Hold Fast!
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23
Introduction
If we are going to have success in our lives, we must learn to control our tongue. We must speak the language of the new kingdom of God’s dear Son Jesus Christ. We must understand that the way we THINK is what we will SPEAK. And the way we speak is the way we will LIVE! We must learn to speak success and not failure. We must understand that when we “keep our tongue for the negative confession we keep our life from problems affecting us.” Proverbs 21.23. When we don’t speak of positive confessions “we are snared taken captive by the words of her own mouth.” Proverbs 6.2. It says that we are either justified or condemned by what we speak. Matthews 12:37. Remember that which is not of faith is sin. Rom. 14:23 Why does scripture tell us to hold fast? True beliefs or doubts are shown by the the way in which one thinks, speaks and lives. To swerve from this would be to wander off the path to the right or the left into some error or contradiction. It is because we have an enemy Satan who will fight you every step of the way. That is his job and he is very good at it.
When Things Get Hard!
Problems come to all of us but unless your house is built on solid foundation it will not survive. We are called overcomers by the word of our testimony. Our words and lives must consistently declare the word of God.
Build on the Rock
‘Therefore, whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was found on the. rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house: and it fell. And great was its fall.”. Matthew 7:24-27
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Rev.12:11
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. I John 4:4
Speak Life!
Do not talk about what the devil is doing. Talk about what God has done for us in Jesus! We need to declare that we are a new creation 2 Corinthians 5:17
We need to declare that we are the righteousness of God 2 Corinthians 5:21
We need to declare that we have been set free from the bondages of hell.
Colossians 1:12-14
We need to declare that we are not inferior or failure or frustrated. 2 Timothy 1:7.
We need declare that we redeemed from the curse of the law and we are not bound by sin sickness or spiritual death. Gal. 3: 10-14.
We need to declare that we are prosperous and have good success.
Joshua 1:8.
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of ill
his Spirit who lives in you. Romans 8:11.
Be Bold!
For truly I say to you, that whoever shall say to this mountain, ‘Be taken away
and cast into the sea’, and shall not waver in his heart but shall believe that
those things which he says shall happen, whatever he says shall be done to
you. ‘Therefore, I say to you, whatever you desire when you pray, believe that
You shall have it and it shall be done to you. Mark 11:23-24
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong. Joel 3:10
Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals
through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:14
Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded
that He is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day. 2 Timothy1:12
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31
Listen to how people speak. Words are locaters either of faith or doubt. How you think is how you will speak. And how you speak is how you will live!