Evangelist Joshua Orekhie Ministries

EJOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL:

Thursday, October 8, 2026

TOPIC: YOUR MOUTH MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM

OPENING SCRIPTURES

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” (Proverbs 18:21)

“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.” (James 3:5–6)

“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” (Matthew 12:36–37)

MEMORY VERSES

“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.” (Proverbs 21:23)

PRAISE AND WORSHIP

Begin today’s devotion with songs that consecrate your lips to God: “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” “Take My Life and Let It Be,” and “Bless the Lord, O My Soul.” Use your mouth first to praise the Lord. Thank Him for every word of His that has sustained you, and dedicate your tongue afresh as an instrument of praise, blessing, and truth.

Your Mouth Might Be The Problem – EJOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL: October 8, 2026

Beloved, our mouth is very important. We use our mouth to communicate. We use it to pray, to praise, and to worship God. We use it to give commands, to inspire others, and sometimes to correct or condemn what is wrong.

But some people use the same mouth to gossip and to insult. Unfortunately, the mouth has put a lot of people into trouble. In many lives, the mouth has caused more trouble than the devil himself.

The source of many people’s problems is their own mouth. If only they had learned to keep quiet on certain matters, many of the serious problems they are facing today would never have happened. “Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles” (Proverbs 21:23).

Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” This means your mouth is not merely for communication. It carries the power to influence the direction of your life and the lives of others.

Every word you speak is a seed, and every seed will produce a harvest. Sometimes your present problem may not be coming from your enemies, your family background, your village, or the people around you.

Sometimes your mouth might be the problem. Your mouth is a spiritual instrument. It can build or destroy, bless or curse, open doors or shut them, attract helpers or chase them away.

“The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself” (Ecclesiastes 10:12). Your words can open doors or close them. Your mouth can attract favour or attract hatred.

There are people praying for favour while their words continually offend the very people God wants to use to help them. They speak carelessly to their spouses, insult their colleagues, disrespect their employers, and embarrass their friends.

When people begin to withdraw from them, they conclude that everyone is wicked. Yet the real problem may be the way they speak. “A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city” (Proverbs 18:19).

What you say can encourage someone or destroy their confidence. Your words can restore peace or provoke conflict. They can build trust or damage a relationship that took years to establish.

“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health” (Proverbs 12:18).

Beloved, guard what you say. The mouth is the gateway of your life. Whatever passes through it either builds your future or pulls it down. That is why David prayed, “Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips” (Psalm 141:3).

A door is meant to open and to close. A wise person knows when to open the door of his lips and when to keep it shut. A fool leaves the door wide open, and anything comes out. The mouth is the steering wheel of your life.

James says, “Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is a little member” (James 3:4–5).

Just as a small helm turns a great ship, your small tongue is turning the direction of your life every day. If you want to change your direction, start by changing your words.

The mouth is the snare or the shield of your soul. “A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul” (Proverbs 18:7). But “The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life” (Proverbs 10:11).

The same mouth can be a trap that catches you or a well that refreshes you and others. The mouth is the evidence of what is in your heart. Jesus said, “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man” (Matthew 15:18).

People may not see your heart, but they will hear it. If you want a clean mouth, ask God for a clean heart. “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee” (Proverbs 4:23–24).

The mouth is also the table from which you will eat. “A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth” (Proverbs 13:2). “A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth” (Proverbs 12:14).

Every day, you are preparing a meal with your words, and one day you will sit down to eat it. Make sure you are cooking something you will be happy to eat.

So guard what you say, even with those closest to you. The prophet Micah warned, “keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom” (Micah 7:5).

Not every thought must be shared, not every plan must be announced, and not every feeling must be expressed at the moment it rises. Learn to hold your peace. “I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle” (Psalm 39:1).

And remember the promise: “For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile” (1 Peter 3:10). Do you want to love your life?

Do you want to see good days? Then refrain your tongue from negative things. Your good days may be waiting on the other side of your self control.

Beloved, not everything you know or think should be said, and not everything you hear should be discussed. “To every thing there is a season… a time to keep silence, and a time to speak” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7).

Some people cannot control their words, and that is why they are in trouble today. “He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction” (Proverbs 13:3).

Some people cannot keep secrets. Once they receive information, they immediately begin telling others. They discuss their marriage problems with everybody, expose their private family matters, and reveal their business plans before proper arrangements have been made.

Then, when the information is misused, they begin looking for the person responsible for their disappointment. “A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter” (Proverbs 11:13).

So before you accuse everyone around you, pause and ask yourself: Who did I tell? Why did I say it? Was it necessary? Many people are fighting enemies who are only repeating what they themselves told them.

Beloved, as you learn to guard your mouth, and you are also guarding your life. Pray daily, “Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips” (Psalm 141:3).

Some people’s mouths become most dangerous when they are angry. In a moment of anger, they say things they would never say when they are calm, and those words remain long after the anger is gone.

“He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly” (Proverbs 14:17). “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls” (Proverbs 25:28). A person who cannot control his tongue in anger is like a city without walls; anything can enter and destroy.

Some marriages are suffering today because couples cannot control their words during disagreements. A husband may insult his wife, mock her family, or compare her with other women.

A wife may repeatedly humiliate her husband, talk down to him, or disgrace him before the children and neighbours. Parents may speak harshly to their children, calling them useless, foolish, or cursed, and children may respond disrespectfully to their parents.

Later, everyone wonders why love and peace are disappearing from the home. Beloved, many homes are not destroyed by witchcraft; they are destroyed by words.

“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands” (Proverbs 14:1), and many are pulling down their homes with their mouths. “Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them” (Colossians 3:19).

“Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath” (Ephesians 6:4). “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath” (Ephesians 4:26).

Beloved, our words carry power, and once they are released, they cannot be called back. You can apologise for a word, but you cannot unsay it. It is like water poured on the ground; you cannot gather it up again.

Words may be forgiven, but they are rarely forgotten. You cannot keep wounding people with your words and expect them to love you. “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger” (Proverbs 15:1).

If your words are always grievous, do not be surprised when the people around you are always angry. Your words also carry weight in the spirit realm.

Jesus taught, “whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith” (Mark 11:23).

Notice that Jesus said, “he shall have whatsoever he saith.” If words of faith can remove mountains, then words of doubt, fear, and negativity can also build mountains in your way.

Be careful what you keep saying about your life, your marriage, your children, and your future, because you may be setting the boundaries of your own destiny with your tongue.

Some people have lost their jobs because of careless statements. They spoke carelessly about their boss, forwarded insulting messages about their organisation, or posted something reckless on social media.

The Bible warns, “Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter” (Ecclesiastes 10:20). What you say in secret has a way of reaching the ears of those you spoke about.

There are moments when God expects you to open your mouth. Open it to pray, to praise, to defend the innocent, to speak the truth, to encourage the weary, and to share the gospel.

“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy” (Proverbs 31:8–9).

Many believers use their mouths for everything except the things that matter most. They can talk for hours on the phone, but they cannot pray for ten minutes.

They can argue about football and politics with passion, but they cannot open their mouths to praise God with the same energy.

The Bible says, “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name” (Hebrews 13:15). “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth” (Psalm 34:1). A mouth that is busy with praise has little time for complaining.

Use your mouth to preach the gospel. “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10:14).

Someone around you may be waiting for the words that will lead them to Christ.  Use your mouth to build people up. “Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another” (1 Thessalonians 5:11).

In the early church, there was a man named Joses, whom the apostles called Barnabas, “which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation” (Acts 4:36). He was known for his encouraging words. When others were afraid of Paul, Barnabas spoke up for him.

When Paul gave up on John Mark, Barnabas gave him another chance. Beloved, what are you known for? Are you known as a son or daughter of consolation, or as the person who always discourages, criticises, and complains?

The Bible describes the virtuous woman this way: “She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness” (Proverbs 31:26). Wisdom and kindness are the two guards every mouth needs. Wisdom tells you what to say and when to say it. Kindness tells you how to say it.

Look at our Lord Jesus. When He spoke in the synagogue at Nazareth, the Bible says, “all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth” (Luke 4:22).

When the officers were sent to arrest Him, they came back empty handed and said, “Never man spake like this man” (John 7:46). His words were so full of grace and power that even His enemies were disarmed.

Yet the same Jesus knew the power of silence. When He stood before His accusers, “he answered nothing.” Pilate marvelled, because “he answered him to never a word” (Matthew 27:12, 14).

Isaiah prophesied, “as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth” (Isaiah 53:7). Beloved, you do not have to answer every accusation. You do not have to respond to every insult.

Sometimes the most powerful response is silence and trust in God. “The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace” (Exodus 14:14).

When Hannah was pouring out her heart before God in the temple, “she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard” (1 Samuel 1:13). Eli thought she was drunk and rebuked her. Hannah did not insult him in return.

She answered respectfully, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit” (1 Samuel 1:15). Her gentle answer turned the rebuke into a blessing, and Eli said, “Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition” (1 Samuel 1:17).

If Hannah had answered Eli with anger, she might have walked away with a quarrel instead of a blessing. Some people have lost their blessing because they could not answer gently when they were misunderstood.

Be careful also of flattery. Some people use sweet words to manipulate others. They praise you to your face and tear you down behind your back. “A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin” (Proverbs 26:28).

God says, “The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things” (Psalm 12:3). Let your words be sincere. Do not say what you do not mean.

Be careful of proud words. When King Herod sat on his throne in royal apparel and gave a speech, the people shouted, “It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.”

Herod accepted the praise and did not give glory to God, and “immediately the angel of the Lord smote him” (Acts 12:22–23). Pride in the mouth can bring sudden judgment. Let your words always give glory to God.

And remember that in this generation, your fingers also speak. What you type on WhatsApp, Facebook, X, and every other platform is as real as what you say with your lips.

Many people who are careful with their mouths are careless with their keyboards. They post insults, forward rumours, share false stories, and reveal private matters online.

Beloved, every rule of the mouth also applies to your phone. Before you post, ask yourself: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? Will it glorify God? At the end of the day, every word will be weighed.

Jesus said, “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned” (Matthew 12:37). Let us therefore speak in a way we will not be ashamed of on that day. “The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment” (Psalm 37:30).

Beloved, it is better to lose an argument and keep a relationship than to win an argument and lose a destiny helper. A person may even lose a valuable opportunity because they could not control what they said during an interview, a meeting, or a negotiation.

They talked too much, boasted too much, criticised their former employer, revealed confidential information, or answered rudely, and the door God had opened closed in their face. “The heart of the righteous studieth to answer” (Proverbs 15:28).

A wise person thinks before he speaks. “Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him” (Proverbs 29:20).

Think about the words that are common in our homes and streets. “This child will kill me.” “My husband will send me to an early grave.” “I am suffering and smiling.” “Nothing good can come out of this family.”

“I will never marry.” “I will die poor.” “Over my dead body.” “My business is dead.” Some people say these things jokingly, and some say them out of frustration, but they are still words, and words are seeds. Beloved, stop prophesying against yourself.

Look at what happened when Rachel was dying in childbirth. With her last breath, she named the baby Benoni, which means “son of my sorrow.” But the Bible says, “his father called him Benjamin” (Genesis 35:18), which means “son of my right hand.”

Jacob refused to let his son carry a name of sorrow. He reversed the word with a better word. Beloved, if negative words have been spoken over your life or your children, you can reverse them by speaking the Word of God.

Jabez carried a painful name because his mother said, “Because I bare him with sorrow.” But Jabez refused to live under that word. He “called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested” (1 Chronicles 4:9–10).

What a mother spoke in pain, a son can reverse in prayer. No matter what has been spoken over you, you can open your own mouth and call upon God to cancel it. Even careless words spoken in ignorance can carry consequences.

When Laban searched for his stolen household gods, Jacob confidently said, “With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live” (Genesis 31:32). He did not know that his beloved Rachel had taken them.

Not long after, Rachel died on the way to Bethlehem. Beloved, be careful of swearing, cursing, and making careless declarations, especially in anger.

God takes words so seriously that sometimes He shuts a mouth to protect His promise. When the angel told Zacharias that his barren wife would bear a son, Zacharias answered with doubt.

The angel said, “thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words” (Luke 1:20).

For nine months, Zacharias could not speak, because his words of unbelief could have fought against what God was doing. Some of us need to ask God to shut our mouths before we speak our blessings away.

This does not mean that you should pretend everything is fine when you are hurting. David poured out his heart before God in the Psalms. Job lamented his pain. Jesus Himself wept. It is not a sin to tell God honestly how you feel, and it is wise to seek help when you are struggling.

When God called Jeremiah, He said, “Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth” (Jeremiah 1:9). Then He said, “I will hasten my word to perform it” (Jeremiah 1:12).

God does not hasten your complaints; He hastens His Word. He “confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers” (Isaiah 44:26).

When your words agree with His Word, heaven backs them. When Ezekiel stood in the valley of dry bones, God did not ask him to describe how dry the bones were. He said, “Prophesy upon these bones” (Ezekiel 37:4).

As Ezekiel spoke the word of the Lord, the bones came together, flesh came upon them, breath entered them, and they stood up as an exceeding great army.

Beloved, stop describing your dry bones and start prophesying to them. “Let the weak say, I am strong” (Joel 3:10). Let the sick say, “By His stripes I am healed.”

Let the barren say, “I shall be a joyful mother of children.” Let the one in lack say, “My God shall supply all my need.” Let the one in trouble say, “It is well.”

The Shunammite woman’s only son died in her arms. She laid him on the bed of the man of God, closed the door, and went to find Elisha. When people asked her, “Is it well with the child?” she answered, “It is well” (2 Kings 4:26).

She refused to announce death over what God had given her. And God raised her son. David stood before Goliath and declared, “This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand” (1 Samuel 17:46), and before evening, Goliath was on the ground. Your words of faith can go ahead of you and prepare the way for your victory.

Beloved, from today, watch the words you keep repeating about your life. Cancel every negative confession. Reverse every evil word spoken over your children. Refuse to call yourself a negative name.

Open your mouth and agree with what God has said about you. “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony” (Revelation 12:11).

So how do we bring our mouths under control? First, we must allow God to deal with our hearts, because “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh” (Matthew 12:34). If bitterness, pride, envy, or anger is in your heart, it will come out through your mouth. Ask the Holy Spirit to cleanse your heart.

Second, learn to pause before you speak. “Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” (James 1:19).

Third, ask yourself before every word: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? Is this the right time?

Fourth, fill your heart and mouth with the Word of God, so that what comes out is life.

Fifth, where your mouth has already caused damage, humble yourself and apologise. Go to your spouse, your children, your parents, your colleagues, and your friends, and make things right.

And remember, the same mouth that has caused trouble can become an instrument of blessing. “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life” (Proverbs 15:4). “Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones” (Proverbs 16:24).

Begin today to use your mouth to bless your home, encourage your colleagues, honour your leaders, praise your God, and declare His promises over your life.

PERSONAL CHALLENGE

For the next seven days, keep a “word journal.” Each evening, write down any negative, harsh, careless, or complaining words you spoke during the day, and beside each one write a scripture that speaks the opposite.

Repent of the negative words and declare the scriptures aloud. Today, choose one person you have wounded with your words and sincerely apologise to them. Also choose one person in your home to bless with deliberate words of encouragement before the day ends.

EVANGELISM CHALLENGE

Use your mouth today for the greatest purpose of all: to share the gospel. Ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to one person, and tell them in simple words what Jesus has done for you.

Let the same mouth that once spoke careless words now speak words of eternal life. “How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!” (Romans 10:15).

FURTHER STUDY

Proverbs 18:20–21; James 3:1–18; Matthew 12:33–37; Numbers 13:25–33; Numbers 14:1–35; Numbers 20:7–13; Psalm 106:32–33; Numbers 12:1–15; Judges 11:29–40; Luke 1:11–22, 57–64; 1 Samuel 25:2–35; 1 Kings 12:1–19; Isaiah 6:1–8; Ezekiel 37:1–10; Proverbs 15:1–4; Ephesians 4:25–32; Colossians 4:6; Psalm 141:3

PRAYER ASSIGNMENT (MORNING)

1. Father, I thank You for the gift of speech and for the power You have placed in words.

2. Lord, I dedicate my mouth to You today as an instrument of praise, truth, and blessing.

3. O Lord, open Thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise (Psalm 51:15).

4. Father, forgive me for every idle, careless, and sinful word I have ever spoken (Matthew 12:36).

5. Lord, forgive me for every negative word I have spoken over my own life and destiny.

6. Every negative confession I have made about myself, be cancelled by the blood of Jesus.

7. Every word of failure, poverty, sickness, and death I have spoken over my life, be reversed by the blood of Jesus.

8. Every time I called myself a grasshopper, Lord, forgive me; I am well able in Christ (Numbers 13:30, 33).

9. Every curse my mouth released against my children, be broken and reversed, in the name of Jesus.

10. Every curse my mouth released against my spouse and marriage, be nullified by the blood of Jesus.

11. Every curse I have spoken against my finances, career, and business, be cancelled, in the name of Jesus.

12. Every word I spoke in anger that has become a snare to my life, be broken, in the name of Jesus (Proverbs 6:2).

13. Every careless word like Jacob’s that brought sorrow upon my loved ones, Lord, have mercy and cancel its effect (Genesis 31:32).

14. Every rash vow I have made before You, Lord, show me how to make it right (Ecclesiastes 5:2–6).

15. Lord, forgive me for every time I murmured and complained against You (1 Corinthians 10:10).

16. Every spirit of murmuring and complaining in my life, be cast out, in the name of Jesus.

17. Lord, as You said to Israel, “As ye have spoken, so will I do,” let me speak only what I want to see (Numbers 14:28).

18. Lord, forgive me for every time I spoke unadvisedly with my lips like Moses (Psalm 106:33).

19. Every spirit of anger that makes me speak words I later regret, be broken, in the name of Jesus.

20. Lord, forgive me for every time I spoke against Your anointed and against leaders You placed over me (Numbers 12:1).

21. Every affliction that came into my life because of words I spoke against others, be healed by the blood of Jesus.

22. Lord, forgive me for every word of unbelief I spoke against Your promises (Luke 1:20).

23. Lord, if my mouth is endangering my promise, guard it as You guarded the promise in Zacharias’ life.

24. Every Nabal spirit in my mouth that insults my helpers, be cast out, in the name of Jesus (1 Samuel 25:10).

25. Lord, give me the wise tongue of Abigail that turns away wrath and preserves lives (1 Samuel 25:32–33).

26. Every Rehoboam spirit of harsh answers that scatters people from me, be broken, in the name of Jesus (1 Kings 12:13–16).

27. Lord, teach me to give soft answers that turn away wrath (Proverbs 15:1).

28. Every spirit of gossip and talebearing in my life, be cast out by fire, in the name of Jesus.

29. Lord, let me stop supplying firewood to strife with my words (Proverbs 26:20).

30. Every lying tongue in my life, be purged by the fire of the Holy Ghost, in the name of Jesus.

31. Lord, deliver me from cursing and blessing with the same mouth (James 3:10).

32. Every spirit of foolish talking, filthy jesting, and corrupt communication, depart from my mouth, in the name of Jesus (Ephesians 5:4).

33. Lord, deliver me from talking too much and revealing my secrets to my enemies (Proverbs 13:3).

34. Lord, help me to refrain my lips, for in the multitude of words there wanteth not sin (Proverbs 10:19).

35. Every spirit of boasting and pride in my speech, be broken, in the name of Jesus (Proverbs 27:1).

36. Lord, teach me to say, “If the Lord will,” concerning my plans (James 4:15).

37. Lord, heal every person I have wounded with words that pierced like a sword (Proverbs 12:18).

38. Lord, give me the humility to apologise to everyone I have hurt with my tongue.

39. Lord, let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight (Psalm 19:14).

40. Lord, cleanse my heart, for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:34).

41. Every bitterness, envy, fear, and pride in my heart that produces evil words, be uprooted, in the name of Jesus.

PRAYER ASSIGNMENT (NIGHT)

1. Father, I thank You for keeping me through this day.

2. Lord, forgive me for every careless word I spoke today.

3. Lord, forgive me for every complaint, insult, lie, and gossip that came out of my mouth today.

4. Holy Spirit, remind me of every person I wounded with my words today, and give me grace to make it right.

5. Blood of Jesus, wash my mouth, my heart, and my mind before I sleep.

6. Every negative word I spoke today, I cancel it by the blood of Jesus.

7. Every evil word spoken against me today by anyone, fall to the ground and die, in the name of Jesus.

8. Every curse spoken against my life, my family, or my destiny, be turned into a blessing (Deuteronomy 23:5).

9. Every tongue that rises against me in judgement, I condemn it, in the name of Jesus (Isaiah 54:17).

10. Every evil pronouncement made over my life in secret meetings, be reversed by the blood of Jesus.

11. Every lying tongue speaking against my name, be silenced, in the name of Jesus.

12. Every evil report about me circulating among people, be exposed and cancelled, in the name of Jesus.

13. Every word I spoke to the wrong person that the enemy wants to use against me, be nullified, in the name of Jesus.

14. Every secret I carelessly revealed, Lord, let it not become a weapon in the hand of my enemies.

15. Every evil dream where I am cursing, quarrelling, or speaking evil, be cancelled by the blood of Jesus.

16. Every dream where my mouth is sealed or I cannot speak, I reject it; my mouth is open for praise and testimony, in the name of Jesus.

17. Every spiritual gag placed on my mouth to stop my prayers, be removed by fire, in the name of Jesus.

18. Every power trying to make me speak evil over my own life, be bound, in the name of Jesus.

19. Every spirit provoking me to anger so that I will speak unadvisedly, be cast out, in the name of Jesus.

20. Lord, let my spirit be calm, and let my tongue be guarded even in moments of provocation.

21. Father, I thank You for the gift of my mouth and the power You have placed in words.

22. Lord, I dedicate my mouth to You as an instrument of prayer, praise, truth, and blessing.

23. Father, forgive me for every time my mouth brought trouble into my life.

24. Lord, forgive me for blaming my enemies, my family, and my village for problems my mouth created.

25. Lord, I am snared with the words of my mouth; deliver me today, in the name of Jesus (Proverbs 6:2).

26. Every trap my own words have set for my life, be broken by the blood of Jesus.

27. Every helper I have chased away with careless words, Lord, bring them back by Your mercy.

28. Every favour I have lost because of my tongue, Lord, restore it, in the name of Jesus.

29. Lord, forgive me for every word that offended those You sent to help me.

30. Lord, forgive me for speaking carelessly to my spouse, insulting my colleagues, and disrespecting my employers.

31. Lord, heal every relationship that took years to build but was damaged by my words.

32. Lord, give me grace to know what to say and what to leave unsaid (Ecclesiastes 3:7).

33. Lord, give me a faithful spirit that conceals matters, and deliver me from being a talebearer (Proverbs 11:13).

34. Every secret I revealed carelessly, Lord, let it not become a weapon in the hand of my enemies.

35. Lord, help me to keep my marriage matters, family affairs, and business plans in the right circle.

CLOSING REFLECTION

Beloved, your mouth is one of the most powerful instruments God has given you. It can be a fire that destroys or a tree of life that heals. It can close doors or open them. It can chase away helpers or attract them. Before you blame your enemies, examine your words. Repent of every careless word, cancel every negative confession, apologise where you have wounded others, and ask God to touch your lips with the coal from His altar. From today, let your mouth speak praise, faith, blessing, and truth. Speak to your dry bones, declare God’s promises, and watch Him establish the words of your mouth. Remain blessed in Jesus’ name.