Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
‘And God said, Let there be light: and there was light…And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters…And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place…And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass…And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly…and God blessed them, saying, Be Fruitful and multiply…’ Gen.1. Yes Friends, God spoke the world into existence. So what does that tell us? Words are very powerful. And today we’re talking ’bout the power of words; your words and mine, the tremendous power they have to encourage or discourage, to do good or evil. Solomon said that ‘Death and life are in the power of the tongue,’ and it’s the living truth. In the sense that it’s a judge, or some person in high authority, whose words sentence us to die, or live; doctors also pass judgement on whether we’ll recover from an illness or not, and our families decide if to pull the life line. So the power of life and death does really exist in the tongue. But it goes even deeper than that: ‘and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.’ That’s also gospel people. Whatever you sow with your words, be it good fruit or bad, that’s what you’ll reap. You can’t plant corn and expect to reap peas. Likewise, you can’t sow discouragement and expect to reap excellence. Jesus said, ‘For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.’ Mat.12:37. Yes Friends, whatever we say will come back to haunt us in one form or fashion, for words are our most important and frequent form of communication, so they are used abundantly. This means we’ve got to be very careful about the words we use, especially in these politically correct times. Chuh! People nowadays have become so sensitive, that the least li’l thing rubs them wrong, provoking outrage. But besides that, generally speaking, if we want good things to happen, we’ve got to use good words. Reverse psychology, saying discouraging words in the hope that it angers the hearer enough to motivate them to prove us wrong, only works in a few cases. Most of the time, discouraging words will bring discouragement. And as everything else Friends, good words have to start at home. So parents, especially mothers who bear the responsibility for most of the nurturing, please start speaking pleasant, encouraging words to your children, from the moment they’re born. I read about this mother who was always saying hurry, hurry to her children. And what do you think the baby’s first words were, after ‘mama and dada?’ Yes, ‘hurry, hurry.’ So although we think they don’t understand what we say, in their own simple way, they do pick up our meanings and nuances. Friends, in these troubled times we all need to hear good, positive words. So let’s take control of our mouths and speak positively and encouragingly to our children, our parents, our spouses, our co-workers, our business partners, anyone we come into contact with. Everybody’s going through tough times, and a smile or a kind, encouraging word might just be the catalyst, the trigger someone who’s hit rock bottom, needs to motivate them to pick themselves up, dust themselves off and move on to do great things. Like the kind hearted man I heard about, who didn’t have any money to give this beggar, but he called him his brother and blessed him. Sometime later, he passed by again and the beggar smiled at him. The man asked why he was smiling since he still had no money to give him. The beggar replied that he had called him brother. No one had ever done that before. So Friends, never underestimate the power of our words. If God made the world through words, then they must be very potent. Let’s use them wisely; for good and not evil. Much LOVE!…talk is cheap…but it’s boomerang effect is rather expensive…
‘And God said, Let there be light: and there was light…And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters…And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place…And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass…And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly…and God blessed them, saying, Be Fruitful and multiply…’ Gen.1. Yes Friends, God spoke the world into existence. So what does that tell us? Words are very powerful. And today we’re talking ’bout the power of words; your words and mine, the tremendous power they have to encourage or discourage, to do good or evil. Solomon said that ‘Death and life are in the power of the tongue,’ and it’s the living truth. In the sense that it’s a judge, or some person in high authority, whose words sentence us to die, or live; doctors also pass judgement on whether we’ll recover from an illness or not, and our families decide if to pull the life line. So the power of life and death does really exist in the tongue. But it goes even deeper than that: ‘and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.’ That’s also gospel people. Whatever you sow with your words, be it good fruit or bad, that’s what you’ll reap. You can’t plant corn and expect to reap peas. Likewise, you can’t sow discouragement and expect to reap excellence. Jesus said, ‘For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.’ Mat.12:37. Yes Friends, whatever we say will come back to haunt us in one form or fashion, for words are our most important and frequent form of communication, so they are used abundantly. This means we’ve got to be very careful about the words we use, especially in these politically correct times. Chuh! People nowadays have become so sensitive, that the least li’l thing rubs them wrong, provoking outrage. But besides that, generally speaking, if we want good things to happen, we’ve got to use good words. Reverse psychology, saying discouraging words in the hope that it angers the hearer enough to motivate them to prove us wrong, only works in a few cases. Most of the time, discouraging words will bring discouragement. And as everything else Friends, good words have to start at home. So parents, especially mothers who bear the responsibility for most of the nurturing, please start speaking pleasant, encouraging words to your children, from the moment they’re born. I read about this mother who was always saying hurry, hurry to her children. And what do you think the baby’s first words were, after ‘mama and dada?’ Yes, ‘hurry, hurry.’ So although we think they don’t understand what we say, in their own simple way, they do pick up our meanings and nuances. Friends, in these troubled times we all need to hear good, positive words. So let’s take control of our mouths and speak positively and encouragingly to our children, our parents, our spouses, our co-workers, our business partners, anyone we come into contact with. Everybody’s going through tough times, and a smile or a kind, encouraging word might just be the catalyst, the trigger someone who’s hit rock bottom, needs to motivate them to pick themselves up, dust themselves off and move on to do great things. Like the kind hearted man I heard about, who didn’t have any money to give this beggar, but he called him his brother and blessed him. Sometime later, he passed by again and the beggar smiled at him. The man asked why he was smiling since he still had no money to give him. The beggar replied that he had called him brother. No one had ever done that before. So Friends, never underestimate the power of our words. If God made the world through words, then they must be very potent. Let’s use them wisely; for good and not evil. Much LOVE!…talk is cheap…but it’s boomerang effect is rather expensive…
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