Gurl watch yo mouth

Gurl watch yo mouth

At church a few nights ago we were in small groups. We were reading scripture then we were praying the scripture applying it to our lives and the ministries we served in. Then the leader of one of the ministries I serve recalled and shared a scripture from a sermon a guest Pastor had preached. I recalled that same sermon but didn't think much about it. But boy did my spirit man run with it all night. The Lord woke me up with this "Gurl watch yo mouth!"

Insight

A few years ago, shortly after we came out of bankruptcy, my dad's family came to my parents house for a family reunion. I says my dad's family as we have attended four family reunions over the years, my grandmother's family, my grandfather's family, my dad's family, and my husband's family. Ok, ok, I digress. Well anyway I had heard a word in church and I proclaimed "I'm not poor anymore!" They all were stunned a little, kind of laughed and joked, teased a little, then moved on. But you see I was so serious.

Our Pastor's, Apostle Keith Wesley, Pastor, Apostle Skip Horton, had spoke a word from this scripture "The Master, God, has given me a well-taught tongue, So I know how to encourage tired people. He wakes me up in the morning, Wakes me up, opens my ears to listen as one ready to take orders." Isaiah 50:4-9 (MSG) We had just come out of a very trying, embarrassing time. How am I, this person who handles money for so many others, in bankruptcy and having such dire financial problems. We had come out of that and a car repossession, I will share about that at another time, and whew things were finally looking up. We had sold our first home and were building our second. We had been blessed with financing as most places would not touch us. We had a big down payment, proceeds from the sell of our first home, had to pay a couple points but we were just grateful. The whole house building thing was another life lesson for me, but again I digress.

God was really doing something in our lives but I kept finding myself saying I don't have any money. Every time I turned around that was coming out my mouth. My countenance had changed too. Now I believed something, my faith was strong, but my confession was out of line with what God was doing. Then Apostle Horton spoke and my spirit really grabbed on. Look my daddy God owns the cattle in a thousand hills, he created the heavens and the earth. All the wealth in the world he created and gave me dominion over it. If I say I'm a child of God why am I constantly saying "I'm broke". Gurl you betta watch yo mouth!

Victory

I had to begin to confess a new thing and it came out "I'm not poor anymore!" That confession wasn't just for myself but it was for you too. We say things all the time that speak death not life. We say things like: "This won't work", "I can't do this", "I'm so sick of this (or you)", "My marriage won't work", "My kids are bad, they won't listen, they don't love me" and many more things that are distructructive self talk. We have to stop that, right now.

When I said I wasn't poor, things were not the best financially for us. But I had to start saying things differently. No longer was it "I don't have any money" but it's "I don't have it right now". For some that might just be semantics but for me there was a promise in that. You see "right now" is just a fixed moment in time, but each day is a new day, a new promise in The Lord.

My dear hubby has alway been a man of faith. He never really gets down or out about anything. He always has these big visions or sees things past where we are right now. Our second home we built he found. He liked going around to the annual Homes Tours. He would go to different community's and see different home models, different builders, and different subdivisions. He saw a model he liked but really he thought oh she would love this. Then, loving a deal, he saw that the builder built in another town the same model, but the price was significantly less. So then he drags our son along, and my son (who was 4 at the time) says oh yes mommy would love this house.

It wasn't until I got the revelation myself and started confessing out of my mouth "I'm not poor anymore" could they show me the house. Any sooner I would have aborted this move of God. The power of life and death really is in your tongue and what you confess. So try it, confess a new thing, and don't be afraid of the ridicule. Members of my family still tease me today. "Ya that's right I forgot you're not poor anymore!". But that's ok because they are right, I'm not. I'm not, my husband's not. My son's not. My grandchildren will not be and their children after that will not be. That's okay if it starts with me, I can carry that burden. Will it start with you?

Prayer
Daddy God, we are just so grateful. Grateful for this day, grateful for your love, grateful for life, grateful for another chance to do your will. Father we ask you to govern our tongue and our words. Help us to speak life to all situations. Help us to not wallow in defeat, persecution, poverty, lack of money, love, or joy. God help us to speak victory, prosperity, more than enough, love, peace and joy. Help us to use right words and to see that we are more than an overcomer in all things because you live in us and you live through us. Help us to be the change we want to see and break generational curses that have had us bound. Lord we speak positively and definitively that today we, our husbands, our children, our grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the generations to come will no longer live under lack. We are mighty because you are our Redeemer, our Provider, our Father in Heaven. We ask these things, and believe it is so, in Jesus' name. Amen.