The Power of What We Say

Proverbs 15:4

The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

God spoke the world into existence.  Jesus cast out demons and healed the sick with His spoken words. There is great power in our words as well. Words cast out from our mouths have the power to build up and the power to crush.  We must be conscious of the power of every word that we speak.

Destructive comments like, "You will never amount to anything," can have long term, negative impact on the life of a child.  Life giving comments like, "God has a special plan for your life," can have long term, positive impact on the life of a child.  We must be careful in choosing the words that we speak to our loved ones and to all the people that we encounter in life.  We truly have the power to plant life or death into those around us.

Satan will stay in our ears all day long, feeding us with destructive words to be spoken against those that we care for.  We must keep our armor up against the urgings to hurt others with our words.  We must continually ask the Holy Spirit to help us to be mindful of our words so that we comfort and build up those around us instead of crushing their spirits.

Let us speak healing words to the wounded.  Let us speak atoning words to those without Christ.  Let us speak peace, encouragement and building up in the lives of all those that surround us.  Let us silence any destructive words that the enemy tries to solicit from us. 

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for the gift of speaking.  We rejoice in praising You with our words and our songs.  We take comfort in coming to You with our words of solicitation.  We pray, Father, that You will fill our hearts with words that speak life into those around us.  We pray that You will shield us from the urgings of the enemy to speak words of conflict and destruction.  Build us up, Lord, so that we may build up others in Your Precious Name. We ask all these things in the name of the Living Word, Jesus Christ.