Dictation Will Determine Your Destiny!

Point 1: En-Courage Your Words  - Acts 15:32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers. Paul put it this way Ephesians 6:22 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you. The writer of Hebrews even told you how much and how often you should use your words to encourage. Hebrews 3:13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Point 2: Keep Your Word. Ecclesiastes 5:5  It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it. Matthew 5:37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. The writer of Proverbs said this. Proverbs 4:24 Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

Proverbs 10:19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.

Point 3: Guard Your Words.  Proverbs 4:23-25 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Matthew 15:17-20a - 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

Point 4: Fast Your Words Isaiah 58: 3 -5, 9 (3) ‘Why have we fasted…Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. (4)Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. (5) Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves?  Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?  Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? (9)Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;  you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression,  with the pointing finger and malicious talk, (1) Choose your words confidently! (2) Speak carefully. (3) Repent quickly. (4) Restate with authority

Point 5: Fuel Your Words. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

THE MESSAGE VERSION SAYS - God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one is impervious to God’s Word. We can’t get away from it—no matter what.

In order to do this you have to do at least two things.

(1) Hide his word in your heart. Psalm 119:11  I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

(2) Have faith in his word. Hebrews 11:6  And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.