1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: Hope you're having a great summer. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 2: Know that we're praying for you, and we know God 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 2: has awesome things in store. So great having you with us. 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: Enjoy the message today. 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 3: You know. 6 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 4: The Scripture talks a lot about the words that come 7 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 4: out of our mouth, and so I want to encourage 8 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 4: us with this simple truth to have faith filled words. 9 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 4: It's a simple truth, but it has a profound effect. 10 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: On our life. 11 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 4: The words that come out of our mouth can guide 12 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 4: our life. 13 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: The words that can come out of our mouth can 14 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: change our. 15 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 4: Life and lead us in different directions depending on what's 16 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 4: coming out of our mouth. The Book of Proverbs is 17 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 4: a book of wisdom, and it's the wisdom of God, 18 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 4: and it teaches us how to live our life. 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: It guides us in this. 20 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 4: Journey through life so that we can take hold of 21 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 4: this wisdom, apply it, and it will direct us. 22 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: It will get us to where we need to be. 23 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 4: If we will apply this wisdom, it will direct us 24 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,839 Speaker 4: to miracles, it'll direct us to the things of God. 25 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 4: You know, the Bible talks about the tongue. It says 26 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 4: it in James. It says the tongue is a very 27 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 4: small part of the body. It says, but with one spark, 28 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 4: just like a forest fire can begin with one word, 29 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 4: you can spark a forest fire in your own life. 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 4: It also compares the tongue to a rudder of a 31 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 4: big ship. Now, the rudder of a big ship is 32 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 4: a very small part of the ship. And even though 33 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 4: the winds come against that ship and the ship has 34 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 4: to go through raging waters, do you know that whichever 35 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 4: way the rudder turns, it can change the direction of 36 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 4: that entire huge ship. It's all about the pilot and 37 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 4: and how he directs the rudder is where the ship goes. 38 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 4: Can I encourage us to be the pilot of our tongues, 39 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 4: to speak words of faith, to release them in the 40 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 4: atmosphere so that our words will lead us and guide 41 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 4: us to the place we want to go. I was 42 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 4: talking to a woman the other day and she was 43 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 4: talking about her beautiful daughter. She loves her daughter so much, 44 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 4: but she was talking about her daughter having this job, 45 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 4: and the job was not recognizing the talents that her 46 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 4: daughter had. In fact, she was feeling like her daughter 47 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 4: wasn't getting the breaks that she deserved. And there were 48 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 4: other people she felt less talented than her daughter that 49 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 4: were stepping up and getting all the good breaks, getting 50 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 4: the opportunities, and it was just breaking her heart. She 51 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 4: was so frustrated. She was going on and on, telling me, 52 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 4: how if this doesn't change, this is what's gonna happen. 53 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 4: She's gonna look up, she's gonna pass her time to 54 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 4: do what she wants to do. She began painting this 55 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 4: picture of her daughter's life, and it was a picture 56 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 4: of defeat. I stood there and I was depressed. I thought, 57 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 4: oh no, is this what's gonna happen to her daughter? 58 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 4: And then I realized, oh my gosh, this woman is 59 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 4: convincing me. She's getting me upset and depressed. And I 60 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 4: looked at her and I said, is that what you 61 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 4: want for your daughter? And she said, of course, that's 62 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 4: not what I want for you. 63 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 1: My daughter. And I said, then quit prophesying her future. 64 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 4: She was allowing fear and those words to fuel this 65 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 4: scenario of failure. Listen, if she was convincing me, what 66 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 4: were those words going to do in. 67 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: Her daughter's life? 68 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 4: You See, we can either let our words of faith 69 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 4: fuel our faith, or we can let fear fuel our defeat. 70 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: See, it's up to us. 71 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 4: We are the pilot behind our time, we can turn 72 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 4: our life in the direction that we point. So I 73 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 4: want to encourage us all today to release your words 74 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 4: of faith. 75 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: Listen. 76 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 4: The pressures of life are real, and it's in those 77 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 4: times that we need to be aware of what we're speaking. 78 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: This all is. 79 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 4: David prayed this prayer and Psalm one for one. He said, 80 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 4: set a guard over my mouth, Oh Lord. 81 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: Keep a watch over my lips. You see, David was 82 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: in a very pressured situation. He was in a cave. 83 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 4: The enemies were all around him. They were coming in 84 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 4: on him, they were going to defeat him. And his 85 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 4: prayer was this, God, set a guard over my mouth, 86 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 4: keep watch over my lips. You see, in the pressure 87 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 4: of life, he was very well aware of what he 88 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 4: was saying. 89 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: Listen, I hope. 90 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 4: This has as much an impact on you as it 91 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 4: has on me, because I realize. As David continued in 92 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 4: that psalm, he said, Lord, I don't want to give 93 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 4: in to their evils. I don't want to say what 94 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 4: they're saying. 95 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: I don't want to eat. 96 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 4: The delicacies of my lips. Keep me, Father, keep me separated, 97 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 4: keep me. 98 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: Looking up to you. You know, sometimes you don't know 99 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: what to say. So, don't say anything. Just pray, pray, pray, pray, God, 100 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,119 Speaker 1: help me, help me God. 101 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 4: You know, sometimes when I don't know what to say 102 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 4: and my mind is swirling, I just begin to praise. 103 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 4: I begin to just thank Him and praise him. The 104 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 4: songs that we sing here every week. I've begin to 105 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 4: sing those songs. You see, I've learned them here. I've 106 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 4: got him in my heart, so they can come out 107 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 4: of my mouth. We've got to praise our way to victory. 108 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 4: We've got to release words of faith. We don't want 109 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 4: to eat the fruit of our lips. We want to 110 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 4: direct our life around the evil, through the storms. 111 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,799 Speaker 1: And straight to Jesus, Straight to Jesus. 112 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 4: There's a story in Mark twenty five. It's about the 113 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 4: woman who was bleeding in her body for twelve long years. 114 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 4: She had been to many doctors. She'd done everything she could, 115 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 4: she spent all of her money. She wasn't getting better, 116 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 4: she was only getting worse. 117 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,679 Speaker 1: She was frail, she was weak. 118 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 4: But I love what it says in Mark twenty five. 119 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 4: It says one day she heard Jesus was coming to town, 120 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 4: and she said to herself, if I can only touch him, 121 00:06:54,600 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 4: I'll be healed. One version says she kept saying to herself, 122 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 4: if I can only touch him, I'll be healed. Do 123 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 4: you see those words of faith that she was releasing 124 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 4: out of her mouth. 125 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: I believe it's what gave her the power. 126 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 4: That day to get out of her home, push through 127 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 4: the crowded streets to find her way to Jesus. You see, 128 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 4: she was frail, she was weak. She had tried everything. 129 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 4: But when she began to release these words of faith, 130 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 4: if I can only touch him, if I can only 131 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 4: touch him, it. 132 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: Changed her body. 133 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 4: It literally, her spirit gave life to her body so 134 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 4: she could get up, get out of her house, and 135 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 4: begin to. 136 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: Pursue her faith, her faith. 137 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 4: That day she found herself at the feet of Jesus. 138 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 4: I can see her now, I can see her now, 139 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 4: pushing through. If I can only get to him, If 140 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 4: I can only get to him. 141 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: She came up behind him. 142 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 4: She gave one last if I can only get to him, 143 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 4: She's streussuched out her hand and touched the hem of 144 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 4: his robe. That's all she could reach was the hem 145 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 4: of his robe before he took the next step, and 146 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 4: immediately she knew. 147 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: Her life was changed. 148 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 4: Very interesting Jesus looked at his disciples and said, who 149 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 4: touched me? They said, there's so many people around us, Lord, 150 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 4: everybody's crowding around us. And Jesus turned around and he 151 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 4: looked at that woman. He saw her faith, He saw 152 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 4: the words coming out of her mouth. He saw how 153 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 4: she got to him. He said, woman, you were healed. 154 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 4: Do you see how those words led her to her miracle? 155 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: Those words changed the course of her life. See. 156 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 4: The interesting thing is that she not only had to 157 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 4: fight through the crowd with those words, but she had 158 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 4: to fight through the crowd in her mind. The crowded 159 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 4: thought that we're trying to tell her just stay here. 160 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 4: You've tried everything, the opinions of her family and friend 161 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 4: and said, I'm. 162 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: Sorry, there's nothing we can do. You're just gonna have 163 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: to die. 164 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 4: You see, she had crowded thoughts in her mind, but 165 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 4: because of her words of faith, she changed her thoughts. 166 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 4: Do you know your words can reinforce your thoughts. If 167 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 4: you are down and you're discouraged, and you speak down 168 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 4: in discouraged words, words like I'm never gonna make it, 169 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 4: this is never gonna change, do you know that it 170 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 4: reinforces those thoughts? But when you begin to speak faith 171 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 4: filled words, you begin to get the word of God 172 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 4: in your mouth and you begin to speak it, it 173 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 4: will change your thoughts. It will line you up and 174 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 4: set you in the right direction for your life. 175 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: Your life. Your words have life and death in them. 176 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: Do you know. 177 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 4: God spoke to the darkness and the void of this world, 178 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 4: and he brought light and life to this world. He 179 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 4: spoke it into existence, just like that woman prophesied her 180 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 4: life when she said, if I can only touch him, 181 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 4: I'll be healed. 182 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: You see, she prophesied with her words. 183 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 4: Jesus said, my words are spirit and they are life. 184 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 4: I want to encourage every one of us to take 185 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 4: the words of God, to take your faithful words and 186 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 4: begin to declare your victory. You see, it doesn't matter 187 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 4: about the winds that are coming against you. It doesn't 188 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 4: matter the storms. You can pass through those storms and 189 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 4: get on the course to victory. You can get on 190 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 4: the course to your miracle. 191 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 1: Today. 192 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 4: Your words will lead you beside still waters. They will 193 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 4: guide you in the paths of righteousness. They will set 194 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 4: your feet upon a rock. Your words will direct. 195 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: You to the very garment of Jesus. 196 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 4: Amen. 197 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 3: Amen, our negative thinking can short circuit God's power and 198 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 3: blessing in our lives. When you say, I always seem 199 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 3: to worry. I can't forgive what was done to me. 200 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 3: I pray, but it feels like God doesn't hear. I 201 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 3: won't have enough to provide for me and my family. 202 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 3: How do you overcome this type of negative thinking that 203 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 3: limits you from God's best. 204 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 2: Our thinking sets the limits for our life. 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