Jim Bakker Show - Understanding "WATCH" | Jentezen Franklin on The Jim Bakker Show
Aired: 2022-07-14
Duration: 03:44


=== Watch Your Words (03:44) ===

[00:00:00]  What does watch stand for?
[00:00:02]  It stands, you know, Jesus was the one who said, he said it three times in the book of Luke.
[00:00:08]  I think it's the 21st chapter or 13th chapter, actually.
[00:00:11]  He said, watch, watch, and then he ends, watch you therefore.
[00:00:16]  And I say to one, I say to all, and he ends the chapter, watch.
[00:00:20]  So what does watch stand for?
[00:00:22]  Number one, in these days when you're feeling overwhelmed, watch your words.
[00:00:27]  W stands for words.
[00:00:29]  Watch what you say.
[00:00:30]  Death and life are in the power of the tongue.
[00:00:32]  The Bible said in Proverbs, if you think evil, put your hand over your mouth.
[00:00:36]  In other words, don't say everything that you think and you feel, but watch your words.
[00:00:42]  Number two, the A stands for attitude.
[00:00:45]  Watch your attitude.
[00:00:47]  Watch your, you know, your attitude is so important.
[00:00:51]  We can't be negative people.
[00:00:52]  We can't be people who are down all the time and whiny all the time and complain.
[00:00:58]  I want to say with some Christians, would you like some cheese with your wine?
[00:01:02]  Because all you do is whine, wine, wine all day.
[00:01:07]  And we ought to be praising.
[00:01:08]  We ought to be joyful.
[00:01:10]  We ought to put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
[00:01:14]  And then he said, and I go into much about the attitude.
[00:01:19]  And then the T stands for, on the word watch, temptations.
[00:01:24]  Watch your temptations.
[00:01:25]  You know, the scripture said, I was put over the vineyard of others and I didn't watch my own.
[00:01:33]  I didn't watch.
[00:01:34]  I didn't watch.
[00:01:35]  And temptation, you know, it just creeps into your life.
[00:01:40]  Compromise creeps in.
[00:01:43]  What you're looking at, what you're listening to, what you're feeding your mind on.
[00:01:47]  And I go into a lot of details of that.
[00:01:51]  The C stands for character.
[00:01:53]  Watch your character.
[00:01:55]  I thought when I, I'm about to turn 60 in a month.
[00:02:01]  And I thought the older I got, the easier it gets.
[00:02:08]  I was so wrong.
[00:02:10]  I was so wrong.
[00:02:11]  That's true.
[00:02:12]  You got to watch your character.
[00:02:15]  You really do.
[00:02:15]  Watch the older you get.
[00:02:17]  Most of the Bible characters fell after they were 50 years old.
[00:02:22]  Oh, no.
[00:02:23]  Most of them did because I think you let your guard down.
[00:02:27]  I think you stop doing the things that you knew.
[00:02:30]  Somebody told me, and I read this one time, that the people who go down the mountain, that's more dangerous than climbing the mountain, is going back down.
[00:02:39]  You fall easier going down than you do going up because you're tense, you're alert, you're making sure.
[00:02:46]  But when you start letting your guard down, so watch your character.
[00:02:49]  And lastly, the H stands for, and it's so important, watch your household.
[00:02:54]  In the end time, in the day in which we're living, what's on your kids' phones?
[00:02:59]  What's on your computers?
[00:03:01]  Watch your household.
[00:03:04]  Don't let culture raise your children.
[00:03:07]  Who are their friends?
[00:03:08]  Who are they dating?
[00:03:10]  Watch your household.
[00:03:11]  How's your marriage?
[00:03:12]  You know that me and my wife go get help when we need help.
[00:03:16]  We go talk to a counselor when we need.
[00:03:20]  Life is too deep.
[00:03:22]  Life is too heavy.
[00:03:23]  I don't have all the answers.
[00:03:25]  So why wouldn't I go get help if I need help?
[00:03:28]  Watch your household.
[00:03:29]  It's insane to think that stuff's going to get better if I do nothing.
[00:03:35]  It's not going to get better if you don't do something.
[00:03:38]  So do something.
[00:03:39]  That's right.
[00:03:39]  And watch your household.
[00:03:42]  Watch those kids.
[00:03:43]  Spend time with them.