LC Gibberish

[Sons to Glory!]

Originally Posted by stillseekingtruth

Yes! Thank you! Speaking the word of God is different than speaking what we want. Yesterday I was talking to my neighbor and he said that “by faith” I could speak into being having a baby. Uh....no. And he said that he spoke his nephew into being and told his sister that she have a boy. He also stated that my husband and I might be in the wrong church. Seriously, dude? There were others times when I complained and saint would say, “don’t say that. Don’t speak negative because it will come true.” Again....we don’t have that kind of power, right? Even in our prayer. We must pray, but God will answer as He wills, right?

Words do mean things and have sway, to be sure, but they (thankfully) are limited by God who says, "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails!" (Prov 19:21) Thank God, His purpose prevails! We are also told that we don't even know what we should pray for as we should, but the Spirit [speaks for us]. (Rom 8:26)

"Let your requests be made known to God . . ." (Phil 4:6)

The creator made us in His image, so humans are quite creative. And our words do carry some weight, but thankfully He limits their effect, otherwise who knows we might might try to speak into existence! LOL

I do believe we can talk ourselves into things, and especially if we speak them aloud. That is, saying something like, "Man, I just know it's going to be one of those days!" Then it probably will be one of those days. But thankfully His word is infinitely more powerful, and we can turn to Him and speak His word and what is really true!