SUNDAY 17TH JUNE 2018 DON’T MISUSE YOUR TONGUE

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: SUNDAY 17TH JUNE 2018
THEME: DON’T MISUSE YOUR TONGUE
MEMORISE:
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the
LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will
I do to you: Numbers 14:28
READ: Numbers 14:20-29
20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned
according to thy word:
21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be
filled with the glory of the LORD.
22 Because all those men which have seen
my glory, and my miracles, which I did in
Egypt and in the wilderness, and have
tempted me now these ten times, and have
not hearkened to my voice;
23 Surely they shall not see the land which I
sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of
them that provoked me see it:
24 But my servant Caleb, because he had
another spirit with him, and hath followed
me fully, him will I bring into the land
whereinto he went; and his seed shall
possess it.
25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites
dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you,
and get you into the wilderness by the way
of the Red sea.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and
unto Aaron, saying,
27 How long shall I bear with this evil
congregation, which murmur against me? I
have heard the murmurings of the children
of Israel, which they murmur against me.
28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the
LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will
I do to you:
29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness;
and all that were numbered of you,
according to your whole number, from
twenty years old and upward, which have
murmured against me,
MESSAGE
Apostle James gave a profound description
of the power embedded in the tongue. In
James 3:5-6, he wrote:
“Even so the tongue is a little member, and
boasteth great things. Behold, how great a
matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue
is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue
among our members, that it defileth the
whole body, and setteth on fire the course
of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”
In Numbers 14:20-29, we see in practical
terms the evil effect of misusing the tongue.
Moses had sent out some men to spy out
the Promised Land. Ten out of the twelve
spies that were sent out returned with an
evil report driven by unbelief. They said
many things which showed their lack of
confidence in the God of their fathers,
despite the fact that He had severally
demonstrated His mighty power to them in
the course of their journey through the
wilderness. They seemed not to know their
own worth and hence they described
themselves as grasshoppers and the
inhabitants of the land as giants (Numbers
13:33). The testimony of the faithless spies
angered the Lord and He gave this verdict
contained in Numbers 14:28:
“Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the
LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will
I do to you.”
This outcome, caused by the evil reports of
the ten spies, establishes the truth of
Proverbs 18:21, which says:
“Death and life are in the power of the
tongue: and they that love it shall eat the
fruit thereof.”
We all will be accountable to God for every
word that we say. It is therefore crucial that
we are conscious of the pronouncements
and confessions that proceed from our
mouths. Beloved, you need to exercise more
caution in times of distress and anger to
avoid making negative pronouncements
against yourself, your situation, your
children and everything that concerns you.
When you find yourself in difficult situations,
ensure that the words you speak profess
your faith in God that He is able to do what
He says He will do, in spite of the prevailing
circumstances around you. I pray that as
you open your mouth today, the Lord will fill
it with words that will bring glory to His
Name. I pray that you will be able to see the
hand of God in every situation around you
through the eyes of faith from now on in
Jesus' Name.
ACTION POINT:
After you have worshipped God today, take
out time to prophesy good things into your
life.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
2 Kings 16-17, Acts 12:6-25
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 12: TAKE MY LIFE, AND LET IT BE
1.Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise,
Let them flow in endless praise.
2.Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee,
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
3.Take my voice and let me sing,
Always, only for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee,
Filled with messages from Thee.
4. Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose,
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.
5. Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne,
It shall be Thy royal throne.
6. Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee,
Ever, only, all for Thee.