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Taking Control of the Words We Use<\/span><\/h2>\n

Living A Life of Focus – Part 10<\/span><\/h3>\n

When you love something, you give attention to it. As a result, without knowing it we give attention to the wrong words or using words in a manner that’s detrimental. I believe that our world is shaped by our words. The life we live today is a result of the words we spoke yesterday. It\u2019s imperative to have a love affair with our words because our world depends on it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Thought or Concept:<\/span><\/p>\n

I have four answers to how we can use words to change our world to our advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Use a new set of words as often as you can.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are you really going to let your life be shaped by the words that have produced the life you currently have? Then keep using the same words you\u2019ve been using. What about your children? Are you setting them up for a life like yours or a better one? When we think of our daughter\u2019s future, we try to help shape ideas for what she should be doing not by words that have defined our lives but by a new set. <\/span>Here’s an example affirmation (confession) we make: our daughter, Tamia, will never have to work for someone else or call another person her boss.<\/span><\/i> We have more in store for her and it will take us saying a new set of words to change her world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Live in your words.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Normal people give no attention to their words. They take them-speak them-as is. What that means for those of us who don’t give attention to what our words produce is that by default it produces “common” results. Our words go something like this…<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m not going to pass the test. So the result is I don’t pass tests.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m not good enough. So the result is that I’m not good enough on the job, in a relationship, or to be on the team.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m not strong enough.\u00a0 As a result, I break down at the small obstacles that get in my way.<\/span><\/p>\n

The point I am making is this,\u00a0 your words won’t change until you want your results in life to change. I know this sounds strange. It\u2019s hard to imagine that everything is created by words. It\u2019s not a normal concept that\u2019s taught. In fact, it\u2019s a God-thing and it\u2019s been working since the beginning of both Heaven and Earth. God didn\u2019t create using material first, He started with words and so do you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A man\u2019s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth, and from the produce of his lips [words] he shall be filled. – <\/span>bible.com\/bible\/114\/PRO.18.20.NKJV<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

What have your words produced and what will they produce?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Store something different in your mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whatever\u2019s stored in your mind is the only thing that can come from your lips.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYour success is conceived in your mind, but your words give it life.\u201d – Julio Melara (It Only Takes Everything You\u2019ve Got)<\/em><\/p>\n

You can store what everyone else is storing… news, media, gossip, rumors, negative doctors reports, or you can choose to store something different. What you\u2019ve been storing is what has been coming from your mouth which has developed your life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever’s stored in your heart [things you’ve committed to memory] will determine what we say.<\/span><\/p>\n

…For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. – <\/span>bible.com\/116\/mat.12.34.NLT<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Control your words.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThose who control their tongue will have a long life; opening your mouth can ruin everything.\u201d – <\/span>bible.com\/116\/pro.13.3.nlt<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Controlling my words impacts the length of my life. Now that\u2019s what happens when you\u2019re uncommon, you get control of your words, but imagine what happens normally. Normal behavior is having no control or lacking control of your words which produce the results we normally see. If you desire to be the type of person that you don\u2019t normally see, then take the action of controlling your words. You need a plan to execute and it goes something like this.<\/span><\/p>\n

Give focused thought to new desired results and the words from your mouth will follow.<\/span><\/p>\n