“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from now and forever”
“But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God”
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success”
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers”
I was just reflecting about the positioning and purpose of my mouth. It was very interesting in my own understanding to note some of the reasons why my month is positioned in my face and nowhere else. I came to the conclusion and in agreement with God’s word that HE is amazing in all he does. He is perfect in all HIS ways and we must learn to trust HIM in everything He says. My month is located in my face which is in the view of everyone who first sees me. My month is a covering and regulator to one of the most important parts of my body; my tongue. As a covering and regulator, I can voluntarily control the opening and closing of my month as well as the words that comes out from my tongue as expression made through my month. This means I can control what my tongue will say at any point in time. It is also interesting to find that whatever I have in my heart can be expressed by my tongue through my month. If I am thinking about someone in my heart, to thank them for something they did, my heart will coordinate that thought with my tongue and my month will have expressed that thought in words to that individual. Although my mouth is the one that speaks, if my mouth is closed, the word cannot be expressed vocally.
It is very important to note that we have a covenant with the Lord in this ministry of intercession through his word; Isaiah 59:21. God’s word is also spoken to us through his mouth by which we live and therefore we must receive and harken to the word that comes out from him according to Mathew 4:4.in order to be alive because his word is live. Hebrews 4:12”2 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” As an intercessor, when we speak the word of God through our month, we must understand that the word of God is LIVE and ACTIVE, SHAPER THEN ANY DOCUBLE EDGED SWORD. Therefore, we must be careful how we use our mouths, what words and how we say them. We cannot use our months as God’s instrument of intercession and also as an instrument of the devil. James 3:10 “Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be”. Every word God has put in his word was meant to be there. Most often, we regret our own words. In Joshua 1:8, the word of God must never be absent from our mouth, we must make a deliberate effort to ensure that God’s word is in our mouths all the time. We must also make a deliberate effort to ensure that our months do not speak careless and unclean words. Ephesians 4:29 “29 “ Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
1. Ask God for mercy and forgiveness over every word that you may have spoken out of your month that does not bring God glory. He is faithful to forgive so far as we confess that sin. 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
2. Start praying by declaring this word upon you and your household: Isaiah 59:21 “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from now and forever.”
3. Pray that God will raise you as a prophet of your generation to declare that word where ever you go: Deuteronomy 18:18 “I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.” Ezekiel 3:27”But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.
4. Pray that the words of your month will be honest and consistent: 1Peter 2:12 “Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.”
5. Pray that the words of your month will never lose its taste, each time it loses its taste, you see its manifestation as Colossians 3:8: Colossians: 4:6 “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Colossians 3:8 “But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.”
6. Pray and ask God to stretched froth his hand upon your month to cleanse and purify your month. Ask him to put his word in your mouth: Jeremiah 1:9 “Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.”
7. Pray that God will make every word of his in your mouth to become fire and consume everything hindering our lives, ministries, and the church spiritually: Jeremiah 5:14 “Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, “Because you have spoken this word, Behold, I am making My words in your mouth fire. And this people wood, and it will consume them.” Revelation 11:5 “If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.”
8. Pray that God will give you words them build others so that they will be able to see the light you are carrying: Colossians 4:6 “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” Ephesians 4:29 “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
9. You do not want to be careless because a day will come for you to give an account. Pray that the Holy Spirit will put a guard in your month and help you speak only when is needed: Psalm 141:3 “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!” Mathew 12: 36-37 “I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
10. Pray that your month will speak words of wisdom: Proverbs 10:31 “The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.” Proverbs 17:27 “Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.”