You can walk by a well-kept garden, and tell EXACTLY which
seeds were planted by what is blooming there.
You can also tell the ugly weeds that just drifted in, which, if allowed
to grow long enough, will choke out the beauty of the well-kept garden. Yes, words that we spoke yesterday make life what
it is today!!! Mark 11.23 says
“He shall have those things that he sayeth.”
The things you say are words. In
face you could paraphrase it that you will possess the things you speak.
Words, words, words.
Researchers’ estimates of how many words we speak per day range from
50,000 to 2,500, with the average estimate being approximately 15,000 words per
day.
The Bible tells us that in Matthew 12.36-37 tells us that we
will give account of every idle or useless word we speak, and that by our words
we shall be justified (shown innocent), or by our words we shall be condemned
(pronounced guilty).
Words
kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose. (Proverbs 18.21 Message) Words can make or break us, heal us or make
us sick. They can break others to pieces
(Job 19.2). They have creative power
(Romans 4.17 - Abraham was first named
“father” and then became a father
because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to
life, with a word make something out of nothing.)
Words make an atmosphere. They bless or heal, they empower, they cut
down and curse. A soft word can turn
away wrath, and grievous words can agitate anger (Proverbs 15.1).
Words can be wood to a fire or
even a destroying fire (Proverbs 26.20, 16.27, James 3.5-6). Proverbs 18.21
says, Words kill, words give life;
they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.
Choose your words carefully! You are building or tearing
down with them!
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1 comment:
Hello Karen. So good to know you through your profile on the blogger. I am also glad to stop by your blog "Marriage Vitamins" and the post on it" The Power of Your Words". Awesome. Very important topic. I have preached on this in my church. It is my prayer that God's people be sensitive to others while using words that can break others. God has called us to build lives of other. Thank you for your reminder. Let me share with you a program our church in Mumbai, India has for the young people as well as for the adults from the West where by we invited such people to come to Mumbai on a short / long term missions trip to work with us in the slums of Mumbai amongst poorest of poor to share the good news of Jesus Christ to give them new life, hope and future. I am in the PASTORAL ministry for last 35yrs In this great city of Mumbai a city with great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach to the poorest of poor with love of Christ to bring healing to the broken hearted. We would love to have your grown up teen aged children come to work with us. My email id is : dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. Looking forward to hear from you very soon.
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