Main Scriptures: Deut.7:17
More Scriptures: Rom.10:10, Ps.51:10, Pro.4:20
Let us take the sixteenth capsule.
Capsule 16: YOUR HEART SPEAKS BEFORE YOUR MOUTH SPEAKS
If thou shalt say in thine heart, these nations are more than I, how can I dispossess them? (Deut.7:17)
I have come to discover that the content of our hearts is as important to God as the words that we speak. And this is why as we lead our sheep, we must check our hearts to be sure that it aligns with the word of God and our spoken words. This is why I encourage you to focus on today’s teaching and let it be a time for you to evaluate the thought you habour in your heart toward your wife and children.
In our main scripture today, God spoke of the need to have the right spirit. This is because what you say in your heart gives expression to what God will do for you. If you conclude in your heart that your wife and children are irredeemable, that they cannot change their negative attitude, then God cannot help you. It doesn’t matter how far your sheep may have gone. It matters less how bad your sheep may be. If you can position your heart to speak hope and restoration, God will answer. With the heart, man believeth and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Rom.10:10)
But how do I make my heart to speak what will move God to act on my behalf as I lead my wife and children? The first thing is for you to give attention to the word of God. The Scripture has this to say. My son, attend to my words, incline thine ear to my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thine heart. (Pro.4:20-21). If you have the word of God stored in your heart, you will know the capabilities of God and that will help you to trust Him. Secondly, you must pray for the Holy Spirit to create in you a clean heart and a right spirit. Create in a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me (Ps.51:10). There are times your wife or children will offend you and you may keep offence in your heart. Although your outward appearance does not show it but inside your heart you hold grudge against them. You must ask the Person of the Holy Spirit to empower you with the spirit of restrain. His help makes you to know what to accept into your heart and what to reject.
So, if you have prayed and even declared God’s words over your sheep but you are not getting the results you desire, please check the content in your heart if it truly agrees with what you want. Don’t blame God. God is not a man; He cannot lie. God wants to make you succeed as the godly man, husband and father. You have to cooperate with Him by speaking His word from your heart.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, forgive me for not believing You in my heart.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, let Your word gain root in my heart and bear fruits outwardly.
- Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me by Your word and answer me when I call.
FAITH CONFESSION
I walk in the consciousness of my office as the priest and I speak the blessings of the Lord upon my wife and children because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.
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