I have made some changes and thought you might find this better understood
than the first draft.  I'll be putting this on my website today sometime.

The Authority Of Words Is Jesus Christ

Does What We Say Really Matter?

By Phil Scovell



     Question.  "How important are spoken words?"

     Recently our newest member of the Scovell family tree was
born.  After nearly two month of being off work, it was time for
his mother to return to her employment.  Junior, he is named after
his father so I call him Junior, or June, wasn't all that
interested in his mom going back to work and especially since he
was being breast fed.  Fortunately, her job isn't far from home
and each day his dad was going to take him to where she worked and
she would have her lunch break to nurse him and spend time with
him.  Junior was, to say the least, less than pleased with staying
with his grandma and grandpa without the facility, sort of speak,
to nurse.  In short, he had no interest in taking a bottle at all
even if it was truly his own mother's milk in the bottle.

     In prenatal classes my daughter in law and son were attending
at the hospital, a nurse teaching the class made the statement,
"Some babies will never take a bottle once they have been breast
fed."  I learned very quickly, in my intercessory prayer sessions
with people, that such words often do have a direct effect on the
mother and her unborn baby.

     Shortly after Junior was born, I was watching an educational
channel on the cable television concerning birth.  Using
ultrasound and other highly sophisticated electronic devices, such
as miniature cameras used for in utero prenatal surgical
procedures, the two hour program documented conception, fetal
development and growth, and almost day by day.  They also
literally video taped the actual birthing of the child.

     I was especially interested with the third trimester of
growth.  According to what I witnessed in this scientific
presentation, the third trimester is when a baby's higher brain
functionality and mind processing capabilities begins to develop
expediently.  The baby begins recognizing familiar sounds, becomes
aware of its existence and explores its internal world, and will
even demonstrate reflex by recoiling from loud external noises or
sudden blows to the mother's abdomen.  They have even proved the
unborn feel physical pain through other medical tests doctors have
conducted.

     About this time, if you are thinking, what happens if a baby
is born two or three months prematurely, you would be on the right
track.  The answer is that the baby is now forced to learn and
grow externally from the protection of its mother's womb.  This
poses a very important question.  Does this mean a baby can hear
what is spoken or felt externally, that is, prior to birth?  This
has already been scientifically confirmed and medically
documented.

     As I was saying, Junior, our grandson, wasn't interested in
taking a bottle and little wonder as to why.  My daughter was
holding him one day and thinking about a story I had shared
concerning her oldest brother,  His testimony is on my website and
is called, "Babies Hear Us Talking."  He heard, in this prayer
session, words spoken about him when he was one day old.  I have
personally prayed with people dozens of times that have this
awareness, not only postnatal, but in utero as well.

     When the statement was made, "Some babies never will take the
bottle," my wife spoke up and said, "We need to pray against that
because that's a lie and not even true."  Being the highly
sophisticated, theologically scholarly giant man of faith that I
am, that had never crossed my mind.  Odd, you might think, since I
have especially prayed with people many times about issues exactly
like this but it never registered with me for some reason.

     The first week we had him, Junior was crying and refusing to
take the bottle.  Gretchen, my daughter, was trying to calm him
when she remembered what the instructor had said.  At the same
moment, she remembered the story I had told my family about her
brother hearing things the first day following his birth which the
Lord exposed as a lie and renewed his mind accordingly.  Gretchen
laid her hands on the baby and said, "Lord, this little boy cannot
pray for himself.  He can't even tell us what is wrong.  I bind
the words spoken against him that he may never take a bottle and
call them null and void in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ."
She picked up the bottle of his mother's breast milk and he began
drinking immediately.  He takes the bottle freely now from anyone
in the family.

     So, I end with the same question with which I began.  "How
important are spoken words?"  Our words work two ways, that is,
they are positive in nature, or words of faith, or they are
negative words, that is utterances of unbelief Which normally are
revealed in utterances of doubt and fear.  Let me hear you speak
about the situation and circumstances you face and I'll tell you
if you are walking in faith or unbelief.  If you cannot say it "In
Jesus name and then walking appreciation of His power to move your
behalf by thanking him until faith conceives," it isn't your faith
speaking according to Colossians 3:16-17 which I now quote.

16  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

     Are you bilingual, that is, speaking forth that which is good
and that which is bad?  Jesus said this is impossible for a
Christian to do.

33  Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make
the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by
his fruit.
34  O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good
things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35  A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth
forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure
bringeth forth evil things.
36  But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall
speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37  For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words
thou shalt be condemned, (Matthew 12:33-37).

     So if our words are not the Lord's words when we speak, what
happens?  It grieves the Holy Spirit.  Why?  because the Holy
Spirit that dwells inside of every Christian, cannot agree with
words which are not Scriptural, that is, are untrue.  He can't
because it is totally against His nature.  So which is it going to
be?  Our way or God's?  Is your tree going to produce good fruit
by your words or evil fruit by your words?  "So what happens if it
doesn't work?" I hear you asking.  My answer?  "What are you going
to do if it does?"  the truth is, Titus 1:2 proclaims God cannot
lie so decide this day whom you will believe.


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