There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

believe God is finished with you?” The man slowly nodded no. The second question was, “Do you believe it is God’s will to heal you?” He slowly nodded in the affirmative. The minister prayed a mighty prayer of faith, and the man was raised from his deathbed and lived on for many years. He battled his way from death to life with the knowledge of God’s will! When you know who you are, what you are, where you are going, and how you are getting there because you know God’s will, then the enemy cannot move you. You and God know the plan and purpose of your life. 4. G UARD THE WORDS FROM YOUR MOUTH (P ROV . 18:21; M ARK 7:20–23). I will be the first to confess two things about myself that I do not like and have to continually work on. First, I tend to say too much. At times I give too much information, and at times I share my feelings—when I should simply shut up. The second is that I tend to speak up very quickly, giving an opinion first and thinking later, instead of thinking first and then speaking. I have discovered the hard way that you will never have to remember words that you never said or recall negative words that were never spoken! In the New Testament James said much about the tongue (or words). James in his epistle was dealing with Christian living and conduct. In chapter 1 he emphasized the importance of enduring testing and temptation. In chapter 2 he taught how to treat one another in the church with equal respect and the need to combine faith and action to demonstrate that you are truly a believer. In chapter 3 he wrote about disciplining your tongue

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