Watch your mouth!

Be aware of what we say and how we say it. Not only to others but to ourselves.

There is power in our words. There is power in what we speak over ourselves.

Maybe you have been told things that have taken life out of you.

“You’re not smart enough.”

“You’re too fat.”

“You’re too skinny.”

“You’ll always be lonely.”

“You’ll never be a good mother.”

“I feel sorry for you because you’re single”

“You have too much of a past.”

“You will always be who you are.”

“No one will love you.”

“You’re not pretty enough.”

“Do more and He will notice.”

“You’re stupid.”

“She’s better than you.”

“Just give up.”

Or maybe you are the one saying these things to yourself.

When I was younger, I really enjoyed singing. One day I was singing in the living room alongside a family member that was playing the guitar. Someone made a joke about how I sang. I was embarrassed. I felt heat go up and down my neck. That day I put down the microphone and never picked it up again. Sounds silly now, but it’s true. Someone else’s words took life from me. There were times when I wanted to pick it up again, but I talked myself out of it. “Stacy, you can’t sing. You don’t sound like a singer.”

I can’t go back to that moment when I put down the microphone, but I can move forward in truth. The truth is that I’m none of those things that I’ve told myself. I’m none of those things that other negative people have spoken over me.

I am a daughter of a KING. And royalty doesn’t belong in the shadows, drowning in lies. They belong with the KING. Next to the KING. Living in HIS truth, and in the light.

I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU TODAY!

Trade in negative words for words of encouragement.