*DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL* *SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 2019* *WATCH WHAT YOU SAY* TEXT: NUMBERS 14:26-39.

*DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL*

*SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 2019*

*WATCH WHAT YOU SAY*

TEXT: NUMBERS 14:26-39.

_🔑KEY VERSE: "Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you" (NUMBERS 14:28)._

There was a great famine in Samaria because the Syrian Army had besieged the city. It was so serious that two women arranged to eat their sons. Then Elijah, the man of God, prophesied that within twenty four hours there would be such abundance of food which would be sold so cheaply at the gate of Samaria. A lord on whom the king leaned asked if such a thing could be, even if God were to open a window in heaven. He was told that he would see it but will not eat of it. He saw it but did not eat of it. He died the next day because of his rash words.

The children of Israel had accepted the evil report of the ten out of the twelve spies, which put fear in their hearts. In response to their own belief and negative pronouncements, God promised that all they had spoken concerning their inability to enter the land will be so done to them.

The tongue, though a little member of the body can bring good or evil in the life of man, depending on the usage. Many, like the Shunammite woman and the centurion, brought blessings to their lives by the proper use of their tongues. Others like Miriam, the forty two children that mocked Elisha and the servant who received one talent from his master and not only failed to use it, but insulted him, brought judgement on themselves with their tongue.

How do you use your tongue? Do you backbite, gossip, find fault and curse? Do you use it to encourage and edify the body of Christ, seeking the glory of God? Caleb and Joshua entered the Land of Promise because they believed they would and confessed it. We are to live by faith, confessing the promises of God always so that we can have whatever we say.

*✍THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:* What you say is what you get.

COVER TO COVER: EZEKIEL 18-21.

*MEDITATION:*

Check up, your problem may be your tongue

1. Power in your tongue: Say it and have it
a. Heaven heard what they said quietly (murmuring) at unguarded moment v28.
*Lord* forgive me of any misuse of my tongue during unguarded hours🙏
*Lord*, keep a watch over my tongue during unguarded hour🙏.
b. Close to a million adult of 20+ died in the wilderness vv29,32 Unprecedented destructions in the wilderness.
c. They were denied entry into the land of promise v30.
d. Avoidable stagnancy and delay in life's journeys v34.
*Lord*, deliver me from every strife of tongues affecting my destiny and hindering me from entering my land of promise🙏
e. Cancellation of divinely given and assured promises v34.
*Lord*, let your word of the new covenant and the blood of Jesus swallow all negative words working against my life🙏
*Observe* that all the promised rights for all believers in Psalm 91 were all breached due to misuse of tongues.
e. Destinies of about a million adults wasted through premature deaths v35.
f. Systematic destruction of almost a generation through pestilence and epidemic vv35,37.
2. Check your tongue
a. Do you experience untimely deaths in your family or church? Are you experiencing stagnancy in your life's journey? Are you experiencing a breach of God's promises that others are enjoying? Are you being denied access to your land of promise? Check the use of your tongue first.
*God* of all power, visit your children and destroy all the effect of curses and negative words from the foundation in their lives🙏
b. You can equally use your tongue to inflict injury to the life of others and become an enemy of God. There can also be divine "back to the sender" that may also follow a wrong use of tongue to your neighbour. What you sow is what you reap.
*Recall* where you have used your tongue negatively and ask for forgiveness🙏
c. You can use your tongue to reverse all that evil tongues have pronounced against your life.
*Start* to use your tongue now to confess positive things to your life and your loved ones 🙏
3. Great examples
a. Caleb and Joshua used their tongues to confess faith, encourage Israel to believe God and negated the power of the evil tongues of the other spies v38.
b. Proper use of the tongue produces life as opposed to death v38.
c. What type of tongues is your tongue?
*Lord*, I hereby surrender my tongue to you to be used to speak what glorifies you alone.

HYMN: Gracious Spirit dwell with me

1. Gracious Spirit, dwell with me:
I myself would gracious be;
and with words that help and heal
would thy life in mine reveal;
and with actions bold and meek
would for Christ my Savior speak.
2 Truthful Spirit, dwell with me:
I myself would truthful be;
and with wisdom kind and clear
let thy life in mine appear;
and with actions brotherly
speak my Lord’s sincerity.
3 Mighty Spirit, dwell with me:
I myself would mighty be;
mighty so as to prevail,
where unaided man must fail;
ever by a mighty hope
pressing on and bearing up.
4 Holy Spirit, dwell with me:
I myself would holy be;
separate from sin, I would
choose and cherish all things good,
and whatever I can be,
give to him who gave me thee!