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Today we are going to take a posture of peace by speaking life-giving words.

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Posture is a short audible fist bump to remind you God is with you in everything.

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Together we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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In Proverbs chapter 18 verse 21 it says,

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death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruits.

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Now in the last episode we spoke about the power of the word of God which is now living in us and

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how we can partner with his word in uprooting any lesser word spoken to us about us or over us.

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And I want to continue that conversation in today's episode because there is so much

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life living in you and living in me. Romans chapter 8 verse 11 tells us that the same

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spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. I mean just take a moment and let the

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magnitude of that truth sink in. In Colossians chapter 2 it says,

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in Christ all the fullness of the Godhead lives in bodily form and in Christ you

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have been brought to fullness. You are full of life today. And Jesus said in John 4,

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that is a well of life that never runs dry. Now you may be feeling dry right now. You may be

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feeling frustrated with your circumstances or with the state of the world around you. You may

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be feeling tired or depleted or like you just don't know if you have what it takes to move

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forward. But the truth is that for those who believe in Jesus, we have his abundant life

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flowing in us right now, no matter how we may feel. And this life that's in you is meant to flow

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through you. And one way that this abundant life flows through you is through your words.

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So what are you saying today? What are you speaking over yourself? What are you speaking

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over others? What are you saying about your workplace, your community, your family,

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your nation? Now that's not a rhetorical question. I'm really asking and I want to know the answer

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because I'm assuming it's good things. I'm assuming that you are speaking life. And so

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if you're watching this, please let me know in the comments, what words of life you are speaking

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today. Now, if you happen to be feeling some holy conviction right now about the words that you may

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have spoken in the past that were not life giving, me too. So how about we repent together and change

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our minds and start speaking differently today? You know, the Bible tells us God's mercy is new

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every morning. So it's a fresh day. And the word of God living in you is far superior to any word

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of death or destruction that you may have spoken in the past. Here's how I'm practicing speaking

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life giving words. First, I'm asking a question. I'm asking where, who, what do I want to bring

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life to today? And then I start talking. You know, the word of God in our mouths shifts atmospheres.

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It creates new realities and it brings life to a world we've all been called to reach.