THINKING GOD’S INSPIRED THOUGHTS, SPEAKING GOD’S INSPIRED THOUGHTS

IN THE DAYS OF HIS POWER SERIES.

TOPIC: THINKING GOD’S INSPIRED THOUGHTS, SPEAKING GOD’S INSPIRED WORDS

SERMON BY-:
Rev. Innocent Chukwudi Peace-Udochukwu President Living Fountain Ministries Int’l LIFOM

“May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
– Psalm 19:14

The Bible teaches that words are generative and they wield power to renew our minds. Science backs this up as we’re always learning more about the plasticity of our brains and how thinking new thoughts can have a positive effect on overall health.

Throughout Scripture we also learn that what we meditate on in our hearts reveals what we treasure. Also, that the “words of my mouth” or what we choose to say, comes from what’s within the heart.

“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”
Luke 6:45

The words we speak are very important. Believers should not haphazardly say whatever comes to their minds. The Word of God has much to say about our words and how those words affect us. The words of your mouth have a lot to do with the meditation of your heart, and the meditation of your heart has a lot to do with the words of your mouth, and both of these can be either acceptable or unacceptable to God.

The words you speak affect your heart. But, first, let’s talk about the heart. The Greek word for heart is “cardia.” That’s where we get the English word “cardiac.” It means the thoughts or feelings, and it refers to the mind. Many times when the Bible talks about the heart, it’s referring to thoughts, feelings, and the mind.

What You Say Affects Your Heart
Several things influence the heart. First, the heart is influenced by words. Words affect the heart of man, words affect the cardia, our thoughts. Words affect our feelings, desires, affections, perceptions, imagination, and our understanding. Words can cause grief or joy. Words even affect our conscience. You can understand why God keeps emphasizing in His Word so much about the words of our mouths. If the people you associate with are a negative or bad influence, they will not speak words in line with God’s Word and, consequently, your heart will be affected.

” A person who sets his or her mind on the dark side of life, who lives over and over the misfortunes and disappointments of the past, prays for similar misfortunes and disappointments in the future. If you will see nothing but I’ll luck in the future, you are praying for such ill luck and will surely get it”
-Prentice Mulford

What are words? They are more than just what we speak from our mouths but they originate from our minds as we think and ponder their meaning. As we reach a conclusion based on what we think and what influences us regarding the topic. It then becomes a seed we allow to be planted not only in our minds but also in our hearts. And as these seeds get fed by outside circumstances and they begin to grow deep roots and are not easy to remove. The Bible says we speak out of things stored in our hearts. If we are serving and seeking God on a consistent basis. And we are also taking every thought captive to the mind of Christ so that it’s all based and founded on the truths and principles discovered from the word of God, we have nothing to fear. But if we are basing our thoughts and decisions from the worldly point of views and ways established in darkness. We risk polluting the garden of our heart with seeds that in time will corrupt and rot the good seeds. And then the plants and roots will need to be dug up and burned as well as purifying the soil so new seeds will not be corrupted. Two ways to test the state of your heart is to 1.) record the words and thoughts you have on a particular day especially during times of stress when it’s easy to let it fly without giving it a second thought. I understand we are not perfect and will make mistakes. But it’s during those moments that I discover what’s in my heart by how I speak and react to those situations. 2.) the second way which is easier to do but harder to face and respond accordingly. Be honest and bold enough to ask God to show you what’s in your heart. Either way, things must be dealt with if we are to continue to grow in our relationship with God. There is no shortcut to this process and the longer we put it off the more painful it will be to overcome.

Even the scientists also believe in the power of thinking and saying positive things:

If you are positive personality in general, it has a way of rubbing off on other people – and I’m 100% sure that you have noticed that. This happens, because your moods, words and mannerism are contagious.

And one of the most powerful ways you can communicate your positive nature is through your language, both in your words and in your actions.

What’s positive thinking?
Positive thinking is a mental and emotional attitude that focuses on optimistic and positive thoughts and expects positive results.
It is a mindset that looks on the bright side of life and anticipates happiness, health and success.
It is an optimistic state of mind.

The truth is that, when you are a positive person, you will be more conscious in how you use words and how you react to situations. This is so, because it takes conscious effort to train your mind to be more positive.

And the the word of God says:-

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10: 5

King James version says:-
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10:5. Kjv

The Bible tells us to take every thought captive.
That means that I have a chance to do something about all thoughts that are not well-pleasing to God, before they enter my heart and become a part of me!

“As a man thinks, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7. What we think about is crucial to who we are. Scientists don’t agree on how many thoughts we have each day, but all agree there are thousands of them. Who we are is shaped moment by moment by the thoughts we choose to let into our mind and heart. But how can we control the thousands of thoughts that enter our mind each day? What do we do with the thoughts that are not pleasing to God? How can we, in reality, take every thought captive?

Often, our thoughts have to be focused on the regular tasks we must accomplish that day. However, as we go through the day, we can catch thoughts and attitudes that are contrary to God’s will and keep them from gaining control of our mind and heart. Paul explains how this is possible: “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.’’ 2 Corinthians 10:4-5. It is written that we need to battle to keep our thoughts pure, but it is also written that we have weapons to fight with!

“Paul is demolishing their worldview and then taking their defeated thoughts captive for Christ.”

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
Proverbs 4:23

“May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to you, LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.”

The longer I live and speak and write, the more I feel the weight of my dependence upon God to answer this request. I’ve discovered that this is a prayer I’ve grown into, not something I could ever grow out of. As long as I have breath, I will continue to ask for God’s blessing on my words.

May . . . The verse is a prayer. I am asking Jesus to do something for me that I cannot pull off by myself. Apart from him, my words and thoughts will deviate from righteousness. The prayer expresses the passion of my heart to please the heart of God.

. . . the words of my mouth . . . The average person speaks more than 7,000 words a day. In my line of work, which involves leading a team, speaking, and writing, my average likely exceeds 10,000. That’s a lot of talking. Jesus told us “the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart,” and on the day of judgment, “people will have to account for every careless word they speak” (Matt 12:34, 36). It’s not hard for careless words to tumble out of the heart and crush someone else’s spirit. I’ve been on both the receiving and giving end of careless words. I know my heart’s tendency toward self-justification, self-defense, and self-promotion. Self, self, self. For this reason, I need Psalm 19:14—a prayer that stands as a guard around my lips (Ps. 141:3).

. . . and the meditation of my heart . . . The psalmist anticipates the Savior, who pointed beyond mere words to the heart where sin is incubated. Meditation is a settled state of thought, like the alignment for the tires that keep a vehicle from drifting. It’s the default setting of the heart. Unless I pray for my heart’s deepest, default state to be pleasing to God, my heart drifts toward self-centered ways that give rise to selfish words and actions.

. . . be acceptable to you . . . Pleasing. Acceptable. I love the modesty of this prayer. It’s not a request for words that sparkle and shine. It doesn’t ask for deep thoughts that are brilliant or awe-inspiring. The focus isn’t on the power of the words and thoughts or how they might land on the ears of others; it’s on the pleasing and acceptable nature of the expression, and how they find favor with God. I’m not asking for a bestselling book. I’m not asking to be a world-renowned speaker. I’m not asking to be the best, to stand out or shine. The prayer is merely that my inner life and outer expression would be acceptable to the King who made me. That it would pass the test of acceptability and bring him joy.

…..”LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Here we have the reason why this prayer is uttered in the first place. The Lord is the sheltering rock, the one who protects us from ourselves. He is the Redeemer who delivers us from our sin, forgiving our careless words in the past and empowering us to speak life in the present. So many times, I’ve prayed this verse and then run away from its significance, falling prey to self-centered thoughts and words. But the prayer ends by acknowledging the character of God, upon whose mercy we fall, whose hands lift our heads and renew our eyes—our strength and our Savior.

And so, we pray for words of courage and conviction; words that express truth and grace; words that bring comfort and healing; words that never flatter or deceive, but always edify and exhort; words that reflect well the the character of our Rock and Redeemer.

CONCLUSION

*What you resist, you attract, because you are powerfully focused on it with emotions. To change anything, go
within and emit a new signal with your thoughts and feelings.

• You cannot help the world or yourself by focusing on the negative things. As you focus on the world’s negative events, you not only add to them, but you also bring more negative things into your own life.
• Instead of focusing on the world’s problems, give your attention and energy to trust, love, abundance, education and Peace.
• You have the ability to tap into the unlimited supply through your thoughts and feelings and bring it into your experience.
• Praise God and bless people around you always, and you will dissolve negativity and discord and align yourself with the highest frequency…LOVE

SHALOM!

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