In the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, some villagers practice a unique form of logging.
If a tree is too large to be chopped down, the natives cut it down by yelling at it. Woodsmen
with special "powers" (they believe) creep up on the tree just at dawn and scream suddenly at
it at the top of their lungs. They continue this for 30 days. At the end of the 30 days, the tree
will have died and falls over. The theory is that the hollering kills the spirit of the tree.
According to the villagers, it ALWAYS works. And as Christians, we should NOT be surprised
that this works.
In the Bible, you have the account of the time Jesus simply spoke to a fig tree and commanded
it to die. One account states that they came upon the tree the very next day and it had
withered up from the roots and died. The very next day.
What if everything you spoke came to pass the very next day? Words spoken such as "This
flu is just killing me" or "With this recession, I'll probably be the first one laid off"?
We yell at our mates and children; we yell at the telephone, the lawn, the television, the
newspaper, and our cars; at traffic, bills, banks, government, and machines of all sorts.
Yelling at living things tends to kill the spirit in it. Yelling bad things at inanimate objects long
enough creates the atmosphere for destruction. Why? Because you are not speaking faith
words when you call your car a piece of junk. You will receive whatever you are speaking over
your vehicle because it is a biblical law.
In Deuteronomy 30:19, God states that He has set before us life and death, and blessing and
cursing and tells us to CHOOSE LIFE (that both you and your descendants may live). And He
also tells us how to choose life in Proverbs 18:21 - The tongue has the power of life and
death. What are you killing or cursing in your life? What are you giving life and blessing to?
It is vital we learn this in the times we are living in!
SPEAK LIFE.
Inspiration Copyright © 2008 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
If a tree is too large to be chopped down, the natives cut it down by yelling at it. Woodsmen
with special "powers" (they believe) creep up on the tree just at dawn and scream suddenly at
it at the top of their lungs. They continue this for 30 days. At the end of the 30 days, the tree
will have died and falls over. The theory is that the hollering kills the spirit of the tree.
According to the villagers, it ALWAYS works. And as Christians, we should NOT be surprised
that this works.
In the Bible, you have the account of the time Jesus simply spoke to a fig tree and commanded
it to die. One account states that they came upon the tree the very next day and it had
withered up from the roots and died. The very next day.
What if everything you spoke came to pass the very next day? Words spoken such as "This
flu is just killing me" or "With this recession, I'll probably be the first one laid off"?
We yell at our mates and children; we yell at the telephone, the lawn, the television, the
newspaper, and our cars; at traffic, bills, banks, government, and machines of all sorts.
Yelling at living things tends to kill the spirit in it. Yelling bad things at inanimate objects long
enough creates the atmosphere for destruction. Why? Because you are not speaking faith
words when you call your car a piece of junk. You will receive whatever you are speaking over
your vehicle because it is a biblical law.
In Deuteronomy 30:19, God states that He has set before us life and death, and blessing and
cursing and tells us to CHOOSE LIFE (that both you and your descendants may live). And He
also tells us how to choose life in Proverbs 18:21 - The tongue has the power of life and
death. What are you killing or cursing in your life? What are you giving life and blessing to?
It is vital we learn this in the times we are living in!
SPEAK LIFE.
Inspiration Copyright © 2008 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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