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MT 15:11 What goes into a man's mouth does not make him `unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him`unclean.' "
Using profanity makes us defiled (spiritually dirty) which other people around us can sense, and it is contagious. Usually if we use profanity, those around us will start using it. Plus it really lowers people's respect for us. Not using profanity may seem a bit lame, but it demonstrates self-control, maturity, and a submission to God that most people will respect.
EPH 5:4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
Profanity will always come out of our mouth if it lives in our head. Below is a short list of things that you can do to help you to stop using profanity, along with a prayer to pray so that you can break its power over you and remain free of it. Use this prayer and the scriptures dispersed in this lesson as a weapon against profanity and in time your mouth will speak only what you want it to. Trust in God to be in total control of your life.
1. Get off of all drugs that can agitate and aggravate your nervous system. This may include even caffeine if it is causing tension and negative emotions. Having drugs in your system can decrease your self-control and make you more irritable, so get them out of your body.
2. Use replacement words in your mind and it will eventually transfer to your mouth. You must stop swearing in your mind before you can stop with your mouth, so start by using words like shoot, crap, God bless it, or whatever other replacement words you can think of.
3. Renounce, repent, and ask for forgiveness for all past profanity and bind up any evil spirits of profanity to strip them of their power over you. The only way to get demons of profanity to stop landing on your life is to take away their runway of authority. There is a prayer below.
4. Pray when you get mad instead of verbally punishing things yourself. Most profanity is caused by us not trusting in God to bring justice into our problems, so we must learn to trust Him when something goes wrong or when someone mistreats us. God will defend us.
5. Use scriptures to help you to stop swearing, because you will be judged by them. When you are aware that you will have to give an account later on for misusing God's name it can really help you to stop doing it. All profanity leads to taking God's name in vain eventually.
MT 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Just remember that if you really mean business with God and want to stop using profanity that He will be faithful to help you. God will do everything you cannot. Also, you may want to print this lesson out and write the scriptures down so that you can memorize them. So pray and invite Jesus into your profanity problem and He will actually help you if you trust Him to.
Below is a prayer to pray if you need it.
"Dear God, I just renounce and repent of using any form of profanity or vile speech, and I ask that you would forgive me for every time I have ever done it. I just bind up any and all evil spirits of profanity, cursing, swearing, or coarse speech, and I ask that you would help me to change how I think, speak, and act from now on. In Jesus precious name I pray, amen".
Feel free to repeat the above prayer every time that you have a slip and you will become more aware of what you are saying before you say it next time.
COL 4:6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Using profanity makes us defiled (spiritually dirty) which other people around us can sense, and it is contagious. Usually if we use profanity, those around us will start using it. Plus it really lowers people's respect for us. Not using profanity may seem a bit lame, but it demonstrates self-control, maturity, and a submission to God that most people will respect.
EPH 5:4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
Profanity will always come out of our mouth if it lives in our head. Below is a short list of things that you can do to help you to stop using profanity, along with a prayer to pray so that you can break its power over you and remain free of it. Use this prayer and the scriptures dispersed in this lesson as a weapon against profanity and in time your mouth will speak only what you want it to. Trust in God to be in total control of your life.
1. Get off of all drugs that can agitate and aggravate your nervous system. This may include even caffeine if it is causing tension and negative emotions. Having drugs in your system can decrease your self-control and make you more irritable, so get them out of your body.
2. Use replacement words in your mind and it will eventually transfer to your mouth. You must stop swearing in your mind before you can stop with your mouth, so start by using words like shoot, crap, God bless it, or whatever other replacement words you can think of.
3. Renounce, repent, and ask for forgiveness for all past profanity and bind up any evil spirits of profanity to strip them of their power over you. The only way to get demons of profanity to stop landing on your life is to take away their runway of authority. There is a prayer below.
4. Pray when you get mad instead of verbally punishing things yourself. Most profanity is caused by us not trusting in God to bring justice into our problems, so we must learn to trust Him when something goes wrong or when someone mistreats us. God will defend us.
5. Use scriptures to help you to stop swearing, because you will be judged by them. When you are aware that you will have to give an account later on for misusing God's name it can really help you to stop doing it. All profanity leads to taking God's name in vain eventually.
MT 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Just remember that if you really mean business with God and want to stop using profanity that He will be faithful to help you. God will do everything you cannot. Also, you may want to print this lesson out and write the scriptures down so that you can memorize them. So pray and invite Jesus into your profanity problem and He will actually help you if you trust Him to.
Below is a prayer to pray if you need it.
"Dear God, I just renounce and repent of using any form of profanity or vile speech, and I ask that you would forgive me for every time I have ever done it. I just bind up any and all evil spirits of profanity, cursing, swearing, or coarse speech, and I ask that you would help me to change how I think, speak, and act from now on. In Jesus precious name I pray, amen".
Feel free to repeat the above prayer every time that you have a slip and you will become more aware of what you are saying before you say it next time.
COL 4:6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
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