Watch What You Say

GodTracker 915
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“We greatly underestimate the power of our words, good or bad. It was once said, ‘Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well.’”

Proverbs 15:4
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Like most people, I become disillusioned when circumstances don’t turn out the way I’d hoped. I was feeling particularly low the other day when a project I’d been giving my all for was abruptly terminated. I’d sown time and finance into this venture, not to mention sweat and tears, only to have the rug pulled from under my feet. I felt abandoned and rejected. Was it all worth the effort?

Then I received an email from someone I respected. He has been in the same ministry that I am in yet he has many more years’ experience. He is very successful and well-known as a godly and anointed man of God. He explained to me that he’d had a similar experience when he started out. He had produced a successful programme but it was also prematurely terminated by the powers that be. Then he added, “I recorded a total of 15 episodes and you have done 30! Therefore, you ended up recording 15 episodes more than me. Well done.”

In an instant my despair drained away. His simple words lifted my spirits and encouraged me to not give up. Words! Indeed, all my friend did was write one sentence, a sentence that transformed my mood and motivation. We greatly underestimate the power of our words, good or bad. It was once said, “Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well.”

Listen to what the Scriptures say about words (paraphrased):

Evil words destroy one’s friends; wise discernment rescues the godly.
Gentle words bring life and health; a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
Kind words are like honey – sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

In the book of James in the New Testament we read that the tongue is a little member of the body yet it boasts great things. James says that mankind has tamed many great wild beasts but the human tongue is still rogue. As a small rudder can pilot a great oceangoing vessel so the small tongue can steer the course of a man’s life.

We are the Body of Christ. May the language of the Body of Christ bring life not death.

God-tracking is choosing your words well.

IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT. (NKJV)
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Proverbs 11:9
Proverbs 15:4
Proverbs 16:24
Proverbs 18:21
James 3:1-12

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“Help me to guard my tongue and only speak uplifting words of encouragement into other people’s lives.”

“O Lord, I know I have said things to people that were not uplifting. Forgive me for using my tongue for ignoble reasons. I pray for anyone I have hurt with my words that they may be healed and restored. Thank you, Lord, for the dear folks who have spoken inspiration into my life. Bless them and multiply your purposes in their lives. Help me to guard my tongue and only speak uplifting words of encouragement into other people’s lives. Amen.

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, godtracker.co.uk/godtracker-podcasts

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Whose Plan Will You Follow?

GodTracker 914
The e-devotional to help keep you on track with God’s plans for your life.
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“So, trust the plans of God without relying on your own insight. He who promised is faithful and he will do it. And that’s what God-tracking is all about.”

1 Thessalonians 5:24
He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.

GodTracker has at its core the principle of seeking and tracking the plans of God. It is based on the scripture that tells us that God knows the plans he has for us, plans for a future filled with hope and purpose. Every Christian believer has a personal relationship with God through Jesus. This is why we call him our personal Lord and Saviour. Through the intimate fellowship of the Holy Spirit, we can enjoy walking in God’s personal plans for our lives. Be encouraged to seek God’s purposes alone. It’s when we venture to make our own plans that we deviate from the holy and blessed purposes of God.

Abraham had a God-given purpose. God had called him from his home to settle in a faraway land called Canaan. God gave Abraham a promise saying, “I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.” Though Abraham was over 90 years old and his wife was barren, God promised him that he would become a dad. God knew the plans he had for Abraham, plans for a future filled with hope and purpose.

However, since his wife, Sarah, was barren and old, Abraham became impatient and made his own plan to fulfil God’s purpose. Thus, Ishmael was born of Sarah’s maidservant (a custom acceptable in those days). Later God fulfilled his promise to Abraham when Sarah became pregnant with Isaac. Sadly, because Abraham pre-empted the purpose of God by making his own plans, the descendants of Ishmael became enemies of the descendants of Isaac.

Be encouraged to always trust the plans that God knows he has for you. Acknowledge the Lord in all your ways and refuse to make your own plans to fulfil God’s purposes. As we see in Abraham’s case, the plans of man will always be in opposition to the plans of God. So, trust the plans of God without relying on your own insight. He who promised is faithful and he will do it. And that’s what God-tracking is all about.

God-tracking is trusting the plans and purposes of God.

IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT.
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Genesis 17:1-8
Genesis 16:1-4
Psalm 83:1-8
Proverbs 3:5-6

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“You are faithful, Lord, and I believe your plans will work out for my future filled with hope and purpose.”

“Dear Lord, I know and believe that you have glorious plans for my life. I confess Jesus to be my personal Lord and Saviour and therefore, trust that the plans you have for me are personal and for my good. Forgive me for making my own plans or pre-empting your plans by jumping to conclusions. I acknowledge you, O Lord, in all my ways and trust you to fulfil your purposes in my life according to your plans and not mine. You are faithful, Lord, and I believe your plans will work out for my future filled with hope and purpose. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, godtracker.co.uk/godtracker-podcasts

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Reap in Joy

 GodTracker 913

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“Let go of your dreams and acknowledge God in all you do. Trust him to direct your path according to the plans he knows he has for you and, without leaning on your own understanding. And soon you will reap in joy.”

Psalm 126:5
Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Karen and I’d had an amazing experience travelling across Israel. We had visited the main holy sites in Jerusalem, sailed on a boat on the Sea of Galilee and gazed across the Jordan River toward the Promised Land as Moses had done from Mount Nebo. Now our trip was nearing its end and we were visiting a small farm on the outskirts of Jerusalem before flying out the next day. “Look across this field,” said our host. “The crop is full and lush despite this arid earth. Water is our most treasured commodity,” he said. “When we sow our seed in the dry season we hope and pray the rains will come and cause a harvest. It is as if every handful of precious grain we throw on the dry ground – grain that could feed our families – is being discarded into the dry dust. This is why we sow in tears. But when the rains come and we reap an abundant harvest we reap in joy.”

The people of God were taken into captivity by the Babylonians around 598 BC. There they lived in distress, longing for Jerusalem. It was as if they, like the farmer’s seed, had been sown into the dry desert sand. They wept. But God had promised his people that he would restore their fortunes and bring them home again. He promised them peace and a future filled with hope saying, “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Seventy years later God’s people rose from the ashes of captivity as Ezra and Nehemiah led them back to the Promised Land.

Perhaps you’re facing a desert moment today. It could be you feel as though your aspirations have been scattered in the dust. Perhaps you sense God has called you to let go of a dream, to sow it, as it were, into the dry earth. Well, here’s God’s word for you today: “I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

So, commit your ways to the Lord. Let go of your dreams and continue to acknowledge God in all you do. Trust him to direct your path according to the plans he knows he has for you and, without leaning on your own understanding. And soon you will reap in joy.

God-tracking is sowing in tears only to reap in joy.

IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT.
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Psalm 126
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Proverbs 3:5-6

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“I sow in tears in the certain knowledge that, in your time, I will reap in joy.”

“Heavenly Father, I’m sad to let go of my dreams. I’ve had these ambitions for so long and yet, I feel you are calling me to discard them like a farmer sowing his grain into the dusty ground. So, I sow in tears in the certain knowledge that, in your time, I will reap in joy. I commit my work to you and acknowledge you in every aspect of my life. Lord, I trust you that you will prosper me and not harm me, that you have plans to give you hope and a future. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, godtracker.co.uk/godtracker-podcasts

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.