Welcome to the Joel O'Steen podcast helpless We need to share the message of hope with those all over the world visit Joe dot com, slash, give hope to give a gift. Today. You know the scripture talks a lot about the words that come out of our mouth. It's all I want to encourage us with this simple truth to have faith filled words, it's a simple truth, but it has a profound effect on our life. The words that come out of our mouth can guide our life They can come out of our mouth, can change our life and lead us in different directions depending on what's coming out of our mouth, the book of proverbs is a book of

wisdom and it's the wisdom of God and it teaches us how to live our life. It guides us. In this journey through life, so that we can take hold of his wisdom, apply it and it will direct us. It will get us to where we need to be. If we will apply this wisdom, it will direct us to miracles, it'll direct us to the things of God You know the Bible talks about the town, it says it in James. It says the tongue is a very small part of the body. It says, but with one spark just like a forest fire can begin with one word: you can spark a forest fire in your own life. It also compares the tongue to a rudder, other big ship. Now the writer of a big ship is a very small part of the ship and even though,

The winds come against that ship and the ship has to go through raging waters. Do you know that, whichever way the rudder turns It can change the direction of that entire huge ship. It's all about the pilot and how he directs the rudder is where the ship This. Can I encourage us to be the pilot of our tongues to speak words of faith. To release them in the atmosphere, so that our words will lead us and guide us to the place we want to go. I was talking to come in the other day and she was talking about her beautiful daughter. She loves her daughter so much, but she was talking about her daughter having this job and the job was not

recognizing the talents that her daughter had. In fact she was feeling like her daughter, wasn't getting the brakes that she deserved and there were other people. She felt less talented than her daughter that we're stepping up and getting all the good brakes getting the opportunities, and it was just breaking her heart, she was so frustrated. She was going on and on telling me how, if this doesn't change, this is what. I happened, she's going to look up, she's going to pass her time to do what she to do. She began painting this picture of her daughter's life and it was a picture of defeat. I stood there and I was depressed. I thought I don't know is this: what's going to happen to her daughter and then I realized. Oh, my gosh. This woman is convincing me she's getting

be upset and depressed, and I looked at her- and I said, is that what you want for your daughter and she said, of course that's not what I want for my daughter and I said then quit prophesying. Future is allowing fear and those words too few Pull this scenario: a failure. Listen! If she convincing me what were those words going to do in her daughter's life, you see we can either let our words of faith fuel, our faith or we can let fear fuel. Our defeat see it's up to us. We are the pilot behind our tongue. We can turn our life in the direction that we point. So I want to encourage us all today to release your words of faith. Listen, the pressures of life.

Are real and it's in those times that we need to be aware of what we're speaking this all Miss David prayed, this prayer in Psalm one. Forty one, he said seven go hard over my mouth. Oh Lord, keep a watch over my lips, you see David, was in a very pressured situation, Is it a k? The enemies were all around him. They were, coming in on him. They were going to defeat him and his prayer was this. God set a guard over my mouth keep watch over my lips, you see in the pressure of life. He was very well aware of what he was saying. Listen. I hope this has as much impact on you as it has on me, because I realized, as David. In that song. He said Lord. I don't want to give in their evils. I don't want to say,

they're saying I don't want to eat the delicacies of my lips. Keep me father Keep me separated, keep me looking up to you. You know. Sometimes you don't know what to say so. Don't say anything just pray, pray, pray, pray, God help me help me, God, you know. Sometimes I don't know what to say in my mind is swirling. I just begin to praise. I begin to just thank him and praise him The songs that we sing here every week begin to sing those songs. You see turned in here. I've got him in my heart, so they can come out of my mouth. We've got to praise our way to victory. We've gotta, release Words of faith, we don't want to eat the fruit of our lips. We want to direct our life around the evil,

through the storms and straight to Jesus. Thank you. Jesus there's a story in Mark twenty five, it's about the woman who was bleeding their body twelve long years she had been to many doctors, she done everything she could. She

in all of our money, she wasn't getting better. She was only getting worse. She was frail, she was weak. I love what it says in March twenty five, it says one day she heard Jesus was coming to town and she said to herself. If I can only touch him I'll be healed, one version says she kept saying to herself. If I can only touch him I'll be healed, do you see those words of faith she was releasing out of her mouth? I believe it's. What gave her the power that day to get up out of her home push through the crowded streets to find her way to Jesus. You see she was frail. She was weak. She had tried everything, but when she began to release these words of faith, if I can only touch him, if I can only touch him,

it changed her body it literally her spirit gave life to her body, so she could get up get out of her house. And began to pursue her faith. Her faith that day she found herself at the feet of Jesus. I can see her now. I can see her now pushing through. If I can only get him. If I can only get to him, she came up behind him. She gave one last if I can only get to him she's stretched out her hand and touched the hem of his robe. That's all you could. Reach was the hand of his row before he took the next step. Immediately. She knew her life was changed very interesting. Jesus looked at his disciples and said who touched me they said, there's so many people around us, Lord everybody's car

getting around us and Jesus turned around and he looked at that woman. He saw her faith. He saw the words coming out of her mouth. He saw how she got to him. He said woman, you were healed. Do you see how those words lead? to her miracle changed the course of her life. The interesting thing is that she not only had to fight through the crowd with those words, but she had to fight through the crowd. In her mind, the crowded thought that we're trying to tell her just I hear you've tried everything the millions of family and friends that I'm sorry, there's nothing. We can do just going to have to die You see she had crowded thoughts in her mind, but because of her words of faith, she changed her thought

do you know your words can reinforce your thoughts. If you are down in your discouraged- and you speak down and discourage words words like never going to make it. This is never going to change. Do you know that it? indian forces, those thoughts, but when you begin to speak, faith filled words, you begin to get word of God in your mouth and you began to speak it. It will change your thoughts. It will line you up and set you in the right direction for your life your life, your words have life and death in them. Do you know? God spoke to the dark then void of this world and he brought light and life to this world. He spoke it into existence just like that woman prophesied

her life when she said. If I can only touch him I'll, be healed, you see she prophesied with her words. Jesus said My words are spirit and they are life. I want to encourage every one of us to take the words of God to take your faith, filled words and begin to decline. Your victory, you see it doesn't matter about the winds that are coming against you. It doesn't matter. The storms you can pass through those storms and get on the course to victory. You can get on the course to your miracle today. Your words- will lead you besides, still waters. They will guide you in the paths of righteousness, they will set your feet upon, a rock. Your words will direct you to the very garment of cheese, the same amen

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