Words are very powerful. Both life and death are in the power of the tongue (Prov. 18:21). The things we “say” are extremely significant. “SAY What?” From the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks (Luke 6:45). Speech is simply the overflow of the heart. I’ve heard it put this way, “What’s in the well...
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EDIFY OTHERS
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4:29 Words are powerful things. The children’s rhyme “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is not true. Words definitely have...
Guarding Your EARS
“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.” (Pro. 12:18) An elderly woman was experiencing hearing difficulties. Her children wanted her to get a hearing aid. This mother plainly told her children, “I don’t want a hearing aid.” They responded, “But Mom, it will help...