Positive Quote for the Week: Silence Outside Voices

December 3, 2023

Positive Quote for the Week: Silence Outside Voices

“Make it a point to silence all negative outside voices and focus on the voice of God, the only One that can lead you in the right direction!” Erica Willis

There is always going to be someone that has something to say: voices that want to criticize, gossip, judge, belittle, bash, blame, and disrespect. You have to get to the point in your life where you don’t let irrelevant outside voices put you in a negative place. It is so easy to snap back at someone that is saying something to you so offensive that you feel like you have no choice but to retaliate. You do have a choice; you can silence those outside voices.

As a Christian, you should have some level of knowledge of spiritual things. We are spiritual beings, God is Spirit, and then there are spirits that are run by the enemy. The fact of the matter is that life is spiritual and when you can view every situation from that lens it will prevent you from being so quick to strike back.

Behind every one of those outside voices that is trying to get a rise out of you, there is a spirit at work. The enemy is using that person as a tool to get you worked up enough to react. Why? Once you fall into the trap of being offended, the devil has you right where he wants you. If he can make you angry enough that you begin to build up animosity and unforgiveness towards someone; he now has a legal right to have access to your life to cause chaos.

Matthew 18:34-35 goes into complete detail about what can happen to someone that holds on to unforgiveness. It states, “And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.” Here we can see that the Lord is clearly saying that we will be delivered over to the torturers (the devil and his minions) if we don’t let things go. This is how the enemy gains the legal right to wreak havoc in your life.

That is why it is so significant to silence those outside voices. They don’t need to have a place in your mind. If what is being said to you is not beneficial to your life, ignore it, avoid reacting to it, and mute it. I had to learn this lesson the hard way when I became a born again Christian. I was always quick to react instead of taking a step back and analyzing what the repercussion would be if I did. One of the number one doorways that the devil loves to open up and legally walk in is unforgiveness. Don’t allow that door to be easily accessible.

Scriptures that help with silencing outside voices

2 Corinthians 10:5 “casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”

Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

Psalm 16:8 “I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.”

Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”

If you’ve missed any of the other weekly quotes, no worries I am listing them down below:

Radiate Quote for the Week: Radiate God’s Love

Positive Quote for the Week: Praise Through the Storm

Positive Quote for the Week: Unforgiveness is Not Love

Positive Quote for the Week: Be a Light Shining in Darkness

Positive Quote for the Week: Nothing Should Steal Your Joy

Positive Quote for the Week: Don’t Quit

Positive Quote for the Week: The Real You

Positive Quote for the Week: A Merry Heart

Positive Quote for the Week: Spiritual Maturity