The Power of the Tongue
–All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them,
“IF ONLY WE HAD DIED IN EGYPT ! or IN THIS WILDERNESS! (Numbers 14:2 NIV)
–The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them?
(Numbers 14:11 NIV)
–So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I WILL DO TO YOU THE VERY THING I HEARD YOU SAY: “In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.”
(Numbers 14:28-30 NIV)
REFLECTION: SPEAK POSITIVE WORDS!!
What you speak comes to pass.
— “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit – 1 Peter 3:10 ESV
–Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. Proverbs 18:21 ESV
PRAYER:
–Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer – Psalm 19:14 ESV
–Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips! Psalm 141:3 ESV