What I sense the Holy Spirit speaking to my heart for the New Year is…

 

“Carefully ‘Watch and Weigh the Words’ of your mouth.”

 

Have you ever heard the idiom, “You are going to eat your words?”

 

I believe we need an altar call where everyone is invited to “eat their own words,” – to admit they are wrong.  A repentance service of this magnitude would revolutionize the church.

 

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all get up and see our stinking opinions, ideas, methods, concepts and religious ways as the million words we have used to express ourselves, all laying at the feet of Jesus.

 

Then God would have His Church, all to Himself!

 

• All we would have to do is say, “God, you were right about everything and I was wrong.”
• All we would have to do is say, “What I think doesn’t count for very much in light of You, God.”

Oh yes, I can hear us now… “But I have been following the Lord in Revival for years now, getting it right with Him,” but can we all say, “I have overcome every one of my own thoughts, arguments and ideas, not to count the things I say, that conflict with God?”

“Eat your words” (idiom) - to admit that what you said is wrong

Many people speculate about things they think they know something about and end up wishing they had not spoken so brashly or quickly, especially when it turns out they were in error on a certain matter.  It is pretty embarrassing to us if we open our mouth and make broad, sweeping statements of our beliefs and opinions only to find out we were wrong.

 

Even more embarrassing is to enter into debates and arguments about spiritual matters only to have God tell us we were wrong.

 

But the hard lessons in truth, even in the times we seem to stumble over our own words, will give ample opportunity for repentance and a changed mind, resulting in a changed life, if we will admit we were wrong. 

 

• Have we ever considered or taken inventory of what “opinions” we hold onto that is simply “not right in the sight of God?”  

Many people have made some pretty strong statements before God, in His sight and hearing and yet have not considered the weight of those words to their future. 

 

Why do words affect the future of a person? 

 

It is because of what has filled their belly. 

 

People have an appetite for their own words and literally nurture their own thoughts within their own hearts and from that source speak great, swelling words of vanity and pride.

 

• These can sound so reasonable and so spiritual and yet counter the very words of God, the way He’s always thought and done things. 

People say, “Oh, God wouldn’t do that,” not even realizing that He already has done that very deed many times over the course of human history.  God does many things our carnal mind tells us He wouldn’t do.

 

Would God disrupt your Church to make the necessary changes?

Would God tell you that you’ve got it all wrong?

Would God challenge you?

 

Yes He did, is and would – much to the chagrin of opinionated mankind.  He’s not very interested in keeping our ideas and ways and wordy opinions alive if they stand in opposition to His way.

 

God wants to fill us with His Word and His Spirit, but many are full of their own self-speaking.

 

Some have said, “All this prophecy stuff is not going to be allowed in my church,” or “we will not allow anyone to use their spiritual gifts in a public gathering…” not realizing they just sealed their own future to a life without the Rhema voice of God active in the Church. 

 

The Person, the Church will have a full belly of what has been spoken.

 

Your belly shall be full of the Spirit of God and His Word - or your own words. 

 

Look carefully at the following scripture and consider how powerful our words are and the implications in regard to their source – whether of our own voice or the Voice of God. 

 

Proverbs 18:20-21

20        A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

21        Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

 

2416 chay- life (feminine noun) – life, appetite, revival, renewal.

 

I love this because the very word “life” reflects the Father’s heart towards his Church, His people - in Revival! 

 

The opposite of Revival is Death!

It is all in the “power of the tongue!”

Speak it and Live or Speak it and Die!

 

Folks, the Church is in need of… - no, not just “in need of,” but is in “desperate need of” Revival!  The words people have been speaking in this season of revival have either released death or life. 

 

• Many have even cursed revival, refusing to even allow the mention of the word in their churches. 
• Many have set perimeters on what can happen in regards to the moving of the Spirit of God. 

God help us all to speak this “Life-giving Revival” and not curse what God is now doing to bring a fresh work of His Holy Spirit to His Church!

 

Words can shut the door in the face of the Holy Spirit!  Just tell Him that He’s not welcome to move and He will go away…

 

Remember that we all “prophecy something,” because we all speak our own future, our own end, our own reward and our own judgment.

 

Matt 12:36 -37

36        But I say unto you, that every idle (barren) word (what is or has been uttered by the living voice) that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.

37        For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

 

The more I read the Word, the more I realize how serious God is on this subject – words count for eternity.  I also took note of the wording in verse 36’s Strong’s definition – “what is or has been uttered,” meaning that past words also must be considered as having just a serious impact as what we are now saying. 

 

• Is it possible that we have said things that uprooted what God was blessing and doing and built up the enemy’s stronghold over a particular area God desired to move in?
• Have we thought to return to bless what has been cursed?
• In other words, have we repented in order to wipe this slate clean that has been filled with our spoken words?

Our lips sin against God and man and yet these words still fester somewhere in the ground of someone’s heart, church, ministry or life.

 

Something to think about:  Do we realize we have given the devil a road upon which to bring harassment against another, leaving them struggling with bouts of depression or hopelessness.  Pastors stand in pulpits and struggle to preach the Word of God, never knowing that the words released by members of the Church released the hordes of hell against him to try to stop him on behalf of the words spoken against him. 

 

Yes, our words can do this to the spiritual ground that surrounds churches, ministries, pastors, Christian leaders, families, cities and even our nation.  There is simply no excuse good enough for us to be excused in this matter of releasing word curses. 

 

• We need to repent and ask God to apply the Blood of Jesus to this area and get clean before Him and before others.    

We can seal not only our own future here on earth but our words will actually follow us to the Day of Judgment! 

 

God does not want His Church filled with “Barren, Idle Words!”

God wants His Church filled with Prophecy, Words that give birth to Revival, to Life – not barrenness and death!

 

Back to what I feel God is speaking for the New Year…

 

“Carefully ‘Watch and Weigh the Words’ of your mouth.”

“It's easier to release a word than it is to recall it once it is out!”

 

This is what I feel the Lord is speaking to many people who have struggled with falling back into negative talking, gossip, slander, and speaking against what God is currently doing:

 

• Watch what you decry for in your mouth is the power of life and death. Proverbs 18:21 “DECRY” means to express one’s vigorous disapproval of or to denounce.
• Watch what you speak concerning revival, for all the elements of revival belong to God, though man is involved.
• Watch what you speak in regard to the moving of the Holy Spirit.
• Watch for words that shut the door on God.
• Watch for words that seal your future void of the Living Voice of God.
• Watch for words that curse, slander or speak ill of others.
• Watch that you perform your vows, keep your promises and hold fast to your covenants.

Choose your words carefully. Think.  Watch what you say and how you say it…for the days ahead (2007) are going to require a people who know how to hold their lips shut at the right time and open them at the right time. 

 

• These are the people whom God is going to put His Words in their mouths to change things.
• These people will be those of verbal disciplines who understand the treasure of holding God’s Word within their bellies and releasing them at the right time, simply by the spoken word.

It is also a fearful obligation to have God put His words in our mouth.   Jeremiah was such a man: 

 

Jeremiah 1:9-10

9          Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

10        See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

 

It is not a time for any of us to be “mouthing off,” out of the contents of our own vain imagination or our emotions and carnal passions.

 

Mouth off, Slang. To express one's opinions, objections, or the like in a forceful or uninhibited manner, especially in public.

 

Yes, we are all so passionate about “what we believe or what we think,” but what about what God knows and has eternally held to be truth?

 

We have had opinions about the church, Christian living, revival, church growth keys, spiritual manifestations, prophecy, the Kingdom of God, sin, what’s morally acceptable and what’s not, the moving of the Holy Spirit, what the scripture means here and there, what God meant by what He said concerning relevant issues facing our world today, the rapture, doctrine, church government and many more things…but does anyone care what God thinks about what we are all talking about?

 

Just enter any gathering of believers and bring up the subject of “revival,” and the “moving of the Spirit,” and watch the various debates.

 

Why does anyone of us believe we have a “right of free expression,” about everything spiritual and Biblical? This is what religion and denominations are made of. The Body of Christ is made of believers who understand that Christ is the head of His Church.  He has already done the thinking for us on all the key subjects that relate to His Church, The Holy Spirit, Repentance, Revival, Heaven, Hell and Sin…only to list a few…

 

God’s own Word tells us….

 

2 Peter 1:19-21

19        We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

20        Knowing this first that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

21        For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

 

The Church has had her say…it is now time for the Living God to have His say through the mouth of His prepared Church!

 

• These people will fear God. 2 Cor. 7:1
• They will tremble at His Word. Is. 66:2
• They will be extravagant worshippers. John 4:23
• They will be holy warriors! Ps. 144:1; Eph 6:11-17
• They will be of clean hands and pure hearts. Ps. 24:4
• They will have dealt with the idolatrous systems of their own lives. 1 Cor. 10:13-14
• They will be a people of truth in the inward parts. Ps.51:6
• They will be a people of faith. Rom. 5:1-2
• They will be a people of prayer. Jude 1:20
• They will be a people who have allowed God to set a guard at the gates of their lips. Ps. 141:2-3

Ps 141:2-3

2          Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3          Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

 

It is time to ask God to set a guard at the gate of our lips…so that we do not sin with our mouths against the purposes of the Lord.

 

You want your prayer to have power, your words to count at heaven’s throne?

 

Ps 34:13-15

13        Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

14        Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

15        The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

 

“Revivalists!  Church Leaders! Intercessors!  

Watch your prayers, prophecies and proclamations come to pass as the Prophetic Revolution begins to come full circle!”

 

God is a covenant God!

 

• Watch God perform all that He has spoken and that which you have prophesied and decreed and declared, in His name!
• Watch God save your loved ones.
• Watch God send revival to your city.
• Watch God shake the old dry foundations of your church and set it on fire for His Glory.
• Watch God save, heal and deliver.
• Watch God do miracles through His Church.
• Watch God shake the nations.
• Watch God bring down oppression, falsehood and strongholds of ungodliness.
• Watch God send the signs, wonders and miracles to confirm His Word.
• Watch God bring in the Greatest Harvest this world has ever known!

Revivalists, Church Leaders, Intercessors - Watch God do the specific things He has told you He will do!

 

It doesn’t matter that some have not believed that God will do a certain thing. All that matters is that you have been obedient to the call to keep speaking the Word of the Lord!   Heaven has heard its own prophecies prayed back into the heavenlies, resounding over and over into the ears of God who sent that Word! 

 

It’s alive because God breathed it and you know it.

 

All that matters is that you have humbled yourself before the Throne of God and asked for the nations, your loved ones souls to be saved, your city to be shaken with a “God-Sent, Holy Ghost Awakening”, A “Soul-Searching Tsunami of Holy Ghost Conviction”, A “Holy Fire of Purity” burning into the heart of the church, A “Mighty Wave of Lost Sons and Daughters” being swept into the Kingdom of God… Get ready!!!

 

Luke 18:27

27        And he said, the things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

 

That’s all that matters in 2007 - “God-Sized Answers” to problems way to big for any of us to figure out!

God keeps His Word! 

 

Isaiah 55:11 - So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

 

The things first decreed by the prophetic voice are coming full circle to a place of fulfillment.  God will fulfill the covenant He has made with His faithful people – church leaders and intercessors who have pressed, pushed and prayed for these many years.

 

Don’t be afraid to declare the greatest need of the hour that is fast coming to prophetic fulfillment - REVIVAL!

 

Isaiah 64:1 - Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

 

“Open the Floodgates of Heaven God and let it pour over my church, my city, my family, my nation and the nations of the world! – Let it pour over me and do the work in my life that is necessary so that I may be a part of what is to come.

God Bless the Faithful Watchman on the Wall of the Church!

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