Those simple six words really spoke to me this week. I would consider myself a very positive person but for the past little while there have been some areas in my life where I have felt frustrated. I push through and I keep going, because I am not a quitter... but I have been frustrated. Things that I felt should be different by now, that aren't. 

I was finding myself using the words... 

These were words I was saying to my husband at times when coming to him through tears and frustrations and words I was speaking over myself.

I've been praying over these areas of my life and that God would guide me, give me direction, etc. Lord what am I missing? What can I do differently? 

I feel He answered me this past Sunday with those six simple words.

You want breakthrough in those areas? You want to see things snowball?

Our words are powerful. The Bible says in Proverbs 18:21 that the tongue has the power of life and death. Our words can either speak life, or they can speak death. Our tongues can build others up, or they can tear them down. 

Our words matter friends. They matter a lot. And I needed to hear that reminder this week. I needed to shift my focus and I needed to start speaking LIFE over these areas of my life, these desires of my heart, these dreams. 

It was through a sermon by Steven Furtick that I heard on Sunday that blessed me so much, God used him to speak to me through his sermon, "Take the lid off the little." You can watch it here, I highly recommend you do, I think it will bless and encourage you. 

He talks about how our words control the weather. He shared how it didn't rain for 3 years because of the words that came from Elijah's mouth. How can words from one man's mouth control the weather? How can something so little effect something so big? Easy. It happens all the time in our lives. The littlest thing in our day can set you in a direction that impacts your entire day. This is why it's so important how we start our day. Are we starting it scrolling FB, or getting in the Word? Watching the news? Putting on worship music? Hugging our kids? 

I believe I am going to see crazy cool God favor and miracles in these areas of my life in the upcoming months and year and it starts with the words I speak over myself, my husband, my kids, my businesses, my dreams, my life.

So today my plan is to sit down and write out positive affirmations, ways to start my day with thankfulness and words I plan to speak out loud everyday when I wake up. It may sound silly to some, and that's ok, but I believe I am going to see a transformation in these areas of my life because I know God has amazing things in store for us, a huge testimony and I refuse to allow the enemy to tell me otherwise. I'm going to speak out what I want to see in my life, continue to follow God's lead and watch Him do His thing!