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Fuel for Your Faith: The Fruit of Your Mouth.

From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied, he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
Proverbs 18:20 (ESV)

Most folks don’t realize how much power sits right behind their teeth. Words aren’t just sounds that disappear into the air. They’re seeds, and every time you speak you’re planting something in the ground of your life. If someone keeps speaking defeat, fear, and failure, they shouldn’t be surprised when that’s the harvest they keep getting.

God made your mouth to do more than just complain about what’s wrong. That same mouth can declare what God says is right. You can speak faith over your family, your future, and every situation the enemy is trying to use against you. When your words start lining up with the Word of God, you’re planting seeds that produce life instead of defeat.

A lot of folks are living in the harvest of words they spoke a long time ago. They said they’d never get free, never see things change, and never make it through the storm. The good news is you can plant new seeds. And you can start now. When you start speaking faith instead of fear, the harvest in your life will start changing too. Always remember the Bible says you’re snared by the words of your mouth. Use it to bless. Don’t make it a curse.

Faith Declaration:
Today I choose to guard the words that come out of my mouth. I will speak faith, life, and truth over my family and over my future. My words will agree with God’s promises and not with fear or doubt. The fruit of my mouth will produce blessing, strength, and victory because God’s truth is what I speak.

-Ash

Fuel for Your Faith: Stay In Your Lane.

4 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
Romans 14:4 (ESV)

God has really been driving this passage home to me lately. I spent a lot of my early Christian walk arguing over non-essential things that had nothing to do with whether somebody was saved or not. Verse 1 says to welcome folks who are weak in their faith, but don’t start picking fights over stupid stuff! ! Let them come, but don’t argue over opinions. Some believers feel freedom in one area, others are more cautious in the same, and neither one has a gavel! When we turn preferences or traditions into spiritual scorecards, we’ve already missed it.

Verse 4 should bring us back down a notch. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? That man or woman answers to the Lord, not to you, and the same grace that’s working on them is the same grace that’s working on you. If God welcomed them, you don’t get a free pass to push them away.

This isn’t about cutting out conviction, it’s about knowing your assignment. You can be strong in your faith without looking down on somebody who’s still learning and growing. We ALL should be! Stay in your lane, eat your meat, stay obedient, and let God deal with His people, even if they’re still on spiritual milk. He’s able to make them stand, and He hasn’t asked you to take His place.

Faith Declaration:
I’ll stay in my lane and focus on my obedience. I won’t waste time judging another servant of the Lord. If God has welcomed them, that settles it for me. He’s able to make His people stand, and I trust Him to do what only He can do.

-Ash