All honor and glory to God! I have been running off fumes the past few days, haven't really stuck to my daily regimen since the incident with my eyes, but prayerfully I'll be back on point come next week. Continue to keep one another in prayer, thanking God for the victory, and refraining from claiming defeat from the enemy; ALWAYS pray for your desired result, NOT the unfavorable outcome. Do NOT lose sight of God in the midst of adversity, God Bless!
~~ Tylesha ~~
Passage James 3:5-8 (NLT):
"In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself. People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison."
Yesterday we discussed the fact that NO matter our circumstance, things could be worse, therefore we should praise God ALWAYS... prior to tribulation, in the midst of our trials, and praise Him even more when victory reveals itself. We were also reminded that our testimony is essential to someone else's revelation and/or spiritual growth, and were encouraged to share our testimonies and God's Gospel. Proverbs 12:13-14 says, "The wicked are trapped by their own words, but the godly escape such trouble. Wise words bring many benefits, and hard work brings rewards." As translated in The Message, this passage reads, "The gossip of bad people gets them in trouble; the conversation of good people keeps them out of it. Well-spoken words bring satisfaction; well-done work has its own reward." In this passage we are reminded of to the fundamentals from our "power of the tongue" series derived from the book The Tongue - A Creative force by Charles Capps. What we're reading about here are the individuals who are so caught up in their manipulation and deceit vs. individuals with a personal relationship to Christ. In a nutshell, if someone possesses a tight knit relationship with the Lord, then deceitfulness, slander, manipulation, and lies would be obsolete in their lives. We can easily resort back to a previous lesson, discussing the importance of refraining from speaking anything that is not kind, true, and necessary, or speaking what is good to edifying that it may minister grace to the hearer. What we say (our words) and what we do (our actions), will produce favorable outcomes in our personal lives, and favorable status in God's sight.
Prayer of the Day:
Father God we thank you for taming our tongue so that the words of our mouth may always be pleasing in your sight, and will always produce positive and favorable outcomes in every circumstance. Lord we thank you for complete healing that has restored our spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical state of being. We thank you for joyful attitudes in the midst of adversity, cheerful moods in the face of the enemy, peace in our storms, and comfort through our trials. We thank you for your continued protection over each of us individually, our families, our friends, our homes, our modes of transportation, and those homes and families in our surrounding areas. We thank you for the ability to smile even though our mountain appears to be too big, but we thank you that it will all work out for the better, according to your perfect plan. We praise your name, thanking you that our burdens, debts, and obstacles are no longer holding us hostage. We thank you for releasing any form of bondage holding us back from a deeper relationship with you, and for giving us the freedom to raise our hands humbly in praise to you. We thank you for the victory over sin, satan, and his demons, in the matchless name of your Son Jesus Christ, we submit our affirmation of faith, Amen!
"It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man." (Psalm 118:8)
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