What’s Your Frequency?
“Experts are trying to understand how our brains can hear and play music. A stereo system puts out vibrations that travel through the air and somehow get inside the ear canal. These vibrations tickle the eardrum and are transmitted into an electrical signal that travels through the auditory nerve to the brain stem, where it is reassembled into something we perceive as music.” (Johns Hopkins)
In the Beginning
In Genesis 1, “Then God said” is listed 8 times. Then God said…
1. “Let there be light,” and there was light.
2. “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” …God called the space “sky.”
3. “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” …God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.”
4. “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.”
5. “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.”
6. “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” …Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
7. “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.”
8. “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
The Lord merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.
He assigned the sea its boundaries
and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
Let the whole world fear the Lord,
and let everyone stand in awe of him.
For when he spoke, the world began!
It appeared at his command.
Psalm 33:6-9 NLT
We are uniquely and wonderfully made in his image. It’s common knowledge we have a unique DNA code. Did you know we also have unique thought patterns? Dr. W. Jerome Stowell who was almost a devout atheist, did a study on the wave lengths of the brain. He now believes without a doubt, that God can keep a record of our thoughts (K. Truman, p.12-15). We know this is true because we find it in scripture, Psalm 139.
From a scientific perspective, Dr. Stowell did an experiment that found the channel of thought wavelengths were able to measure and separate in identity even more clearly than the finger prints of each individual’s hand. They took this newfound ability to measure thoughts to the hospital to run an experiment. They put the machine in a room with a dying woman. The scale they used went from 0 to 500 positive or 500 negative. 500 would represent the power used by a fifty-kilowatt broadcasting station in sending a message around the world. The needle registered to 9 points on the scale when they first set it up in the hospital room. When the woman was nearing the end of her life she began to pray to God. She asked for mercy and confirmed her faith. She recognized that God is the only power and thanked Him for her knowledge of His reality. She told Him how much she loved Him. The needle on the device registered 500 points and was trying to go higher! They ran a similar test on a man who was considered a maniac and started verbally abusing the nurses as they tried to help him. The man cursed her and took the Lord’s name in vain. The needle on the device in that scenario registered 500 points negative (K. Truman, p.12-15).
Our whole being is generating a unique frequency.
“Vibrational spectroscopy is the study of the energy (which for scientists identifies the frequency) of the vibration of molecular bonds. Atoms are held together in molecules because the negatively charged electrons in one atom are pulled toward the positively charged nucleus of another and vice versa. But at the same time, the electrons in one atom repel those in the other, and the protons in the nuclei do the same.
This constant push-pull can create a vibration, as if the atoms were connected by tiny springs in constant motion. The vibration is unique for each possible arrangement of atoms in a molecule, and in the language of quantum mechanics, each vibration has a characteristic “energy level.” An electron whose energy matches or exceeds that of a vibrational energy level in a molecule can pass through the molecule more easily.
By measuring current flow through molecules over a wide range of energies, scientists can create a “vibrational spectrum” that provides a fingerprint of the bonds in a molecule and thus is a powerful analytical method for identification of unknown chemicals” (B. Steel, article).
Life or Death – a Choice of Words
I went to google to find the definition of the word, “choice”. I found it interesting that part of its definition includes the words, “the choice between good and evil”.
You are powerful
Through the new covenant, Jesus put us back into right standing with God. What Jesus accomplished on the cross together with the Holy Spirit allows us access to God’s power and authority.
That same power and authority we see Jesus demonstrate in his ministry captured in the New Testament.
But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. (Matt 12:36-37 NIV)
You perceive my thoughts from afar…before a word is on my tongue you know it completely. (Ps 139 NIV)
Speaking Death Or
Speaking Life
What are you Believing – Life or Death?
1. Staying in The Word
2. A commitment to follow Jesus; making Him Lord over my life; dying to my fleshly desires daily
3. Protecting what my eyes see and my ears hear: this means I watch little to no TV and carefully select my environment
4. The quieting of some friendships and the amplification of others
5. Getting involved with the church body: serving in the church, joining a small group, and investing in friendships with other believers
Don’t go Alone - Get Help!
Reach out to a friend to walk with you in this journey. Someone who will celebrate your victories but not shy away from a gentle correction. Specifically, ask them to identify and correct any death you may be speaking over yourself. When I first started on this journey of correcting my speech, I was surprised by how much death I spoke over myself. I’m close to 2 years into this revelation and still correct myself. Pay attention to how you talk to yourself. Are you saying uplifting things to yourself that align with scripture and what God says about you? If you’re hearing anything that sounds like an accusation or name calling…that is not from God, immediately cast it out aloud. If you catch yourself speaking death, quickly correct yourself by saying, “I nullify those words I just spoke in Jesus’ name. Father, please forgive me and erase those words. Thank you, Father. Amen.” It’s important to nullify those words so that they don’t have any power to work against you.
I encourage you to give these tips a try. This was a life giving perspective change for me. 😊
I’d love to hear from you! Please comment below.
Sources:
1. Lucy D., What Are the Earth’s Harmonic Resonate Frequencies?, April 13th, 2023, https://sciencing.com/earths-harmonic-resonate-frequencies-8600773.html
2. Karol K. Truman, Feelings Buried Alive Never Die, St. George, Utah, Olympus Distributing, 1991 and revised 2003.
3. Johns Hopkins Medicine, Keep Your Brain Young with Music, 4/13/2023, https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/keep-your-brain-young-with-music#:~:text=Research%20has%20shown%20that%20listening,%2C%20mental%20alertness%2C%20and%20memory
4. Bill Steele, Physicists develop way to identify molecules by vibrational signatures, Cornell Chronicle, April 13th, 2023, https://www.physics.uci.edu/~wilsonho/N062598.htm
I wonder if we speak like God did in the beginning if it would equal powerful prayer? The way sound and words work in our lives is an amazing mystery!
Even though I know better, I struggle with negative self talk and negative thoughts about others. What an emphatic reminder of the power of the tongue and the influence of our thoughts in our daily walk with Him. Thank you!
This post is a good reminder of the impact of words. Like Liz said, negative self talk has a negative impact. My counselor told me that negative self-talk gives you depression. Let’s use the power of words for good as they were intended.