence us with in such a way that we will speak them out into the atmosphere. If we are listening and filtering our thoughts and we are delaying speaking, then we are less likely to curse ourselves or curse the situation or curse someone else.
Now, I know the term 'curse' seems kind of a harsh word to be using, but things really are - either they are a blessing or they are a curse - they are one of the two. And honestly, anything that the enemy is speaking to us, we should be speaking the opposite. We should be speaking words of life and power. Words that glorify God.
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