SPEAK TO BUILD: Your Words Create Your World

Inspired by: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.”- Proverbs 18: 21

“A closed mouth is a closed destiny. Open your mouth and build your future.”- Abundant Robert K. AWOLUGUTU

Let’s examine this scenario together: Two Ghanaians with the same certificate from the same university. One says, “No jobs, Ghana is hard.” The other says, “I will create value where I am.”

Two years later, their lives are different. One lives in a rented apartment, the other in a self-built mansion. Why the difference? Their mouths built different roads. One built a prison, the other a palace.

Many of us are fasting from food and water, but not from negativity. What your mouth says could be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Your words are not just sounds. They are seeds. They will bear fruit of their kind. Your words are bricks. You are building your life, one brick at a time.

THE MOUTH, A BUILDING TOOL
The creation story is proof of the power of words. God created the world by speaking. “Let there be light.” He didn’t think light, He spoke light and it happened.

We are made in God’s image. Words matter. With your words, you design your life. You are the chief architect of your own life.

Science agrees: Your brain believes what your mouth repeats. Speak success into your life, not failure.

3 WAYS WE BURY OUR OWN DESTINY
We Curse Our Own Country & Effort

“Ghana is doomed.” “I will never make it in life.” If you repeatedly tell your child he is a fool, don’t be surprised if he acts like one. If you tell your child he is a candidate for prison, don’t get surprised if he becomes a prisoner. It is the same with your work and nation.

We Speak Fear Instead of Faith
We announce our fears louder than our aspirations, dreams and deepest desires. “What if I fail?” rather than “What If I succeed?”

We Are Silent When We Should Speak

Manny go to their graves without singing the music they were meant to sing, with books unwritten. Many visions died because we were too shy to share, pitch, ask, and sell. A closed mouth is indeed a closed destiny. Opportunities don’t find people; people find opportunities. Open your mouth and declare success. Then go after it with brutal determination and unwavering enthusiasm. Ask. Pitch. Speak.

HOW TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND BUILD- 4 FUNDAMENTAL KEYS

SPEAK Vision Daily:
Write the vision. Have a growth mindset. Speak it. Declare every morning: “I am disciplined. I am excellent. I am the system. I am getting better every single day.” Let your own ears hear this broadcast from the radio between them.

Speak Solutions, Not Just Problems:

Be a solution-oriented person. Instead of saying “We have no chairs,” say “How can we create sitting spaces?” Be an optimist. Builders speak possibilities.

Speak Life Over People
Speak words that edify. Speak words that heal. Be the boss who says “You can do it” instead of “You will never amount to anything in this world.” Your words can liberate or imprison. Build people with your mouth.

Speak Up and Show Up:
Open your mouth to sell your products and services, to apply for that job, to share your article. God cannot bless a mouth you refuse to open. If you want a cure, you must have the courage to sell your sickness. Your breakthrough may be hidden in a conversation you are avoiding.

CONCLUSION
Vision is your future life. Excellence tells you to make your work world-class. Be the system tells you who to become. Now build your life with your words.

Call to Action
Stop waiting for someone to speak for you. From this moment forward, use your mouth as a hammer, not a complaints box. Build, don’t bury.

Final Thought:
If you don’t like your harvest, check what your mouth has been planting.”

More From The Author

1. “A closed mouth is a closed destiny. Open your mouth and build your future.”
2. “Your words are bricks. You are either building a prison or a palace.”
3. “Complainers talk about what is. Builders talk about what can be.”
4. “If your words can’t build you, they will bury you.”
5. “God gave you a mouth not just to eat, but to create.”
6. “Your tongue is a farmer. Every word you speak is a seed, and your life is the harvest.”

Yours in inspiration,
Abundant Robert K. AWOLUGUTU
Writer & Author