The sound of our words carries great power.

There’s this amazing thing that happens when you explode air bubbles with sound waves underwater–light is created. Yes. Hit air bubbles under water with enough sound waves and the bubbles explode into light. There are scientific reasons for this to happen, but it proves another point. Sound effects things you don’t expect.

Jesus told us, For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. (Mk 11:23)

God spoke and there was light, there were worlds, there was creation. Then God put His Holy Spirit in us. Where did that power go? In us. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. (Pv 18:21) The words that we say carry far more weight than we imagine. Speak life not death. Don’t joke around with your words. You are releasing power, and it’s never benign.

Practice speaking blessing over yourself and your family. Whenever you catch yourself saying anything negative out loud, even if it’s a joke, repent and speak the opposite. Life and death are in the power of your tongue. Choose to bless and you will change the atmosphere around you.

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Confess your sins and be free.

I remember when some scripture used to make me cringe a little: Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I run away from where You are? (Ps 139:7) God sees me everywhere. What about when I do something bad? He’s watching me. I know He thinks I’m bad. That made me feel guilty. But that’s not God’s heart at all.

We don’t surprise God. He knows our humanity. He made us. And before we are redeemed, of course we’re going to do bad things. And good people without God do bad things. Even good people who do know God do bad things. He knows that. And He loves us anyway.

God’s love covers our sin. All we have to do is repent. It’s that easy. Confess it. Give it to Jesus. Ask Him to help you be who He wants you to be. If it happens again, confess it again. It won’t do to carry on with a sinful lifestyle because all you have to do is confess your sin and go back to do it again. True confession is a conviction to want to change.

Ask the Holy Spirit to renew your mind and give you new thoughts. Let go of guilt. Once you give it to Jesus, it’s not yours anymore. You are free.

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There is freedom from addictions in the Holy Spirit.

Do you struggle with habits you don’t want? You know what they are. Some things are fine in moderation, but maybe you don’t keep moderate. Maybe you go way beyond what is safe and healthy. Maybe it’s a habit that is in no way healthy mentally, physically, or emotionally. God has already provided a way to help.

One of the fruits of the Spirit is self-control. It is the power to control yourself without needing others to shame or control you. Self help is a billion dollar industry, but you have the means to d do what is right for you in the Holy Spirit.

That’s the key–you must be filled with the Holy Spirit. If you are not, ask God to fill you now. Keep asking until you are. If you are filled and you still struggle, then you haven’t allowed Him to change you. Declare the fruits of the Spirit in your life. They are all yours. Declare that you have self-control, because, if you have His Spirit, you do have it.

Addictions can be  broken. They are a spirit to be renounced and confessed. Repent and ask for God to fill you and release His presence in your life. It is the beginning of a strong and healthy future.

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Trust God for impossible things.

Walking on water, calling down fire, moving mountains are all pretty amazing. Jesus said that we will do greater works than He did. (Jhn 14:12) So why don’t we?

Deception and fear are huge hindrances to seeing miracles. The enemy works very hard to make us believe that it’s not going to happen. What if we step out and it fail? We will look foolish. There it is–pride, fear that our pride will be injured.

The miracles we read about in the Bible were not for entertainment. You never read about the disciples sitting around at night making the lamp go on and off for laughs. The miracles were always to point to God and fill a need.

Don’t let this present age get in the way of seeing what God can really do when it needs to be done. Maybe walking on water is exactly what you need to do at some point. Any miracle requires full faith that God is on the other end. He wants to see your faith blessed. He is the same yesterday, today and forever, so He’s still in the miracle business.

Let God be God and step out when you see Him leading there. Trust Him. He’s got your back and it’s going to be fun.

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