Verbal Strategies

Introduction

•       High achievers are not 10 to 20 times more intelligent than other people; their power comes from the METHODS, RESOURCES and FOCUS they use.

•       Life is about winning and winning right.

•       To win in life, you must

1.       Plan to win

2.       Prepare to win

3.       Expect to win

Strategies for the good life – Ps. 34: 12 – 18

1. Verbal Strategy – vs 13: Ur life follows the direction of your tongue (Num. 13: 26 – 33)

•       Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs. - Pearl Strachan

•       Your tongue is the rudder of your life James 3: 2- 8

•       Death and Life are in its hand Prov.18: 21

•       Jesus said For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith(Mark11vs23).

•       What this means is that your words will precede the events of your life

•       You cannot separate what is going on in the life of a person from the words coming out of the lips of the person.

What’s the possibility of Living a Good Life?

•       It is possible to live the good life daily Ps. 34:12, ! Pet. 3:10

•       It is possible to enjoy life 1 Tim. 6:17

•       It is possible to have the good things of life Ps. 34:10, 84:11

•       It is possible to enjoy the works of your hands Ecc.3:13

•       It is possible to be safe from evil and its fears Prov. 1:33

The Cycle of Words

        Watch your thoughts; they become words.

        Watch your words; they become actions.

        Watch your actions; they become habits.

        Watch your habits; they become character.

        Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

                  - Frank Outlaw

Verbal Facts

•       Words are the most powerful thing in the universe.

•       God never does anything without saying it first.

•       Spoken words program your spirit (heart) either to success or defeat.

•       Words are containers. They carry faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind.

•       Mat. 15:28: Words defiles and it comes from the heart

•       Mat.12:36: You will account for the words you speak

•       Prov.16:24: Words affect your soul and bones

•       Pleasant words are health and sweet

•       Mat. 12: 37: Words justifies and condemns you

•       Prov.13:3; 21:23: Words determine if you will be preserved or ruined

•       Prov.29:20: Being too quick with words is more dangerous than foolishness

•       Lk.6:45: Your Words reveals the state of your heart

•       James 3:8: The Tongue is hard to tame

•       Heb. 11:1 -3: Words framed the universe. Words frame your world.

•       Prov. 6:2: Words can snare you

•       Prov. 12:25: Words influence emotions

Types of Words

•       Corrupt Words – Eph.4:29

•       Pleasant words – Prov. 16:24

•       Filthy Communications – Col. 3:8

Verbal Strategy: Practicing Confession

•       Confession is a declaration of the truth that you have embraced within your life.

•       It is making a continuous affirmation of what you believe.

•       "It is a scientific application of the wisdom of God to the psychological makeup of man."  Charles Chapp

•       Confessions don't work because you say it publicly in the ears of others. The words you speak is for yourself and not for others.

•       Whatever is expressed is impressed. Whatever you say to yourself with emotion, generates thoughts, ideas, and behaviors consistent with those words. - Brian Tracy

6 Facts About Confession

•       It is the way in which you sow the seed of God's word into your heart.

•       The spoken word is a means by which you plant your seed.

•       The way you get words into your mind is by saying it.

•       Confessions of God's word causes faith to come to you.

•       As you confess God's word it causes the substance of God's word to enter inside of you.

•       It works because you renew your mind.

•       Confession helps you check your fears.
 

•       It works because it keeps the answer before your eyes.

•       Words Paint pictures.

•       What you continuously say you will see. You start seeing what you confess.

•       It works because it sets the laws of faith into motion

•       It sets your angels to work for you.

•       When you voice out your confessions, your angels start working on the outside for you.

Faith and Words

•       Faith moves mountain and conquers all things but how does faith come?

•       "So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God" (Romans 10:17).

•       Faith comes more quickly when you hear yourself quoting, speaking, and saying the things God said.

•       You will more readily receive God's

Prayers

•       Ps. 141:3: Lord, set a guard over my mouth.

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