[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] Controlling the Tongue - by Dr. Larry Ollison

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Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] Controlling the Tongue - by Dr. Larry Ollison
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:27:20 -0400



Controlling the Tongue
by Dr. Larry Ollison

(James 1:26) says, "If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does
not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is
useless." 

Your mouth can cause you to make your religion useless. You can go to
church every week and be a Bible scholar, but if your mouth is speaking
envy, strife, and hatred, your mouth will cause your religion to be
worthless. 

You do not access the spirit realm and the throne of God with your
religion. You access the spirit realm and the throne of God with your words
of faith.

(2 Corinthians 4:13) says,"And since we have the same spirit of faith,
according to what is written, 'I believed and therefore I spoke,' we also
believe and therefore speak."

The spirit of faith operates this way. You believe it, and you speak it.
You will speak what you really believe. That is why it is so important to
watch the words of your mouth and the meditations of your heart. (Ps.
19:14)

Let me tell you about an incident I saw. A Christian lady approached
another Christian lady for prayer. She prayed what appeared to be a prayer
of faith. A few moments later I heard the lady who prayed tell another
person that the lady she had just prayed for was in great pain and needed
to be healed. She also told that person to continue praying so that the
lady would be healed. 

This is a great example of how a prayer can appear to be in faith, but
not be. Faith is in the heart and the mouth. A confession or prayer without
belief in the heart is not a faith confession or a prayer of faith. A
positive confession is good, but a confession of faith is where the power
is.

Did you follow what happened here? A few minutes ago, this sister had
prayed for this lady to be healed in the name of Jesus. The Word says, if
we pray in faith, we are to believe we have received what we prayed for.
(Mark 11:24.) But within moments, her confession was that the lady she
prayed for was in a lot of pain and still needed healing. Without saying it
directly, she confessed that healing had not taken place.

What does this mean? It means when it came down to it, the person who was
praying didn't really believe in her heart that God had done what she
prayed for Him to do. Out of the abundance of her heart, her mouth
eventually spoke.

If we aren't careful, we could find ourselves doing the same thing. What
we say we are believing for, we could unconsciously deny with our own
words. When we are believing for something, we may be affirming and
confirming our faith one moment and later denying it by the way we use our
words.