When we were greeting people at my mother-in-law’s memorial service there were a lot of people from Barb’s extended family & friends I’d never met even after 39 years of marriage. People would often look at me as if to say, “Who are you?” I started telling people, “I’m Barb’s 1st husband.” I am, after all, Barb’s 1st husband but I learned that sometimes, like at a memorial service, one should keep one’s attempts at humor to themselves.
Discerning what words come to us from the Holy Spirit as opposed to coming from our own imagination or even from the enemy’s camp is huge. Don’t dismiss the possibility that it is the Spirit prompting you just because you’ve made some mistakes in the past. Do get better at discerning who is prompting you to think & speak, then follow the Holy Spirit’s lead. His words can help change someone’s life forever.