Guard Your Words by Annette Capps
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By Annette Capps
"I was just kidding." "I was only joking." How many times have you heard that or said it yourself? What better way for Satan to deceive people into speaking words they don't mean than to disguise it in a joke, or laughing matter? The Holy Spirit recently pointed out to me that sarcasm, or using words in a joking, hostile manner carries not only "crooked speech," but also looses an energy of hostility. After all, when someone teases or berates you, do you leave feeling blessed, edified, or built up? I don't! I ask myself if that really was a joke or is that person speaking what they truly think and covering it up with a laugh.
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“I was just kidding.” “I was only joking.” How many times have you heard that or said it yourself?
What better way for Satan to deceive people into speaking words they don’t mean than to disguise it in a joke, or laughing matter?
The Holy Spirit recently pointed out to me that sarcasm, or using words in a joking, hostile manner carries not only “crooked speech,” but also looses an energy of hostility. After all, when someone teases or berates you, do you leave feeling blessed, edified, or built up? I don’t! I ask myself if that really was a joke or is that person speaking what they truly think and covering it up with a laugh.
This is just one example of crooked, perverse speech, and it is one of the reasons my dad, Charles Capps, was so heavily criticized. “I didn’t really mean it. God knows I was just joking when I said I would probably be hit by a train on the way home.” You knew you were joking, but your words give authority and by saying you didn’t mean it, you are saying you don’t believe in your words. You have no faith in the power of your own words.
“Turn aside a contrary mouth from you, and put perverse lips far from you.” Proverbs 4:24 (LSV)
“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” Proverbs 15:4 (NKJV)
Perverse or crooked speech is saying the opposite of what you mean. I have done it myself trying to be funny. Unfortunately, I did so after being highly developed in the Word of God and believed in the power of my words. I jokingly said, “I love my big truck because I am above the other cars and can see everything. When I feel a bump, I know I have just run over a little sports car! Ha ha!” Everyone laughed. I left about 30 minutes later and backed over one of the teenager’s sports cars in the street. Wow! I learned my lesson!
I now guard my words and find something funny to share that doesn’t involve crooked or perverse speech. I urge you to study this subject and see if you have given any open door to the enemy through your words.
Annette Capps
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When we talk about strongholds, we usually think about the "pulling down of strongholds" as Paul described in 2 Corinthians 10:4. But there are two different areas of strongholds. The strongholds of the enemy keep people bound, but the stronghold of the Lord keeps people safe and secure. There is a stronghold of safety and protection in the secret place of the Most High. We all know about the stronghold of the enemy and have personally experienced his assault on our minds, our bodies, our homes, and our finances.
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Emotional wounds strike at the very heart of a person. Even strong and confident people who experience emotional upheaval can find themselves depressed and down in spirit. If you are like most people, you have had a "broken heart" at some time because of grief from the death of a loved one, loss of a pet, or divorce. Betrayal also can attempt to crush and break your spirit. Long before medical science discovered that stress, trauma, and emotional pain affect the physical body, the Bible revealed the connection between the spirit or what we call the "heart" of a person. "A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones." (Proverbs 14:30)
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The word "agent" is defined as "a person who acts on behalf of another person or group" and "a person or thing that takes an active role or produces a specified effect" (such as an agent of change). There are agents representing two different kingdoms at work in this world. Whether we realize it or not, there is constant conflict between the kingdom of God and Satan's kingdom, and we are caught in the middle. We may not see the actual spiritual forces battling and competing for the lives of people, but we can see the results. And it is becoming more and more apparent that the forces of evil are controlling more and more people who are yielding to darkness.