Be careful...

Todays topic: Be careful what you pray, wish, hope, speak for.

Have you ever wished for something and it came true? Have you ever prayed for something and it came to pass? Have you hoped for something to happen and  it did? Have you spoke to a mountain and it moved? If the answer is yes, then you have used "faith".
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.
Heb11:1 
You believed if you wished. prayed, hoped for something it would come true...and it did! Wonderful! But sometimes what we speak isn't so wonderful. It works both ways. As much as it can be used positively and to the good of one, so can it be negatively and against one. The spoken word is powerful! When we speak, not only does God listen, but the devil listens also. We give him ideas, did you know that? The word says our tongue is like a two edged sword!
We say, " Man, I haven't had this (bad thing) happen in a while."
The devil rears his ugly head and says, "hmmm, now there's an idea to make their life miserable".
See what I mean.
I am forever getting on to my husband for confessing bad things. He will say very negative things, such as, "Yeah, I am probably gonna die from that", (whatever the topic might be).
I tell him the devil just loves to hear people condemn their selves to dying of some horrific fate. He jumps at the chance to make it happen!

Why is it so much easier to believe a lie or a negative than the truth or a positive? Because we expect bad things to happen, NOT, good things! Call things as though they were, NOT as they are, but as though they were!

Recently I was working. Able to pay the bills, living comfortably. I was tired, sure. Working long hard hours (I always said hard work never killed anyone), getting paid a lot less than I was worth (according to me and some of my co-workers). I complained daily. "I should be making more. These hours are gonna kill me. I need another job. I wish I could stay home." 
Well, I, got my wish! My prayers were answered! Here I am sitting at home (like I had wished for). Only it's not working out quite as planned. I got sick and ended up in the hospital with a stroke and God knows what else. I am now told I cannot return to work. My bills are all due and I don't have a paycheck or means to pay them. One by one, I am losing all the things that I thought I could not live with out. (YES, you can live without satelite TV and phones). I have no idea why I still have internet. Guess God wants this message out! The next to go will be my house if there is not a miracle in the next few weeks.
But Hey, I got my wish! I'm not working! See what I mean.....Be careful what you wish for. Be careful what you speak out loud so the devil hears it. He listens to your every word also. He comes like a thief in the night to kill, steal, destroy!

Today I ask God's forgiveness for my lack of faith.  Please forgive me for not being grateful for the blessings I have and thankful for all you have given me.I thank you that you are my provider and in you I have hope.