Make up your mind to control your vocabulary and do not
let words of strife, envy and that sort of thing come out of your
mouth. God will be able to use you. Suppose God gave you His
power and anointing and then turned up the volume inside
you. If you got mad and said things you shouldn’t, you could
deeply hurt a person with the words of your mouth. The Word
says don’t let corrupt communication proceed from your
mouth; be kind and tenderhearted toward one another; minister
grace to one another; grieve not the Holy Spirit (see
Ephesians 4:29-32). When you make the commitment that
your words will minister grace to the hearer or else you won’t
say them, then you will see the anointing of God begin to rise
up within you. Your words will begin to mean something. Then
God can trust you with His power in your mouth. This is the
secret to ministry, to life, to prosperity, to healing. Jesus said
you can have what you say. When your words line up with
God, the problems are over.
Decide to make your conversation becoming to Jesus. If it is
not becoming to Him, do not say it. If you have to talk to somebody,
talk to Jesus. He can do something about the situation.
Don’t criticize until you can do better. Don’t criticize
Billy Graham until you have won millions of souls to Jesus.
Don’t criticize Peter until you have walked on the water.
Husband, don’t criticize your wife’s cooking until you can do
better. Wife, don’t criticize your husband for watching ballgames
in his undershirt until you start looking decent in the
morning. Don’t go around the house with curlers in your hair
and wearing a 42-year-old bathrobe! Begin to look your part.
The wife is the queen and center of love in the home—act like
it. The husband is the prophet and priest of the family, not the
court jester! The children represent what God has done with
the whole human race. They are born of love. Their parents’
love brought them into existence. When these roles in the family
are lived according to God’s Word, the power and anointing
of God will dwell in your home. If you want to fix your church
situation, fix your family first. If you want your nation righted,
start with your own family. My wife and I are on a lifelong honeymoon.
We learned some of these things right after we got saved
and have hardly had an argument. I fought some, but she
wouldn’t—so it never came off. I used to come home looking
for a fight, but the soft answer turns away wrath. We have the
love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost (see
Romans 5:5).
This is life! It’s what living is all about! The love of God.
Why don’t you make a quality decision now and commit to
this life of love, joy, and peace in the Holy Ghost? Pray and
ask God to forgive you of the sin of unforgiveness. As an act
of your will, forgive those who have wronged you. Don’t hold it
inside you. Release it and let God cleanse your heart. Then
make this your confession before God:
“My heavenly Father, in the Name of Jesus, I have seen
in Your Word a glimpse of life free from strife, free from
unforgiveness, and full of Your love and Your peace. I
lay hold on it now by faith and confess that Your love is
active in my home. I commit myself to perfect the love
of God in my heart and life and to bring it to a place of
predominance. Jesus is my Lord. You are my Father and
I am Your child. I am born of the love of God, and this
love in me never fails through the power of the Holy
Spirit. I thank You, Father, and praise You for it, in
Jesus’ Name.”
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
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