Knowing Him Daily

26.March.2026

There is a battle being fought with words. Not just God’s Word needing to be declared over your children, but the words coming out of your own mouth about them. I don’t think we realize how much weight our words carry, but the enemy does. He is counting on us to forget.

Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” I used to read that and think it was a little dramatic. It is not. It is a spiritual law as real as gravity. The words we speak carry weight and we will live in the harvest of them one way or another, whether we meant to plant them or not.

Joel 3:10 says, “Let the weak say I am strong.” Not I feel strong. Not I am working on it. Not someday when things look better. Right now, in the middle of the weakness, say it out loud. That is confession, and it is not denial. It is not pretending everything is fine. It is faith deciding to speak before the evidence shows up.

Romans 10:9 connects confession directly to salvation: “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” That is words and belief working together to produce something real. The same principle applies to how we talk about our children. What you believe in your heart and what you say out loud are more connected than we sometimes think.

2 Corinthians 4:13 says, “I believed and therefore I spoke.” Belief first, then speech. That is the order. When you align your words with what God has said about your child you are not pretending the situation is not hard. You are just deciding that His Word carries more weight and authority than what you see right now.

Watch what you say about your children, even casually. Especially casually. The throwaway comment at the dinner table, the frustrated text to a friend, the way you describe them to someone who asks. Instead of rehearsing the problem, declare God’s promise over it. At first it will feel awkward. Do it anyway. Your words are seeds and you get to choose what you plant.

Plant life.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.