DOES YOUR TONGUE NEED HEALING?

BISHOP FRANK OGAGBA
PRESIDING BISHOP OF EVER-INCREASING FAITH CHURCHES
P. O. BOX 3910, MMABATHO 3910 NORTH WEST PROVINCE SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27 18 384 5705; FAX: +27 86 689 9567; CELL: +27 83 480 7992
E-MAIL: bishopfrank@everincreasingfaithchurch.org
WEBSITE: www.everincreasingfaithchurch.org


INTRODUCTION: LEADERS MUST NEVER FORGET THE POWER OF THEIR WORDS.

1. GOD SHAPED THE UNIVERSE WITH HIS WORDS (GENESIS 1 & 2)

2. HE SUSTAINS HIS CREATION WITH HIS WORDS (HEB 1:3)

3. HE EVEN PERFORMS MIRACLES THROUGH THE USE OF WORDS (ROM 4:17)

4. GOD DESIGNED US AS SPEAKING SPIRITS, TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS BY THE WISE USE OF OUR WORDS FRAMING OUR WORLD AND DESTINY

DEATH AND LIFE IN THE POWER OF THE MOUTH
PSALMS 34:11-13
PROVERBS 13:3
PROVERBS 21:23
PROVERBS 15:4
PROVERBS 18:20-21

THE HEART OVERFLOWS THROUGH THE MOUTH
MATTHEW 12:33-37
MATTHEW 7:17-18
PSALMS 45:1-2
JOHN 7:45-46
SONGS OF SOLOMON 4:11

BIBLICAL PICTURE OF MOUTH
MATTHEW 12:34
JAMES 1:26-27
JAMES 3:2-12


YOUR WORDS DETERMINE YOUR DESTINY

1. WORDS TRANSMIT POWER (MATT 12:33-37)

2. WORDS REVEAL OUR CHARACTER (MATT 12:33-35)

3. WORDS DETERMINE OUR REWARDS AND JUDGEMENT (MATT 12:36-37)

4. WORDS PRODUCE FRUIT (MATT 12:33, 35, 36)

5. WORDS SHAPE OUR DESTINY (MATT 37)
NUMBERS 13 AND 14 (TRY TO READ ALL FOR CLARITY)
NUMBERS 13:26-31
NUMBERS 14:20-24, 26-32, 36-38
HEBREWS 4:1-2


DISEASES OF THE TONGUE

1. EXCESSIVE TALKING – ECCLESIASTES 5:1-3; PROVERBS 10:19

2. IDLE OR CARELESS WORDS – MATTHEWS 12:36; MATTHEWS 5:37

3. GOSSIP – LEVITICUS 19:16; PROVERBS 18:8; PROVERBS 20:19; PSALMS 15:1-3

4. LYING – PROVERBS 6:16-19; PROVERBS 12:22; JOHN 8:44; REVELATION 21:8; REVELATION 22:15

5. FLATTERY – PSALMS 12:1-4; PROVERBS 26:28

6. HASTINESS OF SPEECH – PROVERBS 29:20; NUMBERS 20:7-12; PSALMS 106:32-33