Does Your
Tongue Need Healing? (1986) by
Derek Prince
If you take a Bible concordance (or just use your Bible apps, easier and
faster) and look up all the words such as “mouth” “tongue” “lips” “speech” “words”
and so on, you will be amazed by how much the Bible has to say about this subject,
and it is with good reason. There is no area in our personality more directly
related to our total well-being - both physical, emotional and spiritual - than
the mouth and tongue. So it is crucial for us to control the tongue and discipline
it or be controlled by it! Proverbs 18:21 declares: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it
will eat its fruit.”
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We need to see how the
right use of the tongue links us in a very special way to Jesus Christ as our
High Priest. The high priesthood of Jesus is an eternal ministry that goes on
continually in heaven. After He had dealt with our sins, died, risen again and
ascended into heaven, He entered into a ministry as our High Priest forever,
always representing us in God's presence. He is our High Priest on the
condition that we make the right confession with our tongues.
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"Our tongues are
our glory," said Derek Prince. You might ask why. The answer is because
the Creator gave each of us a tongue for one supreme purpose - to glorify Him. The
only reason for a tongue is that with it you and I may glorify God. That is
why our tongues become our glory. It is the member by which, above all others,
we may glorify the Creator.
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Ministries International. Published by Whitaker House] #ServeToLead #HealMyTongue
Let us look at three
simple, practical, scriptural steps to dealing with the problem of your tongue.
Take these steps and see to it - that your tongue be healed.
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Ministries International. Published by Whitaker House] #ServeToLead #HealMyTongue
God has made a provision in Scripture for the healing of our tongues. The first step in acquiring this is to identify the
root of the problem. The testimony of Scripture is clear and unequivocal: the
root of every problem affecting our tongues is in our hearts.
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Derek Prince's Does Your Tongue Need Healing? (1986) by Derek Prince
Ministries International. Published by Whitaker House] #ServeToLead #HealMyTongue
We have studied an example
from the Old Testament that illustrates how "death and life are in
the power of the tongue." We learned that the right use of the
tongue will impart life, and, conversely, the wrong use will impart death. Now
we will consider certain specific diseases that affect our tongues. These six
(6) diseases that commonly infect our lives through the misuse of our tongues
can, in some cases, be fatal if left unchecked.
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Derek Prince's Does Your Tongue Need Healing? (1986) by Derek Prince
Ministries International. Published by Whitaker House] #ServeToLead #HealMyTongue
In the Book of Numbers chapter
13 to 14, there are 10 spies focused on the problems, not on the promises. But
there are 2 spies, Joshua and Caleb, focused on the promises, not the problems.
They said, "We are able"; the other 12 said, "We are
not able."Each got exactly what they said. They all settled their
own destinies by the way they used their tongues.
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Ministries International. Published by Whitaker House] #ServeToLead #HealMyTongue
It does not matter how
religious we may claim to be. We may attend church, sing hymns and do all the
other things that are expected of religious people. In themselves, all these
things are good. We may do all those things, but if we do not keep our tongues
under control, our religion is worthless and unacceptable to God. Listen to
this: "If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue,
you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless" (James
1:26) Do you need healing for your tongue?
[This is a reading from
Derek Prince's Does Your Tongue Need Healing? (1986) by Derek Prince
Ministries International. Published by Whitaker House] #ServeToLead #HealMyTongue
There is a direct
connection between the heart and the mouth. Jesus states, "A good
man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good words; an evil man,
out of the evil treasure in his heart brings forth evil words"
(read Matthew 12:33-37). If the heart is good, then out of the mouth or tongue
will come words that are good. But if the heart is evil, then out of the mouth
will come words that are evil. Does your tongue need healing?
[This is a reading from
Derek Prince's Does Your Tongue Need Healing? (1986) by Derek Prince
Ministries International. Published by Whitaker House] #ServeToLead #HealMyTongue
"Death and life
are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit"
(Proverbs 18:21, NAS). Death or Life? Both are in the power of the tongue.
If we use our tongues or mouths properly, we will have life; if not, the result
is death. The tongue is the decisive member. Does your tongue need healing?
[This is a reading from
Derek Prince's Does Your Tongue Need Healing? (1986) by Derek Prince Ministries
International. Published by Whitaker House] #ServeToLead #HealMyTongue