The word for today is - Speak !

Good morning,

The word for today is - Speak !

 

The first thing is, Speak to me Lord, I need to hear from you! This morning, I was walking through my house asking the Lord to speak to my heart.When you want to have a conversation with someone, how do you begin? Do you stand in front of the person and hope they will talk to you? No! you must speak ( make a sound ).   We begin a conversation by opening our mouths and talking, engaging the other person's attention. Do you want to hear God's voice? If you do, it's possible you're hearing from Him already, for He is the one giving you the longing to hear from Him. We need the Lord to speak to us but we must speak also to Him. Let's talk to Him, Lord here's what's going on in my life, and I'd sure like Your thoughts on how to handle it. Would You please speak to me about this today? We speak, then listen for the response of the other person. It's the same with God! Once we've prepared our hearts to listen we're more likely to hear the voice of God. Are you asking the Lord to speak to your heart? He speaks to us in many ways. Here are some of them: God speaks through His Word ,God speaks through our thoughts ,God speaks through conversations with others ,God speaks through circumstances. How many words have you spoken today to encourage the listener? What have you said today that allowed another to see that you are ‘thankful’ for what God has given you? Have you used your tongue today to bless, or to curse? I believe it is wise to begin taking a hard look at what exactly we allow to come out of our mouths. Or, to dig a little deeper, to ask God to examine our hearts since it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks. I don't  know everything, so I go to the Lord and ask Him. I ask the Holy Spirit  to make clear to me what purpose God has in mind for me today. My purpose is to open the minds of His people surrounding today’s issue to get someone else’s thoughts on the ‘words we speak’ ( good or bad). For me,"If I can help somebody as I travel along then my living will not be in vain".  I always speak of the goodness of Jesus.For, since we have to give an account of even our words, why aren’t we speaking of the goodness of Jesus? Thank you God for speaking through us and to us! Thank you God for your word. Amen !