Anthony Wade Ministries

In my opinion one of the most outstanding stories in the New Testament is the story about the woman that had an issue of blood. It is documented that it was what that woman said that made the difference. It is proof positive that what we do with our mouth has a lot to do with what God can do with our whole life. The thing that is tremendous to me is that if God did it for that lady, He will do it for anyone else.

A number of years ago it was brought to my attention that if we would do what the people in the Bible did we would receive similar results as they . How do I know this? Because God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). Although He is not a respecter of persons, He is a respecter of faith. I addition we have a better Covenant established upon better promises (Hebrews 8:6). The day we are living in is better than those of the Bible days.

It is recorded on different occasions what various Bible characters said with their mouths was an indication of their faith. Speaking the desired results was their ability to turn their faith loose. When they turned their faith loose, it was just a matter of time, when what they said became a part of their world. Take a glance at the woman that had the issue in (Mark 5:25-30). Several verses are the key to why she received.

We also get a clue to the commitment of Blind Bartimaeus in (Mark 10:52). It’s as if I am there and can hear him cry out “Jesus Thou Son of David, Have Mercy On Me.” Then in Luke 17 we have the account of the ten lepers. And of course in Matthew 8 the confrontation with the centurion. Each one of these characters desired something, and their mouth was the medium which brought it into existence. A better way to say it is their mouth “turned their faith loose.” In Proverbs 18:21, we are told that death and life are in the power of the tongue.

The purpose of this article is to encourage us all to put a watch over our tongue and lips. It has been said that if we don’t like what is happening in our lives, the first thing we need to take inventory over is our mouth. In the words of another spiritual leader, Watch Your Lips!, Watch Your Lips!, Watch Your Lips! – AWM

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When I was a youngster we used to say a little rhyme that went like this:

“Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.”

As a child I was endeavoring to keep the neighborhood bullies from getting an advantage on me by declaring that statement. Now that I am an adult I realize how untrue that ill-famed declaration is — greater yet — it is very unscriptural. It is true that sticks and stones can break my bones. All the same, names and unkind words do hurt — they can kill you — no matter who you are. Unkind and untrue words can and many times do serious harm. This is what I mean: As believers we are commanded to put a watch over our lips.

1 Peter 3:10-12 (NKJV)

{10} For he who would love life and see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

{11) Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.

{12} For the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the LORD is against those who do evil.”

The purpose of this topic is to uncover the truth. It simply is to put you in remembrance of what the Lord has commanded us all to do in relationship to our tongue and lips. The third chapter of James is dedicated to that little member in our body that gets many into trouble (James 3:1-12). In Proverbs we see another unforgettable scripture that causes us to think not only what we say about others — but ourselves as well.

Proverbs 18: 21 (NKJV)

{21} Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And those who love it will eat it’s fruit.

Either we are speaking death or we are speaking life — there is power in our words. Whether we are speaking life or death, we will eat the fruit of life or death.

My questions to you are: What are you speaking? According to Proverbs 18:21, what you are speaking you will eat it’s fruit — be it life or death. What fruit are you eating? Take a moment and do a little inventory. Inspect the fruit that is in your life. If you don’t like the fruit, put an axe to it’s root ( Luke 3:9). You may ask “how do I put an axe to the root” ? By changing your talk — you will change your walk.

Think back to 1 Peter 3:10 — For he or she who would love life, and also see good days — let him or her cease from speaking evil — and his or her lips from speaking untruth, dishonesty, deception or deceitfulness. “What We Are Speaking, We Are Seeking.” In other words, we are going to reap the harvest of what we are saying with our mouths. Therefore, what we say about someone else will in time be in plain sight in our own lives, one way or another.

WHAT ABOUT JESTING?

There are those who can’t seem to get along in life without a practical joke or making an unkind remark about someone else. When they are confronted with this type of behavior they usually come back with the old saying, “I was only joking” (Proverbs 26:18-19). Let’s see what the scriptures have to say.

Ephesians 5: 3-7 (NKJV)

{3} But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

{4} neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

{5} For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

{6} Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. {7} Therefore do not be partakers with them.

I did a study on foolish talking and jesting. Below is what I found.

FOOLISH TALKING
Offensive, abusive language, ridicule, or what tends to expose another to disrespect.

NOR JESTING
Artfully turned discourses or words, that can be easily inverted to other meanings; chaste words which, from their connection, and the manner in which they are used, convey an obscene or offensive meaning. It also means jests, puns, and humorous sayings of all kinds — which are not convenient. They do not rise to the proper standard; they are absolutely improper themselves, and highly unbecoming in those who profess Christianity. Now, before I am misunderstood, let me help you understand. If anyone loves having a good time, I do. What I am simply saying is that we, as God fearing people, need to be watchful of our words, and what we portray. Our manner of speech and the words we use should not have a hidden or two-fold meaning. We should never cleverly attempt to make fun of or take advantage of someone else by using words that would and could hurt them. The sad thing about this is we all, at one time or another, have either been villain or victim of this — it was, and is not proper.

FOOLISH TALKERS & COURSE JESTERS
Did you ever notice where the foolish talkers and course jesters are listed in Ephesians 5:4-5? They are listed among fornicators – those who practice extramarital sexual activity. They are listed with the unclean — unholy, defile. Covetousness is on that list of people — those who desire or lust for something that is someone else’s.

Case in point: If you purchase something and someone wants what you have, that is covetousness. They don’t want their own, they want yours. It could also be apparent as an individual wanting another person’s spouse or anything that doesn’t rightfully belong to him or her. Filthiness rounds out the list. All that is opposite to purity. Our words, if not put in the proper setting, can lead to more ungodly things. It is appropriate for us to take a good look at where we are, where we’ve been, and where we are going. If we don’t like where we are — admit that we are the one who is responsible for being there. If we don’t like where we have been — we can’t afford to park in the past. If we are not sure where we are going, then we, by the Power of ‘The Holy Ghost,’ can create the change, by changing our words. – AWM

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Not to long ago it was brought to my consciousness that our words are like seeds. We must treat our words like a farmer treats his seed. If the farmer plants seed-corn he gets corn. If He plants soybean seeds, he will get soybeans. The same is true in connection with our mouth. If we plant negative we will get negative. If we sow positive, we will get positive. Our lives are on a principle called seed-time and harvest.

Genesis 8:22 (RSV)

{22} “While the earth remains, seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

Don’t be misled; remember that you can’t ignore God and get away with it: a man will always reap just the kind of crop he sows! If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds of evil and he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death; but if he plants the good things of the Spirit, he will reap the everlasting life that The Holy Spirit gives him. And let us not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t get discouraged and give up. Galatians 6:7-9 (The Living Bible).

We must get to the point that we understand that our words are containers. They will contain elements of belief or elements of doubt. According to Mark 11:23 we can have what we say. The choice is ours. If we say or sow negative, it is because we believe in the negative. Should we be surprised if that is what we are gettting? If we sow or say positive seeds should we be surprised when positive shows up? I submit to you that the farmer is not surprised when the crop he planted shows up. Why? Because He was cognizant of what he was sowing. We should be even more conscious of what we are saying—sowing. – AWM

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There is a spiritual law that is in the life of many that they don’t recognize, or have chosen to push aside. That law is the phenomenal “Power of The Tongue.”

Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV)

{21} Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its
fruit.

In other words it is our choice what we have,what we can do and who we are by either speaking life to our life, or speaking death to our life. It is our choice to what end of the spectrum we are on. Proverbs 6:2 says that we are snared by the words of our mouth, as well as taken or captivated by our words.

Proverbs 6:2 (NKJV)

{2} You are snared by the words of your mouth; you are taken by the words of your
mouth.

It simply is up to us what we will acquire. Why? Because this is a spiritual law that is voice activated. To be honest with you, you can tell a great deal about a person by what they choose to let come from their mouth. Without any supernatural gifting you can determine where someone is by paying close attention to what they converse about. Let’s face it, for the most part our future is determined by what we say. How do I know? The Bible tells me so.

Mark 11:23 (NKJV)

{23} 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.

This verse puts a huge emphasis on what we say. Along with believing what we say, it makes mention of …whoever says, ….things he says will be done,…he will have whatever he says. Did you notice there is a tremendous amount of attention put on the word “say”? It is brought to light three times more than anything else in this verse. To me that means we need to say it three times more than anything else. If we will take the time, and have the the intestinal fortitude — spiritual guts — to say what God says about us, or any situation we may be in, I know that no doubting can overtake us. Believing will be paramount! Why? Because these things are “voice activated.” — AWM

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John was very caustic with Barb. They have been married for fifteen years, and Barb can only remember a few short years when his words were not unkind. She had contemplated divorce but couldn’t justify it because of what she experienced as a child. Barb’s father and mother divorced when she was a pre-teen. It wasn’t a very good exit. Her parents fought over possessions as well as custody of the children. To be curt, it was very evil. She didn’t want her three children to encounter what she had encountered. She figured that it was worth keeping the family together, yet she lived a life of being verbally abused. Verbal abuse, in my opinion is more hazardous than physical. Why do I take that position? Because with physical abuse, apart from being slain, the bruises have an opportunity to heal. With verbal abuse, there is a continual reminder of what the abuser thinks, and how they view you. Both physical and verbal abuse are horrendous. With verbal abuse there is a battery of blows delivered with the tongue. Physical abuse is inflicted by a fist, open hand, or an object, other than the tongue.

Barb was a God fearing woman who matured to the position that John was not going to get away with abusing her any longer. She began praying for him in a positive way. She learned to bind the spirit of anger that was tormenting John. She not only bound the spirit of anger, but she loosed the spirit of love between the two of them. (Matthew 16:19 Amplified Bible).

Barb took the upper hand in their marital status. She was very watchful not to do anything that would ignite John’s anger. She became very prolific in living 2 Peter 3:1-6. She knew there was more to John, than his outbursts of anger. John was also raised in a God-fearing home. When he was able to leave his parents home, he departed from the faith. Barb prayed that her husband would rededicate his life to The Lord Jesus Christ. However, she was made aware of 1 Corinthians 7:14-15, which let her know that John was free to leave her if he wanted. She had an inward intuition that he would become a 2 Peter 3:7 man. She had in truth become a Proverbs 31 woman. She turned their household around with the weapon of her words. Her words were not complaints about how terrible her husband was, but she began to speak the desired results according to Romans 4:17. That verse encourages us to speak those things which be not as though they were. Barb not only prayed this way, but she made positive affirmations concerning their union.

That is what the Scriptures mean when they say that God made Abraham the father of many nations. God will accept all people in every nation who trust Him as Abraham did. This promise is from God himself, who makes the dead live again and speaks of future events with as much certainty as though they were already past. (Romans 4:17 TLB). Barb spoke the desired results based on the Word of God. She had the desired results before she got them. The desired results were hers in the spirit realm, before she experienced them in the physical. In other words, be there, before you get there. -AWM

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