Speak to it

Speak to it and watch God move through his word in your words. There are several places in the Bible that show how powerful words are. God himself spoke everything into its very existence (Genesis 1:3-26), except for one thing. Comment if you know the exception. 

Words have a cause and effect in our lives. This includes not speaking. God told Moses to speak to a rock and out of his frustration he hit it, twice before it produced what God promised, Numbers 20:1-13. I wonder what the outcome would have been had he followed God's instructions. Communication is very important and when God says speak his purpose is always greater than our own. Proverbs 25:11 says a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver, meditate on that.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof, Proverbs 18:21. God told Ezekiel to prophesy and say to some dry bones, "hear the word of the Lord!" And every word Ezekiel spoke the Lord made happen, Ezekiel 37. Then Jesus in Matthew 21:19 spoke to a fig tree that quickly withered away and died. Being questioned about it Jesus said this, "verily I say unto you, if you have faith, and doubt not, you shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if you shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done." This confirms the power behind words (maybe you should read it again Matt.21:19). One of the greatest and most well-known examples of the power of speaking is when Jesus called forth Lazarus from death back to life in John 11:43. 

We must be careful what and when we speak and more careful about our belief in what we speak. 2 Corinthians 4:3, I believe therefore have I spoken. We will answer for every idle word, Matthew 12:36. So speak with purpose and may Grace always be on your lips, Colossians 4:6. No matter what seek God first, then speak to it. Blessings!

Am I my brother's keeper?

Be careful of tempting your brothers and sisters. See Galatians 6:1. Everyone has their own opinion about what is okay to watch or do as a Christian. The Bible says keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life, Proverbs 4:23. If the elements of sin is; the lust of the eye, lust of the flesh, and the pride of life(1John 2:16), why are we not turning away from those things? We get consumed with TV shows filled with all those characteristics. We are drawn to drama, sex, and witchcraft. Then we expose others in our life to sinful things and don't think twice about it. I know I can get sucked into a TV show about sex, lies, and fighting. I tried to keep my distance but sometimes I walk in the house and someone is watching something that catches my attention and before long it pulls me in. How often are we tempting other people by being insensitive to the distraction of sinful elements? Just because we can watch TV does not mean we should. I have to be careful what I watch because I used to struggle with impure sexual desires. We may see TV is entertainment but it also plants seeds. I love a good movie with action or romance but if there are scenes that cause me to have sexual thoughts that was a movie I should  not have indulged in. Read it again, the elements of sin are; 1. lust of the eye, first you like what you see, 2. lust of the flesh, then your flesh wants it, 3. pride of life, deciding you deserve it or you alone can handle it. When a seed is planted the seed dies and something else grows in its place that is way bigger than the seed and takes over then produces other seeds. I said all this to say be careful little eyes what you see, say, hear, and do because you never know who you may be causing to fall into sin. I may be able to handle a glass of wine, but that doesn't mean I should drink around or with everyone. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. We are our "brother's" keeper, Galatians 6:1.