See it, don't say it, pray it.

Matthew 5:33-37 MSG  "And don't say anything you don't mean.
This counsel is embedded deep in our traditions.  
You only make things worse when you lay down a smoke screen of pious talk,
saying, 'I'll pray for you,' and never doing it, or saying,
'God be with you,' and not meaning it.
You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious,
it becomes less true. 
Just say 'yes' and 'no.' When you manipulate words to get your own way,
you go wrong.

While out running recently I heard very clearly in my Spirit these words, "We see it, we don't say it, we pray it." I literally stopped in my tracks. Perhaps, it is just me? I this tendency to say what I see, or what I am thinking and feeling before running it through my spiritual processor. When I got born again I believe I got this brand new filter through which I am to run every thought...(2 Corinthians 10:5) I was told early in my spiritually formative years that, "Birds will fly over your head, but you don't allow them to build a nest." This help me not to walk in condemnation for what I would catch myself thinking. As I developed in the Word of God I realized the Holy Spirit was also working on my eyes and my mouth. How I perceived what I saw and heard mattered to God. As He began to show me things about people and talk to me about certain situations or circumstances my prayer life drastically changed. The more time I spent on my knees the more I understood people. I wasn't anxious or angry nearly as often because the Peace of God was transcending my natural mind.

ACTION STEP: Spend enough time in the Word of God that it becomes the filter through which you filter every thought, everything you see and every word you speak. The whole world will look different. People will look different. However, more importantly your relationship with your Savior will go to a new level.