“Do not conform yourselves to the standard of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God” (Romans.12:2).
God always works from inside out. Satan works just the opposite; he works from the outside in. He works to destroy your life through outward temptations and struggles that only eat away at you on the inside.
Many times, we hide unresolved issues from our past under a multitude of disguises. We try to overcome rejection and insecurity by losing weight, working out, dressing cute and appearing confident. We hide pain under a smile. We say we have forgiven someone for the hurt they caused in our life, but we vow to never get that close to anyone again. We cover our shame by a series of church activities to hopefully earn God’s love.
As long as we are suppressing things from the past, the “infection” or “wound” of what happened to us is killing us inside. It does not matter what happens outwardly in our life; nothing will truly make us happy and fulfilled until we allow God to completely get our junk out of us.
Right now, you may be reading this and not even realize there is something inside of you that must be uprooted and dealt with, because it’s “polished over”. Or you may be reading this book because you’ve reached a desperate point in your life and you’re looking for answers, hope and help. You know something or someone who is keeping you back from being who God wants you to be.
It’s important that you realize that you cannot change anything. You cannot change what happened. You cannot change how you acted. You cannot change yesterday. You cannot even change yourself. However, God can. God can change your hurt in your life into a testimony for someone else. He can take every tear you`ve ever shed and replace it with hope, purpose and vision for your life! He can turn your sadness into joy and make beauty out of ashes.
You are who you say you are
Christianity is not a dead beat religion consisted of human traditions, rituals and customs; it is a life changing experience!
The reality of a Christian's life differs from a non-Christian’s because this one is a “Spirit led life”. A born again Christian experiences a progressive transformation of the tongue from the day he or she receives the Holy Spirit. “Therefore if a man be in Christ, he is a new creature: Old things are passed away; behold all things are become new” (2 Corinthian.5:17 KJV).
You have to understand that there are both life and death in the power of the tongue. The bible says: “the tongue of the just is as choice silver” (Proverbs.10:20)
With your tongue, you can shape your future, build a nation or destroy an entire generation. God wants you to use our tongue positively in spite of the circumstances you are in.
There is power in the tongue that is why you need to use it wisely. With our tongue, we bless and with the same tongue we curse also. God has given everyone a free will to take charge of everything and those who know how to use their tongues will eat the best fruits.
Remember, when Adam was in the Garden of Eden, God gave him power and dominion over all things. After that, he then received also the power to name everything living on the surface of the earth. “And Adam gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the air and to every wild beast of the field”
(Genesis.2:20)
Then every creature’s name given by him, determined the nature as well as the characteristics of them. In other word, “Adam blessed the creation instead of cursing”. I believe if we bless our children with good names, they will become whatever we are calling them to be. If we give them bad names, their lives will certainly reflect the same image these names characterise.
Likewise, whatever you say about yourself may affect your life one way or another. Whatever you say may become reality. If you do not want your situations to become unchangeable, watch over your words!
Your Mouth is the key to open doors
Your breakthrough depends on the power of your tongue. All has to do with what is coming out of your mouth. Proverbs 18:21 says that what you actually say releases the power of life and death: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will east its fruits”.
While the battle for your life is being fought in your mind, your mouth is the most powerful weapon you have against the enemy! It is the weapon in combating your worst thoughts. Let me explain. You defeat wrong thoughts with your words, not with your mind. You cannot try hard to think about something else until your bad thoughts go away. It is just a matter of time before your mind will go right back to where it wanted to be.
Remember this, the Key to Changing your life from hopeless to hopeful, from discouraged to encouraged, from broken hearted to being made whole, from depressed to joyful, from wounded to be healed, from passive to aggressive, from existing to visionary is the power of your tongue.
