"The Power of Words" Rescue Radio with Marjorie Cole

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0:40 Your kingdom come, Lord. We long for your kingdom. We long for your righteousness. We long for your justice. We long for your peace. And we thank you, Lord God, that your peace is in the midst of us, Lord God. I thank you, Father God, that Jesus Christ, you broke through the barricades that had entrapped us, Lord, and you set us free through your death on the cross. Believe that or not. Amazing. And then you rose from the dead and delivered us completely from the grip of the terrible one, the death and destruction. And many people, Lord, I know that they don't even know that. They don't get that at all. They don't get the power. They don't get the authority. They don't get the purpose. They don't get the idea of this, thy kingdom come, but we do.

1:21 And we ask you to give us wisdom, Lord God, as we share this time together. We thank you, Lord God, that there are many people out there who are looking for wisdom and direction. And we thank you that you've given us your Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth. We bind the powers of darkness, the snatcher, the ones that would scatter, the ones that would corrupt our conversations, the one that would torment us in our minds and hearts. We bind and forbid him, Lord God, and we release the truth, the love, the peace of God. We thank you, Lord God, that no weapon formed against us will prosper, no witchcraft, no. Spells, charms, incantations sent against us or our families, those who work for us, pray for us, or love us, would be effective to destroy, divide, or ruin us, Father God.

2:06 We thank you that all these things that you have permitted in our lives are actually working together for your purpose to perfect that which concerns us. So, Father God, guide and protect our words and comfort us. Oh, give us eyes to hear, eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart to understand what you're saying. Just give us your wisdom, Father, in Jesus' name. Amen. You know, welcome to Rescue Radio. You know, there's a thing that people take for granted, and that's words. There's words every day. We speak words, many words. We can comfort people with words. We can tear people down with words. We can, you know, build things. There's death and life in the power of the tongue. Yeah, that's something that we don't think of very often.

2:48 We get so careless with our words, you know, and someone said, you know, it's better to have people think you're a fool than to open your mouth and prove it. And someone said there's nothing more often by mistake than the mouth. So God gave us two ears, two eyes, and one mouth. I'm glad he didn't do it the other way. Well, Jesus was addressing this, and he addressed this situation often. Like, for example, in Matthew 15, we can maybe start there for a minute. He's talking about. Hypocrites in verse 7, 15-7. Hypocrites, well does Isaiah prophesy about you, saying, these people draw near to me with their mouths.

3:29 They honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and in vain they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Then he called the multitude and said to them, hear and understand, not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man. Then his disciples said to him, Do you know what the Pharisees were offended when they heard these sayings? But he answered and said to them, I think this is an interesting answer, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprutted. Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.

4:09 So what we're seeing here is that there is a real tendency for people to make judgments. Speak, you know, dishonoring, you know, hypocritically, pretending to be supporters or comforters or givers of, you know, whatever word of advice. And yet underneath there's another agenda. And so words can be very, actually by, you know, by every idle word we're given account of in the day of judgment. So words are powerful. Well, in the area of hypocrisy, Jesus said, many shall say, Lord, Lord. And have we not done this and that? And he said, I never knew you.

4:52 So just an empty profession of allegiance to God. There's a lot of that. Well, that was his constant conversation with the Pharisees again in Mark 7. He says, this people draws near to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. He's saying the same thing again. It seems like people just don't get it. They're all busy talking, and there's no fruit. You know, the Bible, James says, I think it was James, he says. Faith without works is dead. So you can talk all day long about things. You can discuss things. You can have opinions about things all day long.

5:33 But if you don't really have in your heart the truth, it becomes a problem. Yeah, I mean, in this day in which we're living, we have so many talk shows, we have internet programs, talk, discussion, opinion, blah, blah, blah, it comes out. It brings nothing. It doesn't bring any force of life. But the thing is, we don't really consider, really, the power of words. And in Proverbs, you see a lot of scriptures there about, Just weighing your words, make sure you're speaking aright. And in order to speak aright, your heart has to be aright. But Jesus said, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Yes, he did. So the thing is, what happens when the words you say are expressing what's in your heart, you know?

6:22 Exactly. And people don't realize that. You know, if people would wonder what's going on inside of them, if they just listen to their own mouth, they'll know. He said again in Mark chapter 7, verse 21, For from within, out of the heart of men, proceeds the evil thoughts, adulteries, fornication, murder, theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit. Assentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All of these evil things come from within and defile a man. So he's talking about exactly what you're saying, that what the heart is full of, the mouth speaks and if the heart is full of vile hypocrisies, contempt, injustices, bitterness.

7:04 I think that's a big one. I think there's a lot of people have hidden bitterness and unresolved issues, unforgiveness in their hearts or fear. Fear is a big one too. And so that comes out and that comes out in our words. And so when we have a conversation with someone, if your conversation, your words are being mixed with bitterness or fear or irritation or judgment or, you know, disappointment or whatever it is, the words are going to be dressed in those emotions. And so it's going to be hard for the person to receive any kind of counsel or correction or encouragement if your words are closed in bitterness or disappointment.

7:44 And if you look at Jesus, I mean, every word he spoke was in obedience to the Father. He did not waste words. He spoke, and they were astonished. They came to arrest him one time. He was teaching, and they sent officers to come and arrest him. And the religious leaders wanted him arrested and put away. And the guys, they came back, and they said, oh, how come you didn't bring him? And he said, well, never a man spoke like this man. His words were so powerful. It's interesting here, Marjorie, if you look at Isaiah chapter 50 and verses 10, Four and five, the Lord God, and this is referring to Jesus, but we can apply it to us too.

8:35 The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens me morning by morning. He awakens my ear to hear as the learned. The Lord God has opened my ear and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away. So the Lord has given us, you know, we're to be speaking words of life. We're to be speaking the words of the Lord, not necessarily quoting Scripture. Those are the words of the Lord, but he can give us a word of wisdom, word of knowledge. That's in 1 Corinthians 12, it talks about word of wisdom, word of knowledge, something that we speak that brings forth wisdom, exactly what to do, how to do it, how to use the information, what's the best course of action.

9:28 We can speak that to ourselves, really, and to others as well. Word of knowledge, something that we know that has been revealed to us by God, not by our own experience, but a word of knowledge that's been downloaded to us by the Holy Spirit to speak wisdom to people. Sometimes a word of knowledge for someone, you come to someone and you say to them, well, you know there's a situation in their life that you don't know anything about it. And they think, oh, you're a psychic. No, you're not a psychic. You're just speaking what God already knows. And the Lord downloaded that to you to speak to them so they have an assurance that God knows what they're going through.

10:17 Well, you know, again, going back to the heart, if the heart is full of the corrupt things that we've already spoken of, the deceit, the treachery, evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murderous thefts, all those things, if the heart is full of that, then that's going to be, like I said, it's going to be coming out with your word, so it's going to bring a mixed message. Mixed message, exactly. And in 1 Peter 4, he says, in regard to these. Let's see. Let's back up here a little bit. He was talking about in chapter 4 that we should no longer live like the rest of the world, for we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lust, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

11:07 In regard to those who think it's Strange that you do not run with them again to the same dissipation, speaking evil of you. And they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. But, so he's in such worth some of you. So this means there's a process going on of our hearts being renewed, transformed, cleansed. And that comes through walking in the spirit. Because the heart is part of the flesh. It's part of the soul, actually. And the soul and the body together make the flesh. So be transformed by the renewing of your mind and your heart, Jeremiah says, is deceitful above all else and desperately wicked. And Jesus is reminding us that the heart needs to be cleansed. The heart needs to be refreshed with joy and peace and truth so that out of the heart will come righteousness, peace, and joy.

11:54 And so Peter is saying, yeah, you were that. You believed in that for a while, but let's move on. You've been delivered from that. And Paul, he talks about it too. He says, who will deliver me from this body of death, from these programs that are running in my heart, this bitterness. I think bitterness, unforgiveness, and fear are the big three that actually run in our hearts. And they cause our words again to be addressed, clothed with negativity, with criticism, with the unloving spirit. So that, you know, because words are what connect us in relationships, really. It's really the words you speak to someone, Bill, is what your relationship is built from.

12:39 Yes, there's actions too, and I believe they're important, but really the words become the principal connectors in our relationships. And if those words are negative or sour or critical, and again, going back to death and life and the power of the tongue, you can kill someone with your words. You can destroy your marriage with probably seven words a day if you say them in the wrong way. In the wrong spirit. So the body of death, which is downloaded into the soul, downloaded into the brain, downloaded into the mind, that becomes the way, the enemy wants to use that source of promoting his division, his destruction.

13:20 Well, think of it in your own life, you know, somebody that said something to you when you were a child or a teenager, something that stuck with you. It could be very negative, it could be very positive. These are powerful words. You know, sometimes people try to live down, you know. Yeah, the words. Or live up, live down the words. They say, well, you're never going to make it. So people try really, really hard to be successful in their business or their career or something like that. To prove somebody else wrong. To prove somebody else wrong. Or at a critical time, and I believe it's Proverbs. I don't remember exactly where it is, but it says, as a word spoken in due season, how good it is.

14:04 But think of it this way, that the Lord has given us powerful words. We might not think that, oh, we got a big powerful word for somebody here. And sometimes people go around in the body of Christ, they always have a word for somebody, and a lot of times it's really off the wall. But what happens is that. As our hearts are filled with the word of God, As our hearts are full of his love and his grace and his spirit, we can speak words to people that will really make a difference at key points in their lives. And not just empty words, but real words of truth and grace.

14:50 Let your speech be always with grace, the Bible says, seasoned with salt. So we're speaking words of truth, and we do it graciously, even though there's times where it can be harsh. And that's the problem, too, because there are times when we have to speak words of correction or words of direction, and maybe the other person is not excited about hearing that or doesn't want to receive that. And so Jesus had to use words like that. He called people hypocrites and vipers and things because they were really, really not preaching the truth. And he was kind of like, okay, I can't, you know, just be nice to you with this. It's just not okay.

15:33 We're going to have to call this for what it is. And the problem, there's, with words, conversations, there's many times, you know, sometimes we're encouraging people. Sometimes we're encouraging ourselves. Sometimes we're blessing the day, praying for things to turn out. But at other times we need to draw some lines and some correction and give some direction. And maybe, like I said, the people don't like to hear that. So when we're doing that, we need to have the wisdom to know that we're not speaking to them out of bitterness ourselves. We're not speaking to them out of irritation or fear, but we're speaking to them as the oracles of God, because otherwise, and they're going to take it. You know, probably personally or offended, I think easily offended.

16:14 Offense is a big thing that comes out of words. A lot of times words that are spoken, words that are not spoken. Sometimes people are mad at you for what you said. Sometimes they're mad at you for what you didn't say. People just kind of get mad a lot. And the thing is that when we, we have to also recognize that if you, even if you're speaking your words out of a good heart, out of, you know, even the counsel of God, sometimes we'll speak words to someone else and the Lord has put those words in and the other person does not want to hear them and they become offended, we have to also recognize that the danger of conversation. The danger of speaking words is that the other people also hear those words and see those actions through the lenses that they have already set up in front of their filters, the lenses that they've already put up in front of their receptor sites, or whether it's their eyes or their ears.

17:03 And so those lenses are filled with bitterness, judgment, hurt, pain, distrust, trauma, all kinds of things can be in those lenses. And so when you're hearing someone else, you're not really many times, most of the time, probably 99% of the time, we're not hearing them through the love of God. And our hearts are not hearing their heart, their pain in their heart or their fear in their heart. We're hearing it through our judgment of them. And this is, I mean, I think people don't really recognize how much we judge one another by how we render their words. You know, we don't give them the freedom to, you know, okay, I get it.

17:44 You're having a bad day. I can't, you know, you got a toothache. We're not doing that. We're just judging them by how we interpret what they're saying without asking God to show us. And therefore, then we react. Out of offense. So that's exactly, I mean, words are probably one of the most dangerous things, and yet most often spoken, used, I mean, that we have in our world. And so people, if people don't understand your words, maybe you said them clearly, you're communicating clearly, but they don't interpret it as clear understanding or love, they interpret it as danger, like you're judging them. And so they don't know you're loving them and speaking a word of correction to them. And so they get offended.

18:27 And so what's important when we speak is what's the motivation by which we're speaking? You know, are we correcting somebody because we care for them? Or because we think we're right. Or because we think, yeah, it's just our opinion of something. Or are we correcting someone because we genuinely care for them? Or are we just having a conversation? And that's kind of the problem, too. People aren't able to have just normal conversations because one is taking it personally or one is giving it unjustly or judging. So, again, words are dangerous but critical to our relationships.

19:11 Yeah, but so many words are just, you know, careless, carelessly idle words. Jesus said every idle word, every empty word. Was it Matthew 12? Yeah. Somewhere there, Matthew 12. 34. 34, 35. Every idle word, every empty word that we speak, meaningless word, just careless word, we're going to give account of it in the day of judgment. Exactly. But if someone knows, I really believe that, There's times I think what we have to do is that when we say we give a word of correction is because we want, we see some danger.

19:53 We see danger that they don't see. And maybe there's danger we don't see too because sometimes we're giving a word of correction because we're afraid too. We want to correct. We want to control. We want to make sure it all goes our way. And a lot of that goes on too where people are trying to control one another through their own fear. your fear. And so we have to, so the best thing to, I mean, weigh your words, be careful. I don't say be afraid to speak, but speak as the oracles of God. Speak as, you know, coming out of what the Lord is leading you to do and say. In 2 Chronicles, we have chapter 10, interesting conversation, interesting admonition here.

20:35 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not 2 Corinthians, I think you said Chronicles. Oh, did I? 2 Corinthians, sorry. Oh my goodness. It's Monday morning, what can I say? For though, idle words right there. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God to the pulling out of struggle. So the weapons, what are the weapons? That's what he's talking about. Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity into the obedience of Christ. And being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. So in other words, Our words, our thoughts are the weapons. The thoughts create the words.

21:19 The thoughts are there, then out of the thoughts come the words. So he's saying, cast down those arguments in your mind and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity. So sometimes those words begin in your mind, not in your mouth. And whatever the enemy is trying to mix up there and provoke and set up and stir up or whatever he's trying to do, We just don't test it. We don't check it out. We don't say, well, is this God or is this my flesh or is this God or is this the enemy talking through me? We just kind of blurt it out and then end up having to mop up all kinds of problems afterwards. But again, your words, there's death and life and the power of the time.

22:01 We don't understand how powerful and how precious and how, yeah, I guess the word is powerful, words are. And then the perception, how they're perceived on the other end, I know we can't always make that happen, make that known. But I think one of the things we can do when you're speaking to someone, you can pray ahead of time that the Lord will remove the filters, the offenses, the injustices, the hurts, so that they can hear your love. Our point is to speak and communicate love to one another. And sometimes love is correction. Sometimes love is encouragement. Sometimes love is wisdom and direction. A lot of times we don't recognize the impact of our words.

22:43 Sometimes people have told me over the years, you know, Pastor, I remember what you said. I remember when you said this back when, and I have no clue. I don't remember I ever said that. But it was something that stuck with them. It didn't stick with me, but it stuck with them for their whole life. And it's like, really? So we're sowing when we're speaking. We're planting seeds. We're planting seeds. And we want good fruit to come out of that. And we're known by our words, too. A child is known by their doings, their words. And Jesus, when he's talking here, as he's talking about every, he said to you in Matthew chapter 12 again, he's talking about anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him.

23:32 But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. We call that the unpardonable sin. But the reason that it's not going to be forgiven, he says, Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven, men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven, men. Well, the reason that it isn't forgiven is because it can't be forgiven, because if you don't take the recommendation and the counsel of the Holy Spirit to repent. And as for forgiveness, there is no forgiveness. That's a simple thing. And so, but he says, and then he goes on to say in 33, either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad. For the tree is known by its fruit, and we are trees known by our fruit, and our fruit is our words, words and actions.

24:15 And again, all of what we're, you know, God says, go preach the gospel, heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead. All that stuff that we're called to do comes out of our being, comes out of our own relationship with God. And our relationship with ourselves. So the first relationships we have are with ourself and God. And if we don't like ourself or we've been set up with our teeth on edge, like Ezekiel says, the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge because the fathers have provoked them. The Bible says fathers do not provoke your children or discourage them. But so many people have that kind of a chip on their shoulder. They're bitter.

24:55 They don't like themselves. and so because their fathers didn't like them or abandoned them or whatever, and there's so much of that out there. The only way you can rebuild the foundations is go back to the builder, and that would be the Lord God who's building us into a holy habitation, a dwelling place where living stones, he's building us back into a solid foundation. And so it's out of that relationship I have with God and with myself that's genuine. I can actually have a genuine relationship with someone else. Yeah, and it's important, too, that our lives give authority to our words. Yes. Our words, you know, the thing is confirming the word with signs following.

25:38 So that was in Mark 16, speaking of the early church there. But what happens is that, you know, for you and I, if we just have empty words and our lives are not backing it up. Then basically Jesus said, these people draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. So that your lip and your life need to agree. Yeah, that's good. That's good. Going back to Matthew for a minute in verse 12. Again, he says, make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad. For the tree is known by its fruit. That means what's coming out of our lives is what our lives are because out of the root comes the fruit.

26:25 And so if it's full of a heart, full of adulteries and lusts and perversions and bitterness and unforgiveness and offense, then that's what's going to come out of our lips. That's going to come out of our lives. And Jesus said, I think one of the problems with Jesus and the hypocrisy that he found all around him was that their lips and their lives were not matching. Exactly. And the brood of vipers, he says, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. And I think this is very simple. It's a simple principle. Listen to your words. If out of your mouth is coming, you know, whatever it is, positive, negative, neutral, whatever it is, that is what is going on. It's coming out of your heart. and where is it coming from?

27:07 It's coming from your perceptions. It's coming from your mind and then it slips down into your heart and now it becomes the filtering system through which my words are, they're spun around in there and they come out, you know, either offensive or delightful or whatever they do. But the heart is what the outpour, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. He says again, for a good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, but an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth negative or evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words, you will be justified, and by your words, you will be condemned. And many times in the Old Testament, especially, they're praising God, thanking God, calling upon God.

27:48 They're using their words to reconnect with God, even though their circumstances might not be the best. They're praising God, lifting up thanksgiving or rejoicing, using their words to stay connected with God, even in the midst of a fiery trial, in the midst of a snake pit. So your words, And, you know, again, going back to... Words, the power of words. If you, you know, you're exhausted, you're tired, you've had a hard day, things aren't going well, whatever all that looks like, keep your mouth shut. Do not murmur, complain, or give those words over to the enemy to make things of them because he will grab those words and build out of it a trouble, a tragedy, a calamity, an injustice, you know, because that's what Satan uses to create things.

28:33 He uses our words to create things. And so your words can bless people, and they can curse people. And so, the new covenant that Jesus brought in, the new deal, the new arrangement that he brought in through his death on the cross, his shedding of his blood, his resurrection and his ascension, brought in the new covenant, the new arrangement. So, the Word of God now is not written on tablets of stone like it was in Moses' day, and it really stayed on the tablets of stone and didn't really get into the hearts of the people for the most part. It's true. But he says in Jeremiah 31, 33, this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord.

29:20 Now this is speaking of Israel, speaking of us to apply to us, we who believe. I will put my laws in their minds and write it in their hearts and I will be their God and they shall be my people. In other places he said, I will take away their stony hearts and give them a heart of flesh, a soft, tender heart. So what has to happen is the Spirit of God has to change our hearts. When our hearts are full of the goodness and the love and the grace of God. Then our mouths will speak truth, words of life, words of encouragement, words of blessing, words of grace. So our mouth is at the end of the chain. So what's going on in the mind, in the heart, it comes out the mouth.

30:04 In Proverbs 10, he says, The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut out. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. And so we see that there's, again, death and life and the power of the tongue. And you will be known by your words. You not only will it identify or describe who you are, people will know you by your words it will also, those words are also being released into the atmosphere to bring forth life or death so there's probably nothing more that we need to be better stewards of. Then our words, and well, time is important too, but using your words to bring forth the kingdom of God instead of tearing it down.

30:50 I think there's Proverbs that talk about people tearing things down with their words. You can tear down your marriage. You can tear down your children. You can tear down your life, your own life, with your words. So again, let's consecrate our words to the Lord and let our hearts be cleansed. Consecrate our hearts to the Lord. We said, Lord, change my heart, oh Lord. Make it ever true. Change my heart, O Lord, may I be like you. And that's done by the Spirit of God. That's done by the Word of God. That's done as He works in our lives, speaks to us. There's a difference. There's wickedness in our hearts. Jeremiah says that the heart is deceitful above all things, desperately wicked. Who can know it?

31:33 So what we need is a heart transplant that's full of the goodness and the Word of the Lord. And out of the heart, then, you know, just, well, just, oh, you ought to bite my tongue. No, let the Lord change your heart, and then your words will be words of life and blessing and hope for others. In Proverbs again, chapter 10, verse 19, In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he restrains his lips as wise. The tongue of the righteous is choice, so, or the heart of the wicked is worth little or worth less. The lips of the righteous feed many but fools die for lack of wisdom so this connection between your heart and your mouth and how that turns out for other people how that.

32:18 Shows, identifies, you know, to other people who you are. All of these things, again, are very, very powerful. It's a small thing, but it's a huge thing. The tongue, the words that we speak and say. So, Father God, we thank you for giving us the ability to speak and declare because it's a creative process. But help us, Lord God, to have mercy upon us that we would use the gifts you've given us, the power, the power to create, the power of the words, the power to build and the power to tear down. You would cause us to have your wisdom and that our hearts would be cleansed and purified so that out of the abundance of the heart comes life, a wellspring of life. You know, you said, keep our hearts with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life. So Father, help us to do that in Jesus' name.

33:03 Yeah, Father God, I thank you, Lord, that that's really what it's all about, is just a change of heart, a new heart I will give them. He said, that's what he was doing. And so, Lord, just do that. We can't just will that to come to pass, but we just say, Lord, just change my heart. Make my heart like yours, soft and tender and wise and full of your word. When you have your heart full of the word of God, you will be able to speak life and joy and blessing and hope and truth and encouragement to everyone around you, including yourself. Yeah. Including yourself. Speak life over yourself. Don't curse yourself.

33:47 Speak life over yourself that you are a son or daughter. If you believe in Jesus, you are a son and daughter of the living God. You're not what you used to be. You are who he says you are. Amen. Amen. Praise God. So spiritual warfare is a big deal. And a lot of that has to do with, you know, who's speaking to us. Yeah, good idea. Who is speaking to us? There's two power sources, the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of darkness, and And so in that book that you've just come out with, Spiritual Warfare and How Deliverance Can Change Your Life, there's a lot in there about words and truth and who are we listening to and what are we listening to and what are we speaking as a result.

34:35 That's kind of an unexplored area of territory because a lot of people think that they're speaking all their own words and that those are their words. But a lot of times you are speaking words from the impersonator who is impersonating you to yourself to get you to believe that you are what you're saying. And so therefore, like Paul says, if I'm doing what I do not want to do, it's not me doing, it is the sin that dwells within me. So there's a lot of things going on inside of us, inside of our heart, treachery, trickery. The enemy is trying to blackmail us, corner us, bully us, and speak words through us that are not our own. And that becomes another place where we have to guard our hearts, for out of it come the issues of life. And the way we do that is through listening to the Holy Spirit.

35:18 So that is a great book, Spiritual Warfare and How Deliverance Can Change Your Life. It's a whole lot more than just that. It's pretty concise and kind of comprehensive in looking at at least the general parameters of spiritual warfare about how this snake pit works, the rules in the war. So again, you can get that on Amazon.com, or you can order from life recovery.com. And so we just pray that you have a wonderful day and that God will use this to help you set a watch over your mouth and keep yourself with all diligence, your heart for out of it are the issues of life. Have a great day.

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