Proverbs 21:23 NKJV Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.

You’re about to give me a heart attack.
You scared me to death.
You’re driving me crazy.
I can’t believe that.
I’m so stupid.

These are statements some of us say, but we don’t really mean. When are we going to make the connection between our words and our lives? God designed us to have everything we say (good or bad). If we don’t mean it, don’t say it.

Some of us may say, “I say these type of things all the time and nothing has happened to me.” Praise God nothing has happened, but do you really want to gamble with your life or health for the sake of statement?

Secondly, when we make statements like this, we’re training our spirits to not believe what we say. How do we make statements like, “I’m dying to go,” then turn around and say, “by the stripes of Jesus Christ, I am healed?” To manifest the promises of God, we need to condition our spirits to bring everything we say to pass.

A few chapters before this is Proverbs 18:21, God lets us know that death and life are in the power of our tongue. Obviously, God is giving us wisdom and informing us that our words have power, and we need to use them wisely. Let’s train our spirits to speak what we actually want to see.