[Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] The mouth has a mind of it's own! By Joyce Meyers

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: Donna Kiser <kiserdonna5 at gmail.com>
To: URCTCPrayerGroup2 at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] The mouth has a mind of it's own! By Joyce
Meyers
Date: 
Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:02:03 -0500

   The Mouth Has a Mind of Its Own!
by Joyce Meyer

 What if I told you that the source of most of your problems could be
found
within you-from the neck up? You'll find it in the thoughts that come
from
your mind and the words that come out of your mouth.

We must realize and understand the power carried by our thoughts and
words.
They're so powerful that they can bring either blessings or curses into
our
lives, depending on their nature. Our thoughts and words are like the
rudder
of a ship-they may seem small, but they affect the very direction of our
lives.

Many years ago my life was in a state of chaos because of years of wrong
thinking and speaking. I had encountered so many disappointments because
of
all the devastating things that had happened to me. I was afraid to
believe
that anything good might happen. In fact, my philosophy of life was, "If
you
keep your expectations low, you'll never be disappointed."

Over the years I became very cynical and negative. I often said that if I
had two positive thoughts in a row, my mind would've gotten a cramp. My
thoughts were negative, which caused my words to be negative.which all
reflected poorly on my life. Finally, I decided to change my ways and stop
talking so negatively. After a while I realized that I needed to do more
than just not talk negatively. Cutting out the negative wasn't enough; I
had
to begin to think and talk positively!

For example, a person sneezes and says, "Oh, I'm probably getting the
flu."
Or someone hears a rumor that the company he works for is going to lay
off
some employees, so he thinks, *That's the story of my life. Every time
things start to go well, something always happens*. Then he says, "I'll
probably lose my job." These types of negative statements seem to come so
naturally to all of us. We need to discipline ourselves to be more
positive-it's not so easy!

When we react negatively, we allow fear to take over our thinking. We
begin
to dwell on things that haven't even happened and may not happen. Our
negative thoughts cause us to speak the words that'll shape our future.

We're constantly tempted to think wrong thoughts, but we don't have to
accept them! We have a choice! We need to purposely choose right thinking
and speaking. In the Bible, Proverbs 18:21 says, *Death and life are in
the
power of the tongue*.. We must choose life generating thoughts. When we
do,
positive, powerful, life-giving words will naturally follow. I think some
people try to control their mouths but do nothing about their thoughts.
That's like pulling off the top of a weed-unless the root is dug up, the
weed always comes back. You'll never control your mouth unless you first
learn to control your mind.

Believing is the first important step to switching our thinking from
being
negative to positive. Remember, what's in our hearts and minds will come
out
of our mouths. If our soul (mind, will and emotions) is full of negative
things, we'll find those things coming our way. On the other hand, when we
hear, read, think and talk about God, the Truth and more positive things,
we'll find that those good things will come our way. The choice is ours!

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*                Donna  K.*

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