Joyce Meyer - Me and My Big Mouth!: Your Answer Is Right Under Your Nose

But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart.

1 Corinthians 2:16

A s believers, we need to understand the soul and be trained in discerning the activities of it. As defined in this study, the soul consists of the mind or intellect, the will, and the emotions. Since the soul is full of self, it can and should be purified and rendered a vessel fit for the Masters use. (2 Tim. 2:21.)

Our mouth gives expression to what we think, feel, and want. Our mind tells us what we think, not necessarily what God thinks. Our will tells us what we want, not what God wants. And our emotions tell us what we feel, not what God feels. As our soul is purified, it is trained to carry Gods thoughts, desires, and feelings; then we become a mouthpiece for the Lord!

The Word of God teaches us in 1 Corinthians 2:16 that we have been given the mind of Christ and that we hold the thoughts, feelings, and purposes of His heart. We hold them in us, but the uncrucified soul blocks them from coming forth. There is a continual struggle between the flesh and the spirit.

The body and soul corporately make up what the Bible refers to as the flesh. Therefore we will use the terms the soul and the flesh interchangeably.

Man wants to think his own thoughts, but God desires to use the mind of man to think His thoughts through. Man wants what he desires, but eventually his desires are changed into Gods, if he submits himself to the Holy Spirit. Man lives a great deal by his feelings, which seem to be the believers number one enemy. Feelings can be trained to come under the leadership of the Spirit, but this is a process that requires time and diligence.

This book is about the mouth, and as I have indicated, the mouth gives expression either to the flesh or to the spirit. It can be used to verbalize Gods Word or it can be a vehicle to express the enemys work. I dont believe that any child of God wants to be used as a mouthpiece for the devil, but many are.

Proverbs 18:21 states, Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. There is no subject in the Bible that we should take any more seriously than the mouth. It can be used to bring blessings or destruction not only to our own lives, but also to the lives of many others.

Countless excellent books have been written on the mouth. When God began placing a desire in my heart to write a book on the subject, I must admit that I thought, What for? What can I say that has not already been said? But I do believe God wants such a book written, and I believe it will be timely in the lives of all those who read it.

I pray that the anointing of the Holy Spirit will be on this book in a powerful way to bring revelation, conviction, and repentance. I pray that as you read the words in it, they will burn into your soul a new desire to be a mouthpiece for God.