You are what you say

We become what we say; if we tell a lie, we become a lie; if we talk trash, we become trash; if we talk holiness, we become holy. One of the worse things about telling a lie is trying to remember what you said, and having to live every day with someone you cannot trust. Saying something aloud reinforces it in our mind; that’s why actors and speakers practice aloud; that’s why we are told to confess the Lord to others. Jesus said’ “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned”. (Matthew 12:37)

If we speak positive things, things that are true, honest, just, pure, and lovely; these things become a part of us and we become them. “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think (and speak) on these things.”(Philippians 4:8)

The Bible has much to say about how we talk: I Timothy 4:12 says to be examples of believers; in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith and in purity. “The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.”(Proverbs 15:2 ). “Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.”(Psalms 34:13) “Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.”(Proverbs 21:23)

You become every word you speak, so be sure everything you say is true and reflects the fruit of the Spirit. (Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance….. Galatians 5: 22& 23)