In the MESSAGE version of the Bible there is a powerful verse in Proverbs 18:21 ''WORDS KILL, WORDS GIVE LIFE:THEY'RE EITHER POISON OR FRUIT- CHOOSE."Another translation says that :''THE TONGUE HAS THE POWER OF LIFER & DEATH,...". As I am reading , hearing the global news , it seems so urgent that our world needs the healing , life-giving presence , love, peace ,joy and Salvation of JESUS CHRIST more than ever before. The words we speak to each other , in boardrooms , in our familiy settings , in our own minds can either speak , love , life , affirmation , encouragement or not . JESUS can really change hearts , minds ,thoughts & mouths. I have noticed there is an over abundance of negative words , swearing (which really requires no vocabulary expertise), blaspheming and cynacism all around the globe. Even rhetoric which does not have action attached to it is just another addition to our society's issues.
Jesus came to set us all free from ourselves and that includes the negative, critical , damning words that we at times speak into other people's lives. Jesus said in MATTHEW 12 : 37 ''EVERY ONE OF THOSE CARELESS WORDS IS GOING TO COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU. THERE WILL BE A TIME OF RECKONING. WORDS ARE POWERFUL: TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY. WORDS CAN BE YOURSALVATION. WORDS CAN ALSO BE YOUR DAMNATION." (The Message).In fact if you want some really authentically sound words that will be liberating read all of MATTHEW chapter 12 ........JESUS really gives us all good words.!Today ask The Holy Spirit to wash you clean of any impurity in word , thought , motivation & deed . He, with Jesus is the only source of cleansing when it comes to our lives . PSALM 51 ....may be another helpful prayer to pray daily. I pray this prayer for myself many times a day!
Blessings to you and know JESUS LOVES YOU ........JESUS REALLY LOVES YOU , HE LOVED YOU SO MUCH THAT HE DIED TO SET YOU & I FREE FROM OURSELVES. CHANGE YOUR WORDS & JESUS WILL HELP YOU (&I) TO CHANGE THIS WORLD.
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that is so right. it is wonderfully encouraging to read posts like this written by people who love Jesus. people who haven't forgotten that God "brought them out of the land of slavery"- willing to call sin, "sin" and hand out the cure for sin that is Jesus Christ. girl....have a blessed day!
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