What You Say Matters
Foundation Statement: Your words carry so much
weight in your life that they could keep what God spoke over your life from
coming to pass
I. Just b/c something is God’s will
for a person’s life doesn’t mean that it will come to pass
A.
2 Peter 3:9-God’s will is that no man perish,
but for that to happen, He needs the man to believe what He told them to
believe & speak what he told them to speak
1.
People perish because they chose to not believe and speak the thing necessary to receive Jesus as their Lord
B.
Just because God spoke it over your life
doesn’t mean it’s going to come to pass
1.
Gods has an overall/corporate will for the
Earth, for mankind and those things will happen; but His will coming to pass in
your life is not a certain thing
2.
The same way the unsaved man resists his will to be saved by not
believing and speaking, people resist Gods’ will to be healed, blessed,
protected by not believing and speaking
3.
By believing and speaking against the will of
God for your life, you resist the will of God for your life
II. The manifestation of God’s
will in your life is significantly effected by what you say; you can effect the
plan of God for your life with the Words of your mouth
A.
Luke 1:11-20, Isaiah 40:3-God has a plan to
have John the Baptist be birthed into the Earth and prepare the way for Jesus
1.
He told Zacharias and he said, how do I know
that’s going to happen?
a.
That’s unbelief; when the angel of the Lord
says it, that should be enough
b.
He questions IF; Questioning IF questions the
integrity of the one speaking
2.
18-You can tell what’s in his heart, by
what’s coming out of his mouth
a.
He’s not talking about how good & big his
God is, he’s talking the problem
3.
6-Zacharias knows better; He’s probably heard
the story of Abraham and Sarah bunches of times; In fact he’s a by-product of
that miracle
4.
20-You’re not going to be able to talk and
this is why; because you don’t believe my words and if you don’t believe them
you believe something else and if you believe something else and speak it, it
will come to pass in your life; and my words will be completed at the right
time
a.
These words needed to come to pass and they
were on a schedule here
b.
Zacharias’ words could have kept this plan
from coming to pass
B.
Luke 1:30
1.
34-Mary’s questioned how it was going to
happen
2.
38-Didn’t have to close Mary’s mouth b/c it’s
in line with the will of God
a.
She said BE IT unto me according to your word
C.
God has a plan for your life, but you have to
change the way you talk if that plan is going to come to pass
1.
Genesis 15:5-His plan for Abram was for him
to be the Father of many nations
2.
Genesis 17:5-He told Abraham to call himself
the Father of many nations
a.
If Abraham walks around talking like this
isn’t going to happen it will keep it from happening so God changes his speech
3.
Romans 4:17-Abraham called it & spoke in
line with it & that plan came to pass
D.
God can say it, but if you want it to come to
pass in your life, you have to say the same thing that God is saying (Romans
10:8)
III. Where God’s word coming to
pass in your life is concerned, what you say is as important as what He says
A.
Exodus 3:8, 33:1-2, Numbers 13:2-God has a plan
to take them into the promise land
1.
27-29-It’s God’s will to drive them out, but
they’re talking/rebelling against it
a.
31-14:4-They spoke against the plan of God
and it’s cost them
2.
14:28-The persisted in what they said,
instead of persisting in what God said and they got what they said
a.
34-They hindered/restrained God’s Word w/
their words-Breach of Promise
b.
God’s promised can be breached because of
what you say
c.
Dying in the wilderness was not his plan
3.
13:30, 14:8-9-Joshua & Caleb persisted in
saying what God said and they got it
a.
If you’ll get your mouth right & persist
no man, situation, or circumstance will be able to keep God’s good plan from
coming to pass in your life (a whole generation of unbelieving people couldn’t
keep them out)
B.
God has a good life prepared for people who
are rebelling against it with their mouth (Eph 2:10)
1.
When you talk in opposition to the will of
God, you are rebelling against it
a.
God’s will is good, & people are
rebelling against good b/c of their mouths
b.
He has a life prepared for you that is beyond
anything you could have dream of, but the reality is most believers are being
kept from it b/c of their words
2.
1 Peter 3:10, Psalm 34:10-If you want to live
the good life, then watch your mouth
a.
Not refraining your tongue from evil will
keep you from the good life
b.
Don’t talk aging – In His plan you’re
youth is renewed
c.
Don’t talk ignorance – In His plan you
have the wisdom of God
d.
Don’t talk “you never know” – In His
plan you’re protected
e.
Don’t talk lack – In His plan you’re
prosperous
f.
Don’t talk weak and tired – In His plan
you’re strong
g.
Don’t talk sick – In His plan you’re
healed
C.
Yes you’ve been redeemed from the curse, but
it’s vitally important that you talk redeemed (Psalm 107:2) --- Yes God said
it, but what do you say
IV. The steering wheel of your
life; Your tongues is the steering wheel of your life; not God’s tongue
A.
2-The less you miss it in what you say, the
more mature you’ll be
1.
Eph 4:16-Speaking the Word will help you grow
up & reveal that you’re growing up
B.
People see their words as a small
insignificant thing; small things can be a big deal
1.
3-A bit is a small thing through which we
control a big animal
2.
4-A rudder is small compared to that big
ship, but we can control that ship even in fierce winds if he can get a hold of
the rudder
3.
5-A spark is a small thing, that can start a
real big fire
C.
6-The tongue sets on fire the sphere of this
earthly life & all that is contained in it
1.
Your words affect your world
D.
The steering wheel of your life
1.
Wherever the bit goes the horse goes;
wherever the rudder goes the ship goes; wherever your mouth goes you go
2.
EX: If you’re steering wheel was turned away
from church all the time you’d never have gotten here; if you’re mouth is
turning away from the destination you want to reach you’ll never get there
a.
EX: The lady with cancer who couldn’t hold
food down
3.
People want to talk what is, and end up
somewhere else but that just leads to them staying where they is
a.
If u want to go somewhere different steer the
wheel in a different direction
4.
GOD IS IN CONTROL
a.
He’s only in control if you put His word in
your heart & are saying it out your mouth
E.
Who controls the bit, controls the horse; who
controls the rudder, controls the ship; who controls your mouth, controls your
life (Matthew 12:34)
1.
You can go somewhere different until you say
something different; you won’t say something different until you sow something
different
F.
If Satan can’t gain control over ur mouth, He can’t gain control in ur
life-1 Sam 17, Dan
1.
He’s going to speak to plant something in you
so you’ll say it